8x8 Expands Secure Pay Globally to Automate Compliant Payments Across Digital Channels
- 6 hours 57 min ago
- Payments
For many organizations, collecting payments is one of the most time-consuming and frustrating parts of customer service. Agents spend hours chasing overdue balances, customers get stuck in queues, and inconsistent processes slow down revenue recovery.
SEPA Instant Payments Set to Surpass Traditional Transfers by 2030
- 12 hours 47 min ago
- Payments
New research from ClearBank, conducted by Celent, and in collaboration with Plaid, reveals that Europe’s payments industry is on the cusp of a significant transformation, resulting from the introduction of the Instant Payment Regulation’s SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SEPA Instant) mandates. The report, ‘SEPA Instant: Build it and they will come,’ finds that real-time SEPA Instant payments will surpass traditional transfers by 2030, becoming the... more
Mercuryo Unveils Partnership With Visa to Support Global Expansion of Visa Direct Off-Ramping Service
- 12 hours 57 min ago
- Payments
Global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, have announced a partnership that will provide fast and user-friendly crypto-to-fiat global off-ramping via Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time payments platform.
Funding Circle’s Cashback and FlexiPay Cards Launched on Apple Pay for Convenient, Seamless and Secure Business Spending
- 1 day 10 hours ago
- Payments
Funding Circle, the UK’s leading SME finance platform, announces the launch of Apple Pay for its Cashback business credit card and FlexiPay customers. This latest feature provides small businesses with a more flexible, secure, and convenient way to manage their business. Apple Pay allows customers to pay directly from their devices, offering superior flexibility and security. Customers can seamlessly use their phone to pay for everything from... more
Gr4vy and Ecommpay Partner to Deliver Multiple Payment Methods Through a Single Integration
- 1 day 10 hours ago
- Payments
Gr4vy, the cloud-based payments orchestration platform, has joined forces with inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay, to provide its merchant customers with instant access to a wide range of local and international payment methods. The partnership underlines Gr4vy’s commitment to taking a merchant-first approach and processing every payment via the best route every time.
Thunes and UnionPay International Launch Instant Money Transfers to China’s Mainland
- 1 day 10 hours ago
- Money Transfers
Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today announces the launch of faster, more reliable, and more transparent payments into China’s mainland following a deepened collaboration with UnionPay International (UPI).
Checkout.com Powers Digital Payments Behind Freenow by Lyft’s Journeys Across Europe
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Payments
Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, has announced a new partnership with Freenow by Lyft, the European taxi app, to deliver reliable and high-performing digital payments across all nine of its European markets.
Humanity Mainnet Integrates with Fireblocks, Expanding Institutional Treasury Access
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Humanity Mainnet is now supported by Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for secure digital asset custody, settlement, trading operations, and stablecoin payments, enabling more than 2,400 institutions using Fireblocks’ infrastructure to securely hold, manage, and interact with H and other assets native to the Humanity ecosystem.
Phuket Smart Bus Launches Tap & Go Contactless Payments with Mastercard And Krungthai Bank
- 2 days 10 hours ago
- Payments
Phuket is taking another step toward becoming a world-class smart tourism destination with the launch of Tap & Go EMV contactless payments on the Phuket Smart Bus. Phuket City Development Co., Ltd. (PKCD), operator of the Phuket Smart Bus, has teamed up with Mastercard as the key technology provider and Krungthai Bank Public Company Limited as the payment backend provider to enable cashless, open-loop payments on electric buses across two... more
Airwallex Acquires Paynuri to Unlock Global Opportunities for Korean Businesses
- 2 days 12 hours ago
- Payments
Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, has acquired Paynuri Co. Ltd., an entity holding Payment Gateway and Prepaid Electronic Payment Instrument licenses as well as a Foreign Exchange Business registration, in South Korea. With these licenses, Airwallex can empower companies in Korea to expand and thrive across borders, while also helping businesses around the world to operate more seamlessly in this dynamic... more
Acquired.com Partners With Visa To Unlock Transparent, Trusted And Flexible Payment Experiences
- 2 days 12 hours ago
- Payments
Acquired.com, a payments infrastructure provider for recurring commerce, today announces a partnership with Visa in the UK to bring to market Visa A2A, a new account-to-account payment solution, designed specifically for recurring and variable payments. The collaboration introduces an alternative to Direct Debit and card-on-file, designed to deliver a smarter way to make recurring payments.
TrueLayer And Stripe Power Pay by Bank Payments in Finland With Kustom Checkout
- 2 days 12 hours ago
- Payments
TrueLayer, Europe’s fastest-growing payments network, today announced the launch of Pay by Bank payments in Finland. The payment method will be available through Kustom Checkout, and is powered by Stripe. Kustom is the leading checkout solution in the Nordics, serving over 24,000 online merchants.
2026 Outlook: 7 Ways Accelerating Transaction Disputes Will Redefine Payments
- 2 days 12 hours ago
- Payments
As economic uncertainty continues to shape consumer behavior, chargebacks are becoming the norm, rather than the exception, in eCommerce. Today, disputes are so common that processing disputes has become a core business function. Disputes are also transforming all stakeholders of the payments industry, thereby redefining how issuers, acquirers and merchants manage risk and customer relations.
Giftcards.com Expands Access To Digital Gift Cards Across PayPal
- 2 days 13 hours ago
- Payments
Blackhawk Network (BHN), a global leader in branded payments, today announced it is expanding the availability of digital gift cards to PayPal users. Giftcards.com—a BHN company—is now offering consumers 5% cashback when they opt-in and purchase gift cards using their PayPal wallet.*
TreviPay Launches Pay By Invoice For Issuers Enabled By Visa Credentials
- 3 days 7 hours ago
- Payments
TreviPay announces the launch of its Pay by Invoice solution for Visa-issuing banks, enabling issuers to capture a greater share of the $58 trillion North American B2B payments market. Through this collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, TreviPay’s order-to-cash automation technology combines with Visa’s commercial payment capabilities to help issuers move fragmented B2B spend into strategic, issuer-financed, invoice-based... more
