New deal lets foreign clinics take U.S. business credit cards more easily

Boost Payment Solutions has teamed up with the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) so healthcare providers abroad can accept U.S. commercial credit cards more easily. The deal was announced Tuesday, Nov. 10. It puts Boost's 100XB payment platform inside Better by MTA, a marketplace that connects patients with accredited providers around the world.

How it works

Providers can take card payments from international buyers without setting up a merchant account or working with foreign banks. They join with a one-page form. Money lands in their local bank account, and the companies say manual reconciliation, the matching of payments to invoices, is no longer needed. All payments in this deal run only over the Mastercard network.

Boost says 100XB lets businesses use their existing U.S. business cards to pay suppliers in more than 180 countries. It removes cross-border card assessment fees, which usually make cards costly for suppliers. Buyers can also agree to cover the supplier's costs in return for possible rebates and longer payment terms.

What is not known

The announcement does not say how many providers have signed up, when payments start, or how large the rebates could be. It also does not say whether patients paying with personal cards are affected. The focus is business card payments. Boost cited research that cross-border business payments hit $34.8 trillion in 2025 and may reach $51.2 trillion by 2033.