Fintech News
MAY 28, 2025
Aspire , a finance platform for businesses, has integrated with Stripe to allow users to accept credit card payments for invoices and payment links, aiming to improve cash flow and shorten payment cycles. 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.
PCI Security Standards
MAY 28, 2025
The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) includes several requirements in Requirement 6 and 11 that govern vulnerability management and reference related timeframes.
The Fintech Times
MAY 28, 2025
Merge, a London-based fintech, has received approval from French regulators to operate as both an electronic money institution (EMI) and a virtual asset service provider (VASP). This dual licensing enables the company to offer cross-border payment services that integrate traditional fiat currencies with blockchain-based stablecoin transfers. Positioned as one of the few providers with regulatory coverage across both systems, Merge aims to simplify global treasury operations for businesses naviga
The Payments Association
MAY 28, 2025
The cards seven-decade journey from manual imprinters to contactless payments has embodied a constant balancing act between security imperatives and consumer convenience. Today, tokenisation is taking hold of the card payment industry, representing more than another incremental step and enabling a fundamental rethinking of how payments function in our increasingly digital world.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Fintech News
MAY 28, 2025
The Infocomm Media Development Authority ( IMDA ) is stepping up efforts to help local businesses adopt emerging technologies. It has announced new partnerships to expand the use of generative AI (Gen AI), cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity tools among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the Digital Enterprise Blueprint launched in May 2024, IMDA is collaborating with Alibaba Cloud, Prudential Singapore, and ST Engineering to support local SMEs in building digital capabili
The Payments Association
MAY 28, 2025
OpusDatum, a leading provider of data-driven compliance solutions, has announced the launch of its comprehensive WTR Knowledge Hub , designed to enhance understanding and compliance across the global payments sector. Introduced in May 2025, this pioneering platform marks a significant advancement in helping financial institutions and fintech firms navigate the complex regulatory environment surrounding international wire transfers.
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Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
The FCA has published proposals for ensuring financial resilience in the face of upcoming regulations governing cryptoasset firms, with an added focus on stablecoins.
Payments Dive
MAY 28, 2025
Lobbying organizations argue that New York's rules treat buy now, pay later purchases too much like credit card transactions.
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
At EBAday 2025, two expert panels explored how the digital euro and real-time data can transform finance and beyond shaping future digital money, guiding PSPs, and helping corporates and SMEs enhance liquidity through automation.
TechCrunch Fintech
MAY 28, 2025
Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product. Powered by digital bank Grasshopper, Karat’s banking product is a natural extension of its credit card offering with Visa. “Six years in, the problem we’re solving is still the same,” co-founder and co-CEO Eric Wei told TechCrunch.
Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting
Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
Block is adding real-time bitcoin payments to its Square point-of-sale terminals.
Fintech News
MAY 28, 2025
InsureTech Connect (ITC) Asia , one of the regions largest insurance ecosystem conference, is returning to the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore from June 03 to 05, 2025. This event promises to bring together the global insurance community to explore innovative solutions, gain access to unique and impactful education, and forge meaningful business relationships.
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
Lloyds Banking Group is building on its AI strategy with the appointment of Aritra Chakravarty from Jiffy.ai as head of agentic AI.
Fintech Finance
MAY 28, 2025
Emirates NBD , a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye (MENAT) region, has announced its partnership with iPiD , a global Know Your Payee (KYP) validation provider. The collaboration will enable Emirates NBD to provide real-time beneficiary validation for cross-border payments. With this solution, customers can verify payee names, IBANs and account numbers in real time, before a payment is made.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
Starling Bank has reported a decline in full-year profits after booking exceptional charges against FCA non-compliance and Covid-era loans.
Neopay
MAY 28, 2025
UK fintechs are set to increase professional hiring by 32% in 2025 despite challenging economic headwinds, according to Morgan McKinley and Vacancysofts latest fintech report. While venture funding continues to underperform historical norms, particularly at early-stage levels, fintech employers are nonetheless proceeding with strategic hires. Growth is being led by product expansion, operational scaling and the maturing of several firms from start-up to post-revenue stages driven by regulatory s
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
The billionaire CEO of payments processor Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz has switched his country of residence from the UK to tax haven Monaco.
Neopay
MAY 28, 2025
Open Banking in the UK has crossed a major milestone. As of March 2025, 13.3 million individuals and small businesses are actively engaging with Open Banking services up 40% year-on-year, according to the seventh annual Impact Report published by Open Banking Limited (OBL). This means one in five UK consumers and businesses are now harnessing the power of Open Banking, a sharp rise from one in 17 just four years ago.
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Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
EBAday 2025 hosted 16 pioneering startups to present their proof of concepts to a panel of judges in Paris, France.
Fintech Finance
MAY 28, 2025
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and KNET , Kuwait’s national electronic banking company, today announced that WAMD, Kuwait’s real-time payment system, recorded significant growth in the number of transactions processed since its launch in June of 2024, making WAMD one of the world’s most rapidly adopted real-time payment initiatives.
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
UK payments technology provider Dojo has secured its first equity raise of $190 million from Vitruvian Partners.
Nanonets
MAY 28, 2025
Accounting work has always been tedious. Every day, we spend hours on tasks that should be simpler. We are forced to manually enter data, reconcile transactions, and sift through files trying to locate financial information we need. But artificial intelligence is starting to change this reality. Xero, one of the leading cloud accounting platforms, has integrated AI features that are streamlining these daily tasks.
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
Last year, the newest progress report on the G20 roadmap for enhancing cross-border payments was released by the Financial Stability Board. Discussing the challenges and optimism since, a panel of payment experts at EBAday provided their insights into the obstacles of interoperability and cohesion.
Bank Automation
MAY 28, 2025
A proposed 3.5% tax on remittance transfers should be killed because it invades consumer privacy and would encourage the use of unregulated money-movement services, payments-industry trade groups told US lawmakers. Even after a cut from an initial 5% proposal, the levy will still hit migrants sending money back to relatives on top of posing a […] The post Payments groups want 3.5% remittance levy killed from tax bill appeared first on Bank Automation News.
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
How well-crafted regulation can act as an accelerator, not inhibitor, in becoming more resilient and successful in the future was answered by industry experts at EBAday 2025.
Finovate
MAY 28, 2025
Digital identity company Daon has forged a strategic partnership with security technology firm Giesecke+Devrient (G+D). The partnership will combine Daon’s identity verification and biometric authentication technology with Giesecke+Devrient’s digital security product suite. Founded in 2000, Daon made its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2016 in New York.
Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms
In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.
Neopay
MAY 28, 2025
ECB establishes an innovation platform with around 70 market participants on new platform Participants to test digital euro payment functionalities and explore innovative use cases Findings to be shared in report later this year The European Central Bank (ECB) has established an innovation platform to collaborate with European stakeholders in the context of the digital euro project.
Fintech Finance
MAY 28, 2025
OpenPayd , a leading provider of financial infrastructure, today announced the launch of its stablecoin infrastructure, enabling businesses to move and manage digital assets and fiat through one platform. OpenPayd is making money movement instant and seamless by connecting local and international fiat rails to all major blockchains and enables businesses to view, hold, make and receive payments across any digital currency and any rail globally.
Finextra
MAY 28, 2025
Circle Internet Group, Inc., a global financial technology company and stablecoin market leader, today announced the launch of the initial public offering of 24,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock.
The Fintech Times
MAY 28, 2025
Supported by 20 global financial and corporate partners collectively managing an AUM close to $100billion and operating across Asia, Europe and North America, the latest edition of the Elevator Pitch International Competition (EPIC 2025), organised by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), is set to kick off in November. With only three weeks left to go until the application window closes, global startups still have the opportunity to take part in EPIC, now in its ninth year
Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron
2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt
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