Airwallex, a leading global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, today announced that its global payments platform has been chosen by Pipe, a fintech company offering embedded capital products to small businesses, as a key partner to help power the rapid global growth of its business.

Mastercard today announced a leadership transition in its Asia Pacific region, with Ari Sarker set to step down from his role as President, Asia Pacific at the end of 2025. After more than a decade in the role, Ari will move into an advisory position, where he will focus on strategic initiatives and mentoring regional leadership to support a smooth transition.

Adyen , the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced a joint partnership with Prommt, (www.prommt.com) the premium pay by link solution trusted by top brands in hospitality, travel, luxury retail, and professional services.

CaixaBank customers carried out 100.7 million mobile payment transactions in June 2025, up 34.4% on the same month last year, showing a consistent increase in the use of payments via mobile devices and wearables. The bank is pressing forward with its digital transformation, with record mobile payment transactions and an expanding customer base.

The platform will bring together buyers and sellers of shares in private companies to trade on an intermittent basis.  

Breaking new ground with the world’s first regulated private stock market, PISCES (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System) is a great example of industry, government and regulators working together to go further and faster on innovative reform.

Simon Walls, executive director of markets at the FCA, said:

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, announced today the nationwide rollout of its in-store payment solutions across Walmart Canada’s network of 400+ stores, making Walmart Canada the largest retailer in the country to offer Klarna’s flexible payments options.

Standard Chartered and Ant International today announced a new collaboration to introduce an AI-Powered Treasury and FX Management Solution that integrates Ant International’s Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) Model with Standard Chartered’s Aggregated Liquidity Engine (SCALE).

Standard Chartered and Ant International are active Pathfinder institutions in MAS’ financial sector PathFin.ai programme, and this collaboration is a leading example of how AI is augmenting Singapore’s financial sector services.

Holo, a fintech platform reinventing how people buy homes in the UAE, has announced that it has raised $22 million in one of the largest Series A rounds in the GCC in 2025. The investment round was led by Saudi Arabia’s Impact46, with support from Mubadala Investment Company “Mubadala”, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, and participation from Rua Growth Fund, anb seed, MoreThan Capital, and returning investors Salica Oryx Fund and Dubai Future District Fund.

Experian today announced the integration of Incode Technologies, Inc. (“Incode”) into the Experian Ascend Platform™. This collaboration will enable seamless, secure and efficient identity validation for over 1,800 global clients across industries including financial services, automotive, healthcare and digital marketing.

Evergent, the global leader in customer management and monetization for streaming, direct-to-consumer sports, PayTV, and digital subscription businesses, today announced its collaboration with Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses. The partnership fuels the launch of Evergent Payments, a powerful, pre-integrated new module within the Evergent Monetization Platform (EMP).