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Revolut, Wise and Bits join the European Payment Council

This reinforces our commitment to harmonising payments throughout Europe and supporting initiatives that respond to the changing needs of the digital economy.”

UnionBank Launches Michelin Star Course Series for Visa Cardholders

UnionBank Visa cardholders can earn raffle entries through dining and shopping spend from 18 December 2025 to 14 February 2026.

StanChart Rolls Out Tokenised SGD and USD Deposits in Singapore

The solution enables near real-time movement of corporate funds through a blockchain-based treasury platform.

Moneyhash and Mastercard expand merchant access to cloud platform

The collaboration enables merchants to optimize transaction routing, improve success rates, reduce payment failures and gain comprehensive visibility across their entire payment operations through a centralized dashboard.

Cultura Bank partners with Tieto Banktech to launch modern core banking platform

Under the agreement, Tieto Banktech will provide Cultura Bank with an end-to-end core banking platform.

Interchecks and Mastercard partner to advance account-to-account payments through Open Finance

The collaboration reflects Interchecks' continued growth beyond its gaming roots and its commitment to advancing Pay by Bank as a trusted, scalable option for businesses and consumers across industries.

How the regulations and technologies that defined 2025 will shape tomorrow’s payments landscape

From the rollout of VoP to the rising influence of AI and the ongoing evolution of digital money, 2025 was another year of rapid change in payments.

NatWest Group opens applications for 2026 Fintech Programme

Theme for this year focuses on ‘How AI is Shaping the Future of Customer Experience’

UnionBank Launches Automated Payroll Tool, Targets 20 Million Customers by 2026

The new system reduces the account opening turnaround time from the industry standard of two weeks to under 24 hours.

Ant International, HSBC and Swift Complete POC for Cross-Border Tokenised Deposits

Trial links blockchain, tokenised deposits and ISO 20022 messaging to test real-time cross-border treasury movements

Netbank Taps Thredd for Cards-as-a-Service Solution in the Philippines

The solution leverages Thredd’s platform to support virtual and physical card issuing, real-time APIs, and Google Pay integration.

PayAdmit adds Yaspa’s Pay by bank to enhance A2A payments

The integration allows PayAdmit’s clients to accept payments directly from bank accounts with real-time confirmation, lower transaction costs, and reduced exposure to fraud-related losses.

UAE digital lender Wio Bank bets on payments, wealth to power next growth phase

The Abu Dhabi-based ⁠company has benefited from an influx of new money into the Gulf ⁠country owing ‌to factors such as the ease of doing business and light-touch regulation

Modernising Bank Payments: How Banks Can Win in Merchant Acquiring

Nakul Kothari, Head of APAC & Middle East at Juspay, explains how adopting modular, cloud-native platforms allows banks to optimise authorisations and deliver the data-driven insights that modern merchants now expect.

Pakistan’s NayaPay Enables QR Payments to Over 50 Countries via Alipay+

The latest upgrade connects NayaPay users to Alipay+’s network of 150 million merchants across multiple sectors worldwide.

airpay secures RBI approval for cross-border payments

It also plans to onboard more than 50,000 merchants as it expands into enterprise, SME and direct-to-consumer segments.

Finance Now, Visa, and Pismo to launch fleet payment platform

The solution will offer capabilities such as instant digital card issuance to mobile wallets, transaction-level data

TenPay Global, Mastercard Enable Direct Remittances to Weixin Pay in China

The tie-up supports money flows into the Chinese Mainland through a direct connection between Mastercard Move and Weixin Pay.

Visa to start operations in Syria under new payments framework

The central bank confirmed the collaboration during the Reuters NEXT conference, with Governor AbdulKader Husrieh stating that discussions with Visa are ongoing.

Trulioo joins Google Agent Payments Protocol initiative

The protocol creates a common language for how AI agents can initiate and complete transactions on behalf of users while maintaining transparency, authorization and compliance across ecosystems.

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