The “Refund Hack” Economy: Why E-Commerce Chargebacks Surged in 2025
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
As we enter the critical holiday shopping season, businesses are facing new and emerging challenges with first-party fraud. Sift’s Q4 2025 Digital Trust Index shows that chargeback rates climbed steadily throughout 2025, reaching 0.26% in Q3, a 53% increase from Q1 2025. Retail e-commerce chargeback rates have exploded by 233% since Q1 2025, the highest increase of any merchant category.
EBANX Drives the Next Phase of Credit Cards in LatAm with Network Tokenization for Cross-Border Transactions
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment services for emerging markets, has extended its operations with Network Tokens to five Latin American countries. The technology replaces the card’s sensitive Primary Account Number (PAN) with a secure, dynamic token (DPAN), thereby protecting cardholder data while ensuring a smoother payment experience.
Customers in Denmark Can Now Access ViaBill’s Pay Later Installment Plans with Apple Pay
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Starting today, ViaBill customers in Denmark can now choose to split up payments for their purchase using ViaBill’s Mastercard and Pay Later solutions on Apple Pay. Eligible customers can now choose to pay in monthly installments when checking out with Apple Pay online and in-app using iPhone or iPad, or in-store using iPhone. This innovative capability delivers even more convenience, control, and transparency to even more customers.
BPI’s BanKo Teams Up with ACI Worldwide to Modernize Payments Infrastructure
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
BPI Direct BanKo, Inc., A Savings Bank (BanKo), the microfinance arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), announced that it has selected ACI Worldwide , an original innovator in global payments technology, to advance its payment infrastructure.
Visa Launches Stablecoins Advisory Practice to Accelerate Digital Payments Innovation in Europe
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Visa , a global leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of its Stablecoins Advisory Practice. The new value-added service offering by Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) provides actionable insights and recommendations to guide banks, fintechs, merchants, and businesses of all sizes on market fit, strategy, and implementation.
xpate Introduces ScheduleFX to Enable a Fully Manageable Automated Payout Flow
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
xpate, the all-in-one payments and banking hub, has launched ScheduleFX, a new automation feature that allows merchants to schedule and automate currency conversion directly within their xpate wallet. The release extends xpate’s broader automation capabilities, following the recent launch of Scheduled Transfers, and gives merchants full control over how and when funds are converted after settlement.
Volt Partners with BVNK to Add Stablecoin Acceptance to Its Checkout
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Volt, the real-time, rail-agnostic money movement platform, today announces its new strategic partnership with BVNK, the l
PayTabs Egypt Partners with Edita to Streamline Payments and Cash Collection
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
PayTabs Egypt, MENA’s award-winning payments powerhouse, announced today a strategic partnership with Edita Trade as a subsidiary of Edita Food, a leader in the Egyptian packaged snack food market. This collaboration will integrate PayTabs Egypt's cash collection solution into Edita's operations, streamlining payments and cash collection between their representatives and end-point distributors.
Ripple Payments Sees First European Bank Adoption With AMINA Bank
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, today announced a new partnership with AMINA Bank AG, to support near real time cross-border payments for AMINA Bank’s clients using Ripple Payments.
Global Payments Releases Its 2026 Commerce And Payment Trends Report
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
Global Payments Inc., a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, today released its sixth-annual Commerce and Payment Trends Report.
Klarna Partners With Privy To Develop Simple, Secure Crypto Wallet For The Masses
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has signed a research partnership with Privy, the leading wallet infrastructure platform and a Stripe company, to explore, research and co-design potential wallet solutions to power a new generation of crypto products for Klarna users.
LLP Exotic Auto Finance Chooses ACI Worldwide To Modernize Bill Payment, Automate 90% Of Manual Processes
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide , an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced that LLP Exotic Auto Finance (LLP), a leading automotive leasing company specializing in top-of-the-line luxury and exotic cars, has partnered with ACI Speedpay to drive strategic business growth, increase operational efficiencies and deliver exceptional customer experiences through its modern, intuitive and flexible payment solutions.
Mollie To Acquire GoCardless, Creating Europe’s Most Complete Payment Platform
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
Mollie, one of Europe's fastest-growing financial service providers, has signed an agreement to acquire bank payment company GoCardless. The strategic combination creates one provider serving over 350,000 businesses that integrates card payments, local methods, and bank payments into a single solution. A payments powerhouse
EBANX Drives The Next Phase Of Credit Cards In LatAm With Network Tokenisation For Cross-Border Transactions
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
EBANX, a global technology company specialising in payment services for emerging markets, has extended its operations with Network Tokens to five Latin American countries. The technology replaces the card's sensitive Primary Account Number (PAN) with a secure, dynamic token (DPAN), thereby protecting cardholder data whilst ensuring a smoother payment experience.
HBX Group And Mastercard Launch New Virtual Payment Programme To Power Travel Intermediaries Globally
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
HBX Group (HBX.SM), a leading independent B2B travel technology marketplace, and Mastercard have announced the launch of a new virtual payment programme designed to bring greater efficiency, flexibility and security to travel payments worldwide.
