Samsung Launches Its First Credit Card in the U.S.
- 7 hours 20 min ago
- Payments
Samsung Electronics America and Barclays today announced the launch of Samsung Galaxy Card, its first-ever credit card program in the United States. The innovative card issued on the Visa network is provisioned directly into Samsung Wallet and brings consumers new financing options when purchasing Samsung Galaxy devices, home appliances, entertainment products and more, all while helping them earn valuable cash rewards on everyday purchases.
LemFi and BVNK Partner to Rebuild the Rails of the Diaspora Economy with Stablecoin Settlement
- 7 hours 46 min ago
- Cryptocurrencies
LemFi, the financial platform for people living and working across borders, has partnered with BVNK, an enterprise-grade stablecoin payments infrastructure company, to rebuild the rails beneath the diaspora economy. The partnership moves LemFi's cross-border settlement onto BVNK's regulated stablecoin payment infrastructure, delivering near-instant value transfers between markets at a fraction of the cost, without changing anything about how... more
TerraPay Partners with TPBank to Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments from Vietnam
- 11 hours 29 min ago
- Payments
TerraPay, a global money movement company, has partnered with TPBank, one of Vietnam’s most innovative and digitally focused banks, to offer customers real-time outbound cross-border payment capabilities to destinations worldwide. Vietnam recorded 17.7 billion non-cash transactions in 2024, up 56% year-on-year, and by the first nine months of 2025 alone that figure had already reached nearly 18 billion — surpassing the full-year 2024 total.
JAGGAER and Conferma Launch Embedded Virtual Card Payments to Simplify Supplier and Employee Spend
- 11 hours 42 min ago
- Payments
JAGGAER, a global leader in source-to-pay and supplier collaboration, today announced a new partnership with Conferma, the global leader in virtual payments, to simplify payments for long-tail spend. The partnership enables organizations to generate virtual cards within JAGGAER to pay vendors at the point of order and issue cards to employees for purchases and travel. This integration delivers a more connected procurement and payments experience... more
Expensify Expands Collaboration with Marqeta to Bring Its Card Offering into Europe
- 12 hours 15 min ago
- Payments
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Half of Businesses Overpay by Up to 20% on Cross-Border Payments as Fragmentation Drives Consolidation
- 13 hours 6 min ago
- Payments
PayDo analysis finds that one in two business clients arrives overpaying by as much as 20% on the total cost of moving money across borders, while two in three technology businesses joining the platform cite fragmentation rather than pricing as the primary reason for consolidating providers.
1 in 3 Payments Leaders Name Real-Time Data Access as Their Biggest Challenge, Despite 92% Calling It Business-Critical
- 1 day 12 hours ago
- Payments
A new survey of 250 senior payments and fintech leaders at Money20/20 Europe earlier this year suggested that real-time data access has become the deciding factor in payments performance.
Alipay+ Connects Argentina’s National QR Payment Scheme via PVS, Enabling Cross-Border Digital Payments Nationwide Across Millions of Merchants
- 4 days 6 hours ago
- Payments
Alipay+, a global digital payment gateway under Ant International, today announced that it will enable global travellers to make QR code payments at millions of merchants across Argentina through integration with the country's national QR payment scheme Transferencias 3.0, in partnership with PVS, a fintech company specialized in developing customized payment solutions in Latin America.
BBVA Becomes the First Spanish Bank to Launch Swift’s New Global Retail Payments Scheme
- 4 days 7 hours ago
- Payments
The new scheme marks a decisive step forward in the modernisation of cross-border payments and contributes to achieving the objectives set out in the G20 roadmap to improve international transfers.
Transferra Records Increased Corporate Demand for Multi-Currency Services Amid Institutional De-Risking
- 4 days 9 hours ago
- Payments
Transferra, a UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-authorised Electronic Money Institution (EMI), announced that it has recorded increased demand for its multi-currency business account services from companies experiencing difficulties accessing financial services through traditional banking providers.
Spreedly Launches Standalone Payment Vault as Merchants Move to Control Their Own Payment Credentials
- 5 days 7 hours ago
- Payments
Spreedly today announced the availability of its standalone payment vault, giving merchants a way to securely store and control their own payment credentials without first adopting a full payments orchestration platform.
Revolut Receives In-Principle Approval to Provide Crypto Services in the UAE
- 5 days 8 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Revolut, the global financial leader with over 75 million customers worldwide, today announced it has received in-principle approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai to offer broker-dealer, management and investment, and exchange services in the UAE.
Sokin Now Lets UK Businesses Take Card Payments Online
- 5 days 11 hours ago
- Payments
Sokin, the global financial infrastructure company, is launching Sokin Checkout and Payment Links for UK businesses. The two products give businesses and finance teams a single place to collect customer payments by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and other methods, with funds settling directly into the company’s Sokin account with no separate integration to build or maintain.
Visa Reimagines Visa Infinite for Asia Pacific’s Modern Affluent
- 5 days 11 hours ago
- Payments
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today unveiled a refreshed Visa Infinite in Asia Pacific, designed for the modern affluent and how they live, spend and travel today. The refresh introduces a more flexible and personalised offering, anchored in a three-tier card suite. Alongside Visa Infinite, the portfolio includes the two newly launched tiers of Visa Infinite Privilege and Visa Infinite Private, each tailored to distinct affluent... more
Thredd Joins the Visa Agentic Ready Programme, Bringing Agent Network Readiness to Issuers Across Europe, Starting with Zilch
- 6 days 8 hours ago
- Payments
Thredd, the AI-first issuer processing platform, today announced it has joined the Visa Agentic Ready programme, enabling issuers across Europe to participate in agent-initiated payments without rebuilding their payments infrastructure. Consumer payments platform Zilch will be among the first issuers on the platform to enable agent-initiated payments for its cardholders.
