J.P. Morgan Payments Powers Mercado Libre’s Global Selling Expansion
- 22 min 33 sec ago
- Payments
Cross-border marketplace flows can introduce complexity across onboarding, funding movement, and seller pay-outs—especially when programs expand quickly across geographies. For marketplaces, embedded payments can streamline complex multi-party cross-border transactions, simplify payment operations, and improve the seller experience.
Finix Integrates with Cash App Pay and Afterpay to Expand Payment Options for Businesses
- 36 min 33 sec ago
- Payments
Finix, the full-stack payment processor enabling businesses to accept and send payments online and in-store, today announced an integration to offer Cash App Pay and Afterpay to eligible U.S. businesses. The partnership gives businesses more ways to accept payments through Finix while offering customers greater choice and flexibility at checkout.
PayPoint and Thirteen Win OBExpo Award After Cutting Rent Processing Costs by 86%
- 45 min 33 sec ago
- Payments
PayPoint and Thirteen, the largest housing association in the Northeast of England, have won “Best Open Banking Sector Transformation” at the Open Banking Expo Awards 2026. The win comes as the partnership introduced a Pay by Bank service that has cut payment processing costs by 86% compared with card payments.
Stripe and Plasma Co-Develop a New Multi-Currency Card Experience
- 20 hours 30 min ago
- Payments
Stripe and Plasma today announced a collaboration to launch multi-currency stablecoin cards, making it easier for people and businesses to spend across currencies and markets. Built in close partnership with Plasma as a design partner, the aim is to make everyday spending simpler. Cardholders will be able to use the currencies they already hold, reduce unnecessary conversions and FX costs, and spend abroad as easily as they spend at home.
Akurateco Integrates with viaSocket to Automate Payment Operations Without Code
- 22 hours 2 min ago
- Payments
Akurateco, a white-label payment software vendor, has launched an integration with viaSocket, a no-code workflow automation platform that connects more than 2,300 business applications. The integration went live and lets teams run routine payment operations in Akurateco automatically, based on what happens in the other tools they use.
StraitsX Partners with Visa to Expand Its Reach to Over 100 Markets Globally Through Stablecoin-Backed Card Programs
- 23 hours 9 min ago
- Payments
StraitsX, the stablecoin-native settlement layer powering global finance, today announced that it is partnering with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments to expand its card issuing capabilities globally to more than 100 markets.
Nuvei Secures License to Offer Local Payment Acceptance in South Africa
- 23 hours 13 min ago
- Payments
Nuvei, the global fintech building the infrastructure for every payment, everywhere, today announced that it has secured authorization from the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) to offer local merchant payment services in South Africa, expanding its ability to support global brands and local businesses through its global payments platform.
COINPAYMENTS and Motorsport Lab Partner to Bring Digital-Asset Payments to Supercars and Luxury Motorsport Travel
- 1 day 1 hour ago
- Payments
COINPAYMENTS, a global digital-asset payment infrastructure provider, and Motorsport Lab, an experiential motorsport company creating curated supercar journeys, corporate experiences and brand activations for private clients and global organizations, today announced a partnership bringing digital-asset payments to luxury motorsport and experiential travel.
PPRO Partners with Damisa for Stablecoin-Powered Treasury and Cross-Border Settlement
- 1 day 1 hour ago
- Payments
Damisa, the regulated stablecoin-native settlement platform for cross-border business payments, today announced that PPRO, the local payments platform behind global payment service providers and merchants, has partnered with Damisa. What began as a focused deployment in the Latin American region is now scaling with PPRO’s global expansion.
Interledger Foundation Takes Its First Steps to Bring Instant Payments to Community Lenders
- 1 day 4 hours ago
- Payments
The Interledger Foundation (ILF) is working with five community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and fintech organizations to lay the groundwork for instant payments adoption across community lending, where most institutions still run on rails that take days to settle. Large financial institutions have leveraged instant payments for years, accessing and deploying funds faster. Community-based lenders, though, have lagged, held back by... more
Vivid Selects Wise Platform for International Payments for SMEs
- 2 days 25 min ago
- Payments
As demand for cross-border payments surges among its European small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), Vivid, one of Europe's fastest-growing digital business financial platforms, has selected Wise Platform, Wise’s global payments infrastructure for banks and enterprises, to launch fast, transparent and seamless international payments for its business customers.
Christmas ‘Moneymaxxing’: Consumers Turn to Flexible Payment Options Ahead of the Festive Season
- 2 days 1 hour ago
- Payments
UK consumers are ‘moneymaxxing’ this Christmas as they look for ways to plan ahead and make their festive budgets work harder by spreading the cost of purchases over multiple months. New research, commissioned by payments network Affirm and carried out by Savvy Marketing, reveals that almost half (47%) of those planning to start their Christmas shopping earlier are doing so to spread the cost of items across several paydays.
Paymentology and Huru Expand Partnership to Launch Jaywan Card in the UAE
- 2 days 23 hours ago
- Payments
Paymentology, the leading global issuer processor, and Huru, the Emirati-owned financial app licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE, have expanded their longstanding partnership to support the launch of Huru’s card on Jaywan, the UAE’s domestic card scheme. Scheduled to launch in Q4 2026, Huru’s Jaywan card will be supported by Paymentology’s processing technology, building on the companies’ existing partnership as Huru broadens the services... more
Visa Receives Approval to Begin Preparations for a Domestic Business in China
- 3 days 7 min ago
- Payments
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced that it has received approval of its Application to Prepare from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), which allows the company to begin formal preparations to establish a domestic bankcard clearing institution in China. This marks an important milestone toward the company serving China’s domestic payments market.
