Companies

Alacriti Unifies Account Validation and Verification in a Single Platform To Cut Payment Risk

Alacriti

“Alacriti, announced the launch of its Orbipay Bank Account Validation & Verification Service (BVV), offering businesses and financial institutions a modern, unified approach to securing bank account-based payments. Clients who accept bank accounts for payments and payouts face mounting challenges, including ongoing Nacha compliance for Web Debits and fraud risk from compromised bank accounts. Traditional […]

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Companies

MoneyGram Partners with Oscilar to Build the Future of AI-Powered Risk Intelligence for Global Payments

PR Newswire

“MoneyGram, a leading global payments network for consumers, businesses and communities, today announced a strategic partnership with Oscilar, the AI Risk Decisioning™ Platform, to power its next-generation risk infrastructure. The collaboration advances MoneyGram’s AI-first strategy, delivering real-time risk intelligence across its global network to drive greater efficiency, agility and performance.”

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Paytm Partners with Groq to Power Real-Time AI for Payments and Platform Intelligence

Konexio Network

“Paytm, India’s full-stack merchant payments leader and the pioneer of mobile payments, QR codes, and Soundbox, announced a partnership with Groq, the U.S.-based leader in real-time AI inference, to bring fast, intelligent, and cost-efficient AI to its platform. Under this collaboration, Paytm and its associate entities will deploy GroqCloud, to achieve faster, more cost-efficient and […]

Industry

Afriex and Visa Bring Real-Time Cross-Border Payments to 160+ Markets

TechAfrica News

“Afriex, a global fintech platform, announced a collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to bring real-time cross-border payments to more than 160 markets. By integrating Visa Direct through Afriex’s financial institution partner, Afriex is making it faster and easier for individuals and businesses to send and receive funds across borders.”

Industry

Payments Passkeys Cases: Mastercard & Pix (Authenticate '25)

Corbado

“At Authenticate 2025, one theme stood out: Payments are becoming the next frontier for passkeys. What began as a technology for logging into apps and accounts is now transforming how people pay – whether in e-commerce checkouts, mobile wallets, or real-time transfer systems. The payment industry, long shaped by complex compliance requirements and entrenched legacy infrastructure, is now embracing passkeys to make […]

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Real-Time Payments Systems: A Force for Transformation

OMFIF

“A vibrant, safe and innovative RTP ecosystem depends on conditions that are co-created by the public and private sectors. Success is defined by three core imperatives: security, interoperability and digital extensibility. A new report published by OMFIF and Mastercard, Future-proofing the architecture of real-time payments, finds that these three dimensions must be advanced in parallel […]

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Industry

Balance Introduces MCP Server, Enabling AI Agents to Analyze and Manage B2B Payments in Real Time

Business Wire

“Balance, an AI-powered financial infrastructure platform for B2B commerce, announced its beta release of the Balance Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, enabling customers’ AI agents to directly communicate with Balance’s payments, credit, and receivables APIs. By connecting Balance to Large Language Models through MCP, merchants can unlock real-time buyer intelligence and act on it without […]

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BofA’s AI-Driven CashPro Chat and Transaction Search Capabilities Reach Record Usage by Corporate Clients

Bank of America

“Bank of America announced record-breaking adoption of its AI-driven CashPro® Chat and transaction search capabilities as corporate clients increasingly turn to real-time insights and operational efficiency in treasury management. CashPro is the banking platform used by companies to manage their payments, deposits, loans and trade transactions. Client use of CashPro Chat has increased 21% year-over-year, […]

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Industry

Boost Payment Solutions Empowers Businesses to Navigate Visa's Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP) With Confidence

PR Newswire

“Boost Payment Solutions, a global leader in B2B payments, announced full readiness to support clients through Visa’s newly launched Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP). CEDP represents one of the most significant changes to interchange qualifications in decades, designed to increase data accuracy and transparency in B2B card transactions. CEDP replaces Visa’s legacy Level 2 and […]

Industry

Future-Proofing the Architecture of Real-Time Payments

OMFIF

“Real-time payment systems are reshaping how value moves across economies, accelerating domestic commerce and transforming cross-border trade. Yet their rapid growth introduces new risks and infrastructure challenges, according to a new report from OMFIF, produced in partnership with Mastercard.”

Companies

Modern Treasury Acquires Beam to Expand Instant Payments Leadership with Stablecoins

Modern Treasury

“Modern Treasury, the most trusted infrastructure for global money movement, today announced the acquisition of Beam, a stablecoin and fiat payment platform. With the addition of Beam’s technology and team, Modern Treasury’s money movement platform now spans both traditional and stablecoin settlement rails. For companies building payments into products, the platform will support real-time payments […]

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PNC Bank Expands Immediate Payments Solutions by Joining the FedNow® Service

PNC Financial Services Group

“PNC Bank, N.A., announced it has expanded its instant payments capabilities by joining the Federal Reserve’s instant payments system, the FedNow Service. As a leader in the payments industry and a founding member of The Clearing House’s Real-Time Payments (RTP®) network, PNC continues to provide innovative solutions to simplify and streamline the adoption of immediate payments […]

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Microsoft and Checkout Unite to Elevate Enterprise Payments Performance and Build Trust in the Digital Economy

Microsoft UK

“Checkout.com, has announced a strategic technology collaboration with Microsoft. As part of the multi-year technology agreement, Checkout.com will adopt Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure to accelerate digital payments performance for its enterprise merchants. With Checkout.com’s AI-powered engine learning in real-time, every successful payment optimisation is instantly available to all merchants using Intelligent Acceptance, meaning everyone benefits […]

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Global

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.”

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Corpay and Mastercard Move Extend Near Real-Time Payments to New Markets

Business Wire

“Corpay and Mastercard announced an expansion of their long-standing collaboration to enable corporates, small businesses and financial institutions to make near real-time payments to 22 new markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. This milestone, revealed at the annual Sibos conference leverages Mastercard Move’s money movement capabilities and its extensive network […]

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