Corpay Cross-Border and New Zealand Football FX Agreement

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Corpay Cross-Border have confirmed an agreement with New Zealand Football for their Cross-Border business to become the official Foreign Exchange (FX) Partner.

Global Payments Expert Taps Into Aotearoa’s Football Market

The partnership will enable New Zealand Football to use Corpay Cross-Border’s award-winning platform to manage their incoming and outgoing global payments for a single point of access, as well as alleviate foreign exchange exposure from their daily business.

Corpay Cross-Border uses a suite of modern payment solutions to better manage client costs, including vehicle-related expenses travel expenses and other payables clients use on a daily-basis.

Corpay has built a strong presence in world football through a series of high-profile collaboration. Earlier this year, the company renewed its seven-year relationship with West Ham United, while also continuing its work with Manchester City, alongside Everton and Aston Villa.

The brand’s reach now extends beyond England too, such as AC Milan further showcasing Corpay’s growing global footprint in the game.

Chief Marketing Officer for Corpay Cross-Border Solutions, Brad Loder highlighted the alignment between expanding Corpay and New Zealand Football’s global ambitions.

“With our strong focus on growing the Corpay brand, as well as our corporate payments and currency risk management business in New Zealand, we look forward to working with New Zealand Football as their Official FX Partner in their pursuit of the World Cup and for many years to come,” he said via press release.

New Zealand Football CEO, Andrew Pragnell, underlined the partnership with Corpay has commenced during a thrilling time for the sport at all levels.

“As we grow and mature as an organisation, we need to continue to evaluate the way we do business internationally, and partnerships such as this, with a major financial organisation, illustrate how we are now thinking on a global scale,” he said via press release.

Conclusion 

Cross-Border annually transferring over four million payments for around 21 thousand clients across 200-plus countries, with financial sponsors from around the world like Mastercard.

Additionally, Corpay Cross-Border are a collective of legal entities who are owned and operated by Corpay, Inc.

Originally named FLEETCOR, a global S&P500 corporate payments company, Corpay Inc. and their Cross-Border business have accumulated a net worth of AUD 6.22 million in 2024.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

 

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

 

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.

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