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October 14, 2025

EnKash Unveils India's First Unified Corporate Card Ecosystem for Businesses

PR Newswire

“EnKash, India’s leading full-stack business payments and spend management platform, announced the launch of its Corporate Card Ecosystem. With this launch, EnKash introduces a unified ecosystem that integrates seamlessly with the company’s broader product suite, including its award-winning Expense Management System, Corporate Cards, and UPI-based wallets for petty cash management solutions. Together, these create a […]

October 9, 2025

Zilch Unveils Intelligent Commerce & Zilch Pay to Power Next Phase of Rapid Growth

Zilch

“Zilch unveiled milestone product developments marking the next phase of its exponential growth. At its first ever Zilch Summit, bringing together over 150 leading retailers, technology and industry experts, the business unveiled Zilch Intelligent Commerce – an AI powered data intelligence platform for retailers and brands to dramatically increase their return on ad spend when […]

Affirm Extends Collaboration With Google as a Supporter of Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)

Affirm Holdings, Inc.

“Affirm announced its support for Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open, payment-agnostic protocol developed with leading payments and technology companies to securely support agent-led payments across platforms. The collaboration extends Affirm’s long-standing partnership with Google, which also includes integrations with Google Pay and Chrome’s autofill feature.”

October 7, 2025

NTT DATA: Signs MoU with NPCI International Payments Limited for UPI Payment Acceptance Across Merchants in Japan

MarketScreener

“NTT DATA announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NPCI International Payments Limited, a subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The MoU establishes the foundation to enable acceptance of Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s leading real-time payment system for Indian tourists in Japan.”

October 6, 2025

October 3, 2025

The Future of AI: In Conversation with Michael Wooldridge

Barclays

“Few people are better placed to make sense of artificial intelligence than Professor Michael Wooldridge, one of Oxford University’s leading AI academics. His influence stretches beyond academia, too, shaping policy debates like the House of Lords inquiry into large language models and generative AI (which can create text, images or other content). There’s also the […]

October 2, 2025

Mastercard Unveils a Dedicated Network to Deliver Personalized Content Across Channels at Scale

Mastercard

“Mastercard unveiled Mastercard Commerce Media, a new digital media network. Mastercard is leveraging its permissioned data, trusted reputation, industry-leading technology and connections to advertisers, publishers and consumers to power smarter, personalized commerce across the board. With its existing base of 25,000 advertisers and reach to 500 million enrolled consumers, Mastercard Commerce Media operates both in […]

Google and Blackhawk Network (BHN) to Launch Gift Card Mall in Google Play, Featuring Digital Gift Cards from World’s Leading Brands

Business Wire

“Blackhawk Network announced it will partner with Google Play to launch a gift card mall in the Play Store. For the first time, users will be able to purchase and send gift cards from the world’s leading brands, including BHN’s exclusive Originals, directly inside the Play Store. Purchases are completed in the Play Store with secure […]

Mesh Announces Mesh AI Wallet At TOKEN2049

PR Newswire

“Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, unveiled the future of agentic commerce during a live demo at TOKEN2049, demonstrating an AI agent completing a crypto transaction. The demonstration highlighted how an AI agent can seamlessly complete a real world ecommerce purchase using stablecoins, in this case finishing a purchase of dog food from a retailer.”

September 30, 2025

noon payments and Visa Announce Global First with the Launch of Visa Payment Passkey [Middle East]

Visa Middle East

“noon payments, a leading digital payments platform in the region, and Visa announced the launch of Visa Payment Passkey, making noon payments the first globally as a payment service provider (PSP) to offer this innovative solution to its merchants and their customers. This strategic collaboration introduces Fast Identity Online (FIDO)-based authentication for payments, leveraging the […]

September 29, 2025

The Future of Dental Payments Starts Now: Curve Dental Launches Curve Pay

PR Newswire

“Curve Dental®, the leading provider of all-in-one, cloud-based dental practice management software, today unveiled Curve Pay, a breakthrough in dental payments that redefines how practices get paid. With Curve Pay, every payment — in office, online, or on the go — is processed directly inside the Curve platform, eliminating outdated processors, hidden costs, and reconciliation […]

September 24, 2025

EBANX Enables Pix Recurring Payments for Hotmart, Leading to a 32-Point Retention Increase

PR Newswire

“Hotmart, a global technology company and leader in digital business in the Creator Economy, announced strong performance results following the adoption of Pix Automático, Brazil’s new recurring feature within the real-time payment system Pix. Integrated through EBANX, a global fintech specializing in payments for emerging markets, Pix Automático has been live on the Hotmart platform since June 16, the first day […]

September 23, 2025

EBANX Announcements: AI, Stablecoin, and Payout Solutions for Global Companies in Emerging Markets, Plus Philippines Expansion

PR Newswire

“EBANX has unveiled a new generation of products designed to strengthen global companies’ operations across Latin America, Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. Key innovations include the ability to accept stablecoin payments, AI-driven tools for improving the efficiency and security of digital transactions, and instant payouts through domestic rails. EBANX also announced its expansion into the Philippines through the integration of the country’s two […]

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