Airwallex Reveals 55% of UK Firms Scale Back Global Growth Over Payment Friction
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
More than half (55%) of UK businesses have scaled back their international growth plans this year, held back by the friction embedded in outdated, disconnected cross-border payment systems. That's more than 250,000 UK firms that trade internationally, with capital and ambition that is being stalled by infrastructure most businesses have no visibility into, let alone control over.
payabl. Renews BEONIX Festival Payments Partnership for Second Year, Extending Support Across ETKO
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
payabl., a European financial technology provider, has renewed its partnership with Kaspinas Group, the events and venue management company behind BEONIX Festival and a wider programme of events at ETKO in Limassol. As part of the partnership, payabl. returns as BEONIX‘s Official Payments Partner and continues to provide payment services across other events held at ETKO throughout the year.
Akurateco Makes Its Payment API Readable by AI Assistants
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Akurateco, a leading white-label payment software vendor, has made its developer documentation directly readable by AI coding assistants, so that developers integrating its payment API can query it from inside the tools they already work in.
Travelex Renews Key Industry Partnerships Across Major UK Travel and Retail Hubs
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
Leading foreign exchange company Travelex has announced a series of leading contract extensions across key UK travel hubs, including Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Edinburgh Airport, DFDS Seaway, Dover Port and London’s Oxford Street Selfridges. The renewal at John Lennon Airport comes as it celebrates its busiest ever year of operations, having served a record-breaking 5.6 million passengers in 2025.
Worldline Enables Agentic Commerce Payments via Universal Commerce Protocol Capabilities
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
Worldline, a European leader in payment services, today becomes one of the first in Europe to launch a payment handler for the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard for agentic commerce co-developed by Google and industry partners. The integration enables merchants to accept AI-initiated purchases across multiple platforms with a unified setup.
Thunes Launches Cross-Border Payouts Across Six New Middle East Markets
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today announced a major expansion of its Direct Global Network across the Middle East. The expansion introduces new payout services into six key markets: the Kingdom of Bahrain, Lebanon, the Sultanate of Oman, South Yemen, Syria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
From Application to Payments, Faster: Why PayDo Is Built for IT Companies
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
A technology company can sign its first customer and still wait weeks before it can invoice them. PayDo built its onboarding around the way software businesses actually operate, and typically opens an account in one to three days. There is a gap most technology founders do not budget for. It sits between signing a customer and being able to bill them and collect the money.
Corefy Surpasses 650 Ready-Made Payment Provider Integrations
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
Corefy, the unified payment operating system for companies that run and scale payment infrastructure, announced that its connector library now includes 650 ready-made integrations with payment providers and acquirers worldwide, with more than 100 of them added over the past 12 months.
NMI Launches Embeddable Component Suite to Help Software Platforms and AI Agents Add Payments and Grow Revenue
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
NMI®, a global leader in embedded payments infrastructure, today announced the launch of its embeddable component suite, a set of low-code, drop-in UI components that help software platforms embed payments directly into their own products.
BingX Card Now Available to All Eligible Users, Bringing Crypto Rewards to Everyday Spending
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
BingX, the world's leading multi-asset trading platform, today announced the full rollout of the BingX Card, making it available to all eligible users following an early-access period for selected VIPs, affiliates, and early users. The broader rollout marks another step in BingX's efforts to bring digital assets into everyday financial experiences. With the BingX Card, eligible users can use their crypto for everyday purchases while earning... more
U.S. Bank Launches USBDC Stablecoin
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
U.S. Bank today announced the successful execution of a live pilot transaction utilizing USBDC, the bank's proprietary U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, to enable a cross-border payment between U.S. Bank entities in North America and Europe. As one of the first bank-issued stablecoins deployed on a public blockchain, USBDC promises the potential of leveraging a new technology to bridge gaps in the global banking system with 24/7 transaction... more
Viamericas Announces Partnership With RCBC as Direct Banking Partner and Expands Payout Options With Home Delivery in the Philippines
- 1 week 4 days ago
- Payments
Viamericas, a leading provider of remittance services, announced a new direct banking partnership with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the leading banks in the Philippines. The partnership strengthens Viamericas’ bank deposit network while expanding the convenient payout options available to Filipino customers.
Finix Expands In-Person Payments Suite With Two New Devices
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
Finix, the full-stack payment processor enabling businesses to accept and send payments online and in-store, today announced the addition of a new Android-enabled payment tablet to its suite of in-person payment devices. The two devices give businesses more choice in how they accept card-present payments. The touchscreen tablet offers a larger, portable interface for mobile or countertop checkout, while the payment terminal provides a compact... more
Checkout.com Goes Live With US Direct Acquiring Under MALPB Charter
- 1 week 6 days ago
- Payments
Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, today announced the launch of direct acquiring in the US under its Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter in Georgia, marking a significant milestone in the company’s long-term investment in North America.
FinXP Partners With Thredd to Strengthen Multi-Region Card Issuing Capabilities
- 1 week 6 days ago
- Payments
New partnership combines FinXP’s Mastercard principal membership and issuing capabilities with Thredd’s issuer-processing platform to support scalable debit card programmes across Europe and future growth markets. FinXP has partnered with global issuer-processing platform Thredd to strengthen our card issuing capabilities and support the next phase of our embedded finance offering.
