BLIK Joins Forces With European Payment Systems
- 2 months 6 hours ago
- Payments
Instantly settling a restaurant bill with friends from Portugal, Spain, Italy or the Nordic countries? Soon, this will be possible. During the Web Summit 2025 conference in Lisbon, the very first test peer-to-peer (P2P) transaction involving BLIK users was presented. A transfer was sent from the Portuguese system MB WAY to a Santander Bank Polska customer whose phone number is registered with the BLIK service.
TransferMate Secures Payment License Approval in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Expanding Global Reach
- 2 months 6 hours ago
- Payments
TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service (IaaS), has today announced it has been granted a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Saxo UK Partners With Female Invest to Mark 50 Years of Financial Freedom for Women
- 2 months 6 hours ago
- Investment
Saxo UK, the leading global platform for online trading and investing, has partnered with Female Invest to mark 50 years since women in the UK gained the right to open a bank account without a man’s permission. The collaboration forms part of “A Seat at the Table”, a powerful new public installation in London that celebrates progress towards financial equality while underlining how much further there is to go.
One Inc’s ClaimsPay® Powers Mutual Benefit Group’s Drive to Modernize the Insurance Payment Experience
- 2 months 9 hours ago
- Insurtech
One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced that the Mutual Benefit Group (MBG) has successfully implemented One Inc’s ClaimsPay® platform to enhance outbound disbursements. The adoption of ClaimsPay is MBG’s latest step forward in providing its policyholders with the optimal tools for the critical moments when fast and seamless claims payments are needed.
FNZ Raises US$650 Million From Existing Institutional Shareholders to Support Its Long-Term Business Plan
- 2 months 9 hours ago
- Fundraising News
FNZ, the global wealth-management platform, has secured US$650 million in new equity funding from its institutional shareholders. This provides further financial strength to support its long-term business plan and its commitment to delivering enhanced outcomes for clients worldwide.
Visa’s Scan to Pay Goes Live, Bringing Seamless QR Payments to Millions of Merchants in Asia Pacific
- 2 months 9 hours ago
- Payments
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has gone live with its Visa Scan to Pay solution for QR payments, significantly expanding acceptance across Asia Pacific. With millions of merchants now able to accept Visa payments through widely used wallets and payment apps, consumers benefit from greater choice and flexibility - whether shopping locally or traveling abroad. Expanding Payment Choices, Connecting Asia Pacific
Chubb Launches AI-Powered Embedded Insurance Engine
- 2 months 10 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Chubb, a world leader in insurance, debuted today a new AI-powered optimization engine within Chubb Studio, its global technology platform for embedded insurance distribution partnerships, at the Singapore Fintech Festival. The new capability uses proprietary AI to analyze data and deliver personalized insurance offerings at the point of sale, making it one of the first solutions of its kind available to digital distribution partners in the...
Boku Launches Innovation Hub in Singapore to Drive the Future of Cross-Border Payment Solutions
- 2 months 10 hours ago
- Payments
Boku, the global network for localized payment solutions, today announced the launch of its Innovation Hub in Singapore. The Hub includes a dedicated team focused on building new payment capabilities that solve merchants’ cross-border money movement challenges.
Visa Expands Visa Intelligent Commerce Across Asia Pacific, Prepares for AI Commerce Pilot by Early 2026
- 2 months 10 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced significant strides in expanding Visa Intelligent Commerce across Asia Pacific, accelerating the region’s push into agentic commerce – a new era where AI-powered agents shop and pay on behalf of consumers. This expansion delivers fresh progress on Visa’s agentic commerce strategy by introducing new security protocols and pilot programs that are ready to build upon earlier partnerships...
VAST Data Partners With Google Cloud to Enable Enterprise AI at Scale Across Hybrid Cloud Environments
- 2 months 10 hours ago
- Cloud
VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, today announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud, enabling customers to deploy the VAST AI Operating System (AI OS) as a fully managed service and extend a unified global namespace across hybrid environments.
Creditinfo and NOTO Partner to Expand Market Access to Modern Fraud and AML Controls for Banks, Fintechs and Lenders
- 2 months 11 hours ago
- Banking
Creditinfo, a global provider of credit risk and data intelligence, and NOTO, an enterprise platform for fraud prevention and anti-money laundering (AML), today announced a partnership to bring modern, data-rich financial crime controls to banks, fintechs and lenders across multiple markets. The agreement pairs Creditinfo’s in-market coverage and data expertise with NOTO’s adaptable decisioning and case-management platform, aiming to enhance...
Banks and Insurers Deploy AI Agents to Fight Fraud and Process Applications, With Plans for New Roles to Supervise the AI
- 2 months 11 hours ago
- Banking
Financial institutions are actively moving key customer-facing processes to AI agents, marking a rapid transformation in how customers interact with banks and insurers. According to the Capgemini Research Institute’s World Cloud Report in Financial Services 2026, the top processes for banks to deploy cloud-native, AI agents at scale include customer service (75%), fraud detection (64%), loan processing (61%) and customer onboarding (59%).
Finastra Bolsters Technology Leadership Team With Strategic Executive Appointments
- 2 months 11 hours ago
- People Moves
Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, today announced the appointment of three senior technology executives to its leadership team: a new Chief Data Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, as well as a Chief Information Officer. These appointments reinforce Finastra’s commitment to delivering modern, secure, and trusted financial technology that enables its 8,000+ customers worldwide to innovate, scale and grow.
Barclays Announced as Cornerstone Investor in Salica Investments £150M Growth Debt Fund II – Expanding Access to Capital for UK Innovators
- 2 months 12 hours ago
- Investment
Salica Investments today announced that Barclays has joined as a cornerstone investor in its £150m Growth Debt Fund II, expanding access to flexible growth capital, to support the next generation of the UK’s high-growth, innovation-led businesses.
Smarter POS and Faster Payments: Helping Merchants Win During Peak Sales Season
- 2 months 13 hours ago
- Payments
60% of hospitality businesses say speed is their key reason for investing in smarter point-of-sale (POS) systems ahead of the 2025 holiday shopping season, according to new research from Lloyds Merchant Services. As festive trading ramps up, businesses are upgrading their checkout technology to handle higher volumes, reduce wait times and deliver a more seamless payment experience across busy venues.
