myPOS Completes Acquisition Of Munich-Based LAVEGO
- 2 weeks 6 hours ago
- Infrastructure
Today, myPOS announced its acquisition of LAVEGO, a Munich-based payments technology company with more than 30 years of experience in payment processing and financial technology solutions. Integrating LAVEGO’s Girocard acceptance into the myPOS ecosystem marks a key step in expanding the myPOS offering and presence in Germany. The move gives German merchants best-in-class payment solutions within a single, unified fintech platform.
LLP Exotic Auto Finance Chooses ACI Worldwide To Modernize Bill Payment, Automate 90% Of Manual Processes
- 2 weeks 7 hours ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide , an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced that LLP Exotic Auto Finance (LLP), a leading automotive leasing company specializing in top-of-the-line luxury and exotic cars, has partnered with ACI Speedpay to drive strategic business growth, increase operational efficiencies and deliver exceptional customer experiences through its modern, intuitive and flexible payment solutions.
Mollie To Acquire GoCardless, Creating Europe’s Most Complete Payment Platform
- 2 weeks 7 hours ago
- Payments
Mollie, one of Europe's fastest-growing financial service providers, has signed an agreement to acquire bank payment company GoCardless. The strategic combination creates one provider serving over 350,000 businesses that integrates card payments, local methods, and bank payments into a single solution. A payments powerhouse
EBANX Drives The Next Phase Of Credit Cards In LatAm With Network Tokenisation For Cross-Border Transactions
- 2 weeks 7 hours ago
- Payments
EBANX, a global technology company specialising in payment services for emerging markets, has extended its operations with Network Tokens to five Latin American countries. The technology replaces the card's sensitive Primary Account Number (PAN) with a secure, dynamic token (DPAN), thereby protecting cardholder data whilst ensuring a smoother payment experience.
HBX Group And Mastercard Launch New Virtual Payment Programme To Power Travel Intermediaries Globally
- 2 weeks 9 hours ago
- Payments
HBX Group (HBX.SM), a leading independent B2B travel technology marketplace, and Mastercard have announced the launch of a new virtual payment programme designed to bring greater efficiency, flexibility and security to travel payments worldwide.
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Airwallex Doubles-Down On UK And Regional Growth By Investing $590Million [£436M] Over Next Five Years
- 2 weeks 9 hours ago
- Investment
Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced it will inject $590 million [£436M] into its UK business across the next five years (2026 to 2030) to drive local and regional growth.
Starling Bank Launches New Tool To Help Customers Be ‘Good With Money’
- 2 weeks 10 hours ago
- Personal Finance
Three quarters of UK couples (74%) are speaking different ‘money languages’, with different communication styles causing conflict for two-thirds of couples (66%) and delaying major life milestones such as home ownership and starting a family. As a result, financial compatibility has become a top three priority for people when looking for a partner, alongside sexual compatibility and shared interests, and above shared political and religious...
Ecommpay Gains Full Digital Accessibility Centre Approval For Website And Product Pages
- 2 weeks 11 hours ago
- Compliance
Following close behind its previous announcement that it had achieved Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC) certification for its mobile SDK and Hosted Payment Page, inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay has now gained full DAC compliance across its website and product pages. This follows a rigorous three-strand testing process by the DAC to ensure it meets the WC3 (World Wide Web Consortium) WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.2...
Mastercard Collaborates With TerraPay To Unlock Acceptance For Digital Wallet Users Globally
- 2 weeks 11 hours ago
- Payments
Mastercard has joined forces with TerraPay, a global money movement company, to equip its wallet partners including mobile money wallets, fintechs, and banks, with the latest digital payment capabilities.
Checkout.com Research Signals First AI Christmas, With Consumers Set To Embrace Agentic Commerce In 2026
- 2 weeks 11 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
New research from Checkout.com reveals that Christmas 2025 will mark a turning point for agentic AI adoption, as consumers increasingly turn to intelligent digital agents to manage the stress, cost and complexity of peak-season shopping. With 47% of consumers planning to use an AI agent for their Christmas shopping and a third saying they planned to rely on agentic tools over Black Friday, this year’s festive season could be the first in which...
Banks Must Educate As They Innovate: Over A Third Of UK Consumers Say Financial Services AI Is Moving Too Fast, FIS Research Shows
- 2 weeks 11 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
The UK is experiencing rapid AI adoption in financial services, with 75% of financial firms now using artificial intelligence, up from 58% in 2022, as reported by the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (2024 report). But new research from FIS, a leading provider of financial technology, reveals that consumer confidence is failing to keep pace with innovation, creating a widening AI trust gap and an imperative for banks to educate...
Ant International And HSBC Test New Cross-Border Payments Solution Using Tokenised Deposits On Swift’s Network And Powered By ISO 20022
- 2 weeks 12 hours ago
- Payments
Ant International, HSBC and Swift today have completed a successful Proof of Concept (POC) for the cross-border transfer of tokenised deposits using ISO 20022 standards. The initiative leverages Swift’s global messaging network and HSBC’s recently launched Tokenised Deposit Service, combined with Ant International’s blockchain technology.
Pension-Finding Platform Raindrop Has Reunited Savers With Over £1 Billion In Lost Pension Pots Since Launch
- 2 weeks 12 hours ago
- Infrastructure
Pension-finding platform, Raindrop has joined forces with some of the UK’s largest financial providers to track down over £1 billion in lost pension pot savings for UK savers since launch. In total, Raindrop’s pension-finding technology has recovered over 100,000 individual pots with an average value of over £11,000.
Simply Asset Finance Hits £2Bn Loan Origination Milestone
- 2 weeks 12 hours ago
- Lending
Simply Asset Finance, the specialist business lending provider, has announced that following a successful Q3 2025 it has reached a £2 billion total loan origination milestone - building on its continued growth and lending support for SMEs this year. 2025 saw Simply grow its gross loan book to £543 million, and increase its customer base to 13,000 as the business brought new digital origination channels onstream and introduced products such as...
Zilch Lands FCA Payments Licence Marking Major Strategic Growth Milestone
- 2 weeks 12 hours ago
- Payments
Today, Zilch, the consumer payments platform powering the future of commerce, has announced that it has secured a payments services licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), further cementing its position as a trusted leader within the market.
