Tagged: digital payments

June 24, 2025 @ 8:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s payment ecosystem is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by the forthcoming Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system, rising fraud concerns, and evolving e-commerce trends. Recent updates from Payments Canada, highlighted through informative sessions, industry summits, and research, highlight the nation’s commitment to modernizing its financial… Read More

June 19, 2025 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stake, one of the digital and global real estate investment platforms, has launched Pay to Card, a withdrawal feature powered by global digital payments company, Checkout.com. The new solution enables investors to “receive their dividends and returns directly to their bank cards, often in just… Read More

June 19, 2025 @ 1:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), the digital payments firm, and Pismo jointly announced that the Nordic challenger bank Lunar will start Visa card processing with Pismo’s platform as the first bank in the Nordics. The move to Pismo enables Lunar to develop and “launch new products and solutions… Read More

June 17, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InSoil Finance, a Lithuanian climate fintech company formerly known as HeavyFinance, is making significant strides in transforming agriculture through sustainable financing. By leveraging financial technologies, InSoil is empowering small and medium-sized farmers across Europe to adopt regenerative farming practices, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance farm… Read More

May 27, 2025 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PDX Global, a digital payments technology developer for the crypto economy, announced that PDX Beam—its crypto-to-cash payments platform for consumers and merchants—now supports OFFICIAL TRUMP, the $TRUMP token. It is one of the crypto tokens on the Beam platform that can be “used for merchant… Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

StraitsX, Southeast Asia’s digital payment infrastructure provider, announced the launch of its Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin, XSGD, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a “decentralized” layer-1 blockchain. The deployment marks the first phase of a broader collaboration with Ripple, a contributor to the XRP Ledger and a… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MeaWallet, a digital payments enabler specializing in card tokenization, proudly announces its support for Central Cooperative Bank in launching Click to Pay push provisioning functionality for its customers. This feature will enhance the digital payments experience “for users by enabling seamless card enrolment into Click… Read More

May 18, 2025 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinPayments Inc, a firm specializing in digital payments since 2013 and partner of the Stake Sauber Formula 1 Team for the 2025 season, has  announced a partnership with Jetcraft, the global firm focused on business aircraft sales, acquisitions, and trades. Through the blockchain-based collab, Jetcraft… Read More

May 14, 2025 @ 2:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech platform Pine Labs and India’s private sector J&K Bank, seek to enhance credit issuance in India by introducing a tech-first RuPay Credit Card for the bank’s customers. The RuPay Credit Card can also be “linked to UPI for seamless credit transactions.” Developed using… Read More

May 7, 2025 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech PhonePe announced the launch of its “next-gen” SmartSpeaker, an upgraded version, designed to meet the evolving business needs of merchants. Built on the foundation of the original SmartSpeaker, the “next-gen version is Made in India.” The latest upgrade reportedly “retains the features of its… Read More

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

April 26, 2025 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the payment landscape evolves, a recent update from Payments Canada reveals that security understandably remains the top priority for Canadians when evaluating emerging payment technologies. Innovations like generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), social commerce, and pay-by-bank are poised to transform how Canadians shop and pay,… Read More

April 17, 2025 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eBay, a global commerce enabler that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world, today announced its partnership with Checkout.com, a global digital payments platform. Through this partnership, eBay reportedly expands its international payment platform “to deliver seamless commerce experiences for its customers.” With… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a global enabler of digital payments, has expanded its value-added services portfolio with the addition of products that make accepting payments easier and secure in a complex commercial landscape: reimagined Authorize.net, Unified Checkout and the ARIC Risk Hub. According to the update… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global online platform, Temu, known for offering “value-for-money” products, has recently expanded its partnership with digital payment provider Checkout.com to improve how customers pay for their orders. Checkout.com has been working with Temu since its launch in 2022, helping process payments worldwide. With this enhanced… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments Canada is supporting a transformative shift in the financial landscape with the adoption of ISO 20022, an international messaging standard poised to enhance payment processing across the country. This initiative is gaining momentum, underscored by the release of a new educational update from Payments… Read More

March 21, 2025 @ 1:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announced that its Intelligent Acceptance product, an AI-powered engine designed to help enterprise businesses boost their payment performance, generated over “$10 billion in additional merchant revenue.” Powered by over 20 billion data points and insights from Checkout.com’s global network, Intelligent… Read More

March 21, 2025 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital payments landscape is undergoing a major shift, which is being driven by blockchain technology and the rise of stablecoins. In a testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Charles Cascarilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Paxos, underscored the urgent need for the… Read More

March 18, 2025 @ 12:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe announced that it has crossed 600 million (60 crore) registered users on its platform. This marks a significant milestone for the company, which will mark its 10-year anniversary this year, and has grown to “serve hundreds of millions of customers with its financial services and… Read More

March 17, 2025 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pakistan has taken a significant step toward modernizing its digital payment landscape with the recent introduction of Google Wallet, a move announced in March 2025. This development, coupled with emerging crypto-related initiatives, signals the country’s intent to align with global technological trends. However, despite these… Read More