"The G7 supports responsible innovation that enables interoperability among new and existing cross-border payment systems; a level playing field for private sector competition and innovation; and the observance of relevant international standards. Emerging markets and...
dLocal and Belmoney Partner To Transform Cross-Border Remittances Across Key Emerging Markets
"dLocal announced a strategic partnership with Belmoney, the first Remittance-as-a-Service (RAAS) provider in Europe. dLocal enables Belmoney to facilitate cross-border payouts, leveraging over 900 local and alternative payment methods (APMs), such as credit and debit...
India’s Fraud Risks Rise, But Gen AI Could Be the Game-Changer, Study Shows
"India’s financial sector is witnessing a paradigm shift in fraud prevention, driven by the rapid adoption of Generative AI. As digital transactions surge and cyber threats grow more sophisticated, Experian’s latest report highlights how Indian banks and FinTech are...
Trustly Partners with Hard Rock Digital to Become the Pay by Bank Provider For Key US Markets
"Trustly announced a partnership with Hard Rock Digital to become the Pay by Bank provider for Hard Rock Bet, one of the fastest growing sportsbooks and iGaming platforms in the nation. Hard Rock Bet players will be able to securely link their bank accounts for...
One Click and That’s It: Worldpay and Visa Deliver Single Click Checkout to the UK
"With the aim to deliver payments experiences consumers love, Worldpay ® has joined forces with Visa to bring their Click to Pay payment option to merchants in the U.K. Worldpay customers using the company’s hosted payments pages can simply turn on Click to Pay with...
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New Report on Overcoming Usability Impediments to Instant Payment QR Code Adoption
"The U.S. Faster Payments Council released a new report, Overcoming Instant Payment QR Code Impediments to Adoption: Usability, which examines key challenges in implementing QR code-based instant payments at the point-of-sale (POS) and offers insights into addressing...
Swiss Central Bank Explores Synthetic CBDC
"The Swiss National Bank has been a trail blazer with its pilot wholesale central bank digital currency that is being used for the settlement of tokenized securities transactions on the SIX Digital Exchange. Today the SNB published its annual report in which it...
Back to Cash: Life Without Money in Your Pocket Is Not the Utopia Sweden Hoped
"...In recent years the [Sweden] central bank has been working on its own digital currency, the “e-krona”, as cash declines. The project ended a couple of years ago, and the bank is now focused on monitoring the global development of digital currencies. Last year...
Google Now Lets Kids Use Google Wallet for In-Store Payments in Select Countries
"Google announced that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland. Parents and guardians in these countries can now allow their children to access digital payments on...
Affirm Expands Credit Reporting with Experian to Include All Pay-Over-Time Products
"Affirm Holdings, Inc. announced it is expanding its credit reporting to Experian® to include all of Affirm’s pay-over-time products beginning April 1, 2025. By furnishing information about all of its pay-over-time transactions to Experian, Affirm is helping to drive...