The UK is entering a golden era of payments driven by the digital wallet boom, new findings from Worldpay^®, a global leader in payments technology and solutions, reveal in its Global Payments Report 2024.

While 54 percent of global consumers expect to increase their cross-border purchasing over the next six to twelve months, they need flexibility and transparency in the digital payment experience to make that happen. In a report released today by leading global payments and financial platform Airwallex and Edgar, Dunn & Company, 77 percent of consumers also said they would abandon their cart if their preferred payment method was not offered.

ING and Mastercard partner to make payments easier and safer for consumers when shopping online through Click to Play, a simple and intuitive way of paying. Click to Pay is now available on ING´s app and website in Spain and will be rolled out in other European countries later this year.

AccessPay, the leading bank integration provider, today announced that it has closed its strategic funding round at $24 million with a combination of equity and debt. The round was led by True Ventures, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, with participation from Manchester-based investment firm Praetura Ventures, NatWest, Mastercard, Route 66 Ventures, and Beringea.

Finastra, a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces brought together leaders from banks, financial institutions and technology companies for its corporate banking event series hosted in Dubai and London.

dLocal, the leading cross-border payment platform specializing in high-growth markets, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Ebury, a leading global fintech company. The collaboration aims to transform payment solutions, rapidly unlocking opportunities across Africa's largest markets.

UAE-based financial technology provider, ZagTrader has integrated Muinmos’ RegTech solution into its platform, enabling its institutional clients worldwide to transform their onboarding capabilities. The integration with Muinmos enables ZagTrader to offer a one-stop-shop solution to clients, including a trading system, back office, advanced analytics, onboarding and reporting.

Volopa, the transaction, payments, and expenses company, has partnered with ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, to allow it to significantly expand the services it can offer its growing portfolio of SME clients.

Leading carbon accounting startup Greenly has announced a $52 million Series B funding round led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, two years after a successful $23 million Series A. This latest fundraising effort establishes Greenly as a global leader in a market poised for massive adoption, spurred by new regulations like the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the recent US requirement for public companies to report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi cloud computing, announced the findings of its sixth global Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption.