Companies

UnionPay International and Dojo Partner to Expand Card Acceptance Across the UK

PR Newswire

“UnionPay International (UPI), dedicated to providing seamless global payment network, has announced a strategic partnership with Dojo , the UK’s leading SME payment provider. This collaboration will significantly increase UnionPay card acceptance across the UK, providing cardholders with a seamless payment experience while enabling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tap into a vast international customer […]

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Industry

VantageScore Expands New Open-Banking Credit Score for Lending to Underserved Borrowers

VantageScore

“VantageScore announced the expansion of their groundbreaking VantageScore 4plus pilot program for lenders launched in partnership with Credit Builders Alliance. The pilot leverages the industry leading VantageScore 4.0 credit score with open banking data to deliver the new VantageScore 4plus credit score model.”

Mergers and Acquisitions

Episode 261 - Fanning the Flames: Global Payments Acquisition of Worldpay

Glenbrook partners Bryan Derman, Chris Uriarte, and Simon Skinner jump on a Fanning the Flames episode of Payments on Fire to give a first take on the  Global Payments acquisition of Worldpay. Tune in to hear their strategic perspective on the deal. 

Companies

EBay Announces Global Payment Acquiring Partnership With Checkout.com

Checkout

“eBay announced its strategic partnership with Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments platform. Through this partnership, eBay expands its global payment platform to deliver seamless commerce experiences for its customers.”

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Companies

FlexFactor and Spreedly Partner to Transform Payment Declines into Revenue Recovery

PR Newswire

“Spreedly and FlexFactor, the leading payment recovery platform, announced their strategic partnership designed to help merchants recover lost sales. With over $500 billion in sales lost each year due to false declines, this new collaboration aims to empower merchants to turn declines into revenue, enhancing shopping cart conversions and driving growth for the global merchant.”

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Companies

PayPal and TerraPay Partner to Expand Access to Cross-Border Payments across Middle East and Africa

TerraPay

“PayPal announced a strategic partnership with TerraPay, a leading global money movement company, to enable real-time fund transfers for PayPal customers across the Middle East and Africa. This partnership aims to drive economic growth by making cross-border transactions faster, easy to use and more accessible by connecting banks, mobile wallets, and financial institutions.”

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Companies

Redcompass Labs Unveils the World’s Most Comprehensive Payments Modernization AI

RedCompass Labs

“RedCompass Labs, the global experts in payments modernization, has unveiled the world’s most comprehensive payments modernization-specific AI solution, AnalystAccelerator v2.5. Trained on the largest collection of payments rulebooks and scheme documents in the world and fine-tuned on decades of knowledge from leading payments experts, AnalystAccelerator 2.5 delivers cutting-edge applied AI models to help banks accelerate […]

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Industry

Branch Launches New Paycard Built for the Modern Workforce

PR Newswire

“Branch, the leading workforce payments platform, announced the launch of a full-service paycard, with enhanced features that reimagines the traditional paycard experience for workers. Branch’s paycard can be easily integrated with time and attendance systems. The new paycard offering was developed in response to growing demand across industries including hospitality, healthcare, staffing, construction, and agriculture […]

Global

NPST Secures Multi-Year Contract from Central Bank of India to Scale Offline Payment Acceptance Network

NPST

“NPST, India’s leading provider of banking and payment technology solutions, has secured a strategic multi-year contract from the Central Bank of India to deploy its flagship Qynx platform—an industry-leading Payment Platform-as-a-Service (PPaaS) offering designed to scale offline payment acceptance across the country.”

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Companies

ACI Worldwide and NationsBenefits Partner to Expand Health and Retail Benefits for Millions of Consumers

ACI Worldwide

“ACI Worldwide announced a partnership with NationsBenefits, the leading healthcare fintech, supplemental benefits and outcomes platform, to enhance retailer connectivity, expand payment options, and improve security and compliance for merchants accepting NationsBenefits’ Benefits Mastercard® Prepaid Flex Card.”

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Companies

Fiserv Acquires Pinch Payments, Enhancing Payment Service Offerings for Business Partners Across the Asia-Pacific Region

Fiserv, Inc.

“Fiserv, Inc. announced it acquired Pinch Payments, a payment facilitator (PayFac), known for leading PayFac enablement and its management platform “Glassbox”. Founded in 2017 and serving approximately 2,000 merchants throughout Australia and New Zealand, Pinch offers comprehensive tools to facilitate payments more efficiently at scale. This acquisition provides Fiserv with a payment orchestration platform that […]

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Companies

UnionPay Expands Payment Network in Australia with MyDeal Integration, Enhancing Payment Convenience for Australian Shoppers

Yahoo Finance

“UnionPay International continues to expand its footprint in Australia with the integration of UnionPay acceptance on MyDeal, one of the country’s leading online retail marketplaces. This partnership enhances shopping convenience and streamlines the payment experience for UnionPay users, reinforcing UPI’s commitment to secure, seamless, and efficient digital transactions worldwide.”

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Companies

J.P. Morgan Payments Expands European Footprint With iDEAL

J.P. Morgan

“J.P. Morgan Payments is expanding its European e-commerce capabilities, providing an integrated, streamlined experience to meet merchant clients’ evolving needs. iDEAL, the leading payments network in the Netherlands, has been added as a payment method at checkout to their global Commerce platform.”

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Companies

Perplexity Integrates firmly.ai Commerce Tech to Scale Seamless Ecommerce Experience

GlobeNewswire News Room

“Perplexity, the leading AI answer engine, announced it will be integrating firmly.ai agentic ecommerce technology to scale access to Perplexity’s native shopping experience. This collaboration enables seamless purchases for all consumers and merchants of any size. By embedding firmly.ai’s innovative Agentic commerce platform, Perplexity empowers more users to complete their entire shopping journey—from product discovery […]

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Companies

Socure Earns "Moderate" FedRAMP® Authorization

PR Newswire

“Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for digital identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention, announced that its Socure For Government (SocureGov) platform has achieved the “Moderate” authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®).”

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