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Modern Treasury Announces the First AI Platform Purpose-Built for Payments

Fintech Finance

Modern Treasury , the leading payment operations platform for businesses, today introduced Modern Treasury AI to deliver the first AI Platform purpose-built for the unique demands of enterprise payments. Built on the company’s industry-leading Payment Ops infrastructure, Modern Treasury AI blends a context-aware agent with a powerful, real-time workspace.

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Mastercard Advances Stablecoin Use for Consumer Payments, Merchant Settlements

Fintech News

Mastercard has introduced new global capabilities to enable stablecoin transactions from wallets to checkouts, expanding its role in digital asset payments. The companys latest partnerships with OKX and Nuvei are part of a broader effort to create a seamless system where consumers can spend stablecoins and merchants can receive them. The move comes as stablecoins gain wider acceptance beyond crypto trading, with regulators providing greater clarity on their use.

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Zelle service unavailable for many users after Fiserv tech glitch

Payments Dive

The P2P payments experienced technical troubles Friday as Fiserv cited an "internal issue" that disrupted its service.

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UiPath’s agentic AI platform could streamline FI workflows

Bank Automation

Software giant UiPath is rolling out an enterprise-grade agentic AI platform designed to serve as a liaison between AI agents, robotic process automations and humans to streamline workflow automation. The platform, dubbed Maestro, knows how to seamlessly orchestrate agents, robots and people, all at scale, Taqi Jaffrey, senior director of product management at UiPath, said […] The post UiPaths agentic AI platform could streamline FI workflows appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

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.

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Stablecoin Payments Are Now Available on Apple Pay Through Mesh

Fintech Finance

Mesh , the first truly global crypto payments network, today unveiled its Apple Pay integration live on stage at Token2049 during Co-Founder and CEO Bam Azizi’s keynote address. This marks the first public demonstration of the new capability – available later in Q2 – that will enable merchants partnered with Mesh to accept crypto payments through Apple Pay without building their own crypto infrastructure.

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Cambodia and Japan to Link National QR Payment Systems

Fintech News

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Payments Japan Association (PJA) have signed a MoU to connect their respective QR code payment systems, KHQR and JPQR. The collaboration will roll out in two phases. In the first phase, Cambodian users of the Bakong payment system will be able to pay in Japan by scanning JPQR codes. The second phase will allow Japanese users to make payments in Cambodia using KHQR codes.

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Paysend partners with Tink to enhance open banking payments for faster seamless transfers

The Payments Association

Paysend, the global fintech company growing the worlds largest digital payment network unifying over 20 billion endpoints into a single, global, open, and instant payment system has partnered with Tink, a Visa Solution, to enhance its open banking capabilities. By integrating Tinks market-leading solutions, Paysend is improving coverage, speed and payment quality for customers in key markets.

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Tapcheck Launches Embedded Earned Wage Access With Viventium, Providing On-Demand Pay for More than 500,000 Healthcare Employees

Fintech Finance

Following Tapcheck ’s recent announcement of raising $225 million through combined equity and debt funding, the company has revealed a strategic partnership with Viventium , who offers an industry-leading payroll, HR, and compliance platform purpose-built for healthcare providers. Tapcheck, a leader in on-demand pay services, will integrate its earned wage access (EWA) feature directly into Viventium’s robust payroll and HR platform, enabling seamless access to Tapcheck’s pay b

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Fintech Platforms in Vietnam Lose Momentum to Bank Apps

Fintech News

In Vietnam, bank-owned apps are rapidly gaining popularity across all generations, outpacing independent fintech platforms like MoMo and ZaloPay, which are seeing a decline in usage and preference, according to a new report by Decision Lab, a Vietnamese market research firm. This shift indicates that banks are rising to the challenge, actively enhancing their digital capabilities to better meet evolving customer expectations.

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Green Dot, Crypto.com partner for banking services

Payments Dive

Crypto.com has collaborated with other mainstream financial firms like Visa and FIS to offer its digital currency customers more services.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

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

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PAY360 2025 unpacked: Key survey findings shaping the future of payments

The Payments Association

2025 payments outlook: Key findings from industry-wide survey data 28 April 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? Key insights from the PAY360 2025 survey on current challenges and opportunities in the payments sector. Why is it important? It highlights how industry leaders are prioritising AI, cross-border payments, and digital currencies while grappling with regulatory, technological, and customer demands.

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Acquired.com Co-funds New Independent Operator and Launches Game Changing Solution to Accelerate the Adoption of Variable Recurring Payments Across the UK

Fintech Finance

Acquired.com , the next generation payments business powering recurring commerce, today announces its participation as a founding member of a landmark industry initiative to fund the creation of a new independent operator dedicated to advancing Commercial Variable Recurring Payments (cVRPs), coordinated by Open Banking Limited. Co-funded by Acquired.com alongside 30 prominent organisations including major fintechs, high street banks, challenger banks, and payment providers, this initiative repre

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Vietnam Airlines Expands Adyen Partnership to Step Up Global Payments

Fintech News

Vietnam Airlines has expanded its partnership with global payments platform Adyen to enhance its global payment capabilities. The two companies first began working together in 2017, when the airline adopted Adyens gateway solution. In 2024, the partnership broadened to include Adyens acquiring services across markets such as Japan, Australia, the United States, and Europe.

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Firms agree to fund efforts to create new company to deliver the initial phase of work for commercial variable recurring payments  

Open Banking

The industry has risen to the challenge that the government set at the end of 2024 calling for industry partners to play their role in supporting the effective and timely delivery of commercial variable payments (cVRPs). 31 organisations – including fintechs, high street banks, challenger banks and payment providers – have agreed to fund efforts to create an independent operator to take forward work with industry on commercial variable recurring payments.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Study: Online banks lead FIs in customer satisfaction

Bank Automation

Despite having no branches, direct banks are delivering superior digital experiences and stronger support to their customers especially during challenging times. In fact, overall customer satisfaction with direct bank checking accounts is 692 on a 1,000-point scale, giving direct bank accounts a 24-point edge over the average regional bank and a 35-point higher satisfaction […] The post Study: Online banks lead FIs in customer satisfaction appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Bankart Chooses Iliad Solutions in Multi-year Payment Testing Deal

Fintech Finance

Bankart , a leading Slovenian payment processing company servicing 26 banks and other financial institutions in 5 countries in Southeastern Europe , has selected Iliad Solutions as its payment testing provider in a new multi-year deal. Bankart will license t3, Iliad’s flagship enterprise-grade, browser-based digital payments testing platform, providing cutting-edge, automated testing options, helping drive Bankart’s payment capabilities and its position as a leading payments processo

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Mastercard Launches ‘Agent Pay’ for AI-Led Commerce

Fintech News

Mastercard has launched Agent Pay, a new program designed to integrate payments into AI-driven commerce experiences. The initiative aims to enable secure, seamless transactions through generative AI agents across consumer and business platforms. The company said Agent Pay introduces “agentic tokens,” which expand on its existing tokenisation technology used in contactless payments, card-on-file solutions, and digital credentials like Mastercard Payment Passkeys.

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FCA plans ban on buying crypto on credit

Finextra

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is exploring whether to ban Brits from using credit to buy cryptoassets.

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Top Strategies to Future-Proof & Sustain Your Merchant Services Portfolio

Build a sustainable merchant services portfolio with practical strategies to ensure long-term success. Diversify across industries to spread risk and stabilize income, balancing high-risk and low-risk clients for a robust mix. Combine large and small merchants to create a resilient payment portfolio, leveraging each type's strengths. Foster long-term relationships through exceptional service and personalized support.

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Durbin to keep pushing card bill

Payments Dive

The retiring Senate Democrat plans to reintroduce the Credit Card Competition Act proposal despite plans to wrap his four-decade congressional career.

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Kinexys by J.P. Morgan Flourishes in the MENA Region

Fintech Finance

Kinexys by J.P. Morgan , the firm’s blockchain business unit, has recently won mandates from Qatar National Bank and Saudi National Bank, solidifying our position as a leading global blockchain infrastructure provider for banks, with 8 of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) [1] such as Qatar National Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Saudi National Bank, Emirates NBD, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and Bank ABC now live on the Kinexys platform.

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Temenos on Why SaaS Is the Strategic Backbone of APAC’s Next-Gen Banks 

Fintech News

For too long, the banking sector of Asia Pacific has been navigating the digital age with one hand tied behind its back. Most of it is through being held down by the weight of legacy infrastructure. However, the game has now changed. The rapid convergence of digitalisation, soaring customer expectations for seamless, digital-first experiences, and evolving regulatory landscapes have created an urgent need for transformation.

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Clearwater Analytics Acquires Risk Analytics Firm Beacon

Finovate

Clearwater Analytics has completed its acquisition of risk analytics and developer infrastructure company Beacon. The acquisition will boost Clearwater’s capabilities in complex portfolio management for both public and private markets. Beacon made its Finovate debut at FinovateAsia in Hong Kong in 2018. The company is headquartered in New York.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

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.

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Global Fintech Forum 2025: Starting UK Fintech Week with a Bang

The Fintech Times

The Global Fintech Forum 2025 opened UK Fintech Week with a clear signal of strategic intent, that it intends to hold on to its prime position globally. Hosted at the I nstitute of Directors by the Department for Business and Trade , alongside HM Treasury and the Office for Investment, the event gathered international investors, government officials, fintech founders and trade envoys to reaffirm the UKs ambition to lead on the global fintech stage.

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Dream Payments Launches Interac e-Transfer® Payouts Across Canada

Fintech Finance

Dream Payments has announced the launch of Interac e-Transfer payouts across its embedded payments platform, DreamPay — enabling real-time disbursements for participating banks, insurers, enterprises, and SaaS platforms across Canada. This launch will allow organizations to instantly deliver funds to individuals or businesses using only an email address or mobile phone number, without the need to collect sensitive banking information.

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Amber International Completes Acquisition of Sparrow Tech

Fintech News

Amber International Holding Limited has completed the integration of Sparrow Tech Private Limited , a Singapore-based digital asset platform, following regulatory approval. Sparrow Tech, which holds a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to provide Digital Payment Token services, is now an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Amber International.

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Podcast: How JPMorgan uses AI to support SMBs

Bank Automation

JPMorgan Chase is scaling its digital resources and fintech integrations to support small business owners through economic uncertainty and continued digital transformation. The effort starts with understanding business owners, John Frerichs, head of global SMB payments at the $4.3 trillion bank, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of The Buzz podcast.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

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.

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Mastercard invests $300M in Corpay unit

Payments Dive

The card network invested in the cross-border business of its corporate payments partner as the companies agreed to expand their partnership.

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Stripe Radar Now Protects ACH and SEPA Payments From Fraud

Fintech Finance

Stripe announced an expansion of Radar , Stripe’s AI-powered fraud prevention product, for ACH and SEPA payments. Radar assesses more than 1,000 characteristics of a potential transaction in order to determine, in less than 100 milliseconds, the likelihood that it’s fraudulent. On average, Radar users see a 42% reduction in SEPA fraud and a 20% reduction in ACH fraud.

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Backbase Launches AI-Powered Banking Platform

Fintech News

Backbase , a digital banking software provider, has launched its AI-powered Banking Platform, following the introduction of its Intelligence Fabric in September 2024. The platform is designed to embed AI into core banking operations by unifying customer service and digital salestwo areas Backbase calls mission-critical for growth and efficiency. It uses the Intelligence Fabric, a unified data foundation that converts behavioural, transactional, and operational data into real-time, actionable ins

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Lloyds builds on lending momentum with AI

Bank Automation

Lloyds Bank is expanding its lending and commercial banking capabilities through digitalization and AI deployment. THE BIG PICTURE: Manchester, U.K.-based Lloyds today reported 230.1 billion pounds ($306.5 billion) in risk-weighted assets (RWA) in the first quarter, up 2.4% from Q4 2024 and up 24.8% from Q1 2024. The growth in RWA was largely driven by […] The post Lloyds builds on lending momentum with AI appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.