Fintech News

APRIL 28, 2025

NBC has selected ACLEDA Bank and Sathapana Bank as the sponsoring banks in Cambodia, while PJA has appointed NETSTARS as the payment and settlement operator in Japan.

Cross-Border

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

Finextra

AUGUST 7, 2025

Marex Group plc, the diversified global financial services platform, announces a collaboration with Brevan Howard Digital to utilize Kinexys by J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments in order to reduce settlement risk and facilitate more efficient payments.

Digital Payments

Bank Automation

APRIL 10, 2025

the digital payments firm founded by billionaire Jack Dorsey, was fined $40 million by New York for alleged anti-money-laundering inadequacies and cryptocurrency compliance failures on its Cash App platform.

Blocks

Finextra

JUNE 11, 2025

Manual Clearing Houses: Cheques remained the dominant non-cash payment instrument. Clearing houses, often managed by the RBI or lead banks, facilitated the physical exchange and settlement of cheques. This was a step towards automated recurring payments. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) (2016): The game-changer.

Financial Inclusion

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Morgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments, connecting blockchain-based tools with real-time payment rails. This collaboration aims to streamline cross-border business transactions by offering a faster and more transparent settlement process, reducing friction and enhancing the efficiency of commercial transactions.

Visa

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Rolled out initially in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the innovative tech-driven solution will boost the user experience by including added-value capabilities, such as Fundbot’s dynamic discount product that incentivizes quicker B2B payments, fast-tracking the conversion of receivables to cash for suppliers and reducing days sales outstanding (DSO).

Visa

Fintech Finance

MAY 1, 2025

In March 2025, Qatar National Bank (QNB) began leveraging Kinexys Digital Payments (KDP) as its blockchain payment system for USD corporate flows. Through the relationship, QNB can address the complex challenges in the industry for commercial settlements, such as cross-border payments and liquidity funding needs.

Cross-Border Payments

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

According to the US Federal Reserve in 2022, general-purpose card payments reached $153.3 On top of that, 69% of Americans online in 2023 said they used digital payment methods to make a purchase. Security is the core of any payment processing system. They also require physical presence for payment.

Process

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

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Some merchants address this by working with a processor offering faster settlement times or a credit facility to help maintain cash flow. This insight can help refine your payment strategy and improve conversions. Regularly review legal and compliance requirements for each country in which you operate.

International Payments

The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

UPI is revolutionising cross-border payments, expanding Indias digital payment influence through global integration, regulatory reforms, and strategic partnerships. The introduction of the unified payments interface (UPI) in 2016 marked a transformative shift in India’s digital payments landscape.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

MAY 28, 2025

With the new integration , Aspire users can now accept payments through credit and debit cards, as well as digital wallets including Apple Pay, Google Pay, GrabPay, and WeChat Pay. The integration also makes it easier for new businesses to start accepting card payments without the need for a website or complex infrastructure.

APACS

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Ant International is a leading global digital payment, digitisation, and financial technology provider. Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading super app offering ride-hailing, food delivery, digital payments, and financial services across eight markets.

AI

Fintech Finance

MARCH 10, 2025

However, many still rely on legacy AML compliance systems built for fewer payment rails, most of which are not aligned with real-time settlement workflows.

Real Time Payments

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. Wholesale CBDCs focus on interbank settlements, enhancing security and efficiency in large transactions between financial institutions.

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

JULY 17, 2025

Businesses and banks are leveraging the upgraded $10 million limit to streamline portfolio transfers, real estate deals, and B2B payments—boosting both speed and confidence in instant settlement. This upgrade has transformed how money moves. The result?

RTP

Clearly Payments

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The payment processing market in the United States has demonstrated robust growth, driven by rising consumer demand for digital payments, advancements in financial technology, and the expansion of e-commerce. The value chain in payment processing involves multiple parties that play specific roles in facilitating transactions.

Process

The Payments Association

MARCH 19, 2025

Despite these advancements, many firms still rely on outdated payment systems and technologies that cant meet the market’s growing demands. As the world shifts to faster, more efficient digital payment methods, the question remains: Are your payment systems ready? The result?

Cross-Border

The Payments Association

JUNE 16, 2025

Merchant 2025 survey: Findings Payment challenges High transaction fees emerge as the primary concern, with 72% of businesses reporting this as either somewhat or extremely challenging, which affects cash flow and margin optimisation across all segments.

Innovation

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 29, 2025

As part of the collaboration, Paymob has embedded its checkout experience into the WooCommerce Marketplace, offering merchants streamlined access to its comprehensive suite of digital payment solutions. Paymob’s solution delivers a secure checkout experience through embedded 3D Secure and PCI compliance.

Security

Fintech Finance

JULY 6, 2025

Morocco is the 17th country to join the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) network. Developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in partnership with the African Union and the AfCFTA Secretariat, PAPSS enables real-time, efficient, and cost-effective cross-border payments in local currencies.

Settlement

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Ant International, a leading global digital payment and financial technology provider headquartered in Singapore, has been intensifying its integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance and secure millions of daily cross-border transactions for merchants across over 200 global markets.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

JUNE 24, 2025

The two entities say these developments will offer merchants much enhanced visibility into payment flows, further elevate authorisation performance and drive down operational expenses, in a move to ensure both organisations lead the next wave of digital payment innovation.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech Finance

MARCH 10, 2025

However, many still rely on legacy AML compliance systems built for fewer payment rails, most of which are not aligned with real-time settlement workflows.

Real Time Payments

Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Future outlook Looking forward, could direct PYUSD settlement become the next big thing for merchants in crypto payments? This indicates that PayPal is exploring different pathways to broaden merchant crypto payment settlement options.

PayPal

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JUNE 12, 2025

This innovation addresses a longstanding imbalance in money movement: while outbound payments have become nearly instantaneous, incoming payments have typically relied on slower methods like ACH and wire transfers, which are limited by batch processing and banking hours.

Request for Payment

Finextra

JULY 9, 2025

Real-time settlement across jurisdictions reduces reliance on intermediaries, slashes fees, and strengthens trust. Whether its B2B payments or gig economy payouts, RTP is the future of global money movement. Faster settlements : Transactions that used to take 2–5 days now clear in seconds or minutes.

Real Time Payments

The Fintech Times

MARCH 25, 2025

.” With Georgia setting the stage for crypto-integrated tax payments, Keepzs role as the facilitator highlights its commitment to making transactions more accessible, secure, and efficient for businesses and consumers worldwide.

Digital Currency

The Fintech Times

JULY 10, 2025

Australia’s central bank and a government-backed research centre have selected 24 industry participants to trial digital settlement systems for tokenised assets, in a project exploring the future of wholesale finance. These will integrate with pilots from other institutions, reflecting the project’s collaborative nature.

Central Bank

The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Tokenisation is now a core enabler of secure, interoperable digital paymentspowering embedded finance, asset tokenisation, and evolving identity flows. Once a system for masking sensitive data, tokenisation has evolved into a foundational technology for enabling secure, interoperable, and scalable digital payments.

Security

Fintech Finance

JULY 11, 2025

Cobre’s new platform is changing the way payments work in Colombia by providing businesses with real-time B2B settlement through a secure and scalable infrastructure. With this pioneering integration, Cobre reaffirms its leadership as the most agile, interoperable, and future-ready B2B payments platform in the region.

B2B

The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

.” Ingenico showcased live demonstrations of its new crypto payment solution throughout Singapore Fintech Festival 2024. Increasing payment security Tencent also announced a strategic partnership with Visa to introduce its palm recognition technology for digital payments in international markets.

Product

Stax

JANUARY 21, 2025

said theyve used electronic payment methods to make a transaction in the past three months. Credit and debit cards, digital wallets , ACH transfers , and other digital payments have become the norm. To accept electronic payment methods fast and securely, you need a payment gateway.

Payment Gateways

Fintech News

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Cross border payments and digital advances in Singapore Singapore has made advancements in digital payments and emerging challenges in cross-border interoperability. Finally, the fintech startup ecosystem continued to diversify, a trend which is evident in the rapid growth of Web 3.0,

FinTech

The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In 2014, Nepal’s central bank, Nepal Rastra Bank , introduced its ‘ National Payment Systems Development Strategy ’ (NPSDS) with a vision to modernise the payment system and develop a secure, robust and efficient payment system. billion ($570million) in 2022 to Rs 20.77 billion ($1.5billion) in mid-March of last year.

Continuity

Fintech News

JULY 22, 2025

The digital payments firm behind USD Coin raised over a billion dollars and saw its stock more than triple on debut. Others, including the Bank for International Settlements, warn that they’re built on shaky ground. A stablecoin is a type of digital token. So, What Is a Stablecoin?

Stablecoins