Tagged: payments

October 20, 2025 @ 2:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a provider of global payments technology, has announced a strategic partnership with BitPay, a cryptocurrency payments processor, to further expand its digital assets solutions for merchants and payment service providers (PSPs) through ACI’s Payments Orchestration Platform. According to a recent study… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 4:32 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Basis Theory, an independent payments infrastructure company, this week announced a $33 million Series B round led by Costanoa, with participation from Stage 2 Capital, Moneta VC, and continued support from Bessemer Venture Partners, Kindred Ventures, Box Group, and Offline Ventures. The funding will accelerate… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a cybersecurity firm providing full protection against complex threats for all size business, and Capchase, the enabler of tech-powered vendor financing for B2B software and hardware companies, announced the launch of Barracuda Financial Services, enabled by Capchase. This financing program offers Barracuda… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since introducing stablecoin payments, financial infrastructure, and payments processing, Fintech Stripe said that they’ve seen these digital tokens enable the global expansion of some of the fastest-growing companies today. According to Stripe, the top 20 AI firms on Stripe—all but 1 based in the United States—draw the… Read More

October 19, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched BLOOM, short for Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency, a new industry initiative to extend settlement options for financial institutions using tokenised bank liabilities and well-regulated stablecoins while applying standardised risk controls. MAS said BLOOM will work with banks… Read More

October 18, 2025 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently announced that its Business services division has introduced global payouts and payment links, allowing businesses to send and receive stablecoin USDC with competitive fees, instant settlement, and global reach. These tools aim to simplify vendor payments, eliminate chargebacks, and offer seamless API… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoin issuer Circle noted that in the fast-evolving digital economy, human attention drives trillion-dollar outcomes but the consumers contributing that value seldom share in it. Centralized platforms tend to capture the profits while fraud, bots, and misaligned incentives are distorting the system. For billions, particularly… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform for businesses, and SAP, one of the world’s enterprise software providers, have announced the go-live of the SAP Commerce Cloud, Open Payment Framework (OPF). This payment solution is designed to remove the need for manual payment integrations and… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced its support for Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), which is described as an open, payment-agnostic protocol developed with payments and tech firms to support agent-led payments across various platforms. The… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 10:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedotPay, a stablecoin payments firm, this week announced an expansion of its integration with Circle Payments Network. RedotPay introduces “Send Crypto, Receive MXN”, designed to provide a nearly instant and more cost-effective payment solution for Mexico, one of the world’s largest payment corridors. This new… Read More

October 14, 2025 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has introduced a new service, the Payment Optimization Platform (POP), which is designed to enhance approval rates for merchants that are using data to make more “intelligent” decisions about transactions. Early pilot results indicate a 9% to 15% increase in conversions. Mastercard… Read More

October 14, 2025 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tabby, a financial services app, announced that it is now deploying NVIDIA HGX systems to start developing and testing its AI capabilities to serve a growing base of clients and merchants. The investment helps with establishing local AI factory infrastructure that supports tech advancements while… Read More

October 13, 2025 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s Riksbank as well as key representatives from the payment market have reportedly reached an agreement in order to increase the possibility to make offline card payments for essential goods. According to the latest update from the Riksbank, the agreement is considered to be a… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), the Fintech company that launched its electronic payment system in 1999, continues to dominate digital transactions, and is now focused on what it claims is disrupting itself in a crowded and increasingly competitive financial technology ecosystem. The platform handles peer-to-peer transfers via… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle revealed that it is currently incubating prototypes and products at the intersection of crypto and AI. It is said to be working on a machine-to-machine micropayments solution. Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase — one that appears to be increasingly defined by agency…. Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are both bidding in order to acquire stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK in a deal that may be valued at around $2.5 billion, according to an update from Fortune. While citing various sources familiar with the matter, the outlet said… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, announces its partnership with payroll software platform PayCaptain, enabling real-time salary payments for employees across its network of over 300 corporate clients. PayCaptain will become ClearBank’s embedded banking partner in the corporate sector, marking a key… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Splitit, the embedded card-linked installments service provider, has recently announced the launch of an invite-only partner program intended to make pay-later capabilities native to Agentic AI, which may enable the so-called next generation of AI-driven commerce. The Splitit Agentic Commerce Partner Program will… Read More

October 10, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, the consumer payments platform powering commerce, unveiled product developments marking the next phase of its growth. Recently, the company has introduced Zilch Intelligent Commerce – an AI powered data intelligence platform for retailers and brands to potentially increase their return on ad spend when… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, a Pay by Bank service, announced a partnership with Acres Manufacturing Company. This partnership includes implementing Trustly Scan & Pay, a “holistic” cashless gaming execution powered by Trustly’s Open Banking Payments, with Acres’ Universal Payment Adapter, allowing for instant funding to any gamine machine…. Read More