Absa and Thunes Unveil Absa Global Pay, a Next-Generation Solution for Fast, Affordable Global Remittances
- 4 hours 20 min ago
- Payments
Absa Group, one of Africa's largest diversified financial services providers, has partnered with Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, to launch a new digital-first remittance solution, Absa Global Pay, that makes sending money across borders faster, simpler and more affordable for millions of customers across Africa.
PingPong Partners With Chewy, the Largest Online Pet Marketplace in the United States, to Support Its International Expansion
- 5 hours 55 min ago
- Payments
PingPong, a world-leading provider of cross-border embedded payment solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Chewy, the largest online pet retailer in the United States. The agreement makes PingPong one of Chewy's first official cross-border payments partners since the platform opened to Asian merchants in 2025, giving Asian sellers a direct route into the fast-growing North American pet market.
Mastercard Delivers Its First Live Agentic Transaction in Singapore With DBS and UOB
- 8 hours 10 min ago
- e-Payments
Mastercard today announced the completion of its first live, authenticated agentic transaction in Singapore with DBS and UOB, marking a step towards trusted AI-powered commerce. This milestone builds on recent news of a new AI Center of Excellence in Singapore, which is set to become Mastercard’s largest innovation space in the region.
Adyen Recognized as a Leader in Merchant Payment Providers Evaluation
- 11 hours 15 sec ago
- Payments
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced that it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Merchant Payment Providers, Q1 2026 report. In this evaluation, Adyen received the highest score possible in 14 different criteria, including Innovation, Roadmap and Data, Analytics and Insights.
BitGo Selected to Provide Stablecoin Infrastructure and Support Distribution for SoFiUSD
- 1 day 5 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A. , an OCC-regulated digital asset trust bank and subsidiary of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (“BitGo”), today announces that they have been selected to provide stablecoin infrastructure services and support distribution for SoFiUSD, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, N.A. SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by the U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain.
SoFi and Mastercard Partner to Enable SoFiUSD Settlement Across Mastercard’s Global Payments Network
- 1 day 5 hours ago
- Payments
SoFi Technologies, Inc. today announced an enhanced partnership with Mastercard to enable SoFiUSD as a settlement option across Mastercard’s global payments network. SoFiUSD, the company’s fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin, is the first stablecoin offered by a U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain.
Finastra Launches AI-Based OperatorAssist to Transform How Banks Address Payments Handling
- 1 day 5 hours ago
- Payments
Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced the launch of OperatorAssist, an AI-powered solution that is available to add to its payment hub user interface, designed to reduce errors, speed exception handling, and lower operational costs across the payments lifecycle.
ACI Worldwide Launches Card Payments on Cloud-Native ACI Connetic, Advancing Unified Payments Platform
- 1 day 8 hours ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced the launch of ACI Connetic for Cards, a next generation, fully integrated, modernized card payments suite within ACI Connetic, the industry’s first unified cloud-native payments hub, bringing together account-to-account (A2A), card payments and AI-driven fraud prevention on one platform.
Swift Accelerates Transformation of Consumer Payments as Banks Roll Out New Framework for Retail Transactions
- 1 day 8 hours ago
- Payments
Consumers and small businesses receiving payments in a range of countries, including five of the world’s largest remittance markets, will be among the first to benefit as Swift and banks globally roll out a pioneering new framework to bring next generation speed and new levels of affordability and predictability to cross-border retail payments.
PPRO Brings Swish into PayPal, Giving Swedish Consumers a Familiar Way to Pay Around the World
- 1 day 8 hours ago
- Payments
PPRO, one of the leading local payments platforms, has collaborated with PayPal to enable 8.7 million Swish users to pay with their preferred payment method at thousands of online stores around the world.
Bitget Introduces Group-Based Maker Rates To Strengthen Spot And Futures Liquidity
- 1 day 11 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has rolled out an upgraded Market Maker Incentive Program that introduces a group-based maker rate structure across all spot and futures trading pairs. The update is designed to deepen order-book liquidity, improve execution quality, and provide a more tailored incentive framework for professional market makers operating on the platform. The updated structure will take effect on March 4, 2026... more
Worldline Completes Its First Wero Online Payment With the Red Cross in Belgium
- 2 days 8 hours ago
- Payments
Worldline, a European leader in payment services, has enabled its first Wero online payment transaction in Belgium, the second European nation to enable eCommerce payments after Germany. This historic moment was done for the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen) following the announcement of Wero’s eCommerce launch in the country.
Visa and Bridge Expand Collaboration, With Plans to Bring Stablecoin-Linked Cards to Over 100 Countries
- 2 days 10 hours ago
- Payments
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, and Bridge, a leading stablecoin infrastructure platform and a Stripe company, today announced an expansion of their global card issuance product that they first unveiled in 2025. Bridge enables businesses and fintech developers to offer stablecoin-backed Visa cards. Now, through Bridge’s partnership with Lead Bank, these card transactions can be settled onchain with Visa.
Nexi Launches New Agentic Commerce Capabilities, Enabling Automated Payments Workflows for AI Agents
- 2 days 10 hours ago
- Payments
Nexi Group, the European PayTech, today announced
Klarna Expands Further Into Agentic Commerce, Offering Flexible Payments to Merchants via Stripe's Shared Payment Tokens
- 2 days 10 hours ago
- Payments
Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, today announced that its flexible payment options will soon be supported in AI agent-driven shopping experiences through Stripe’s Shared Payment Tokens (SPTs), making Klarna available in AI-powered checkout flows for US merchants already live with Klarna through Stripe, provided AI shopping agents allow the ability to offer flexible payments at checkout.
