The way people pay and get paid has changed more in the past five years than in the last 50. Consumers have evolved, adapting to new payment experiences – from the advent of embedded, digital commerce to the rapid adoption of “the tap.” Today at the annual Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco, Visa unveiled new products and services that will revolutionize the card and address the future needs of businesses, merchants and consumers and the financial institutions that serve them.

Despite Britain announcing last week that it is officially out of recession, Brits are increasingly turning to prepaid cards and adjusting their spending habits to manage the ongoing cost of living crisis and to avoid debt, according to a new survey conducted by research firm Opinium, commissioned by leading online prepaid payment firm Recharge. 

BVNK, the payments infrastructure provider, announced today that it has integrated the stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD). Paxos Trust Company, overseen by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), is the sole issuer of PYUSD. Please note PYUSD is not regulated in the UK. Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest.

MHP Group, the leading integrated communications consultancy, has today launched new research revealing a returning sense of optimism among Europe’s fintech leaders after a challenging period for the industry. The report Reputation and the future of European fintech: Powering growth through Effective Communications analyses the views of over 50 senior fintech leaders across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

Ayruu, the all-in-one business travel company, has chosen Edenred Payment Solutions to provide virtual cards in its workflow, to make paying suppliers and travel partners easier across France and Europe.

PayDo, a leading Electronic Money Institution, proudly announces the expansion of its SWIFT service capabilities to include 11 new currencies. This strategic enhancement enables PayDo to offer more versatile and inclusive financial services across global markets. With 24  currencies in total, PayDo corporate and individual clients now get a new frontier within international payment solutions. 

Temenos today announced that Vietnam Public Commercial Joint Stock Bank, one of Vietnam’s largest banks, has launched PVConnect with Temenos Digital on Amazon Web Services (AWS). With Temenos’ cloud-native digital banking platform, PVcombank was able to quickly design, build, and launch their highly rated mobile app, transforming the mobile banking experience for one million of their customers.

CUBE, a global leader in Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI) and Regulatory Change Management (RCM),  announces today its acquisition of the Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden products and businesses. 

CorServ, a company that empowers banks and fintechs with payment programs, has partnered with Avidbank (over $2 billion in assets) to launch a beneficial credit card program for their commercial customers.

Standard Chartered today announced the successful completion of Euro-denominated cross-border transactions between Hong Kong and Singapore and is the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure.