The Payments Association

MARCH 19, 2025

For example, both Visa and Mastercard are shifting away from being exclusively card networks and pivoting towards becoming a network of networks, supporting real-time payments, blockchain-based transactions, and Click to Pay integrations.

Digital Payments

Fintech News

MAY 11, 2025

DBS Bank is also a participating bank in PayNow, Singapores consumer real-time payments service. PayNow is connected to the likes of Malaysias DuitNow and Indias Unified Payment Interface (UPI) system, enabling cross-border instant payments.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are being adopted at a fast pace, with generative AI becoming a critical tool for financial institutions. Finally, the fintech startup ecosystem continued to diversify, a trend which is evident in the rapid growth of Web 3.0,

FinTech

Finextra

JULY 16, 2025

“This fully digital process is a step toward delivering the speed, transparency and reliability businesses need in today’s trade environment.”

Transactions

The Payments Association

APRIL 8, 2025

Merchants need to continue adapting to new payment methods, collaborate with industry peers, and stay agile in balancing innovation and regulatory compliance. As the payments ecosystem continues to evolve with innovations like open banking, instant payments, and tokenisation, merchants are facing a host of challenges and opportunities.

Fraud Prevention

Finextra

JULY 31, 2025

As of mid-2025, over 500 million users are active on UPI, making India the world’s largest instant payments hub. UPI is now the top payment choice for around 38% of users in these regions, although digital literacy challenges persist. Digital adoption continues to expand into rural and semi-urban areas.

Financial Inclusion

Finextra

JULY 14, 2025

From instant payments to investment tracking, these platforms combine cutting-edge technology with user-friendly designs to meet the needs of businesses and individuals alike. Technologies like facial recognition and blockchain ensure secure, tamper-proof processing, with approvals often granted in minutes.

Mobile Banking

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

. “This additional deposit and payment option positions FV Bank as one of the only regulated banking institutions in the USA to offer blockchain-powered payment rails, as well as extensive stablecoin on-ramp and off-ramp services.

Stablecoins

Finextra

JUNE 13, 2025

Shopify and Coinbase have addressed these challenges with a smart contract, where merchants get the familiar authorise now, capture later flexibility of credit cards, with the speed and global reach of stablecoins.

Stablecoins

Payments Dive

JULY 17, 2025

For instance, the card network said in April that it will work with payment technology company Nuvei and crypto exchange OKX to enable stablecoin use in consumer payments and digital wallets. The company also said last month that it’s linking with blockchain company Paxos to smooth the acceptance of stablecoins across its network.

Stablecoins

Fintech Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Built-in compliance, instant payments, cross-border transactions, embedded wallets — these aren’t just “nice to haves”; they’re the kind of infrastructure we actively seek when investing in this space. Because of its distributed ledger system, Blockchain. 50%+ from financial institutions.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

MAY 28, 2025

Youre putting your payment functionality out into the customer space and getting closer to the coal face, he said. That includes new technologies such as APIs, blockchain and stablecoins. How do you embrace the blockchain as part of your payment processing? All of that is part of innovating in the payment space.

Compliance

The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2025

The London-based fintech is planning expansion into new markets and sectors, building on its instant payments and identity platform for igaming. Craig Ramsey, head of real-time and account-to-account payments at ACI Worldwide, has been elected to the US Faster Payments Council board of directors.

FinTech

The Paypers

JUNE 27, 2025

The initiative is being delivered through an integration with Tokeny, a blockchain infrastructure provider and subsidiary of Apex Group. Market participants can choose between traditional or blockchain-based settlement processes while accessing a single, fungible security across both rails.

Security

Finextra

JULY 14, 2025

Tokenised units of Aberdeen Investment’s money market fund and tokenised UK gilts were issued, transferred, and securely held by FCA-regulated digital asset exchange Archax on the Hedera Hashgraph public permissioned blockchain.

Legal Framework

Finextra

JUNE 27, 2025

This development, achieved through partnership with QCP, Primrose Capital Management, and Digital Asset, marks a new era in institutional finance, enabling end-to-end margin and collateral workflows on blockchain technology.

Payment APIs and Integration

Finextra

JULY 1, 2025

Home Announcements Crypto Robinhood bets big on stock tokens and blockchain External This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. In the future, tokenized stocks will be facilitated by our very own Robinhood Layer 2 blockchain, based on Arbitrum. It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative. Separately, research finds B2B payments as the key driver behind surging instant payments volume in the years ahead.

Instant Payments

Payments Source

AUGUST 31, 2020

Transfiya, a blockchain-based funds transfer system, is transforming payments in Colombia for the benefit of underbanked and financially excluded consumers.

Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

While some geographies have opted to collaborate with the private sector to develop their own national instant payment networks, others are adopting solutions like RippleNet and SWIFT gpi to modernize their banks’ capabilities. Hungary Welcomes Instant Payments. Curacao Takes Steps Toward Instant Payments.

Instant Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Mizuho Bank, JCB and Fujitsu will pilot a blockchain-based identification system, while BBVA participated in an instant payments experimental effort in the U.K. Japan's Fujitsu, JCB, Mizuho Bank Test Blockchain-Based ID System.

Instant Payments

PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

The new year dawned with individual country and company initiatives tied to instant payments, and moving beyond cash transactions. 3) that, in Hungary, commercial banks have started a test phase for a domestic instant payments system, with a “go live” date slated for July 1.

Instant Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Information technology services provider Mphasis is teaming with global enterprise services provider R3 to work on blockchain-based payment solutions, a press release says. Corda is a blockchain platform that eliminates expensive friction in business transactions.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Emerging technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger-based APIs could be at the center of making that collaboration easier. In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Behlendorf explained why he believes technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger can make B2B payments run more smoothly for businesses of all kinds.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Many countries around the world are rolling out instant payments schemes that bring speed and convenience to payments made within their own borders. Unfortunately, those benefits are often limited when it comes to cross-border payments. Privately-owned companies are also looking to solve the cross-border payments problem.

Interoperability

PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

This week’s examination of the latest initiatives to target B2B payments friction from the ground up finds a mix of strategies. For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain. Steamchain Lands Investment For Blockchain Tech.

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

The digital payments news out of Brazil has been fast and furious over the last few weeks – particularly when it comes to blockchain. Digital enterprises are going regional and instant payments are going national (and earlier than originally scheduled). But before partaking in blockchain bacchanal ….

Blockchain

Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Other payment trends in Asia preceding 2024 including the rise of B2B buy now pay later (BNPL), growing prominence of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and prevalence of composable, cloud-based ‘as-a-Service’ IT architecture models have helped shape much of what we anticipate for 2024. billion by 2033, with a CAGR of 12.2%.

Payments Trends

The Paypers

APRIL 14, 2021

Lithuania-based Bankera , a fintech focused on serving blockchain businesses, has announced support of the SEPA Instant payments.

Instant Payments

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

AI, Automation, and Blockchain The advent of AI and automation is set to revolutionise productivity and efficiency. Blockchain technology further exemplifies this trend, offering secure, transparent transaction mechanisms that can simplify cross-border financial activities significantly.

APACS

Finextra

MARCH 24, 2025

The iGaming industry has typically been an early adopter of new technologies, and fintech is shaping.

Instant Payments

The Paypers

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Metallicus , a blockchain tech provider, has partnered with Payfinia , an instant payments service provider and US CUSO, to offer embedded instant payment capabilities and cryptocurrency services to credit union members globally.

Instant Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments. Dollar Coin (USDC) on the ethereum blockchain. Iceland Debuts Instant Payments.

B2B

Fintech Finance

AUGUST 27, 2024

EURI will be available on the Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain blockchains and subject to transaction monitoring and risk assessments for fraud identification and general risk mitigation.

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In 2024, payment experts foresee increased demand for instant payments, greater use of alternative payment methods, simplified mobile-friendly payments, user-focused and secure payment practices, automation of payment processes, and heightened reliance on data analysis and AI.

Global Payments

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Source: Singapore Fintech Report 2024 , Fintech News Singapore In 2024, Singapore continued to advance payment connectivity, focusing on linking its real-time payment system, PayNow, with those of key Southeast Asian neighbors. The category is followed by regtech (12.6%), wealthtech (11.8%) and blockchain/Web3.0 (8.8%).

Continuity

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

To meet the demand from BVNK’s customers, the collaboration will streamline payment operations, reduce costs, and ensure faster transaction times across borders. Stablecoins like USDC travel on 24/7 blockchains, connecting buyers and sellers globally in an instant.

Business Payments