September 30, 2025 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) announced its plans for an industry-first integration of Citi Token Services, a blockchain-based platform, with its 24/7 USD Clearing solution to create “a 24/7, multibank cross-border instant payments capability for Citi’s institutional clients in the UK and US.” This move expands Citi’s… Read More

 Tagged blockchain adoption, citi, financial services, payments

September 30, 2025 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm OKX noted that the so-called “next generation” of stablecoin payments begins with the launch of OKX Pay in Singapore. OKX Pay is Singapore’s stablecoin-powered scan-to-pay service, “enabling customers to pay with USDT or USDC stablecoins at GrabPay merchant-partners by scanning their GrabPay… Read More

 Tagged okx, payments, singapore, stablecoins, usdc, usdt

September 30, 2025 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The founder of Fintech Frank, Charlie Javice, a platform that sought to streamline the process for students to tap into available funds for college, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud. According to reports, Javice is also reportedly required to return $22.4… Read More

 Tagged charlie javice, frank, fraud, jp morgan

September 30, 2025 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Instant payments, which are the transfer of value without any delay, are predicted to surpass $110 trillion by 2029, almost doubling the $60 trillion that is already occurring today. In a report published by Juniper, instantaneous payments are being driven by regulation, including FedNow in… Read More

 Tagged fednow, juniper, payments

September 30, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Signicat, an identity services provider, has introduced ReuseID, a digital identity solution that enables organizations to create, manage, and reuse verified identities across their entire ecosystem. This launch coincides with Europe’s advancement of the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet), the enactment of eIDAS 2.0, and an intensifying demand for… Read More

 Tagged identity, Pinar Alpay, ReuseID, signicat

September 30, 2025 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldpay has launched the Embedded Finance Engine, a suite of financial service products that its software platform partners can integrate to drive higher retention and revenue growth while “streamlining their tech stacks and ecosystems.” Worldpay’s Embedded Finance Engine is available to partners integrated with Worldpay… Read More

 Tagged embedded finance, payments, worldpay

September 30, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced steady progress on its growth plan for 2025, “reaffirming its commitment to achieve full-year profitability.” In the first half of the year, the company has “made significant progress, and is on track to exceed its target of 30%… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, payments

September 30, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe has announced that it is helping OpenAI launch a commerce experience called Instant Checkout in ChatGPT. ChatGPT users in the US can buy goods from US-based Etsy businesses—and, coming soon, “over a million Shopify merchants, like Glossier, Vuori, Spanx, and SKIMS—directly in the chat.”… Read More

 Tagged chatgpt, financial services, openai, stripe

September 30, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC Asset Management launched a Trade and Working Capital Solutions strategy in collaboration with HSBC’s Global Trade Solutions (GTS) business, to provide investors with access to the growing opportunities in global trade finance. The strategy will invest in a diversified portfolio of “short-term trade finance… Read More

 Tagged asset management, hsbc, working capital

September 30, 2025 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global digital bank and payments provider, announced that over a million Americans have signed up to its debit-first Klarna Card in 11 weeks, showing that today’s shopper ”demands payments options that are simple, transparent, and on their terms.” Launched in the US on… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, europe, klarna, payments, sweden