The global financial community has unleashed a new era for global payments innovation with universal adoption of ISO 20022 as the standard language for cross-border payments worldwide. The final switch happened on 22 November, with the end of coexistence with the traditional MT message format.

The move elevates customer experience in today’s fiat currency system in support of the G20 goals for international payments, enabling faster, more efficient and data-driven payments.

Millions of Nigerians can now receive money from abroad instantly, thanks to a new alliance between Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, and MoMo PSB, the fintech platform of Nigeria's largest mobile network operator, MTN. The alliance marks the significant stride attained by MoMo in the expansion of its African and international remittance corridors, allowing MoMo customers to receive funds from key international markets including the USA, UK, Canada, France, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Israel and South Africa.

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, today announced its support for the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open standard for AI commerce that lets AI agents, people, and businesses work together to complete purchases, powering agentic commerce for enterprise merchants.

Unlimit, the global fintech company, today announced that it has partnered with ShipAfrica, a global logistics and shipping platform, to strengthen its parcel delivery operations and international cross-border trade.

This partnership sees ShipAfrica integrate Unlimit’s industry-leading unified payments platform, enabling customers to pay using more than 1000 local and international payment methods - from global card schemes to Mobile Money and bank transfers.

Worldline, a European leader in payment services, has announced the UK launch of Android SmartPOS, an Android-based payment platform designed for small and medium-sized merchants that goes beyond traditional payment terminals.

As the payments and identification landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, TRUSTECH’s latest visitor survey provides a compelling snapshot of how industry professionals perceive the near future. The findings reveal both optimism and urgency, with innovation, security, and sustainability emerging as central priorities for 2025 and beyond.

A market brimming with confidence and challenges

Millions of UK consumers could save an average of £1,257 each year by consolidating unoptimised debt, according to new Experian research. As the UK braces for the Autumn Budget this week and with Christmas spending adding seasonal pressure to household budgets, new research reveals that wider adoption of debt consolidation technology could unlock £15.1 billion in household spending and generate £2.1 billion in extra savings annually through reduced interest costs. 

RTGS.global, the fintech transforming how cross-border payments are made and settled, has today announced that 23 currencies have been added to its global network.

Payhawk, the finance orchestration platform helping companies unify spend management, Accounts Payable, and payments, today announced a partnership with Invopop, a certified Peppol Access Point provider. This collaboration expands Payhawk’s eInvoicing capabilities across Europe allowing finance teams to receive, validate, approve, and pay structured eInvoices directly within the platform without additional systems or integrations.

Anticipating Europe’s eInvoicing transformation