Companies

Visa and ISG Launches Visa Payment Passkey to Enable Passwordless, Secure Digital Payments at GFF 2026

ANI News

“In-Solutions Global (ISG) in collaboration with Visa, recently announced at Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 the launch of Visa Payment Passkey, enabling cardholders to authenticate online and in-app payments using device biometrics or a device PIN instead of one-time passwords (OTPs). With Visa Payment Passkey, banks and merchants on ISG’s payments platform can offer FIDO-based, […]

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Card Networks ECommerce Investment Merchant Acquirers

Episode 302 - Catching Up on the Capital Markets, with Timothy Chiodo, UBS

About a year ago, we chatted with with Tim Chiodo of UBS and Chris Kim of Capital Group about the investment side of payments. It’s been a pretty volatile 12-months in the equity market since then - well-timed for Bryan Derman to welcome Tim back on the podcast and catch up on the market factors playing into the payments space.  Listen in as they recap the performance of payments stocks, dive into the e-commerce market, provide perspective on the card networks, discuss merchant acquiring growth opportunities, and finish up with a lightning round on emerging technology. 

Companies Industry

Ant International's Agentic Mobile Protocol Rolls Out Globally with Wallets and Acquirers

TechWire Asia

“As Ant International builds out its Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) with deeper interoperability and open-source initiatives, fintech and payment leaders are deploying the protocol globally at an accelerated pace. 10 Alipay+ mobile wallet partners will support AMP in Phase I. They are: Alipay (China), AlipayHK (Hong Kong SAR, China) and more. Phase I Acquiring partners:  […]

Companies

PayPal Keeping Options Open Amid Buyout Rumors, CEO Says [Video]

Yahoo Finance

“New PayPal CEO Enrique Lores doesn’t sound like a guy running toward the exit after inking a huge deal to sell the company he just started leading. He sounds like a veteran top executive who’s head-down trying to reinvent a fintech icon. “First of all, we have said that we are totally open and objective […]

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Global

Ethswitch Takes Ethiopia’s Digital Payments Push to Global Fintech Stage

Tech Review Africa

“Ethiopia’s national payment switch is using a global fintech gathering in Mumbai to promote the country’s progress in interoperable payments and explore links with international payment networks, putting its emerging digital infrastructure into a wider debate over how developing economies can build nationally controlled but globally connected financial systems. EthSwitch has also been developing infrastructure […]

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Feedzai Partners With Peoples Group to Anchor Fraud Defense for Canada’s Real-Time Rail

TipRanks

“Feedzai is deepening its presence in the Canadian payments market through a new strategic partnership with Peoples Group to provide AI-driven fraud monitoring for instant payments ahead of Canada’s Real-Time Rail launch in late 2026. Under the agreement, Peoples Group will embed Feedzai’s RiskOps technology into its core transaction infrastructure, making Feedzai the primary engine […]

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Companies

PhonePe and Visa Partner to Power Comprehensive Cardless Payments for Millions of Indians Globally

PhonePe

“PhonePe and Visa jointly announced the launch of three new payment solutions: Tap to Pay, Cross Border Scan to Pay, and Smart Accept. Unveiled on stage by leadership from both organizations at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, the partnership makes PhonePe the first app in India to introduce Cross Border Scan to Pay for […]

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Companies Global

PayTabs to Acquire Amazon Payments Services’ MENA Operations

IBS Intelligence

“Saudi Arabia-based PayTabs Group has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ payments operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a transaction valued at more than $100 million. Approved by both parties, the deal will see Amazon Payment Services’ MENA operations integrated into PayTabs, expanding the FinTech company’s scale, processing capabilities, and market […]

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Companies

UK Fintech Revolut Gains Conditional US Banking License

Yahoo Finance

“British digital bank Revolut announced it has won conditional approval for a US banking license, bringing it a major step closer to launching as a national bank in the United States.  The approval by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency opens the door to Revolut eventually offering loans, credit cards and insured […]

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CBDC Digital Currency European Union

Episode 301 - Casting Light on the Digital Euro, with Nicola Branzoli, Banca d'Italia

In this episode, Nicola Branzoli, Head of Division for the Digital Euro Regulation, Research, and Technical Support at the Banca d'Italia, joins Glenbrook's Ashley Lannquist and Simon Skinner for an in-depth exploration of the digital euro. Listen in as they cover the objectives and value proposition, design choices and pilot details, and what the digital euro means in the broader European payment context. 

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PayToMe.co Accelerates Global Expansion of Its AI-Powered Commerce Platform

PR Newswire

“PayToMe.co, a Silicon Valley AI and financial technology company, announced the continued global expansion of its AI-powered commerce platform, connecting FinTech, commerce, logistics and travel through an integrated ecosystem. Its platform combines AI, intelligent workflow automation, embedded payments, Text-to-Pay, digital invoicing, KYC/KYB, financial management, data intelligence and enterprise APIs to reduce manual processes across transactions, […]

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Advent, Stripe Are Said to Abandon $50 Billion Pursuit of PayPal

Yahoo Finance

“A consortium of buyout firm Advent and payment processor Stripe has decided to abandon its pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL), according to people familiar with the matter.”

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Industry

Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered Adopt Ant International’s Forex AI Tool

Euronext

“Ant International launched an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence model, signing up major global banks as financial institutions accelerate the adoption of specialised AI to manage liquidity risks. The Singapore-based fintech giant rolled out its Falcon Time-Series Transformer Model 2.0 and has partnered with six large banks according to Kelvin Li, the firm’s general […]

Companies

Stripe to Buy OpenRouter as Fintech Expands Deeper Into AI

CNBC

“Stripe said it’s acquiring OpenRouter, as the payments company expands into the artificial intelligence model market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the New York Times said the price tag is about $7.5 billion, with $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter’s founders. The deal will “maximize profitability by routing their requests intelligently and spending their tokens […]

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A Fintech App Built by Crypto Exchange Kraken Just Launched a Cash Back Debit Card in Bid for Consumer Wallets

CNBC

“Kraken is launching a cashback U.S. debit card, vying for a place in consumer wallets as crypto evolves from an asset class into infrastructure for mainstream financial products. The card, called the Krak Card and issued by the affiliate money app of the same name, offers up to 2% cash or bitcoin back, with the […]

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