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Payments On Fire is the industry’s leading resource center for payments professionals. Here, you’ll find the resources and thought leadership that only Glenbrook’s experienced team can provide. Curated news stories, insightful opinion papers, provocative podcasts, and more – it’s all the thinking you need to stay competitive in a dynamic payments world.

June 16, 2025

June 11, 2025

June 10, 2025

Onepay and Synchrony to Launch New Industry-Leading Credit Card Program With Walmart; Credit Card to Be Powered by Mastercard and Set to Go Live This Fall

Mastercard

“OnePay, a leading consumer fintech, and Synchrony announced a strategic partnership to exclusively power a new industry-leading credit card program with Walmart (NYSE: WMT). The credit card program is expected to launch this fall, with the experience embedded inside the OnePay app and powered by Mastercard’s global payments network, and will be made available to […]

June 5, 2025

Wise Gets RBI Nod for Cross-Border Payment Aggregation in India

IBS Intelligence

“Global FinTech Wise has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator – Cross Border for export transactions. The approval marks a significant step in Wise’s deepening commitment to India’s fast-growing cross-border payments landscape.”

June 4, 2025

Ant International Rolls Out AI-as-a-Service for Fintechs, Superapps

Fintech Singapore

“Ant International has launched its new artificial intelligence platform, Alipay+ GenAI Cockpit, as part of a broader AI strategy aimed at helping fintech companies and super apps develop more secure and efficient financial services. The AI-as-a-Service platform is set to be officially deployed by its first external clients in Southeast Asia and South Asia starting […]

June 2, 2025

May 29, 2025

BS2 Buys Fintech Platform to Advance With “International Pix”

Finsiders Brasil

“BS2 , a digital bank focused on companies, wants to move forward with an “international Pix” solution this year. To this end, the Minas Gerais-based institution is purchasing VoucherPay , a platform that allows Brazilians to pay for purchases abroad with Pix or credit card in installments in reais.”

May 28, 2025

May 23, 2025

Curve Pay Launches iPhone NFC Payments as Apple Pay Alternative

MacRumors

“British fintech company Curve has launched contactless payments for iPhone users in the European Union, becoming the second third-party payment service after PayPal to take advantage of Apple’s newly opened NFC interface. The Curve Pay app allows users to make tap-to-pay purchases without using Apple Pay or the Wallet app, following PayPal’s debut of similar functionality […]

BBVA and Caixabank Process Europe’s First Interbank RTP Transactions

FinTech Futures

“Spanish banking giants BBVA and CaixaBank have successfully conducted the first bank-to-bank Request to Pay (RTP) transactions in Europe. The transactions were part of a ring-fenced pilot programme conducted between April and May, and were completed via instant transfer processed by domestic payment services provider Iberpay.”

May 21, 2025

Visa Launches Commercial Integrated Partners to Turbo-Charge the Fintech Ecosystem

Visa

“Visa announced Visa Commercial Integrated Partners, a new program designed to improve connectivity between fintechs and Visa Commercial products through its commercial platform. Visa will make available advanced APIs to embed Visa products in a business partners’ applications and make these integrations available to its financial institution clients, allowing them to offer new, seamless payment […]

May 20, 2025

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