The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Businesses and consumers paying into and out of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will benefit from faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments through a public-private collaboration between Mastercard and the Arab Regional Payment System, Buna.

Cross-Border Payments

The Payments Association

JUNE 19, 2025

Payall Payment Systems, the world’s first provider of end-to-end infrastructure that enables financial institutions to offer institutional-grade, safe, fast, low-cost, transparent and inclusive cross-border payments for B2X, P2X and G2X use-cases, has selected Ventura Capital to lead their Growth Round raise.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

JUNE 16, 2025

As the global demand for faster, more affordable, and increasingly transparent cross-border payments intensifies, Project Nexus is emerging as a foundational initiative to meet the G20’s ambitious roadmap. What is Project Nexus, and how does it address today’s cross-border payment challenges?

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

APRIL 1, 2025

Centiglobe , a leading fintech company specializing in cross-border payment infrastructure solutions, today announces a new collaboration with Mastercard Move – Mastercard’s portfolio of global money movement solutions.

Near Real-Time

The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Cross-border payments in the MENA region have faced challenges such as high costs, slow processing times and limited transparency. Alan Marquard, head of transfer solutions at Mastercard How does the cost and speed compare to others working in the MEA remittance space? It is Mastercard that is integrating with Buna.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 16, 2025

The new Mastercard SME Cross-Border Report highlights how small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America face high costs, delays, and limited transparency in international payments. What’s Next: Mastercard will continue working with financial institutions to modernize the payment infrastructure in Latin America.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

APRIL 2, 2025

Following a new partnership between Centiglobe , the cross-border payment infrastructure solutions provider, and Mastercard Move , Mastercard s portfolio of global money movement solutions, customers using Centiglobe’s blockchain-based payments platform will now be able to use Mastercard Move through a single integration.

Visa

The Fintech Times

APRIL 12, 2025

Over three million migrant workers living in Malaysia will now be able to remit funds to their home countries in local currencies in near real-time, following a new partnership between Instapay Technologies , the digital payment platform, and payment juggernaut, Mastercard.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

JULY 15, 2025

myTU , an AI-native, cloud-first digital bank, today announced the successful onboarding of Visa Direct and Mastercard Cross-Border Services into its payments infrastructure. The launch strengthens myTU’s position as a leading provider of fast, reliable cross-border payment solutions.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

APRIL 29, 2025

Banks, digital wallets and remittance businesses will now have an easier time sending money to Uzbekistan as Paysend , the digital payment network extends its cross-border payment facilities. Enterprise clients For enterprise clients, integration is frictionless through Paysends single Payout to Cards API.

Cross-Border Payments

Finextra

APRIL 11, 2025

Instapay Technologies and Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, are enhancing international money transfer services for Instapay customers through Mastercard Move, a portfolio of money movement capabilities powering person-to-person and business payments to more than 180 countries worldwide in 150+ currencies.

Cross-Border Payments

Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

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Visa

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

Programmable Payments: Smart contract integration for automated transactions. Global Accessibility: Multi-chain compatibility for seamless cross-border payments. The AIsa team includes experts from Meta, MasterCard, and Bloomberg, combining deep expertise in payments and AI to drive this innovation.

Payment Networks

The Fintech Times

MARCH 28, 2025

Payments giant Mastercard is joining forces with Ethio Telecom , a telecommunications service provider in Ethiopia, in a move to enhance financial inclusion and wealth creation in East Africa. Mastercard processes payment volumes exceeding $6.5trillion annually with over three billion cards in circulation.

Financial Inclusion

Fintech Finance

JUNE 20, 2025

The DTCPay Mastercard partnership marks a major step forward in global payments, offering users a fast, secure, and seamless way to transfer money internationally. dtcpay , a leading digital payments solutions provider, is excited to announce its strategic collaboration with Mastercard Move.

Visa

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Money20/20 , the global fintech show, is gearing up to return to Asia from 22 to 24 April 2025, with plans to spotlight cross-border payments. During this year’s show, Money20/20 plans to focus on Asias innovations, emerging payment networks, and regulatory leadership that shape the payment ecosystem in the region.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 9, 2025

Nium , the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, today announced the launch of the Diners Club International Card for its travel customers. This milestone makes Nium one of the first global card issuers in the travel space to offer cards across the four major schemes.

B2B

The Payments Association

JULY 23, 2025

The cross-border payment platform has grown into a fully developed financial infrastructure with a robust acquiring solution—complete with a new name, logo, and color palette. As a principal partner of Visa and Mastercard, the company supports customers’ long-term growth with a powerful and easy-to-use suite of acquiring tools.

Global Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 4, 2025

Octet Türkiye and Mastercard have partnered strategically to help B2B companies. The Mastercard Octet collaboration provides SMEs in the MENA region with digital tools that increase their financial flexibility. The commercial payments segment presents a wealth of opportunities for innovation.

Visa

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 12, 2025

Nium , the global infrastructure provider for real-time cross-border payments, has launched a new card for travel customers in partnership with banking and payment services company, Diners Club International.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 13, 2025

Mastercard OnePay Remittances now power faster cross-border payments for UK workers. At the heart of the offering is the integration of Mastercard Move, which enables OnePay users to send money internationally with trackable payments, visibility of fees, and clear delivery times.

Near Real-Time

The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Thunes, a global cross-border payment infrastructure provider, has launched a pay-to-card solution, expanding its global direct network to enable real-time cross-border payments to 15 billion cards worldwide, including Mastercard, Visa and UnionPay.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This innovative integration, which will be available globally in all markets and currencies supported by WEX, will provide Concur Invoice customers the functionality to pay suppliers using WEX issued virtual Mastercards powered by Confermas pioneering technology.

B2B

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While still niche, these options could play a larger role in cross-border payments, with stablecoins providing a more stable digital currency alternative. Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins : Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins are expected to see greater adoption as transaction fees decrease and regulatory clarity improves.

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ondo Finance announced today that it will be the first provider to bring real-world assets (RWA) to the Mastercard Multi-Token Network (MTN), a digital network connecting financial institutions with businesses to improve cross-border payment experiences.

Visa

Fintech News

JANUARY 26, 2025

Emerging trends such as cross-border payment systems and open banking initiatives are breaking down traditional barriers, fostering greater connectivity and efficiency in Asias financial landscape. This initiative demonstrates the growing focus on regional collaboration in the payments sector. billion in 2022 to 96.2

Payments Trends

The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Early deployments across Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe reveal how people are using CBDCs, how merchants are responding, and what this means for cross-border payments in an increasingly interconnected world. In Europe, the drive for CBDCs is also motivated by strategic autonomy.

CBDC

Payments Dive

JULY 17, 2025

Deep Dive Opinion Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Retail Banking Restaurants Regulations & Policy Risk Technology B2B An article from Mastercard, Visa play down stablecoin threat The giant card networks are sifting through the opportunities and threats that stablecoins present for their businesses.

Stablecoins

Finextra

AUGUST 8, 2025

The US Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the release of a new research report from its Cross-Border Payments Work Group, sponsored by Mastercard, that explores how ISO 20022 messaging is enabling smarter, faster, and more inclusive cross-border (..)

ISO 20022

Fintech Finance

MARCH 26, 2025

Africas digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that the digital payments economy is expected to reach $1.5 trillion by 2030.

Economy

The Fintech Times

MARCH 4, 2025

G2 Travel , a service-driven wholesale tour operator offering a range of solutions for group travel globally, has improved its ability to pay hotel partners across the globe following a new partnership with cross-border payments infrastructure provider Nium.

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

JUNE 2, 2025

Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), is enhancing Jaywan , the UAEs domestic card scheme, by signing co-badging agreements with international card schemes, including Discover , Mastercard , UnionPay and Visa. UAE financial institutions will begin issuing Jaywan co-badged cards from H2 of 2025.

Agreements

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

To address this, stakeholders including NETS Group and Liquid Group are working on interoperable QR payment solutions that are designed to simplify processes for merchants, Chia said. On the international front, cross-border payments have presented a different set of challenges.

FinTech

The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Their price stability, especially when fiat-backed, is proving vital for remittances, settlement processes, and even everyday payments. In 2024, stablecoins are increasingly integrated into mainstream systems, with Visa and Mastercard enabling their use across CeFi and DeFi platforms. and Brazil.

Payments Trends

Finextra

JULY 21, 2025

The Payments System Board has reached the preliminary view that it would be in the public interest to: remove surcharging on eftpos, Mastercard and Visa cards. This follows an extensive public consultation process since the release of an Issues Paper in October 2024. Consumers currently pay around $1.2 Please read our Privacy Policy.

Caps

Finextra

JULY 22, 2025

Equifax Australia and Mastercard use open banking to boost credit access Equifax and Mastercard are using open banking data to boost credit access for millions of Australians with limited or no credit history.

Visa

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

Mastercard has expanded its operations in West Africa with the opening of its first office in Accra, Ghana. This strategic milestone underscores Mastercards commitment to supporting the country’s growing digital economy by providing innovative financial products and services tailored to the market.

Visa