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SoFi and Mastercard Partner to Enable SoFiUSD Settlement Across Mastercard’s Global Payments Network

SoFi Technologies, Inc. today announced an enhanced partnership with Mastercard to enable SoFiUSD as a settlement option across Mastercard’s global payments network. SoFiUSD, the company’s fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin, is the first stablecoin offered by a U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 15:03
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Revolut Unveils the Official Audi Revolut F1 Team Card Design and Exclusive Fan Benefits Ahead of Grand Prix Debut in Melbourne

Revolut, the global fintech with over 70 million customers, has today unveiled the Official Card design of the Audi Revolut F1 Team. The limited edition release marks a historic milestone, as the team hits the grid for its inaugural season.

Revolut customers can join the waitlist to be among the first notified when the limited-edition card becomes available.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 14:59
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BitGo Selected to Provide Stablecoin Infrastructure and Support Distribution for SoFiUSD

BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A. , an OCC-regulated digital asset trust bank and subsidiary of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (“BitGo”), today announces that they have been selected to provide stablecoin infrastructure services and support distribution for SoFiUSD, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, N.A. SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by the U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 14:53
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Finastra Launches AI-Based OperatorAssist to Transform How Banks Address Payments Handling

Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced the launch of OperatorAssist, an AI-powered solution that is available to add to its payment hub user interface, designed to reduce errors, speed exception handling, and lower operational costs across the payments lifecycle.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 14:50
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N26 Strengthens Pan-European Operations with New Centre of Excellence in Madrid

N26 today announced the opening of its new European Centre of Excellence in Madrid, strengthening its pan-European operations. Located in the Salamanca district, the 2,000m² space will serve as the company’s second Operations hub after Berlin, as well as a base for the growing local Spanish team.The new Madrid hub plays a central role in N26’s long-term vision to build a profitable, resilient, pan-European banking platform.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 11:46
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ACI Worldwide Launches Card Payments on Cloud-Native ACI Connetic, Advancing Unified Payments Platform

ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced the launch of ACI Connetic for Cards, a next generation, fully integrated, modernized card payments suite within ACI Connetic, the industry’s first unified cloud-native payments hub, bringing together account-to-account (A2A), card payments and AI-driven fraud prevention on one platform.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 11:43
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PPRO Brings Swish into PayPal, Giving Swedish Consumers a Familiar Way to Pay Around the World

PPRO, one of the leading local payments platforms, has collaborated with PayPal to enable 8.7 million Swish users to pay with their preferred payment method at thousands of online stores around the world.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 11:26
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Nearly Half of Banks Are Behind on ISO 20022

Despite committing millions of dollars and expanding specialist delivery teams to meet the November 2026 ISO 20022 deadlines, nearly half of banks (44%) are still behind schedule, according to new research from RedCompass Labs. 

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 11:18
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Swift Accelerates Transformation of Consumer Payments as Banks Roll Out New Framework for Retail Transactions

Consumers and small businesses receiving payments in a range of countries, including five of the world’s largest remittance markets, will be among the first to benefit as Swift and banks globally roll out a pioneering new framework to bring next generation speed and new levels of affordability and predictability to cross-border retail payments.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 11:15
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Rise of Digital Banking in Modern Finance

Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has partnered with DT One to enable mobile top-ups directly within the wallet using stablecoins, linking onchain balances to everyday telecom services. Through DT One's infrastructure, Bitget Wallet users can access mobile top-ups in more than 170 countries, spanning over 500 local operators. The integration allows users to pay for airtime and data plans globally using USDT and USDC across Base, Solana, Tron, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Polygon and Morph.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 11:12
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