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PayPal disables card readers with Tap-to-Pay on Venmo and Zettle

Small business owners can onboard in just a few simple steps and start accepting contactless cards and digital wallets through their Venmo business profile.

EC publishes PSD3 proposals

In that time, there has been a consistent rise in the use of electronic and digital payments within the EU, a trend accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fintechs engaged in bidding war for PayU

Rapyd has made a number of acquisitions in recent years, the last was the purchase of Icelandic payments company Valitor in 2021.

Visa acquires Brazilian fintech startup Pismo in $1B blockbuster deal

The startup processes almost 50 billion API calls and $40 billion in transaction volumes annually, and powers almost 80 million accounts and over 40 million issued cards.

Visa acquires core banking platform Pismo for $1bn

Under the terms of the transaction, Pismo will retain its current management team, and, subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition is expected to close before the end of the year.

Flutterwave Partners with Microsoft to Accelerate African Payments Infrastructure on Azure

The five-year partnership between the pair presents an opportunity to foster growth and impact across the continent.

Thredd Ties Up with Cape to Unleash Payment Innovation in Asia-Pacific

Last year it raised AU$3.1million in 2022 to fund its development and onboarded its first set of early adopters

ZaloPay Becomes First Vietnamese E-Wallet to Partner with Shopify

This model helps businesses build their own website and contribute to expanding their sales channels besides selling through general e-commerce floors.

Modulr launches in France and Spain

Modulr enables any software-based business to embed payment and account functionality directly into their own tech stack and move money securely and compliantly across the UK and EEA with a single set of flexible and scalable APIs.

JPMorgan Set to Establish Commercial Bank in Singapore

Through this global push, JPMorgan will have a presence in 28 countries by year end with the addition of an Israel office as well.

CVV-free Payments Launch ‘Goes Beyond User Convenience’: Cashfree Payments Brings Feature to India

CVV-free payments also maintain the highest level of security, ensuring compliance with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulations.

Iberbank and CaixaBank launch payment platform partnership

This will help to create a critical mass of users, enabling the widespread adoption of this new functionality and the development of new instant and digital payment solutions.

Lloyds Bank sets up tech centre in Hyderabad

The Lloyds Technology Centre will be based in Hyderabad and will employ 600 tech, data and cyber security specialists by the end of 2023.

Amazon teams up with YouLend to offer SME customers revenue-based financing

UK-based SMEs on Amazon can apply for loans of between £500 and £2m, with repayments tied to future sales.

Wise launches instant access savings account paying 4.12%

Wise has 16 million customers globally and is currently processing c.£9bn in cross-border transactions every month.

Bankable buys embedded finance firm Arex Markets

Early use cases for the combined offering are being rolled out in the B2B wholesale travel sector

GHL Enables Alipay+ for Over 2,600 Thai Businesses

The local businesses to benefit from this initiative come from a wide range of tourism industries, from retail, F&B to hospitality and attractions nationwide.

Virtusa Corporation partners with Icon Solutions

The Icon Payments Framework is a low-code, cloud-native, open-source framework that can be used by banks to create their own payment processing solutions.

Customers Bank Acquires $631MM Venture Loan Portfolio, Recruits Venture Banking Team

The newly recruited team will give clients access to the capital to grow from innovation to maturity and leverage a technology platform to support growth.

BBVA taps AWS for new data platform

AWS Lake Formation and Amazon DataZone will be used for building, managing, and securing access to the data platform, ensuring data governance and compliance.

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