'Friendly fraud’ is expected to increase by 25% between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, according to an analysis of billions of transactions of global eCommerce businesses by ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology.

Tide, the UK’s leading business management platform,  is launching Tide Insurance for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new service enables Tide members to access tailored business insurance directly through the Tide app - saving them time, reducing admin, and helping close the protection gap among UK small businesses. The first products are being launched in partnership with Admiral Business. 

Bitso, leader in digital financial services in Latin America, today  announced a major expansion of its onchain ecosystem, unveiling its multi-platform Perps Aggregator and plans for a Bitso Onchain token in 2026. 

Bitso confirmed the upcoming release of its Perps Aggregator, scheduled for Early Q1 2026. Unlike  typical interfaces that redirect traders to individual venues, Bitso’s aggregator is engineered as a true  execution layer across multiple onchain perpetual futures platforms. 

Paysafe, a leading payments platform, today announced its expanded partnership with Boosteroid, the world’s largest independent cloud gaming provider.

BENEFIT, the Bahraini innovator and a leading company in fintech and electronic financial transactions service, and Ant International, a leading global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider, headquartered in Singapore,  have partnered to launch cross-border QR payments between Bahrain’s BENEFIT QR payment scheme and Ant International’s global wallet gateway, Alipay+, during 2026 to support the transition to toward a more inclusive digital payments ecosystem.

Worldpay®, a global leader in payment technology, has announced the launch of Worldpay MCP (Model Context Protocol), a publicly available set of server specifications and tools, designed to accelerate AI-powered payment integration and open the door for agentic commerce innovation. This launch marks the next milestone in Worldpay’s ongoing focus on innovation, shaping the future of commerce.

Tidalwave, an agentic AI-powered mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platform, today announced a $22 million Series A funding round led by Permanent Capital, with participation from D.R. Horton, Inc., the nation’s largest homebuilder, and a follow-on from Engineering Capital. This brings Tidalwave’s total funding to $24 million.