Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye (MENAT) region, has partnered with Visa, a global leader in digital payments, to become the first bank in the UAE to launch Visa+ (Visa Direct Alias Directory) for its customers. This innovative service offers Emirates NBD’s customers a more convenient, secure and faster way to send money to Visa cardholders within the GCC, reshaping the remittance and money transfer landscape in the UAE.

PalmPay, a leading digital bank and fintech platform focused on emerging markets, has launched the PalmPay Debit Card in Nigeria in partnership with Verve, Africa's largest domestic card scheme. 

The launch of its debit card represents a key milestone in PalmPay's evolution - from a mobile wallet known for its fee-free transfers and cashback rewards into a full-service digital banking platform offering an integrated ecosystem for payments, savings, credit, insurance, and now, card access.

Pismo has announced leadership changes to further strengthen its commitment to customer-centric growth while accelerating the expansion of its global footprint.

eBay, a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world, today announced its strategic partnership with Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments platform. Through this partnership, eBay expands its global payment platform to deliver seamless commerce experiences for its customers.

A wave of payment regulations is set to reshape the financial landscape in 2025, but none will hit UK businesses as directly as the new corporate criminal offence: ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’. Introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA), this law takes effect on 1st September 2025, placing direct responsibility on businesses to prevent fraudulent activity within their organisations.

LoanTube, the UK’s leading digital credit marketplace for underserved consumers and businesses, has partnered with lending provider Evlo to enhance access to transparent, real-rate loan comparison across Evlo’s unique branch-based digital lending network.

GoCardless, the bank payment company, today announces the appointment of Shaun Puckrin as Chief Product Officer. Puckrin joins from Checkout.com where he was SVP Product. In his new role at GoCardless he will lead the fintech’s product teams with responsibility for the product development and innovation agenda, including new payment flows, open banking capabilities and continuous product improvements to help merchants collect and send payments from GoCardless’ bank payment platform. 

Following recent data from Action Fraud that reveals £9.7 million was lost to ticket fraud in 2024, Ecommpay, the inclusive global payments platform, is working closely with merchants to help them understand and tackle fraud to help protect customers.

Ant International’s WorldFirst—an all-in-one digital cross-border payment and treasury account service for global businesses—has launched World Card, a Mastercard-enabled virtual card solution designed to help SMEs grow by simplifying global transactions and lowering operational costs.

As digital technology continues to reshape the financial landscape, banking preferences are shifting in significant ways. Traditional bank branches, once the cornerstone of personal finance, are becoming less central to people’s banking needs.