Tagged: payments

November 8, 2025 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech Wise Plc (LON:WISE) remains committed to its business expansion plans in the United States. The financial technology company, known for its relatively low-cost international money transfers, is pressing forward with two pivotal strategies: securing approval as a national trust bank and introducing a… Read More

November 8, 2025 @ 8:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nuvei has integrated Visa Direct for Account into its global payments platform, giving merchants the ability to send funds directly to consumers’ and workers’ bank accounts in eligible countries. The new functionality expands Nuvei’s portfolio of payout solutions, enabling businesses to provide customers with quick, reliable,… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and Transcard announced the launch of an embedded finance platform, intended to support payments and working capital solutions in the freight and logistics sector. As a part of their effort, Visa and Transcard are working on agentic initiatives for the B2B segment…. Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the Fintech moving money around the world, announces an alliance with WeChat Pay HK, the Hong Kong dollar denominated e-wallet, to enable its expansion in international money transfers. Thanks to the collaboration, WeChat Pay HK users based in Hong Kong are now able to… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marqeta, Inc. (NASDAQ: MQ), the modern card issuing platform, announced it is working with Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), the digital bank and flexible payments provider, to expand the Klarna Card into 15 new European markets. This launch extends Marqeta’s partnership with Klarna and leverages Visa’s Flexible Credential… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, has recently announced plans to participate in the Western Union Digital Asset Network in order to bring everyday cash access to clients. This integration enables users to convert stablecoins held in Rain-powered wallets into local cash payouts at… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iDEAL will begin rebranding to iDEAL | Wero in 2026. This is the first step in the transition to Wero, the European digital wallet that is reportedly being used by millions of Europeans. Wero is introducing an all-in-one payment solution that will be rolled out… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for global businesses, has recently announced the launch of digital asset spot prime brokerage capabilities for the US market. Now, US-based institutional clients are reportedly able to execute OTC spot transactions across “dozens of digital assets… Read More

November 4, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global enabler of payment services, and Fipto, a European fintech providing stablecoin payment infrastructure, announced a partnership to look into how stablecoins may enhance settlement and payment services across Europe. Through collaboration, Worldline and Fipto are helping build the payment infrastructure… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, announced that several of the world’s development and humanitarian nonprofit organizations – including World Central Kitchen, Water.org, GiveDirectly, and Mercy Corps – are leveraging Ripple Payments and the Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin to help… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Common convenience features that are built into various contactless payment systems are seemingly undermining their security, according to recent university study. The research, which has reportedly been led by the University of Surrey with assistance from the University of Birmingham, appears to have exposed so-called… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 1:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With less than 100 days to go until the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, data from Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) finds a surge in flight bookings and ticket purchases for the Winter Games made with Visa (NYSE: V) across Italy’s host regions. Ahead… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Fiserv (NYSE:FI) shares are getting slaughtered in pre-market trading following Q3 results that missed analyst expectations. At the moment, Fiserv shares are trading down by over 40%, a significant haircut from yesterday’s close. Fiserv is a publicly traded Fintech that provides payment and banking services…. Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and stablecoins have kept the enterprise Fintech sector on track in Q3 2025, according to an update from PitchBook. The research report noted that Fintech is enabling AI to literally pay for itself. Led by payments firms, enterprise fintech companies raised $6 billion across… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 12:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the Fintech focused on moving money around the world, announced a new chapter in global payments with the launch of its Pay-to-Stablecoin-Wallets solution, part of its single global API enabling instant payouts across countries in fiat and stablecoins. This positions Thunes at the center… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venmo, the money movement app redefining social payments for the next generation, announced a partnership with Bilt, the nation’s housing and neighborhood commerce platform, to expand how people use Venmo for everyday payments. The collab brings rent payments, mortgage repayments, and neighborhood commerce into the… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced a new strategic partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE: UBER), the world’s digital mobility platform. The collaboration will now reportedly see Checkout.com offer acquiring and gateway services to Uber’s ridesharing and on-demand delivery platforms across markets. Uber selected Checkout.com… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (CRCL:NYSE) has recently announced the launch of the public testnet for Arc, which is described as an open L1 blockchain network intended to meet the needs of developers and companies bringing more economic activity to an onchain ecosystem. The launch arrives… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Natural, a fintech company building the infrastructure powering agentic payments, announced its emergence from stealth, driven by a $9.8 million seed round. Co-led by Abstract and Human Capital, the round was also supported by Forerunner Ventures, Terrain, Restive Ventures, Genius Ventures, and a coalition of… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase  (NASDAQ:COIN) is announcing a collaboration with Citi (NYSE: C) that’s said to be focused on solving a pressing challenge: making it more seamless for Citi’s clients to leverage the potential of digital assets as well as stablecoins to facilitate the transmission of value. The… Read More