07/16/2026
Founding members spanning finance, cloud infrastructure, and payments have committed to collaboratively developing the protocol under vendor-neutral governance, ensuring the payment layer of the internet remains open, interoperable, and free from lock-in.
07/13/2026
Through the partnership with Neema, Mastercard aims to allow businesses and individuals abroad to transfer funds into Israel more quickly, using local payments infrastructure rather than the conventional correspondent banking model.
07/13/2026
The bank-agnostic system lets commuters tap Visa, Mastercard, NFC wallets, or GCash QR to pay fares across all 13 LRT-2 stations.
07/07/2026
Together, the council manages the rules for payment schemes used across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), spanning 41 European countries to ensure payments work consistently across Europe.