Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced the launch of Nordic currencies for its issuing customers, a key milestone that further enhances customer experience across Europe and marks the company’s first step into the Nordic region.

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of payments partners have identified the limited local payment methods and operational and technical failures as the biggest challenges facing merchants. This is according to new data from SPAYZ.io, a global provider of advanced payment technologies, which uncovers the challenges merchants are currently facing in the payments space.

Subscriptions dominate daily spending, from music to media, news or makeup. They’re also at the center of a growing chargeback storm.

Tarabut, MENA’s leading regulated financial technology platform, has inaugurated its regional headquarters in Riyadh. The new headquarters anchors Saudi-focused product development and client delivery, reinforcing Tarabut’s role as the technology infrastructure and intelligence layer for open banking in the Kingdom.

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Unipaas, the embedded payments leader for SaaS platforms, has unveiled a seamless Card-on-File Migration solution, eliminating one of the most overlooked yet critical barriers to rapidly scaling embedded payments.

While SaaS platforms increasingly embrace embedded payments for new revenue streams, stronger retention, and enhanced user experience, growth is often slowed by a hidden challenge: migrating stored card data from previous providers.

Stripe, the programmable financial services company, has been selected by Mercari, Inc., Japan’s largest consumer-to-consumer marketplace, to power its new “Mercari Global App.” By integrating Stripe, Mercari can offer users around the world a seamless shopping experience with multiple currencies, local payment methods, and consistently high authorization rates for cross-border transactions.