Tensec has secured $12 million in seed funding to provide real-time, seamless payments and financial services for global companies operating in the $190 trillion cross-border payments market. Tensec leverages AI, real-time payments and a global fintech infrastructure to create a no-integration platform that enables global trading companies to offer foreign exchange (FX) services, cross-border payments, treasury and other financial services to their SMB clients. With global cross-border payments projected to reach $250 trillion by 2030, there has been significant fintech innovation in consumer and enterprise payments. However, SMB cross-border payments remain largely untouched by innovation, despite representing over 40% of the $25 trillion annual physical goods trade. Tensec is bridging this critical gap. Tensec’s platform consolidates payment, hedging, and trade finance capabilities into a single, user-friendly interface that requires no integration work, making it simpler for trading companies to offer clients services previously only available from banks. Banking services in the United States are provided by Stearns Bank, Member FDIC. “Legacy banks built their cross-border infrastructure when fax machines were cutting-edge,” said Helcio Nobre, CEO and co-founder of Tensec. “We’re skipping that entire stack. Our services let the companies already engaged in global trade to offer their own financial services innovations. It fills a real need – and their clients thrive.” The benefits for Tensec customers include: No-API or coding required–just a simple login to access all services, eliminating months of engineering work; Unified FX transactions, cross-border payments and banking services tools in one platform, removing the need for multiple systems; Client onboarding in minutes, instead of weeks with intelligent KYB/KYC verification that improves with each onboarding; Real-time global payments that cut traditional waiting periods of four days; Revenue management optimization through the use of real-time exchange rate information, instead of fixed rates; Built-in risk assessment and AI-powered compliance checks with real-time regulatory updates; USD FX hedging services to capitalize on exchange rate fluctuations; and Support for transactions in 150+ countries, 100+ real-time payment markets, and 70+ currencies.