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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Corpay Cross-Border Named an Official Partner of Real Madrid C.F.
Providing access to currency risk management and cross-border payments solutions TORONTO, June 02, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corpay, Inc.*, (NYSE: CPAY) a global leader in corporate payments, is pleased to announce that Corpay's Cross-Border business has entered into an agreement with Real Madrid C.F. to become an Official Partner. Through this partnership, Real Madrid will be able to gain access to and utilise Corpay Cross Border's innovative solutions to help mitigate foreign exchange exposure from their day-to-day business needs. "The Corpay Cross-Border team is elated to be named an Official Partner of Real Madrid, one of the world's most widely recognized and followed sports franchises," said Brad Loder, Chief Marketing Officer, Corpay Cross-Border Solutions. "With our strong focus on growing the Corpay brand, as well as our currency risk management business, we are excited to partner with one of the most successful football clubs in the world." About CorpayCorpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) is a global S&P500 corporate payments company that helps businesses and consumers pay expenses in a simple, controlled manner. Corpay's suite of modern payment solutions help its customers better manage vehicle-related expenses (such as fueling and parking), travel expenses (e.g. hotel bookings) and payables (e.g. paying vendors). This results in our customers saving time and ultimately spending less. Corpay Cross-Border refers to a group of legal entities owned and operated by Corpay, Inc. Corpay – Payments made easy. To learn more visit About Real Madrid Madrid C.F. is a sport entity with 123 years of history. It is the club with the most European Cups of both football (15) and basketball (11) and was awarded by FIFA as the Best Club of the twentieth century. Real Madrid has millions of fans in all corners of the world, with more than 620 million followers on social media, being the strongest football brand in the world according to Brand Finance for the third year in a row and also the highest earning football club in the world in the 23-24 season (Football Money League by Deloitte). More information about Real Madrid C.F. is available at the most visited football club website for the seventh consecutive year. *"Corpay" in this document primarily refers to the Cross-Border Division of Corpay, Inc. a full listing of the companies that are part of Corpay Cross-Border is available here: ** Subject to credit and compliance approval from the relevant Corpay company. View source version on Contacts Corpay Cross-Border Solutions Contact: Brad LoderChief Marketing Officer+1 (647)
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Corpay Cross-Border Named an Official Partner of Real Madrid C.F.
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corpay, Inc.*, (NYSE: CPAY) a global leader in corporate payments, is pleased to announce that Corpay's Cross-Border business has entered into an agreement with Real Madrid C.F. to become an Official Partner. Through this partnership, Real Madrid will be able to gain access to and utilise Corpay Cross Border's innovative solutions to help mitigate foreign exchange exposure from their day-to-day business needs. "The Corpay Cross-Border team is elated to be named an Official Partner of Real Madrid, one of the world's most widely recognized and followed sports franchises," said Brad Loder, Chief Marketing Officer, Corpay Cross-Border Solutions. 'With our strong focus on growing the Corpay brand, as well as our currency risk management business, we are excited to partner with one of the most successful football clubs in the world.' About Corpay Corpay, Inc. (NYSE: CPAY) is a global S&P500 corporate payments company that helps businesses and consumers pay expenses in a simple, controlled manner. Corpay's suite of modern payment solutions help its customers better manage vehicle-related expenses (such as fueling and parking), travel expenses (e.g. hotel bookings) and payables (e.g. paying vendors). This results in our customers saving time and ultimately spending less. Corpay Cross-Border refers to a group of legal entities owned and operated by Corpay, Inc. Corpay – Payments made easy. To learn more visit About Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid C.F. is a sport entity with 123 years of history. It is the club with the most European Cups of both football (15) and basketball (11) and was awarded by FIFA as the Best Club of the twentieth century. Real Madrid has millions of fans in all corners of the world, with more than 620 million followers on social media, being the strongest football brand in the world according to Brand Finance for the third year in a row and also the highest earning football club in the world in the 23-24 season (Football Money League by Deloitte). More information about Real Madrid C.F. is available at the most visited football club website for the seventh consecutive year. *'Corpay' in this document primarily refers to the Cross-Border Division of Corpay, Inc. a full listing of the companies that are part of Corpay Cross-Border is available here: ** Subject to credit and compliance approval from the relevant Corpay company.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Manchester United's fall feels worse than ever — and what it says about the Premier League
This is yet another story about the decay of Manchester United, about an unprecedented 12th loss in 25 games and a humiliating dip into 15th place, three spots clear of relegation. But really, it is a story about the Premier League, because the Red Devils have been bad before; the difference this time is the quality of the teams embarrassing them. United, to be clear, is chiefly responsible for its own demise. The club is rotting because reviled owners and clueless executives have mismanaged it. It is sinking to new low after new low, under new manager after new manager, because far too many of its players are mediocre and/or injured. They have gotten worse under Ruben Amorim, the coveted coach who arrived in November. "I have a lot of problems," Amorim admitted after Sunday's 1-0 loss at Tottenham. As he digested the defeat, though, he also accurately diagnosed another source of his pain. The English Premier League, he said, 'is the hardest competition in the world.' It has gotten more and more difficult over the past decade. And its top-to-bottom strength is why mediocrity can now drag upper-crust clubs like United and Spurs down toward its basement. Its 2010s TV revenue boom — from a £1.8 billion domestic deal in 2012-13 to a £5.1 billion deal starting in 2016-17 — has allowed so-called 'mid-table clubs' to outspend many Champions League clubs across the European continent. Those are the clubs that are beating and leaping United; they, too, are part of this story. In 2012-13, Deloitte's Football Money League, which ranks the world's top 30 soccer clubs by revenue, featured eight from England; now it features 14, including West Ham, Aston Villa, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham and Wolves. Those previously overmatched clubs have used their newfound riches to bring a markedly different caliber of player to the middle of the Premier League, the type of player who narrows the gap between them and the former 'Big Six.' Several years ago, those six — Man United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham — seemed to have separated themselves from the Premier League's chasing pack. Now, the middle is muddled, and there is relatively little separation, because Villa and West Ham and Wolves employ the stars that top-four teams in Germany and Italy once did. In 2012-13, for example, Villa's back four were Matt Lowton, Ciaran Clark, Nathan Baker and Joe Bennett, with Ashley Westwood in front of them; now, it's Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres and Lucas Digne — regulars for the national teams of Poland, England, Spain and France — with Argentina's World Cup-winning hero, Emiliano Martinez, behind them. The stark contrasts are everywhere you look. They're at Newcastle, Fulham and Bournemouth. In that last year of the last modest TV deal, West Ham was riding Kevin Nolan, Mark Noble, Matt Jarvis, Matthew Taylor, Carlton Cole and Andy Carroll; now it trots out players signed from PSG, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund, plus a Brazilian national team starter. And West Ham, by the way, is in 16th place, because this isn't a story about individual teams. The entire league, aside from the newly promoted teams, is, in 2012-13 terms, loaded. They're loaded with the dudes who used to go to Milan or Rome, or to France or the Netherlands. Now, 221 of Transfermarkt's top 500 most valuable players are at English clubs — nearly as many as the 229 in the rest of Europe's Big Five leagues combined. And although the Big Six still boast dozens each, there are more (113 vs. 108) at the so-called Other 14. There are 15 at Brighton and nine at Brentford. There are eight at Bournemouth and seven at Wolves — who are stuck in a relegation battle. The Premier League's financial might, and corresponding preeminence, has also wooed a worldly collection of coaches to England. The result: Although the Big Six still have considerable advantages, their margin for error has narrowed. So, when Man United slumps from a clear top-20 team in the world to No. 35 in Opta's global power rankings, there are 12 Premier League clubs above it — rather than the five there'd be in Spain, or the two there'd be in Germany. It's impossible to know just how far United has fallen from 2012-13, which also happened to be Sir Alex Ferguson's final season. It's impossible to definitively say whether United was better or worse under Erik Ten Haag, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, David Moyes or Amorim. But it's clear that part of the reason the Red Devils have fallen so far, and stayed so low so late in a season, is that the EPL as a whole has risen.
Al-Ahram Weekly
14-02-2025
- Business
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Amorim warns cash-strapped Man Utd must sell to rebuild - World
Ruben Amorim on Friday warned that Manchester United must sell players to fund the rebuilding of his under-performing team because of financial restrictions. Next week will mark a year since Jim Ratcliffe became a minority owner of United, a rollercoaster 12 months for the 20-time English champions. The arrival of the 72-year-old British billionaire, who made his fortune as founder of petrochemicals giant INEOS, was greeted with glee by United fans furious with the direction of the club under the Glazer family, the US-based majority owners. Ratcliffe's financial cuts, however, have made him a divisive figure at Old Trafford. INEOS has already made 250 staff redundant and hiked ticket prices in an effort to free up money to be ploughed into the first team. They paid a 10-million-euro ($10.5 million) buyout clause to bring Amorim in from Sporting Lisbon in November after manager Erik ten Hag was sacked following a dismal start to the season. Marcus Rashford and Antony left Old Trafford on loan during the recent transfer window but there were no permanent departures despite rumours linking Alejandro Garnacho with a big-money move. Further cost-cutting measures are expected, with all clubs forced to comply with strict financial fair play rules. United are currently languishing in 13th place in the Premier League ahead of Sunday's visit to fellow strugglers Tottenham, two points behind the Red Devils. United boss Amorim on Friday voiced the harsh reality that the club, fourth in Deloitte's annual Football Money League, have limited room for manoeuvre in the transfer market. "Our biggest problem now is Tottenham," he told reporters, trying to shift the focus to Sunday's game in London. "We know the moment of the club. Of course, I have to understand all of these problems but that problem of our club is not new. You already knew the rules of (financial) fair play." The Portuguese manager added: "Here is simple -- to do something we need to sell players. "My focus is to prepare the game. We cannot do (signings) now. The window is closed. We need to focus on the games that we have, especially the next one, and then in the summer we will see." United's current plight makes it difficult to see how they will fulfil Ratcliffe's dream to win a 21st league title by the club's 150th anniversary in 2028. "Yes, we talk about that," Amorim said. "With our focus, I sense from day one our focus is to win the Premier League and we can change everything in a few years. "I don't know how long it is going to take. At the moment we are in a difficult situation, the way we play, the games that we don't win." (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.) Short link:
