From App to Abs: Brits Spend an Estimated £15 Billion a Year Booking Wellness Services Through Mobile Platforms and Apps, with Fitness a Key Driver
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Brits are spending more than an estimated £15 billion a year booking wellness services such as hair appointments, beauty treatments and massages, through marketplace platforms and apps, with fitness emerging as one of the biggest drivers, new research from Worldpay®, now Global Payments®, reveals. Younger consumers are fuelling the surge, while expectations around payments, refunds and ease of booking are a critical factor in the consumer... more
Nordiska Elevates Its Payments Infrastructure with Finastra, Powering Direct Connectivity to Sweden’s Payment Rails
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Bankaktiebolaget Nordiska (Nordiska), a challenger bank serving consumers and merchants across Sweden, has selected Finastra’s Swift Service Bureau to boost its access to the global Swift network and Sweden’s central payment rails.
Nordiska Elevates Its Payments Infrastructure with Finastra, Powering Direct Connectivity to Sweden’s Payment Rails
- 1 week 1 day ago
- Payments
Bankaktiebolaget Nordiska (Nordiska), a challenger bank serving consumers and merchants across Sweden, has selected Finastra’s Swift Service Bureau to boost its access to the global Swift network and Sweden’s central payment rails.
Nuvion × Visa Direct: Expanding Real-Time Money Movement for Businesses Globally
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
Nuvion, the AI-powered global banking and cross-border payments platform built on fiat and stablecoins for businesses & fintechs, today announced a collaboration with Visa Direct to strengthen real-time global payout capabilities for businesses operating across borders.
Mollie Commits €350 Million to European Expansion, Completing Its EEA Footprint with the Launch of Croatia and Iceland
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Payments
The fast-growing financial services provider Mollie announces it is fully operational in every European Economic Area (EEA) country as of today, marked by its official launch in Croatia and Iceland.
Bank of England Launches Policy Statement and Draft Rules on Regulating Systemic Stablecoins
- 1 week 2 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
The Bank of England has today published its policy statement and draft Code of Practice (rules) for systemic stablecoin issuers, marking a key milestone in establishing the UK’s stablecoin regime. The framework supports safe innovation, enabling UK issued stablecoins to develop as trusted forms of digital money.
REPAY Completes Successful Proof of Concept for Stablecoin Payments
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Repay Holdings Corporation, a leading provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, today announced the successful completion of a proof of concept demonstrating stablecoin payment capabilities on its platform. The initiative marks a significant step in REPAY's evaluation of blockchain-based payment methods for its clients and their customers.
A New Way to Get Paid: Modulr Adds cVRP to Its Collections Hub
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
Modulr, the payments automation platform built to scale, today announced the launch of commercial Variable Recurring Payments (cVRP), designed to offer a flexible, faster alternative to traditional payments for businesses collecting large volumes.
Chinese Cross-Border Payment Company Payful Opts for BPC Card Management as a Service to Launch Virtual Corporate Charge Card
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
Payful, a Chinese cross-border payment company with a subsidiary in Hong Kong, has launched a cloud-native Visa charge-card programme for corporate and merchant clients on BPC’s next-generation SmartVista platform. Now, Payful can offer corporate and merchant clients a more secure and efficient way to manage business spending through virtual Visa charge cards in the cloud.
NymCard Launches nCore FullStack: The Complete Payments Infrastructure Through One Integration
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
NymCard, the only modern payments infrastructure company in MENA, today announced the launch of nCore FullStack, a single, in-house platform that runs issuing processing, lending, money movement, settlement, financial crime, and reconciliation through one integration. nCore allows banks to connect once and continuously add to their suite of capabilities without sourcing another partner or handling another integration, ending a constraint that... more
Elavon Expands All-In-One Payments Platform Across North America to Power Integrated Commerce
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
Elavon, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank (NYSE: USB) and a global payments provider, announced the expansion of its All-In-One payments platform across North America to help businesses deliver more seamless commerce experiences in-store, on mobile and online. The expanded platform combines Elavon’s payments infrastructure with a growing ecosystem of technology partners, giving merchants a more unified way to manage payments and operations... more
Wise Acquires Expatica as It Deepens Support for People Living Internationally
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money, has acquired Expatica, a leading online resource for people living and working abroad.
Payments: CBI Launches Request to Pay for Corporates, Supported by EBA CLEARING and Nexi
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Payments
CBI is extending its Request to Pay service to the corporate market through its community of participating Payment Service Providers (PSPs), further strengthening its collaboration with EBA CLEARING and Nexi. This new solution introduces an advanced digital model for managing collections between businesses and their customers, enabling companies to send structured payment requests directly integrated into their enterprise systems.
FV Bank Expands Beyond Digital Banking: Launches Unified Fintech Platform for Stablecoins, Payments, and Programmable Finance
- 1 week 5 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
FV Bank today announced the expansion of its regulated financial infrastructure platform, bringing stablecoin settlement, digital asset custody, programmable payments, and cross-border banking rails into a single programmable financial layer.
Flywire Partners with eTip to Expand Digital Tipping Capabilities Across Hospitality Clients
- 1 week 6 days ago
- Payments
Today, at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exhibition and Conference (HITEC®), Flywire Corporation (Flywire) (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, announced a new partnership with eTip, the #1 digital tipping and gratuity management platform in the hospitality industry.
