The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A strategic layer for agnostic fraud prevention Paydock serves as a strategic layer in the payment stack, allowing merchants to integrate Forter’s powerful fraud prevention solution independently of their chosen downstream payment providers.

Fraud Prevention

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Temu customers across the globe now enjoy a smooth shopping experience though seamless, secure card payments as well as the ability to pay using their preferred local payment methods.

Global Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 8, 2025

The launch of Orchestr global payments shows that more and more merchants want flexible, integrated payment orchestration across international markets. The company plans to expand its partner network rapidly and is actively onboarding PSPs, acquirers, and banks that share its mission of transparent, merchant-first payments.

Global Payments

Finovate

APRIL 10, 2025

Fiserv has acquired Australia-based PayFac Pinch Payments to strengthen its digital payments offerings and expand its merchant reach across the Asia Pacific region. Payments innovator Fiserv has acquired Australia-based payment facilitator (PayFac) Pinch Payments for an undisclosed amount.

Acquirers

The Payments Association

JULY 23, 2025

Powered by a suite of financial services, multiple acquiring connections – including an in-house acquiring licence – and diverse alternative payment methods, PXP processes over €30 billion annually through our unified gateway.

Security

The Payments Association

JUNE 10, 2025

Powered by a suite of financial services, multiple acquiring connections – including an in-house acquiring licence – and diverse alternative payment methods, PXP processes over €30 billion annually through our unified gateway.

Security

Fintech Review

MAY 6, 2025

Company Overview: From Niche Provider to Global Checkout.com began as a cross-border payments solution focused on emerging e-commerce markets. Over time, it expanded into a full-service payment service provider, offering acquiring, processing, gateway, and fraud management services through a single, unified platform.

Payment APIs and Integration

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Payment processor – Handles the technical aspects of the payment. Its the third-party service that serves as the link between the payment gateway, acquiring bank, and issuing bank or card network. Acquiring bank – Acts as the link between the merchant and the issuing bank.

Payment Solutions

The Payments Association

AUGUST 4, 2025

They provide modular infrastructure, integrate with emerging payment ecosystems like open banking, and continuously adapt based on merchant feedback. This goes beyond just offering more features. It’s about offering the right ones, flexibly, securely, and affordably.

Innovation

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 28, 2025

Canadian fintech company Nuvei has broadened its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Paywiser Japan Limited, along with an acquiring licence from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Alternative Payment Methods

The Payments Association

JUNE 23, 2025

The process of mapping commences with the classification of each merchant and payment provider in the Paytiko ecosystem. In addition to jurisdictional data, risk levels, and business size compatibility, providers are mapped by type, including credit cards, alternative payment methods (APMs), wire transfers, and cryptocurrency.

Technology

Fintech Finance

MAY 7, 2025

By leveraging dLocal’s platform, global customers of PayPal Enterprise Payments , previously known as Braintree, can now easily accept cards and process local and alternative payment methods across Latin America, EMEA, and APAC markets without needing to establish local entities.

PayPal

The Payments Association

JUNE 16, 2025

AI- and machine learning-driven, personalised payment experiences capture 32% of merchant attention, indicating priorities for automation and customisation. BNPL growth expectations reach 30% among merchants, while increased demand for alternative payment methods and a shift towards fully cashless payments both register 28% anticipation.

Innovation

Fintech Finance

JULY 3, 2025

The Worldpay Thailand expansion brings advanced payment solutions to local merchants. Worldpay ® , a global industry leader in payments technology and solutions, announced today that it is adding domestic acquiring capabilities in Thailand, expanding its presence in the Asia Pacific market.

Alternative Payment Methods

The Fintech Times

JULY 15, 2025

Checkout.com has launched direct acquiring in Canada, marking a key step in its North American expansion. The move gives Canadian merchants access to Checkout.com’s full payments stack, including local processing, card and alternative payment methods, and enhanced control over transaction data.

Alternative Payment Methods

Stax

JUNE 24, 2025

Interchange rates are a percentage of the transaction value paid by the merchant’s acquiring bank to the cardholder’s issuing bank. These fees are typically calculated as a percentage of the transaction amount and are collected by the card networks from the acquiring banks or payment processors.

Credit Cards

Stax

JULY 7, 2025

Payment method diversification: Surcharging incentivizes customers to explore alternative payment methods, such as cash or debit cards, which do not incur high fees. The payment terminal connects to the payment processor or acquirer to process the transaction.

Credit Cards

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Temu customers across the globe now enjoy a smooth shopping experience though seamless, secure card payments as well as the ability to pay using their preferred local payment methods.

Global Payments

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new study from Tribe Payments , the pioneering digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator which specialises in issuer and acquirer processing, has revealed that 28% of merchants’ legacy in-person point of sale (POS) systems cannot support alternative payment methods like digital wallets and QR codes.

PCI DSS

The Fintech Times

MARCH 18, 2025

What we have done at PagBrasil is to enable alternative ways for Brazilian tourists to pay abroad and foreign tourists travelling to Brazil to utilise Pix servicesproviding businesses and consumers with innovative and seamless means to leverage Pix inside and outside the country.

Online and Mobile Banking

Finovate

JANUARY 10, 2025

.” Founded in 2021, NomuPay offers state-of-the-art, unified payment solutions to help businesses scale in high-growth regions in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The company’s uP Platform offers high-penetration alternative payment methods; real-time payout disbursements; and compliant, end-to-end marketplace funds management.

Innovation

Fintech Finance

AUGUST 6, 2025

This partnership in digital payments facilitates seamless experiences tailored to premium retail customers. Nuvei recently received a Money Services Operator (MSO) license in Hong Kong , enabling the company to offer local acquiring and settlement in one of Asia’s most strategically important markets.

APACS

The Fintech Times

MARCH 27, 2025

license and PCI certification, Hyperswitch offers payment architects and product managers a fully customisable payments stack, free from the constraints of proprietary systems.It Juspay is creating a solution which is truly interoperable with the global payments ecosystem that puts businesses in control of their payments strategy.

Due Diligence

Fintech Review

MAY 8, 2025

Payment Orchestration Payrails acts as a central control layer across multiple payment service providers (PSPs), acquirers, alternative payment methods (APMs), and fraud tools. Businesses can route transactions dynamically based on geography, payment method preferences, cost structures, or success rates.

Global Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Vantiv, a provider of payment processing services and technology for merchants and financial institutions, announced it, along with PPRO Group, a cross-border ePayment provider, are partnering up to provide international alternative payment methods (APMs) to Vantiv’s merchants. We are proud to have one of the largest U.S.

Alternative Payment Methods

Fintech News

APRIL 23, 2024

Global payments company Thunes has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tilia LLC , a U.S.-based based payment platform specialised in online games and virtual transactions. Featured image credit: Edited from Freepik The post Thunes Acquires Tilia to Offer Wider Payment Solutions in the U.S.

Payment Solutions

Fintech News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Singaporean payment provider FOMO Pay has partnered with Visa to allow SMEs to accept Visa credit and debit card payments through the national SGQR code system. FOMO Pay becomes the first Visa QR acquirer and processor in Singapore as part of this collaboration.

Alternative Payment Methods

Fintech News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Nuvei, a fully licensed direct local acquirer in Singapore and Hong Kong, recently obtained a Major Payment Institution license in Singapore. The company’s modular payments platform connects clients with customers in over 200 markets, supporting 716 alternative payment methods and offering acquiring in over 50 markets.

Alternative Payment Methods

Fintech News

APRIL 10, 2024

It follows the company’s introduction of direct card acquiring capabilities in Australia and its ongoing expansion in China. This marks a major step in Nuvei’s broader strategy to broaden its footprint across the Asia-Pacific area. The company that it will continue to invest in building its presence across APAC.

Security

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The post Aleph Acquires Controlling Equity Interest in Localpayment and Targets $1.4 Trillion Digital Payments Market appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance. Localpayment by Aleph will be exhibiting at the leading fintech show Money 20/20 in Las Vegas from October 27-30, 2024.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

PXP Financial , experts in global acquiring, payment, fraud and data analysis services, today announces a new partnership with North. Founded in 1992, North builds payment technologies that power businesses and organizations – from point of sale to ecommerce and payment APIs, backed by in-house processing.

Payment APIs and Integration

Finextra

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

International payments app Zing, and global digital payments provider, Checkout.com, today announced a partnership to support the launch of a new suite of alternative payment methods integrated into Zing’s app.

Alternative Payment Methods

Clearly Payments

AUGUST 14, 2024

North America Payment Processing Fees Merchants in the United States and Canada face some of the highest payment processing fees in the world, with average rates ranging between 2.3% Additionally, the use of alternative payment methods like mobile wallets (e.g., for credit cards and 0.2% In regions like the U.S.,

Process

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 15, 2024

PXP Financial is now able to leverage Kushki’s technology and expertise to create innovative and tailored payment solutions for the Latin American market, supporting plans to launch card acquiring in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Payment APIs and Integration

Clearly Payments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The MATCH (Member Alert to Control High-risk) list is a tool used by acquiring banks and payment processors to manage risk. Only acquiring banks have the authority to add or remove a merchant from this list, making it a powerful tool in the payments industry. What Is the MATCH List? How Do Merchants Get on the MATCH List?

PCI DSS

Fintech Finance

APRIL 23, 2024

To accelerate its growth in the United States and its presence in the fast-expanding online gaming market, Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, is proud to announce that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tilia LLC , an all-in-one payments platform. Tilia is licensed in 48 U.S.

Agreements

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

cross-border ePayment provider, announced a partnership with Credorax to boost its Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) offerings throughout Europe. This partnership means that PPRO’s variety of APMs will now be extended to the bank’s merchants and payment service providers (PSPs). PPRO Group , a U.K.

Alternative Payment Methods