Tagged: payments

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

October 27, 2025 @ 9:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cybrid, a platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital, and Panache Ventures. The funding will accelerate Cybrid’s mission to drive stablecoins… Read More

October 26, 2025 @ 7:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Clerq, a payments platform for high-ticket transactions, has secured $21 million in capital to power the future of payments. The funding includes a $12 million Series A round led by 645 Ventures, with participation from existing investors FirstMark Capital, Fika Ventures, Commerce Ventures, and Dash Fund. The Series A also included new strategic participation… Read More

October 26, 2025 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Early Warning Services, the network operator of Zelle, announced a new initiative to allow Zelle to provide faster and reliable cross-border money movement. The update marks a key step in expanding the reach of Zelle globally by leveraging stablecoins. Zelle is a preferred way of… Read More

October 25, 2025 @ 11:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gr4vy, a cloud-based payment orchestration platform, has announced its collaboration with Mastercard to optimize and streamline payment capabilities for global merchants and platforms. The partnership enables merchant customers to integrate Mastercard Merchant Cloud to access advanced payment solutions, including network tokenization, Click to Pay, and… Read More

October 25, 2025 @ 2:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Splitwise, an app for sharing bills and expenses, and Tink have expanded their partnership across Europe. Building on strong momentum in the UK, where Splitwise has seen a 150% increase in Tink account checks and payment initiations this year, the expansion means users in France, Germany,… Read More