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Thailand Leads ASEAN in Digital Payment Transformation

While digital payments advance in Thailand, cross-border payment fragmentation and financial crime risks continue to intensify.

AAZZUR taps Wallester to strengthen card issuing capabilities

The approach is designed to reduce the complexity typically associated with establishing separate contractual and technical relationships with multiple financial service providers.

Mastercard completes agentic payment pilot in Malaysia

Transactions used tokenized credentials authenticated with Mastercard Payment Passkeys to ensure customer verification and data protection.

myPOS adds Tap to Pay on iPhone in Romania and Slovakia

The rollout adds to existing availability in markets including the UK, France, and Germany, allowing merchants to accept contactless card and digital wallet payments directly on an iPhone without additional hardware.

LemFi secures Bank of Canada registration

The milestone is a key moment in LemFi’s ongoing quest to reinforce trust through compliance, but also serves the company’s mission to build the full stack of financial services that move with people across borders.

Visa Intelligent Authorization modernises payment processing for banks and financial institutions, unlocking 'era of innovation'

Legacy payment authorisation systems can limit acquirers' ability to support emerging payment methods and new forms of commerce

Sohar International opens new branch at Al Mouj in Muscat

The move reflects the bank’s network expansion strategy, which focuses on placing branches within areas with high concentrations of economic activity and residential growth.

Absa and Thunes team on digital remittances

With international remittances playing an increasingly critical role in supporting families, education, healthcare and small businesses, customers are demanding solutions that are intuitive, transparent and cost-effective.

Absa Global Pay Launches, Promises Affordable Global Remittances

The alliance brings real‑time global money transfers, affordable and transparent pricing and a seamless mobile‑first experience

Lloyds to sell customer data, cut IT costs to become “the UK’s biggest fintech”

Lloyds was under fire last month for using anonymised bank data of their employees to negotiate pay rises.

Robinhood takes on Amex with $695-a-year platinum credit card

Robinhood, which began life as a stock trading app, claims more than 700,000 gold card users, with over $10 billion in annualised spending.

Wero expands ecommerce payments to Belgium with first merchants

Belgium becomes the second market to go live with Wero for online payments, following Germany, where ecommerce functionality was introduced in late 2025.

Revolut applies for US national bank charter

The filing was announced on 5 March 2026 and marks a significant step in the company's North American expansion strategy.

TaluCard targets visually impaired with biometric card

By embedding identity into the card, we eliminate fraud vectors from lost or stolen credentials.

CellPoint Digital and PayPal partner on payment orchestration

The partnership addresses a recognised challenge in global digital commerce

Revolut takes on Amex with ultra-premium business card

Titan aims to eliminate this friction by offering comprehensive expense management and real-time analytics alongside a suite of benefits, many geared towards boosting travel experience for users.

CIMB and Ant International partner on cross-border payments in Malaysia

It is designed to support capital efficiency, transparency, and cross-border liquidity optimisation across both organisations' regional financial ecosystems.

AccessPay partners with PayPoint to strengthen fraud and error prevention for corporate payments

Our customers want to automate high-volume, high-value payments with confidence, knowing robust safeguards are built directly into their processes

Monzo to double Dublin team to 70 staffers

The investment underpins the expansion of its Dublin-based European headquarters and the creation of new jobs across the business.

XTransfer obtains conditional approval for new payment licences in Malaysia

The conditionally approved electric money and money services business licences will strengthen XTransfer's Malaysian presence as it looks to establish a regional operational hub in the country.

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