Tagged: payments

February 26, 2026 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based fintech Checkout.com has delivered a seemingly solid 2025 performance, achieving full-year profitability while processing more than $300 billion in total payment volume—a remarkable 64% increase from the previous year. The results, detailed in the company’s annual letter from founder and CEO Guillaume Pousaz, reflect… Read More

February 26, 2026 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), a fintech platform serving nearly two million businesses worldwide—many of them small and medium-sized enterprises (SMBs) in emerging markets—has unveiled several (potentially) transformative initiatives that underscore its push into regulated digital finance. On February 24, 2026, the company filed an application with the… Read More

February 26, 2026 @ 2:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mambu, the SaaS cloud banking provider, announced a major expansion of its Payments hub beyond Europe. The move follows steady growth, with transaction volumes surging sevenfold year-on-year through 2025. The platform is now extending managed connectivity and orchestration capabilities into additional markets across the wider… Read More

February 25, 2026 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, has invested in Whop, a digital marketplace. Tether did not reveal the details on the investment. According to a statement from the firm, Whop will integrate Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK), supporting self-custodial USD₮ and USA₮ payments directly inside… Read More

February 24, 2026 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Stripe, a private company used by 50% of the Fortune 500 to enable payments and more, is offering early shareholders the opportunity to sell some or all of their shares at a valuation of $159 billion. Stripe was founded in 2010 and has avoided the… Read More

February 22, 2026 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dutch payments Fintech Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) released its half-year results on February 12, 2026, highlighting steady expansion and operational excellence in a competitive fintech environment. The company reported net revenue of €1.27 billion for the second half of 2025, reflecting a 17% year-over-year increase on… Read More

February 22, 2026 @ 2:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wirex, a full-stack crypto card issuer and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, this week unveiled Stablecoin Push-to-Card, powered by Visa Direct. Via Wirex BaaS APIs, partners can embed Stablecoin Push-to-Card and deliver stablecoin-funded payouts directly to recipients’ eligible cards worldwide, turning on a familiar “paid to card”… Read More

February 22, 2026 @ 5:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNPL Fintech company Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) continues to focus on redefining consumer credit with significant announcements expected to impact the pay later ecosystem. The company released its FY2025 Corporate Impact Report on February 12, highlighting measurable progress toward transparent, inclusive lending. Recently, Fintech firm Affirm… Read More

February 21, 2026 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish Fintech Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), a key player focused on tbe buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) and flexible payments sector, posted its first-ever billion-dollar revenue quarter in Q4 2025 but still swung to a net loss, highlighting the costs of aggressive expansion into full-scale banking services. Revenue climbed 38% year-over-year… Read More

February 20, 2026 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global payments processor Visa  (NYSE: V) has announced a definitive agreement to purchase two Argentine payment platforms—Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay—from private equity firm Advent International. The move represents a major step in strengthening Visa’s operations in one of Latin America’s key markets. Although… Read More

February 20, 2026 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector is experiencing a significant surge in efforts to obtain U.S. bank charters under President Donald Trump‘s administration. Industry players, particularly fintech companies and other financial firms, are moving quickly to capitalize on what many perceive as a more accommodating regulatory environment… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Modern Treasury has unveiled Payments, a payment service provider (PSP) that unifies fiat and stablecoin transactions under a single API. Announced recently this month, the platform promises to eliminate the fragmentation that has long plagued teams building money-movement features into their products. For years, developers… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Caption has chosen Mangopay to help scale its investment infrastructure platform. Caption is licensed in France as an asset management company regulated by the AMF (Clint Capital) and by the ACPR. It operates a proprietary technology platform that supports private and professional investors, issuers, and… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has indicated that the landscape of financial transactions has evolved considerably and the United Kingdom has witnessed a remarkable transformation over the past 20 years. According to insights from UK Finance, this month marks the anniversary of when Chip and PIN technology fully… Read More

February 16, 2026 @ 6:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Levl, a unified platform powering fiat and stablecoin global payments, announced this week it has closed $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Galaxy Ventures with participation from Protagonist, Deus X, Blockchain Builders Fund, OpenFX, FalconX, CMCC, Variant Fund, and a strategic… Read More

February 16, 2026 @ 2:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rezolve Ai (NASDAQ:RZLV), a global facilitator of AI-driven commerce and payments infrastructure, has acquired Reward, a provider of customer engagement and commerce media, for $230 million. The acquisition brings together Reward’s engagement, intelligence and activation capabilities with Rezolve Ai’s conversational commerce and agentic AI platform… Read More

February 16, 2026 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a key update signaling its plans for the European market, global digital payments firm Checkout.com has named Ashley Paulus as its new Vice President and Head of Revenue for the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA). This strategic appointment, revealed on February… Read More

February 15, 2026 @ 12:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lydian has built an application to allow Clover merchants worldwide to accept digital assets as a form of payment. Clover merchants can download the Lydian app and offer a “Pay with Crypto” option at checkout. This announcement marks the first all-inclusive digital asset payment solution… Read More

February 14, 2026 @ 5:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from AutoRek fins that 80% of payments organizations experience moderate to significant operational disruption from fragmented data. Despite heavy investment in front-end innovation like AI and instant payments, back-office operations remain stuck in manual processes – creating a critical gap that undermines growth,… Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple Labs has submitted a detailed response to the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s request for input on a new payment account prototype. This initiative, outlined in Docket OP-1877, aims to enhance the efficiency and security of the nation’s financial infrastructure by allowing select non-bank entities, such… Read More