Worldpay® has expanded its partnership with Visa to enhance the payments leader’s 3D Secure (3DS) solution, which can help merchants reduce fraud while reducing consumer friction and boosting authorizations. By passing through authentication data to the issuer, merchants in the U.S.

Varo Bank, the first all-digital nationally chartered bank in the U.S., today announced the appointment of Rathi Murthy as its new Chief Technology Officer.

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) and solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its AI-driven reconciliation and data management platform, SmartStream Air, into the insurance sector. This move aims to help insurers tackle fragmented data challenges, reduce operational costs, and strengthen compliance through robust audit trails.

PNC Bank today announced the launch of PNC Mobile Accept®, a fully integrated payment solution that provides its micro business clients with the ability to accept in-person credit and debit card payments directly within the PNC Mobile app.

New data from a global leader in verification and anti-fraud provider Sumsub shows a dramatic global increase in synthetic identity document fraud from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025. This fraud type, when gen-AI is used to generate totally artificial documents, has increased by 195% globally -  showing the continuation of a clear move towards AI-enabled fraud.

Fashion company Bonprix, part of the Otto Group, is taking a major step in its digital expansion by entering into a partnership with Trustly. Through this collaboration, Trustly's innovative Account-to-Account (A2A) payment solution will be implemented in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. This enables a faster, smoother, and more secure payment experience for Bonprix's Nordic customers.

Upvest, Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider, is today announcing a milestone partnership with Webull UK, a leading online investment platform. Through this strategic partnership, Webull UK end users will be able to access fractional trading in UK stocks and ETFs for the first time via Upvest’s cutting-edge Investment API.

Payment Assist, the UK’s leading provider of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and retail finance solutions for the automotive sector, has announced the launch of a business lending division, expanding its offering to include merchant cash advance, business loans, invoice finance and business credit cards.

New research by YouGov commissioned by Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments platform, has found that merchants and financial institutions not offering ID verification and biometric payment authorisation are at risk of losing customer trust.