Stripe and Plasma Co-Develop a New Multi-Currency Card Experience
- 3 hours 15 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
- 4 hours 47 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
- 5 hours 54 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
- 5 hours 58 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
- 7 hours 45 min 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
- 8 hours 11 min 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
- 11 hours 5 min 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
- 1 day 7 hours 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
- 1 day 8 hours 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 6 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
- 2 days 6 hours 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.
Anyflo Emerges from Stealth with Acquisition of Native to Simplify Stablecoin Payments for Enterprises
- 2 days 8 hours ago
- Payments
Anyflo, a stablecoin payments orchestration service built to make new payment rails work for enterprises, has today emerged from stealth at Sui Basecamp during TOKEN2049 Singapore.
FC Bayern München Extends Partnership with Adyen: 10% More Transactions and a 3-Second Faster Checkout
- 2 days 8 hours ago
- Payments
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is continuing its partnership with FC Bayern München, which began in 2023. The German record champion is extending the collaboration to further develop payment processes at the Allianz Arena and in global e-commerce together with Adyen.
Dollar Accounts for Seven in Ten UK Client Payments Despite De-Dollarisation Talks, iBanFirst Data Shows
- 2 days 9 hours ago
- Payments
The US dollar accounted for 70% of international payments made by UK businesses using iBanFirst in the first half of 2026, according to the second edition of iBanFirst's Speed of International Payments barometer. The figure has not moved all that significantly since 2025, when it stood at 72%, according to the transaction data.
