An interesting integration connecting Payfuture and Shopify highlights this week’s fintech partnerships and product announcements.
Payfuture launches Indian Shopify integration
Merchants using Shopify can now enable Indian payment methods, including Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and NetBanking, through a single connection with Payfuture’s payment app.
Stablecoin firm RealFi launches public testnet
The stablecoin infrastructure said the move marks the next phase in the rollout of USDr, its dollar-pegged stablecoin, and sUSDr, the yield-bearing token that staking unlocks.
USDr is the protocol’s liquid, non-yield-bearing base stablecoin. Holders who choose to stake USDr receive sUSDr, a separate yield-bearing instrument. Yield accrues to sUSDr from a reserve of real-world financial instruments, including money market funds, corporate floating rate bonds and direct lending to fintech, rather than relying on crypto-native token incentives or inflationary emissions models.
JPMorgan, India’s NPCI ink currency conversion pact
JPMorgan and NPCI are connecting the former’s FX platform and APIs with the latter’s UPI infrastructure. Transactions could be converted in real time across multiple currencies.
Eurobank launches UPI-based Greece-India remittance service
The service was launched in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) International Payments Limited.
Visa launches Payment Passkey in India
The move introduces biometric authentication for online card payments while reducing reliance on SMS-based one-time passwords. The service first went live with IDFC FIRST Bank.
It is available for select users of Myntra, Paytm, MakeMyTrip, Tata Starbucks, Reliance Digital and EatSure. Additional partners include Juspay, Razorpay, PayU, Pine Labs, BillDesk, Wibmo, M2P Fintech and Paytm Payment Services.
NPCI, HSBC India announce cross-border forex deal
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and HSBC India will provide real-time foreign exchange (FX) settlement for cross-border payments. It is live in Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Bhutan, Mauritius, France, Sri Lanka, Qatar and Cambodia.
Flix, Klarna add travel payment options
Klarna is available in 21 Flix markets, including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, and Spain. Passengers can now pay in full at the time of booking, in interest-free installments, or through longer-term financing for larger purchases.
For cross-border journeys, Klarna removes foreign exchange fees.
Klarna, Southwest Airlines offer payment options
Later this year, travellers booking with Southwest can pay in full, split the cost into four interest-free installments, or finance their trip over time.
Rulebase debuts Revenue Agents
Revenue Agents handle onboarding, remediation, and activation end-to-end.
The runtime represents each customer objective as a task attached to existing business objects (applications, tickets, transactions, documents), storing state, evidence, next step, policy, and completion condition. Agents are event-driven: they wake on a signal, take or recommend the next step, record the result, and wait.