Fintech Review

MAY 10, 2025

Until access to credit becomes more open and decentralised, banks will continue to shape who can participate in the economy. Whether it is card networks, interbank transfers, or settlement systems, banks sit at the heart of the pipes that move money. Their influence goes beyond balance sheets and branch networks.

Central Bank

The Fintech Times

JULY 15, 2025

Scene Holding led the round, with participation from Access Bridge Ventures, Arzan VC and 500 MENA. Appointments Community finance provider Salad has appointed Craig Pennington , formerly of Fair4All Finance, where he led investment partnerships to support inclusive lending. Raul Villar Jr.,

FinTech

Payments Dive

JUNE 20, 2025

Skip to main content CONTINUE TO SITE ➞ Dont miss tomorrows Payments industry news Let Payments Dives free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at anytime. As part of the deal, customers in the U.S.,

Cross-Border Payments

The Payments Association

JUNE 16, 2025

The early impact of the UK’s mandatory reimbursement policy for authorised push payment (APP) scam victims, implemented in October 2024. Authorised push payment (APP) scams remain one of the most devastating forms of financial fraud affecting UK consumers. Why is it important? What’s next?

Scams

The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Thats where avoided.io comes in, offering state-of-the-art Intelligent Chargeback Management Software that empowers businesses to tackle chargebacks before they become a financial burden. As a proud scale-up member of The Payments Association, avoided.io Lets dive into the key features and services avoided.io has to offer. Avoided.io

Fraud Prevention

The Fintech Times

JUNE 28, 2025

Starting 27 June, UK bank Barclays is blocking all attempts to buy crypto via its Barclaycard credit cards, citing “certain risks with purchasing cryptocurrencies” Barclays quietly announced the move to block crypto transactions on its Barclaycard website, on an FAQ page, shortly before it began enforcing the ban.

Credit Cards

The Payments Association

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This is evidenced by the fact that payment card fraud alone is projected to increase by over $10 billion between 2022 and 2028, according to the data. Why is it important? It highlights the urgent need for payments firms to address AI-driven fraud to protect financial security, maintain customer trust, and comply with regulations.

AI

Finovate

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As of late last year, 60% of FedNow participants can receive payments, only 40% have adopted sending capabilities. The Federal Reserve maintains a list of participating financial institutions on its website. FIS is now certified to offer send capabilities for FedNow. Founded in 1968, FIS is headquartered in Florida.

FedNow

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The ninth edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) wrapped up on 8th November, concluding a dynamic week-long of celebration of fintech that brought together tens of thousands of participants from around the world. The year’s conference featured an impressive lineup of over 900 speakers across more than 400 sessions.

FinTech

The Payments Association

JULY 18, 2025

Viewing these initiatives as a whole presents a clear regulatory trajectory: accelerated timelines, harmonised standards, and enhanced scrutiny across governance, conduct, and technology infrastructure. This roadmap is designed to support leadership, legal, and compliance teams in navigating a fragmented but fast-evolving regulatory terrain.

Regulations

Finextra

JUNE 2, 2025

Where open banking and open finance still rely on intemediaries to participate in data-sharing ecosystems, DeFi seeks to remove as many friction points as possible and replace them with code. This shift turned the traditional model on its head: you own your financial data and can port it to new services at will. Open Finance says: why not?

Finance

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 31, 2025

They quickly had to navigate the world of credit scores and card payments just to find somewhere to live. Throughout January, The Fintech Times has been exploring the theme of ‘fintech for good,’ focusing on how fintech solutions support financial inclusion.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2025

Lowe, who had been serving as fractional CFO since October 2024, joins full-time from Fitzgerald Power to support Yaspa’s next stage of growth. The London-based fintech is planning expansion into new markets and sectors, building on its instant payments and identity platform for igaming.

FinTech

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 13, 2025

Ramp is a New York City-based fintech startup founded in 2019 that offers corporate charge cards paired with an expense-management platform and finance tools. Its core mission is to help businesses save time and money. It has more than 1,000 employees and a revenue run rate of $700 million. billion in April 2024.

Push-to-Card

Finextra

JULY 30, 2025

This authorisation enables Boku to operate as a Payment Initiator and E-money Issuer, positioning the company to participate in Brazil’s evolving Open Finance ecosystem as a Payment Initiator Service Provider (PISP)—a key step toward enabling seamless Pix payments without redirection (JSR). It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 31, 2025

With this move, Boku can help millions of Brazilians—especially those without credit cards—make secure, seamless recurring payments for streaming, subscriptions, and digital goods. This supports Brazil’s push toward digital-first payments and greater financial inclusion.

Digital Payments

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

To that end, Visa announced Tuesday (April 2) that it has introduced Card Payouts, an app designed help mid- to large-sized businesses manage cash flow — and speed payments to gig economy workers, to boot. The app is built to support card capture, tokenization and card-on-file transactions, Visa said on Tuesday.

Push-to-Card

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

With roamQR, users will be able to make payments using their preferred e-wallet at participating merchants across different countries. The platform launched at the Singapore Fintech Festival with partners including Changi Pay, DCS Card Centre, eft Payments (Asia) Limited, FavePay, GLN, Google Pay, MariBank, Pyng, ShopeePay, and WeChat.

PCI DSS

PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Culture plays a huge role — as well as the sparks that often come from the tension when cultures clash. That promises to be the case going forward with Open Banking, as financial institutions (FIs) pick partners and proof of concepts. For us,” Pérez told Karen Webster, “Open Banking means collaboration between different parties.”. Role Of APIs.

Participant

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

It also pushed our industry to think about ways to provide faster availability of funds to people and businesses in need.”. As she noted, “We're also starting to see greater popularity in [the] use of funding agents,” which are financial institution participants that help RTP participants manage their funding requirements.

RTP

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Under the proposal, emerging companies that participate in the program can apply for a conditional license from DFS if they partner with an existing firm authorized by DFS to engage in virtual currency business activity. Samsung To Roll Out Pay Card For Digital Wallet With Mastercard, Curve. New York To Ease Cryptocurrency Regulations.

Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Waiting for the Fed — and its promise of interoperability, which requires participation from the private sector — is akin to playing the (very) long game. Real time is getting ever closer to prime time. But it might not be the Federal Reserve ’s doing. You’d be forgiven for thinking that faster payments might be the purview of the U.S.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Jess Turner, Mastercard’s executive vice president for North America Products and Innovation, tells PYMNTS the venture is just one part of the firm’s push to help gig workers get benefits. With gig-economy participation rising and U.S. 15) following the partnership’s announcement. “We 15) following the partnership’s announcement.

Visa

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

It looks like a race is shaping up to determine the future management of General Motors ’ credit card business. However, the Journal cited unnamed sources as saying that the London-based Barclays is also bidding for GM’s card business, while current issuer Capital One is unlikely to let the account go without a fight.

Push-to-Card

Fintech News

JANUARY 15, 2024

As demonstrated in the POC track II, NETS’ solution capitalises on the Push payment model via SGQR. This allows participating wallets (both local and cross-border) and merchants to have a common standard interface for sending and receiving payment notifications.

Interoperability

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Commercial card startup Brex is seeking unicorn status with its next funding round, The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ) reported Friday (Sept. Unnamed sources told the publication that DST Global is set to lead the firm’s next funding round, which could push its valuation to $1 billion.

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Liu noted COVID-19 has fueled the push towards cashless payments as consumers avoid the use of cash and plastic cards. And with the Olympics pushed back to 2021, we can expect the Japanese government to continue to invest in mobile payment technology as part of its measures to keep the games safe,” Liu added. “And

Mobile Payments

Fintech Finance

JULY 18, 2024

The round included participation from existing investors Accel, Insight Partners, Vesey Ventures, and Avid Ventures, as well as new investors Thomvest. The fleet fuel payments on these specialized cards add up to a staggering $120 billion annually in the US. “Companies like Coast do not come along every day.

Push-to-Card

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Customers from these generations often seek to avoid the debts and fees that accompany credit cards, too, making them less likely than older consumers to use credit cards. This is partly due to the growing participation of luxury retailers that have signed onto the platform. billion this year — almost double last year’s total.

BNPL

Clearly Payments

MARCH 11, 2024

Overall, Cryptocurrency is pushing traditional banks and the overall financial system to become more efficient. Cryptocurrency offers a viable alternative for individuals and businesses, especially those underserved by traditional banking systems, to access financial services and participate in the global economy.

Cryptocurrency

The Fintech Times

MARCH 13, 2024

Fondeadora , the financial service provider in Mexico, has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering secure digital payment services in the region as it partners with MeaWallet , the digital payments enabler specialising in card tokenisation. Push provisioning streamlines the card issuance process to digital wallets.

Digital Payments

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But it’s clear that the company remains very focused on building financial services products that support its core strategic goal: increasing participation in the Amazon ecosystem. Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. Continue to reduce any buying/selling friction. Amazon Payments.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

have participated in the gig economy — and 85 percent would do more work if they were paid faster. The companies also said PayActiv partners can offer real-time deposits to employees’ accounts via debit card or reloadable prepaid card, using Visa Direct ’s real-time push payments. have had a problem getting paid at times.

Payroll

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

The last few years, he said, have changed the game in terms of Visa’s ability to give digital payments a nudge by giving acquirers and issuers an ability to reach both consumers and merchants without the need of either a card on one side of the transaction, or a terminal on the other. Tokens In The Cloud.

Digital Payments

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

These two offers — a tokenized network card provisioning and card-on-file APIs — will soon allow Visa issuers to power a customizable suite of digital account control services within their native mobile banking apps. Solutions exist currently, of course.

Push-to-Card

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The round was led by Impression Ventures, with BMO Capital Partners, Anges Québec and other strategic partners also participating. According to credit card issuers, about 24 percent of recurring transactions from credit cards are falsely declined , which adds up to about $300 billion in lost sales in the U.S. ”

Push-to-Card

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 16, 2024

As a result, the needs of market participants have evolved and they continue to do so at a substantial pace. Account-to-account payments soar Account-to-account (A2A) payments bypass intermediaries such as credit card and payment processors, enabling money to be transferred directly from one party’s account to another account instantly.

Payments Trends