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Here’s Everything New for Apple Wallet in iOS 26

by Justin Pituch | Jun 27, 2025 | Companies

"Apple Wallet, like every other iOS 26 app, is getting some Liquid Glass UI changes this year. But iOS 26 is also an especially packed update for new features coming to Apple Wallet. Here’s what’s new."

Bolt Announces Bolt Connect for Marketplaces and Launches Support for Stablecoin Payments

by Justin Pituch | Jun 27, 2025 | Companies

"Bolt, the checkout, identity and payments platform, today announced Bolt Connect, a new product designed to help marketplaces onboard merchants faster, streamline operations and scale with fewer resources. Bolt Connect gives marketplace operators a single integration...

Wirex Launches Institutional-Grade Stablecoin Payments on Fireblocks

by Justin Pituch | Jun 26, 2025 | Companies

"Wirex is proud to announce that Wirex Pay Chain is now officially supported on Fireblocks, a digital asset and payments infrastructure platform. This integration enables Fireblocks' institutional clients to easily access Wirex Pay's self-custodial stablecoin payment...

Balance and Alibaba.com Partner to Bring Flexible B2B Payments to SMEs Across the United States

by Justin Pituch | Jun 26, 2025 | Companies

"Balance, the AI-powered financial infrastructure platform for B2B commerce, announced today the launch of “Pay Later for Business” on Alibaba.com, an embedded financing solution designed to give U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises greater purchasing power and...

Crypto Exchange Kraken Debuts Peer-to-Peer Payments App Krak

by Justin Pituch | Jun 26, 2025 | Companies

"Crypto exchange Kraken on Thursday launched a peer-to-peer payments app that enables users to send and receive funds - in both cryptocurrency and fiat currency - across more than a hundred countries. The move is a bid to expand Kraken's offerings beyond its digital...

Big Ten and Big 12 Enter Historic Partnerships With PayPal to Enable Institutional Payments for Student-Athletes in New Revenue Sharing Model

by Justin Pituch | Jun 26, 2025 | Companies

"PayPal today announced multi-year agreements with the Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences that will modernize the distribution of institutional payments from universities to student-athletes in a new revenue-sharing model. The new institutional payments initiative enables...

Episode 267 – Fanning the Flames: Agentic Commerce

by Drew Edmond | Jun 25, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, Technology

Russ Jones and Drew Edmond spent some time at the Glenbrook water cooler this week to consider the rapidly emerging topic of agentic commerce and agentic payments. Tune in as they explore different industry perspectives in order to understand the implications of this new technology in the payments ecosystem.

New Zealand’s Xero to Buy US Fintech Melio for up to $3 billion

by Justin Pituch | Jun 25, 2025 | Deals

"New Zealand accounting software giant Xero agreed to buy U.S.-Israeli payments provider Melio for as much as $3 billion, the companies said on Wednesday, accelerating the Kiwi firm's push into the U.S. with the country's biggest outbound deal in over a decade."

FedNow Service Launches New Risk Mitigation Features and $1 Million Transaction Limit

by Justin Pituch | Jun 25, 2025 | Industry

"A new account activity threshold feature is now available for the FedNow Service, allowing financial institutions to strengthen risk mitigation efforts by defining dollar value and transaction velocity thresholds based on customer segments. The new functionality...

Spreedly Announces Just-In-Time Card Updates for Visa Cards to Reduce Failed Payments

by Justin Pituch | Jun 25, 2025 | Companies

"Spreedly today announced a strategic enhancement to its platform through the integration of Just-In-Time Card Updates for Visa Cards powered by Visa Account Updater. Outdated card details are a key driver of failed payments, particularly in recurring billing or...

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