The Paypers

JUNE 19, 2025

Moreover, the move aimed to support startups, SMEs, and large businesses to optimise in-person and online payment processing, reporting, fraud prevention, and financing. The company sought to support Portuguese businesses by providing localised payment solutions in an ecommerce landscape that demanded digital solutions.

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The Paypers

JUNE 16, 2025

Fiserv provides a range of solutions for its clients, including account processing, digital banking, card issuer processing, payments, ecommerce, merchant services, and Clover, which is an advanced point-of-sale system. Bank’s Elan Financial Services credit card program into Fiservs Credit Choice solution.

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The Paypers

JUNE 17, 2025

This marks a notable improvement over the standard multi-day processing period commonly seen in real estate investment withdrawals. The launch aligns with broader trends in the MENA region, where digital finance adoption has accelerated rapidly.

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The Paypers

JUNE 19, 2025

WollettePay is positioned as a response to longstanding limitations in current Open Banking solutions, many of which require multi-step processes and do not consistently deliver on speed or user experience. The platform is scheduled for release in the UK in the fourth quarter of 2025, with a wider European rollout expected in early 2026.

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The Paypers

JUNE 16, 2025

This could potentially eliminate billions in interchange and processing fees typically paid to providers like Visa and Mastercard, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Policy developments could shape future rollout The initiative may hinge on regulatory developments.

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The Paypers

JUNE 17, 2025

Fintech stakeholders have welcomed provisions that align FIDA with other regulatory frameworks, such as the PSR and PSD3, particularly the authorisation process for Account Information Service Providers (AISPs) to become Financial Information Service Providers (FISPs).

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The Paypers

JUNE 19, 2025

Following this announcement, Tuum’s core capabilities, in partnership with Salt Edge’s Open Banking Compliance solution, are set to support LHV Bank in the process of providing more secure and efficient services.

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The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

Through this collaboration, the two firms will combine Visa’s front-end authorisation services with RS2’s infrastructure, enabling efficient and reliable back-end processing. The platform also ensures compliance with regulatory requirements within a secure, real-time processing environment.

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The Paypers

JUNE 18, 2025

Critics point out that this process lacks granular controls over what data is accessed, raising privacy and security concerns. In the absence of a regulated system, data sharing between consumers and fintechs continues to rely heavily on ‘screen scraping,’ a method in which users provide login credentials to third parties.

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The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

At the same time, the process of enabling customers to spread the cost of their purchases during the checkout journey will give businesses the possibility to make larger ticket items more accessible and attract a wider customer base.

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The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

The portal is intended to replace the traditional manual process of gathering account statements with a digital workflow. For clients, the shift to Open Banking simplifies the application process by removing the need to gather and submit paper statements or other financial documents.

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The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

At the same time, this will enable credit to be granted to segments that were previously underestimated by traditional scoring processes. Furthermore, this alliance aims to accelerate Belvo’s mission of democratising access to credit in Mexico.

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The Paypers

JUNE 18, 2025

The process of designing a multi-polar international monetary system is expected to help strengthen policy constraints on sovereign currency countries, improve the resilience of the system, and optimise safeguards for global financial stability.

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The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

The FATF also strengthened its Recommendation 1 earlier in 2025 to encourage countries to promote financial inclusion and to reinforce the expectation that AML, CFT, and CPF controls have to be implemented through a proportionate and risk-based process.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Super apps with embedded finance capabilities have been one of the dominant payments across Asia even before 2024. Decentralised finance , which utilises blockchain technology, employs open-source technology to reduce costly payment processing fees by minimising the need for intermediaries.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Here are the finalists for the SFF 2024 awards: Category #1 Corporates – Emerging Fintech Finalists Fluid Financial Pte Ltd Fluid is a Singapore-based B2B Buy Now Pay Later solution, helping suppliers (both traditional and marketplace platforms) to finance buyers’ purchases at the point of checkout. To date, the solution has disbursed $16.5

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M2P Fintech

MARCH 28, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) A CBDC represents a nation’s currency in digital form, administered directly by the central bank. Unlike physical cash or bank deposits, CBDCs are purely electronic. As of December 2023, an impressive 130 countries are actively exploring CBDC initiatives.

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Finovate

MAY 17, 2024

A partnership between NymCard and Dellsons Associates will help bring embedded finance solutions to businesses in the Middle East and Pakistan. Kazakhstan announced the availability to 10+ new CBDC card services since the launch of its digital tenge.

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The Paypers

JUNE 17, 2025

Both companies will focus on meeting the needs, preferences, and demands of clients and users in an ever-evolving market, while prioritising the process of remaining compliant with the regulatory requirements and laws of the industry as well.

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The Payments Association

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Payments in 2025 will be shaped by AI, instant payments, CBDCs, embedded finance, and sustainability. The payments industry in 2024 saw rapid evolution, marked by the growing adoption of real-time payments, advances in AI-driven fraud detection, and significant progress in Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

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