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Yuno Adds SEON’s Fraud Prevention Tools to Its Global Payments Platform

Fraud prevention remains fragmented across markets even as businesses consolidate their international payment operations.

Barclaycard Payments deploys Visa Unified Checkout

The new agreement builds on six decades of joint innovation between Visa and Barclaycard across payments and acceptance.

Standard Bank Group signs agreement to invest in OPay ahead of IPO

The bank has framed the move as part of its own digital agenda

CaixaBank's app chosen as the best financial app in Spain by Global Finance

Not so many years ago, a bank's quality was measured by the proximity of its branch or the breadth of its network.

National Bank of Bahrain partners TerraPay to expand international payments network

The Bahrain-based bank joins a growing list of institutions that have partnered with TerraPay this year, including TPBank, Terrabank, and Banco Ganadero.

PayU, Malaysia Airlines partner to enhance digital travel payments

The partnership will combine PayU’s payment infrastructure and merchant ecosystem with Malaysia Airlines’ international network to create smoother booking journeys and more flexible payment experiences for customers.

FedEx Dataworks and Stripe partner on SMB financing and payments

The collaboration targets a gap in how logistics-intensive SMBs are assessed for credit. According to the companies, conventional financing relies mainly on bank statements and credit scores.

BDO Unibank updates wholesale payment system to Finastra Global PAYplus

The Philippines' largest commercial bank has moved its international Swift and domestic PESONet transaction processing onto Global PAYplus.

Mastercard to enable offline payments across Europe

Mastercard is now also taking action, stating that from February 2027 all newly issued cards across Europe will be enabled to make offline payments.

Payments income bolsters banks

Income from card, digital and other rails has swelled to about 40% of revenue for the global bank industry, according to consulting firm McKinsey.

Wells Fargo brings debit card personalisation to mobile app

The new mobile experience simplifies the card design process, allowing customers to create, preview and submit their custom debit card design directly from their mobile device.

BDO Unibank Powers Smarter, Next-Generation Payments With Finastra

With modern Global PAYplus, BDO is enabling cost efficient modernisation, greater automation, and more innovative and flexible payment services for customers

Caliza and Yala partner on cross-border trade in Africa

Under the agreement, Yala will use Caliza’s infrastructure to support settlements with international suppliers across multiple payment corridors.

Banking industry, PayNet to introduce industry fraud alert, eye pilot testing in 1H 2027 - Bank Negara governor

Abdul Rasheed said this capability may introduce interference for customers, and there may also be complaints.

Commercial Bank of Dubai Becomes First Non-European Bank to Join CBMT Tokenized Money Initiative

The Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) initiative, spearheaded by Die Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft (DK), aims to transition commercial bank money onto digital rails using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Revolut eyes Philippines bank licence

The challenger bank does already have a presence in the Philippines, having estabished a global technolog hub in Manilla in 2025.

Neopay to acquire 65% controlling stake in Noon Payments

This is the first major acquisition made by Neopay since Mashreq Bank sold a majority stake in the business in January 2025 for $385 million.

Mobile money wallets set to link with PAPSS, opening access to African markets

The system was created to address one of Africa’s most persistent trade barriers: cross-border payments within the continent have often been slower, more expensive and more complicated than payments routed through Europe or North America.

Sri Lanka’s Union Bank Upgrades Legacy Credit Card System With BPC

The new system replaces a legacy platform hosted outside Sri Lanka.

American Express launches corporate cashback card with expense tools

The platform runs alongside a dedicated mobile app and targets businesses with annual revenue of between USD 10 million and USD 300 million.

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