Mastercard Advances Agentic Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean With Live Transactions Completed Across the Region
- 2 weeks 5 days ago
- Payments
Mastercard announces the successful execution of live, end-to-end agentic payment transactions across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), marking a major step forward in bringing AI-driven commerce from concept to real-world application. These transactions demonstrate AI agents actively initiating and completing payments on behalf of customers, with full cardholder consent, using existing payment infrastructure.
Trip.com Teams Up With Checkout.com to Simplify Payments for Global Travelers
- 2 weeks 5 days ago
- Payments
Checkout.com, a leading global digital payment company, today announced a strategic partnership with international travel service provider Trip.com. The collaboration supports Trip.com’s global expansion by enabling high performing payments and an effortless booking experience for its customers around the world as they plan their next adventure online.
Maya Collaborates With Lydian to Make Digital Assets Mainstream in the Philippines
- 2 weeks 5 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Leading Philippine digital financial services platform Maya is working with Lydian to ensure digital asset payments can be used in everyday commerce in the Philippines safely, compliantly and at scale. Lydian’s global digital asset acceptance infrastructure, created through a collaboration between Tether and Cantor Fitzgerald, will soon be accessible to businesses that rely on Maya’s service across the country.
Bitget Wallet Launches the Onchain Payments Matrix, a Global Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Connecting Banks, Card Networks, and Blockchains
- 2 weeks 5 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Bitget Wallet, the everyday finance app, today unveiled the "Onchain Payments Matrix," a global payment infrastructure designed to connect fragmented financial rails and support stablecoin payments across everyday consumer use and emerging agentic economic activity.
AI Is Redefining the Role of Merchant Acquiring, Says New RS2 Report
- 3 weeks 44 min ago
- Payments
RS2, a Tier-1 global provider of payment processing infrastructure and technology solutions, today released a new white paper examining how artificial intelligence is transforming merchant acquiring from a largely defensive function focused on fraud mitigation into a strategic engine for revenue generation, merchant performance and payment optimisation.
Rain Expands Visa Membership Into Asia-Pacific, Advancing the Reach of Its Global Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
- 3 weeks 54 min ago
- Payments
Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, today announced a major expansion of its Visa Membership into Asia-Pacific (APAC). Through Visa, a world leader in digital payments, Rain is expanding its card issuing footprint in the region, broadening its global infrastructure and allowing partners to launch and scale consumer and corporate credit card programs in some of the world's most digitally active economies,... more
200 Million More Friends on Venmo – Send Money to PayPal Users Around the World
- 3 weeks 1 hour ago
- Payments
Venmo today announced a major expansion that brings the app's peer-to-peer payment experience to a global audience for the first time. Through new connectivity with PayPal, Venmo users can now send and receive money with hundreds of millions of PayPal users across 90 markets, marking the largest expansion of Venmo's addressable market since the app's launch. Venmo users now have access to one of the world's largest peer-to-peer payment networks.
Fime Achieves EMVCo Recognition for Biometric Card Sensor Testing
- 3 weeks 2 hours ago
- Payments
Fime, a global leader in payments, digital identity and smart mobility, today announced that its EMEA laboratory has received EMVCo recognition for the evaluation of fingerprint biometric sensors, helping organizations establish trust and bring solutions to market.
Paysecure and N365 Sign Contract to Deliver Smart Routing Payment Orchestration to N365’s Clients
- 3 weeks 2 hours ago
- Payments
Paysecure, a leading global payment orchestration platform, today announces a strategic agreement with Nucleus365 (N365) to provide its full orchestration suite as a white-label product. This partnership enables N365 to offer their clients a comprehensive, future-proof, intelligent payment technology platform.
Worldpay, Now Global Payments, Joins European Payments Initiative (EPI) to Enable Wero Payments for Merchants
- 3 weeks 3 hours ago
- Payments
Global Payments Inc. today announced its Worldpay business has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as a Principal Member, enabling clients to begin offering Wero – the pan-European instant payment solution – over the coming months.
Trustmi Expands AI-Driven Platform to Stop Payment Fraud Before Money Moves
- 3 weeks 23 hours ago
- Payments
Trustmi, a leader in behavioral AI payment security, today announced global expansion and continued momentum across product innovation and its partner ecosystem, as it delivers on its mission of eliminating socially engineered fraud.
Moniepoint Acquires Orda Africa to Power Africa's Restaurant Economy
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Payments
Moniepoint Inc., Africa's all-in-one financial ecosystem platform for individuals, businesses and their customers, today announced the acquisition of Orda Africa (“Orda”), a leading cloud-based restaurant management platform operating in Nigeria.
Constant AI Launches Nia: The First AI Agent That Completes a Skip-a-Pay — From Call to Core
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Payments
Constant AI, the agentic AI company for credit union loan operations, today announced the launch of Nia™, the first agentic AI Skip-A-Pay agent. Nia automates one of the most requested — and staff-intensive — member interactions in credit union operations: the skip-a-pay request. Available across voice, digital banking, chat, and text, Nia handles the entire interaction end to end without staff involvement.
DNB and Two Partner to Drive AI Innovation in Nordic B2B Payments
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Payments
DNB, Norway's largest bank, and Two, a global leader in B2B payments, have announced a strategic partnership to launch a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution for businesses across the Nordics. The collaboration brings together DNB's distribution power, capital, and regulated infrastructure with Two's AI-driven B2B payment technology - setting a new standard for how businesses buy and sell.
Cathay Pacific Expands Global Partnership With Adyen
- 3 weeks 1 day ago
- Payments
Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced the expansion of its longstanding partnership with Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s home airline.
