Fintech News

JANUARY 26, 2025

Payment trends in Asia are changing how businesses and people transact from the digital-first economies of China and Singapore to the quickly changing markets of Indonesia and Vietnam. The shift toward digitised payments brings heightened concerns about cybersecurity, fraud, and regulatory compliance.

Payments Trends

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

As the artificial intelligence revolution reshapes industries at an unprecedented pace, AIsa announces the launch of its revolutionary payment infrastructure tailored to the unique needs of the AI economy. Programmable Payments: Smart contract integration for automated transactions. Cost Barrier: High fees (2.9% + $0.30

Payment Networks

Fintech News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

FXC Intelligence, a data platform specializing in the cross-border payment and e-commerce sectors, has released its annual selection of the world’s most promising cross-border payments companies in 2024. One of Singapore’s entries is Partior. million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia.

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2025

Later this year, payments giant Mastercard plans to open up access to its A2A instant payments technology via a sandbox, promising an environment where UK banks and financial institutions can safely experiment and collaborate across new ways to pay.

Instant Payments

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. On the surface, it seems effortless, with customers only taking a few seconds to initiate and complete payments. The eCommerce payment solution infrastructure involves several key players.

Payment Solutions

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

Fintech Finance

JUNE 25, 2025

Picture the excitement of experimenting with cutting-edge payment technology, where developers can safely test new features and capabilities without impacting critical infrastructure. Starting later this year, Mastercard will provide access to its fifth generation A2A instant payments technology via a sandbox.

Visa

The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Once a system for masking sensitive data, tokenisation has evolved into a foundational technology for enabling secure, interoperable, and scalable digital payments. However, with its growing role comes increasing complexity, particularly in terms of integration, regulation, and the architecture of future payment flows.

Security

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 16, 2025

I see Guavapay is clearly positioned to lead the next-generation payment solutions, offering unparalleled speed, transparency and cost-effectiveness. Guavapay’s flagship products, MyGuava (B2C) and MyGuava Business (B2B) payment apps offer users to open accounts in over 20 currencies, including GBP, USD, and EUR.

Innovation

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. To address evolving customer demands and accept electronic payments, you need a payment processing system. trillion in value.

Process

Fintech News

JULY 14, 2025

After acing that deadline, the bank expanded to serve fintechs and other banks across the region, enabling instant digital issuing, winning industry recognition for fintech innovation, and announcing plans to build a mobile wallet marketplace by leveraging its new payments infrastructure. That makes uptime a business imperative.

Payment APIs and Integration

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

Credit cards are a staple in the wallets of consumers today, and they will undoubtedly be a payment method of choice for years to come, particularly as the adoption of mobile and contactless payments continues to grow. In fact, ResearchAndMarkets.com forecasts the global credit card payment market to grow to $762.16

Credit Cards

Fintech Finance

JUNE 20, 2025

The DTCPay Mastercard partnership marks a major step forward in global payments, offering users a fast, secure, and seamless way to transfer money internationally. dtcpay , a leading digital payments solutions provider, is excited to announce its strategic collaboration with Mastercard Move.

Visa

EBizCharge

MARCH 20, 2025

Integrating a payment gateway into Sage accounting software provides numerous advantages for merchants, including streamlined payment processes, improved cash flow, and enhanced security. These steps will help you optimize payment processing with fewer errors, faster collections, and secure transactions.

Payment Gateways

Stax

JANUARY 21, 2025

If youre like many people, its been a while since you last made a payment exclusively with cash. 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.

Payment Gateways

Fintech Finance

APRIL 17, 2025

Klap , one of Chiles fastest-growing acquiring networks, has achieved a significant milestone by launching Visa and Mastercard acquiring services in partnership with BPC , a global leader in payment solutions. This offers enhanced payment options and better user experiences for businesses throughout Chile.

Acquirers

Fintech News

JUNE 16, 2025

As the global demand for faster, more affordable, and increasingly transparent cross-border payments intensifies, Project Nexus is emerging as a foundational initiative to meet the G20’s ambitious roadmap. Eli Shoshani Eli Shoshani is Head of APAC at Bottomline , a leader in global business payments with extensive expertise in the region.

Cross-Border Payments

Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

Customers in this age of instant gratification always expect a smooth and seamless online payments experience. As a business owner, you must have a clear understanding of how online payments processing works to be able to create a hassle-free checkout process that will keep buyers coming back to your eCommerce store.

Online Payment Processing

Fintech Finance

JULY 15, 2025

Highnote , the unified platform for embedded finance and modern card issuance, today announced the launch of Instant Payments, a new capability that enables businesses to deliver near real-time payouts from Highnote-issued cards to eligible external debit and prepaid cards.

Instant Payments

The Fintech Times

JUNE 16, 2025

Mastercard Cloud Edge, a cloud-based connectivity solution, created by payments giant Mastercard and cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), will now enable Asia Pacific banks and fintechs to streamline the launch of payments tools as said financial institutions can now onboard onto Mastercard’s network up to four times faster.

APACS

Finovate

JUNE 30, 2025

tapi is acquiring Arcus’ cash payments operations, including bill pay, top-ups, gift cards, and cash-in/out. tapi will leverage the buy to expand its footprint in Mexico and strengthen its role as a regional payments leader. Backed by Kaszek and Andreessen Horowitz, tapi expects to process over $2B in 2025—5x more than in 2024.

Acquirers

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ondo Finance announced today that it will be the first provider to bring real-world assets (RWA) to the Mastercard Multi-Token Network (MTN), a digital network connecting financial institutions with businesses to improve cross-border payment experiences.

Visa

Finextra

JULY 5, 2025

Spoiler: Both companies have overlapping product categories (payments, fraud prevention, in-person solutions, and more), but their strengths and weaknesses can make each a better fit for different customer profiles. The Payments Giants at a Glance It helps to frame the comparison with scale and performance. Let’s dig in.

Product

Stax

MAY 13, 2025

We’ll also outline how to choose the best payment solutions for your unique business needs. Credit card merchant services are the systems, tools, and agreements that allow businesses to accept payments via credit and debit cards. Together, these tools form the foundation of your ability to process payments reliably and securely.

Credit Cards

Fintech Finance

MARCH 7, 2025

Astrada emerged from stealth to unveil a unified API for transaction data that offers the infrastructure, compliance, and workflows that software companies need to offer bring-your-own-card functionality. Finance leaders are looking for greater visibility into company spending and employees want a simplified expense reporting process.

Payment APIs and Integration

Clearly Payments

JUNE 20, 2025

When most people think about credit card payments, names like Visa or Mastercard come to mind. But while these credit card networks provide the infrastructure for transactions, they don’t deal directly with the businesses accepting payments. So, who is the biggest payment processing company in that category?

Process

The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Dennis Jones, senior marketing manager at Jack Henry, positioned payments-as-a-service, banking-as-a-service, and fintech partnerships as cost-effective ways to drive efficiencies and reduce fraud rates without replacing existing infrastructures. Affidavit PDF documents are created in a fully automated way.

Disputes

Finextra

JUNE 26, 2025

And if your customers don’t feel safe while making payments, they won’t return. In this guide, you’ll understand what digital payment security is and what these regulations mean, how they impact your payment operations, and what you need to do to meet them. PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.

PCI DSS

The Payments Association

JULY 23, 2025

Following the launch of protocols for agents, the payments industry has begun recognising a shift akin to the advent of the internet. While banks pursue incremental digital improvements, Visa and Mastercard have launched platforms enabling AI agents to conduct transactions autonomously.

Payment APIs and Integration

Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

And yet, accepting non-cash forms of payments is more or less required to operate a modern business, at least in the U.S. Credit, debit, and digital payments have far and away become the most popular payment method. Cash has dropped to less than 20% of all US payments in recent years.

Credit Cards

Fintech Finance

JUNE 16, 2025

Mastercard today announced that Asia Pacific banks and fintechs can onboard to its network up to four times faster and streamline the launch of payment tools via Mastercard Cloud Edge, its cloud-based connectivity solution, offered in collaboration with cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc.

Visa

The Fintech Times

APRIL 29, 2025

Banks, digital wallets and remittance businesses will now have an easier time sending money to Uzbekistan as Paysend , the digital payment network extends its cross-border payment facilities. This launch empowers fintechs to take full advantage of Paysend’s single API with existing coverage in 170+ countries.

Cross-Border Payments

Finextra

JUNE 11, 2025

In their place stands a more sophisticated and scalable payment conduit: the digital wallet. From biometric-enabled tap-and-go to invisible in-app payments, checkout time is collapsing—and conversion rates are rising. Speed Converts: Digital wallets eliminate physical and cognitive friction.

Consumer

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Completing online payments via manual card entry can be time-consuming and off-putting for customers. This article will cover everything you need to know about Click to Pay, including its history, how it works, and how you can implement the payment method in your business. Learn More What is Click to Pay?

Payment APIs and Integration

Clearly Payments

MARCH 14, 2025

credit card payments surpassed $10.6 Contactless payments continue their rapid adoption, projected to account for more than 60% of in-store purchases. From the cardholder to the merchant, and all the way through the financial institutions and payment processors, each participant brings something essential to the table.

Credit Cards

Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

Banking was singled out as leading all industries in GenAI integration, with the most use cases deployed per organization (on average). A recent survey from SAS underscores that financial institutions lead in integrating AI into operations. Almost every bank is at least planning for GenAI.

AI

Stax

JUNE 24, 2025

Consumers are increasingly gravitating towards cashless payment options, including debit card and credit card payments, as well as online payments, contactless payments , and mobile credit card processing services. A smooth, secure payment experience builds customer trust. The checkout experience is everything.

Credit Cards