Asia Remains World’s Most Wallet-Led Region as A2A Payments Accelerate
- 1 week 3 days ago
- E-Wallets
Worldpay®, now Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), released its 11th annual Global Payments Report (GPR), revealing that spending via digital wallets surpassed cards in Hong Kong for the first time. Account-to-account (A2A) payments are also staging a quiet revolution across Asia and are set to reshape how consumers choose to pay in several markets across the region through 2030. Asia’s wallet-first future accelerates
From Gen Z to Retirees: Digital Wallets’ Cross-Generational Rise to Unlock £453bn of UK Spend by 2030
- 1 week 4 days ago
- E-Wallets
Worldpay®, now Global Payments, today released its 11th annual Global Payments Report (GPR), revealing that digital wallets are continuing to fundamentally change how consumers pay, both online and in-store. Digital wallet spending is expected to grow from £269 billion in 2025 to £453 billion by 2030[1] – a significant 68% increase – underlining its rapid mainstream adoption[2].
Branch Integrates With Stripe to Offer New Embedded Digital Wallet for Worker Payouts
- 2 weeks 2 days ago
- E-Wallets
Branch, a leading provider of workforce financial infrastructure, today announced its integration with Stripe to become the new embedded digital wallet provider for worker payouts. Companies now have an easy way to launch a customizable digital wallet and branded debit card experience via Stripe Issuing. Whether paying drivers, contractors, marketplace sellers, or frontline teams, Branch's digital wallet solutions help workers access funds... more
Bitget Wallet Launches Bank Transfer in Bangladesh, Enabling Stablecoin Payouts to bKash and Nagad
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- E-Wallets
Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, has expanded its Bank Transfer feature to Bangladesh via its partnership with its strategic licensee partners, enabling users to convert stablecoins into Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) and transfer funds directly to leading mobile financial services including bKash and Nagad. The launch allows users to move funds from onchain assets to widely used local payment accounts, simplifying access to everyday financial... more
Paythru Partners With Visa to Develop a Flexible and Scalable Fleet Wallet Solution
- 3 weeks 2 days ago
- E-Wallets
Paythru, the EV payments orchestration platform, today announces a strategic partnership with Visa, which will offer fleet operators and mobility platforms a white-label fleet wallet for electric vehicle (EV) charging payments. The fleet wallet allows drivers to pay for EV charging via a card or app, whilst letting fleet operators control what drivers can pay for, and view all payment data in one place.
Bede Partners with Ottu to Advance Enterprise Payment Solutions and Digital Wallet Adoption in Kuwait
- 1 month 4 weeks ago
- E-Wallets
Bede Kuwait, a subsidiary of Zain Group, has strategically partnered with Ottu, a payment orchestration platform operating across the Middle East and North Africa, to support enterprise businesses in Kuwait transition toward unified payment operations. This collaboration enhances the country’s broader digital transformation and the increased adoption of digital wallets issued by Bede and other providers.
As Employees Tap and Move with Digital Wallets, Finance Teams Need Real-Time Visibility and Controls to Keep Up, Says ExpenseIn
- 2 months 1 day ago
- E-Wallets
The European Central Bank’s latest payments report reveals how non‑cash payments jumped nearly 8%, with nearly 30 billion such card payments recorded in the first half of 2025.
MoonPay Powers Myriad’s In-App Wallet And USD1 Prediction Markets
- 2 months 3 weeks ago
- E-Wallets
We’re excited to announce that MYRIAD has partnered with MoonPay as it launches USD1 pools in collaboration with WorldLibertyFi, becoming the first prediction market to support this format.
Crypto Wallet Usage Shifts from Trading to Spending, Bitget Wallet Data Shows
- 3 months 1 week ago
- E-Wallets
Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, closed 2025 with higher onchain activity across trading, payments, and earnings, reflecting a shift in wallet usage as adoption expanded beyond early, trading-focused users. Data from the year suggests that self-custodial wallets are increasingly functioning as everyday financial apps, supporting not only trading but also spending and asset management.
Visa Helps Launch New Digital Wallets in Europe
- 4 months 1 week ago
- E-Wallets
Visa today announced it has enabled the launch of three brand new digital wallets across Europe, in partnership with BBVA, Klarna and Vipps MobilePay, and is collaborating with BANCOMAT on a pilot planned for early 2026. These are the first Visa-enabled wallets to use NFC (Near Field Communication) technology to allow HCE (Host Card Emulation) on iOS wallets.
Airwallex Becomes a Principal Member of EPI to Bring Wero, Europe’s Unified Digital Wallet, to Merchants Across Europe
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- E-Wallets
Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced its partnership with the European Payments Initiative (EPI), which developed Wero, the European digital wallet. Through this partnership, Airwallex becomes a Principal Member of EPI, enabling merchants on its platform to offer Wero Wallet as a payment method across Europe.
Banca Transilvania and BPC Deliver Romania’s First EU Digital Identity Wallet Payment
- 4 months 4 weeks ago
- E-Wallets
Banca Transilvania, leading bank in Romania, and BPC, global leader in payments solutions, have completed the first Romanian pilot of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) for payments, enabling cardholders to authenticate online purchases with their new European Digital ID. The project forms part of the EU Digital Wallet Consortium led large‑scale pilot funded by the European Commission to push the agenda of the eIDAS 2 regulation, which... more
Singapore Gulf Bank Selects Fireblocks to Power Secure Wallet Infrastructure
- 5 months 1 week ago
- E-Wallets
Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for secure digital asset custody, settlement, trading operations, and stablecoin payments, today announced that Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB), a fully licensed digital wholesale bank regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, will leverage Fireblocks' digital asset infrastructure to support secure treasury management and digital asset custody, including executing day-to-day treasury operations with automated... more
Klarna Launches Flexible Debit Card and Digital Wallet in UK
- 5 months 3 weeks ago
- E-Wallets
Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has begun rolling out two new products tapping into retail banks’ core business: everyday spending. This launch marks a significant step forward in Klarna’s mission to disrupt retail banking and become an every day spending partner to the UK’s consumers. Klarna balance allows customers to store e-money in a Klarna ‘account’ where they can add and withdraw funds, receive refunds... more
Mesh Announces Mesh AI Wallet At TOKEN2049
- 6 months 1 week ago
- E-Wallets
Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, today unveiled the future of agentic commerce during a live demo at TOKEN2049, demonstrating an AI agent completing a crypto transaction. The demonstration highlighted how an AI agent can seamlessly complete a real world ecommerce purchase using stablecoins, in this case finishing a purchase of dog food from a retailer.
