April 28, 2025 @ 7:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Trulioo, a personal and business verification platform, has announced its partnership with PingPong, a provider of cross-border embedded payment solutions. PingPong selected Trulioo Business Verification and Watchlist Screening to minimize manual onboarding and deliver compliant payment experiences worldwide. PingPong said it holds more than 60 financial licenses and adheres to strict regulatory standards… Read More

 Tagged aml, Julia Yao, kyb, PingPong, trulioo, verification, vicky bindra

April 28, 2025 @ 6:01 am By Michael Wong  |  

Visa and Maroc Telecom Group have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance mobile payment services in Morocco and explore wider digital financial inclusion efforts across Africa, the companies announced. The collaboration will initially focus on integrating Visa’s payment solutions into MT Cash, Maroc Telecom’s… Read More

 Tagged africa, Maroc, morocco, payments, visa

April 28, 2025 @ 5:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CapyFast, an embedded payments provider for digital commerce, and Bidwise, a performance marketing platform, have announced a new strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to improve the payments flow across the performance marketing spectrum by making it faster, cheaper, and more intelligent. The agreement, signed today… Read More

 Tagged Bidwise, CapyFast, Oleg Chanchikov, payments, performance marketing, Simon Vielma

April 27, 2025 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital payment landscape is evolving rapidly, with recent developments highlighting the strengths and challenges of various providers. According to a study by Consumer Reports, digital wallets from fintech companies like Block and PayPal offer improved fraud monitoring and liability protection compared to those from… Read More

 Tagged cashhless, contactless, digital payments, ux

April 27, 2025 @ 11:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial infrastructure Fintech Stripe, the $70 billion online payment processing firm, has announced a new stablecoin product powered by Bridge, a startup it acquired for $1.1 billion in October 2024. The initiative, shared by Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on X, marks the company’s expansion into… Read More

 Tagged Bridge+, payments, stablecoins, stripe

April 27, 2025 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Several of Wall Street’s largest banks, including Citigroup, BNP Paribas, and Natixis, found themselves entangled in the collapse of London-based firm Stenn, once heralded as a $1 billion trade-finance Fintech. The implosion, which unfolded rapidly, exposed critical oversights in due diligence and raised questions about… Read More

 Tagged fraud, london, stenn, trade finance

April 27, 2025 @ 9:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Theo, a network connecting on-chain capital to global markets via institutional-grade trading infrastructure, has raised $20 million in funding. The round was jointly led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital, with participation from venture capital firms including Manifold Trading, Mirana Ventures, Metalayer Ventures, Flowdesk, SCB, MEXC, Amber… Read More

 Tagged Abhi Pingle, Arijit Pingle, crypto exchange, Theo, TK Kwon

April 27, 2025 @ 9:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Better.com (NASDAQ: BETR), an AI-powered digital homeownership company, today announced a new partnership with Biz2Credit, a financing platform for small businesses. This collaboration will provide Biz2Credit’s customers with the option to receive $50,000 to $500,000 in additional financing options through Better.com’s Home Equity Line of… Read More

 Tagged better.com, biz2credit, heloc, rohit arora, smb financing, vishal garg

April 27, 2025 @ 9:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Interledger Foundation, an organization building and advocating for an open, interoperable payments network, has announced its participation in three technological initiatives and five research projects. Among these initiatives is work with private fintech companies to streamline remittances for a major bank in Pakistan, power… Read More

 Tagged caribbean, Chris Lawrence, interledger foundation, jamaica, pakistan, payments, uganda

April 27, 2025 @ 7:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM) is expanding the credit reporting of its pay-over-time products to TransUnion (NYSE: TRU), the companies jointly announced today. All Affirm pay-over-time loans issued from May 1 onward, including Pay in 4 and longer-term monthly installments, will be reported to TransUnion…. Read More

 Tagged affirm, installment payments, Libor Michalek, steve chaouki, transunion