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The 67% signal: Why card issuers should act on flexible credentials

The form factor stays the same while the payment method changes.

The Philippines' Salmon Group lands $140m in fresh financing

The financing includes a $90 million investment from WashU, Moore, and Spice Expeditions alongside $50 million of bond proceeds.

National Bank of Ethiopia connects to PAPSS payments network

PAPSS was launched in 2022 by Afreximbank with the purpose of streamlining cross-border payments between countries across Africa.

Garanti BBVA Named Turkey’s Best Consumer Digital Bank by Global Finance

Garanti BBVA has received the ‘Best Consumer Digital Bank in Turkey’ award as part of Global Finance’s World’s Best Digital Bank Awards program.

TerraPay and RemitBee partner on cross-border payouts from Canada

The collaboration covers outbound corridors to the US, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and applies to personal remittances and business payments.

KPay secures Major Payment Institution licence in Singapore

KPay’s MPI licence highlights the importance of regulatory approval for scaling payment businesses in the Asia-Pacific.

Ant International secures UAE payment and SVF licences

The RPSCS licence is a step towards Antom, Ant International's merchant payment and digitisation services provider, offering merchant acquiring in the UAE.

EWG expands payment services through ClearBank agreement

The development comes as financial services businesses face growing expectations for faster, more transparent payments

Mastercard, BVNK Launch Fiat and Stablecoin Payments Platform

The first major integration since Mastercard closed its BVNK deal lets banks and fintechs offer fiat and stablecoin accounts under their own brand.

Splitit unveils bank-branded instalment charge card

Cardholders will set their preferred spending threshold in the app, and purchases above that amount can be automatically split into predictable monthly payments.

Matkahuolto selects Aurionpro for contactless transit payments

The solution will enable the acceptance of EMV payment cards alongside Finland’s local contactless card standards across the public transport network.

Branch launches Flex EWA model for banks and credit unions

The launch extends the Flex model that Branch introduced earlier in 2026 for employers, which was designed to make embedded EWA quicker and less resource-intensive to deploy.

Visa lands PBOC approval to begin China card clearing business preparations

The approval kicks off a one-year preparatory window before Visa can apply for its full domestic clearing licence.

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.

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