Finextra

JUNE 24, 2025

EuroPA is an alliance of national digital payment champions – 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁(Italy), 𝗕𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗺 (Spain), 𝗠𝗕 𝗪𝗔𝗬 (Portugal), 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗸 (Poland), 𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗦 (Greece), and 𝗩𝗶𝗽𝗽𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗮𝘆 (Nordics). WHO ARE THE KEY PLAYERS? It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

Agreements

Fintech Finance

JUNE 23, 2025

These innovations will give merchants unparalleled visibility into payment flows, further elevate authorisation performance and drive down operational expenses—ensuring both organisations lead the next wave of digital payment invention.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Digital payment token provider dtcpay has announced a strategic shift to exclusively support stablecoins for all its payment services starting in January 2025. This strategic shift reflects a growing trend in the digital payments landscape.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Vietnam Consumer Trends 2024 report, released in October, explores key drivers set to fuel Vietnam’s growth and opportunities, highlighting that digital payment methods are gaining dominance, and helping improve financial inclusion and accessibility. The implementation of the sandbox will last a maximum of two years.

Financial Inclusion

Fintech News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Southeast Asias fintech industry is flourishing, driven by soaring adoption of digital payments, alternative lending, and wealthtech. Moreover, ongoing ASEAN integration initiatives to connect real-time payment systems are boosting cross-border digital payments and fueling regional commerce.

FinTech

Fintech News

JANUARY 21, 2025

These changes, which include lifting restrictions on WhatsApp Pay and postponing the implementation of a market share cap for UPI apps, underscore the NPCIs commitment to create a fairer digital payment landscape in India, and ensuring equal opportunities for all participants, India TV News reported.

Caps

Fintech Finance

JULY 8, 2025

It is meant to change the way people log in to digital payment systems. As the need for fintech security grows, Zimpler ID+ positions itself as a next-gen identity infrastructure that connects seamless payments and user protection. Zimpler ID+ is Zimpler ‘s newest identity verification layer.

Digital Payments

The Paypers

JUNE 19, 2025

EGBANK has entered into a partnership with Mastercard to develop its debit, credit, and commercial card offerings while expanding the reach of digital payment services.

Visa

Fintech Finance

JULY 27, 2025

Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in payments, today announced the launch of a new report, ‘Value of Acceptance: Understanding the Digital Payment Landscape in Egypt, ’ which reveals significant growth potential for digital payments, especially among small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).

Micro-Entry

Finextra

JUNE 11, 2025

Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) (2014): Leveraged Aadhaar biometric identity for financial inclusion, allowing basic banking services through biometric authentication at agent points. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) (2016): The game-changer. Voice-activated payments are a step in this direction.

Financial Inclusion

Fintech News

JANUARY 13, 2025

By integrating Alterya’s tools with the Chainalysis blockchain data platform, the partnership seeks to improve fraud detection across digital payment systems. Alteryas research shows that most scams (85%) involve verified accounts, making traditional detection methods less effective.

Fraud Detection

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With a series of organisational and strategic upgrades in 2024, Ant International , a leading global digital payment and financial technology provider, reported robust growth over the past year among all its four pillar businesses, Alipay+ , Antom , WorldFirst and Embedded Finance.

Embedded Finance

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 24, 2024

“AFAQ” is set to transform how users engage with digital payments. Weyay Bank, through the new AFAQ service, not only does meet the evolving needs of its customers, but it also shapes the future of cross-border payments within the GCC.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Despite a global shift towards digital payments—where 89% of people either already pay or plan to pay bills digitally—many still face a cumbersome experience, with limited card payment options and security concerns.

Visa

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Visa , a global leader in digital payments, convened the Digital Future Forum 2024 in Hanoi, showcasing the latest payment trends and innovations shaping Vietnam’s digital landscape. annually from 2025-2030, further strengthen the digital payment landscape. in 2024, rising to 6.5%

Payments Trends

The Payments Association

MARCH 28, 2025

However, with the correct tools and solutions, such as Paytiko’s payment gateway, businesses can integrate digital payments without requiring sophisticated technical knowledge. However, platforms such as Paytiko make it simple for businesses to implement safe and efficient payment providers with little effort.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ehab Nasr, Assistant sub-Governor at the Central Bank of Egypt, said: With Apple Pay now available in Egypt, we are ushering in a new era of digital payments that aligns with our proactive efforts to promote digital transformation. Apple pay empowers consumers with a safer, more convenient way to pay, whether in-store or online.

Visa

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Overview : Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are digital forms of a country’s national currency, issued and regulated by the central bank. Security Focus : Advanced payment methods like biometrics and digital wallets provide added security layers, enhancing consumer trust.

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

APRIL 10, 2025

This year’s survey also highlights an uptick in digital payment methods, with 65% of respondents preferring to pay digitally and paper-based checks declining year-over-year (YoY) to only 15%, largely contributed by Baby Boomers and Gen X. .

Tax Refunds

Finextra

JULY 2, 2025

Orbital has partnered with ClearBank Europe to expand real-time euro payment options. The Orbital ClearBank partnership connects SEPA rails with stablecoins, driving innovation in cross-border digital payments.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

JUNE 22, 2025

Singapore-based digital payments firm dtcpay has integrated its platform with Mastercard Move. The tie-up opens access to more than 49 payment corridors for transfers originating in Singapore. This gives customers access to the card network’s global money-movement infrastructure starting this month.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

We are driving a paradigm shift in the B2B payments landscape, putting an end to the operational and financial challenges caused by inefficient processes and multiple payment systems.

Visa

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This insight can help refine your payment strategy and improve conversions. Keep up with international compliance : Payment regulations change, especially as countries adapt to digital payment trends. Regularly review legal and compliance requirements for each country in which you operate.

International Payments

Fintech Finance

MARCH 20, 2025

Checkout.com , a leading global digital payments company, today announced that its Intelligent Acceptance product, an AI-powered engine designed to help enterprise businesses boost their payment performance, has generated over $10 billion in additional merchant revenue.

AI

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In the lead-up to Safer Internet Day, global payments provider Adyen has shed light on the evolving payment fraud landscape in Singapore. With its high level of digital payments maturity, the country has witnessed shifting trends in fraudulent activities.

Fraud Prevention

Fintech Finance

MARCH 24, 2025

By introducing the SOMQR standard and establishing the Somalia Payment Switch (SPS) as the scheme manager and operator, CBS aims to reduce reliance on cash, ensure interoperability, and expand financial services across the country.

Instant Payments

VISTA InfoSec

AUGUST 13, 2025

5/5 - (1 vote) In today’s rapidly evolving digital payment landscape, software security is no longer just a best practice—it’s a necessity. The PCI Software Security Framework (PCI SSF) sets the global benchmark for safeguarding payment applications and ensuring they are developed with security at the core.

Compliance

Fintech News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

With this programme, we aim to leverage Swifts existing infrastructure and Ant Internationals experience and technological capabilities in cross-border and digital payments to deliver more convenient and seamless cross-border transaction experiences to merchants of all sizes, all over the world.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

MARCH 28, 2025

As flower orders surge ahead of Mothers Day, global digital payments company Checkout.com is supporting Interflora to deliver high performing payments at scale. Payments shouldnt be a barrier to growth, or to purchasing a gift for a loved one. The partnership has enabled a 95.4%

PayPal

The Payments Association

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Payments Association (TPA)’s George Iddenden recently sat down with Peter Theunis, senior vice president sales and European managing director at BPC to discuss the remarkable transformation of the payments processing industry, driven by the rise of fintech, the shift towards digital payments, and evolving consumer behaviours.

Process

Fintech Finance

JUNE 5, 2025

In a strategic move to accelerate digital payments, financial inclusion, and modernizing the country’s payment ecosystem, BPC , a global leader and payment solutions provider, is announcing the expansion of its operations in Nigeria.

Financial Inclusion

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, Governor of the Bank of Thailand , recently addressed the Singapore Fintech Festival, sharing insights on Thailand’s advancements in digital finance.

Cross-Border Payments

The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Paydock, a leading eCommerce payment orchestration platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Aevi, a pioneer in card-present payment orchestration, to deliver a true omnichannel payment orchestration offering for financial institutions, merchants and ISVs.

ISVS

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Blink Payment , a UK paytech platform that offers businesses seamless digital payment solutions, today announces its entry into B2B fashion payments through integration with ERP Zedonk , in a move that will enable more than 1,000 leading fashion brands and showrooms to streamline their buyer payments.

B2B

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

StraitsX, a Singapore-licensed stablecoin issuer and digital payment infrastructure provider, has partnered with Standard Chartered to strengthen the reserve management of its U.S. Dollar (XUSD) and Singapore Dollar (XSGD) stablecoins. Standard Chartereds involvement brings institutional-grade reliability to the stablecoins.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

AUGUST 7, 2025

The Asia-Pacific fintech landscape is thriving, fueled by the rapid adoption of digital payments, online banking and alternative lending solutions. With over a billion users projected to access digital financial services by 2026, the region is ripe with opportunity — and equally vulnerable to escalating fraud threats.

Transactions

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The app simplifies digital payments for international tourists visiting Cambodia. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has launched the Bakong Tourists app in collaboration with Mastercard at a ceremony in Phnom Penh. This collaboration reflects our commitment to supporting the growth of Cambodia’s vibrant economy.

Visa