Yellow Card Selects Turnkey for Stablecoin Payments in Emerging Markets
- 11 hours 29 min ago
- Payments
Cross-border payments in emerging markets still cost an average of 6.36% per transaction and can take days to settle. Stablecoins change that model. They offer dollar-pegged value, near-instant settlement, and a way around the markup and delays built into correspondent banking. But stablecoin payments still need wallets, and wallets have historically introduced the very friction stablecoins are meant to remove.
More Than 60% of Pix Automático Users Are Brand-New Subscribers to Digital Platforms, EBANX Data Shows
- 12 hours 8 min ago
- Payments
Ahead of its first anniversary on June 16, Pix Automático—the recurring billing feature of Pix, Brazil's widely popular instant payment system—has become a key driver of new customer acquisition for global companies with subscription business models operating in the country. New operational data from EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment services for emerging markets, reveal that 64% of consumers paying with Pix Automático... more
Adyen to Acquire Orb to Unify Billing and Payments Infrastructure for Enterprise Merchants
- 12 hours 13 min ago
- Payments
Adyen N.V. today announces it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire enterprise billing platform Orb through a reverse triangular merger. Upon closing, Orb will become an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary managed under an incubator model. The total consideration for the transaction is $335 million, which Adyen will finance entirely from available cash resources. Underscoring their long-term commitment to the combined business, the co... more
Paysafe and Skrill Get on Board With Woody & Kleiny’s Outrageous US Soccer Road Trip: 39 Days, 15,000 Miles, Streamed Live 24/7
- 12 hours 47 min ago
- Payments
Paysafe, a global payments platform, is taking its technology to the heart of America’s biggest soccer summer, fueling a 39-day, 15,000-mile streamed road trip powered by viral creators Woody & Kleiny.
Ripple and Bitso Expand Partnership to Advance Enterprise Stablecoin Settlement in Latin America
- 13 hours 4 min ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Ripple, the leading provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions across traditional and digital finance, today announced the expansion of its long-standing payments partnership with Bitso, Latin America's leading digital financial services company. As part of the collaboration, Bitso’s regulated MXN-backed stablecoin, MXNB, will be issued on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and integrated into Ripple’s evolving Payments on Decentralized Exchange (DEX... more
Bamboo and Centiglobe Partner to Simplify and Accelerate Cross-Border Payments to and From Latin America
- 1 day 8 hours ago
- Payments
Bamboo, a leading payment infrastructure provider in Latin America, and Centiglobe, a global payment network headquartered in Sweden, announced a strategic partnership to streamline cross-border B2B and B2C payins and payouts across the LATAM region.
Visa Partners With OpenAI to Enable Secure Payments for the Next Generation of Agentic Commerce
- 1 day 12 hours ago
- Payments
Visa today announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to enable secure Visa payments within agentic commerce, enabling seamless and trusted payments across OpenAI. The companies made the announcement at the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco. Through the partnership, Visa will provide its global network, credentialing capabilities and security infrastructure to support agentic commerce experiences, helping consumers and businesses... more
Mastercard Launches Agent Pay for Machines to Unlock Super-Fast, Always-On Payments
- 1 day 12 hours ago
- Payments
The rise of AI has created new ways to buy and sell goods and services. Now it’s requiring a new class of payments.
Orbital Unveils Plans for US Expansion as Demand Grows for Stablecoin and Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure
- 1 day 13 hours ago
- Payments
Orbital, a global payment orchestration platform across digital assets (including stablecoin) and traditional payment rails, today announced plans to establish a US presence, with Miami, Florida set to serve as its base of operations. This planned expansion is designed to meet rising demand for regulated, enterprise-grade payment infrastructure connecting the US with international markets.
Fraudio Reveals Network-Level Fraud Insights at Money 20/20 Europe as Payment Fraud Rises 25%
- 1 day 13 hours ago
- Payments
Fraudio, the AI-powered transaction risk platform, revealed new fraud analysis at Money20/20 Europe, showing that payment fraud has risen by around 25%, with attacks increasingly concentrated around shared infrastructure and coordinated payment networks.
Visa Announces New AI, Stablecoin and Token Innovations to Power Intelligent, Programmable Commerce at Visa Payments Forum
- 1 day 14 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
At Visa Payments Forum 2026 in San Francisco, Visa announced new AI, stablecoin and token capabilities designed to help clients unlock the next generation of commerce. These innovations reflect a simple objective: ensuring trust, security and control evolve alongside increasingly fast, automated and intelligent commerce experiences.
Getnet Develops Infrastructure That Enables Businesses to Accept AI Agent-Initiated Payments
- 2 days 9 hours ago
- Payments
Getnet, Santander’s global merchant payments platform, continues to advance its agentic commerce strategy with the launch of new artificial intelligence-powered capabilities that enable merchants to securely and efficiently accept payments initiated by AI agents.
Former HMRC Chief Sir Jon Thompson to Chair UK Payments Infrastructure
- 2 days 9 hours ago
- Payments
Sir Jon Thompson has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chair of Vocalink, following a comprehensive selection process. He succeeds Tim Murphy, who has served as Interim Executive Chair for the past 18 months and will remain on the Board until the end of July to support a smooth transition. As the operator of critical national payments infrastructure, Vocalink securely moves more than £30 billion across the UK economy every day,... more
Europe’s Payments Leaders Gather in London as Control, Fraud and AI Reshape the Industry
- 2 days 9 hours ago
- Payments
As Europe’s payments industry enters a decisive phase marked by sovereignty pressures, new regulatory requirements and the rise of AI‑driven commerce, the industry’s most influential players will convene in London later this month to debate who controls the rails, bears the risk and shapes the future. ACI Worldwide, an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced Payments Unleashed EMEA, a two‑day, invitation‑only gathering... more
Clip Launches Mi Clip, a Digital Wallet Ecosystem, by Partnering With Ant International, Mastercard and Televisa-Univision
- 2 days 9 hours ago
- E-Wallets
Clip, Mexico's premier financial ecosystem, announced today the launching of Mi Clip, a digital wallet ecosystem designed to accelerate the adoption of digital payments, drive acceptance across merchants and consumers nationwide, and expand access to formal financial services for millions of Mexicans. Mi Clip is supported by commercial and technological solutions from Clip's payment platform, Ant International's AI technology, Mastercard's... more
