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Thunes Brings Stablecoin Payouts to 11,500 Banks via Swift Connectivity, Bridging Traditional Finance and Digital Assets

Thunes

“Thunes unveiled a major breakthrough in cross-border payments by offering its Pay-to-Stablecoin-Wallets solution to banks globally through their existing Swift connectivity. This innovation enables the 11,500 institutions on the Swift network to send real-time payments to more than 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide, with zero additional integration. Thunes acts as a bridge between the fiat […]

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The Future of Commercial Payments

Discover Global Network

“The commercial payments landscape is at a pivotal moment, rapidly evolving amid an uptick in digital products and emerging technologies across the wider payments ecosystem. Although checks are still common, faster payment methods such as real-time payments and virtual card numbers (VCNs) are becoming prevalent. For example, 77% of businesses surveyed say they use and […]

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InComm Payments and SKUx Partner to Provide Innovative Digital Payment Solutions for Humanitarian Aid and Other Emerging Markets

InComm Payments

“InComm Payments and SKUx announced a strategic partnership to revolutionize digital payment distribution. The partnership is poised to rapidly advance the opportunity for a diverse set of organizations to distribute real-time, branded digital payments with precision controls at the item level, ensuring donated or promoted funds are spent at the right time and for the […]

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Visa Completes Acquisition of Prisma and Newpay

Visa

“Visa announced it has completed its acquisition of Prisma Medios de Pago S.A.U. and Newpay S.A.U. in Argentina. This transaction strengthens Visa’s commitment to advancing payment innovation and modernizing financial infrastructure across the country. Prisma provides credit, debit and prepaid card issuer processing. Newpay is a multi-network infrastructure provider that operates real-time payments services, the […]

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Canada’s Real-Time Rail Quarterly Update with Jude Pinto: 2026 Q1 [Video]

Payments Canada

“Canada’s Real-Time Rail (RTR) program made significant progress in 2025 and in 2026 we will continue to push forward on delivering real-time payments to businesses and consumers. While 2025 was a year of successes, there is still much work to do in delivering real-time payments to Canadian businesses and consumers. In Q1 of 2026, we are […]

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FORM3 Expands Strategic Partnership With SumUp to Bring Real-Time SEPA Payments to European Small Businesses

Form3

“Form3 announced a significant expansion of its partnership with SumUp, as the global fintech extends its use of Form3’s payments platform to support European payment schemes. SumUp, which supports more than 4 million merchants across 37 countries, has adopted Form3’s platform for European payments including SEPA Instant, SEPA Credit Transfer and SEPA Direct Debit.”

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Visa to Acquire Prisma Medios de Pago and Newpay in Argentina

Visa

“Visa announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prisma Medios de Pago S.A.U. and Newpay S.A.U. in Argentina from Advent International. Prisma provides credit, debit and prepaid card issuer processing. Newpay is a multi-network infrastructure provider that operates real-time payments services, the Banelco ATM network and the bill payment platform PagoMisCuentas.”

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Crypto Insurance – BDIC Unveils AgentCover Pro to Protect AI-Driven Payments, Stablecoins, and Cross-Chain Transfers

The AI Journal

“BDIC, Blockchain Deposit Insurance Corporation, a crypto insurance provider, announced the commercial launch of AgentCover Pro, a first-of-its-kind crypto insurance product specifically engineered to protect payments executed by agentic AI systems. Comments from the company detailed how AgentCover Pro delivers modular coverage across agent failures, unauthorized transactions, smart contract and cross-chain bridge risks, as well […]

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NPCI & Anthropic Test AI-Driven Shopping: Order Groceries & Food via Claude Using UPI Payments [Video]

YouTube

“The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is venturing into the future of “agentic commerce” through a new pilot program with the AI firm Anthropic. This collaboration allows users to delegate shopping tasks such as ordering groceries from BigBasket or food from Swiggy directly to the Claude AI assistant, which then completes the transaction seamlessly […]

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UPI New Rules From February: Key Changes for Google Pay, PhonePe & Paytm Users

ABP Live

“New rules for the UPI are set to take effect from February 2026, bringing significant changes to transaction speed, verification standards and user protections. Regulators have focused on improving real-time processing, tightening security controls and enhancing transparency for users who rely on UPI for everyday digital payments. The updated framework aims to make digital transactions […]

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Phixius by Nacha and Kinexys by J.P. Morgan Integration Goes Live, Expanding Multi-Responder Account Validation Network

Nacha

“Phixius by Nacha (Phixius) announced that its integration with Kinexys Liink, the world’s first bank-led peer-to-peer blockchain-based data sharing network, part of Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, is now live. With this integration, financial institutions and organizations that make ACH payments can benefit from a multi-responder account validation system. As part of the integration, Phixius serves […]

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Capital One to Acquire Brex

Capital One

“Capital One Financial Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brex, in a combination of stock and cash transaction valued at $5.15 billion. Brex is a modern, AI-native software platform offering intelligent finance solutions that make it easy for businesses to issue corporate cards, automate expense management and make secure, […]

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SEPA Instant Adoption in Europe Build It and They Will Come

ClearBank

“The EU Instant Payments Regulation’s (IPR) SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) mandate is a watershed moment for Europe’s payments market.  This research report examines the readiness of banks, electronic money institutions (EMIs) and payment institutions (PIs).  It also considers where the market is headed, the factors and developments that could influence real-time payment growth, […]

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Acquired.com & Visa: Unlocking Real-Time Recurring Payment Solutions with cVRPs via Visa A2A

Acquired.com

“Recurring payments are the backbone of many businesses, especially those operating in subscription-based or recurring revenue models. Commercial Variable Recurring Payments (cVRPs) launched by Acquired.com are the next evolution in payment technology, enabling businesses to facilitate real-time, bank-to-bank transactions with unprecedented flexibility and transparency. Powered by Visa’s Account-to-Account (A2A) solution, cVRPs provide an alternative to […]

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Modulr Expands to U.S. with FIS Partnership to Power Real-Time Payments for Banks

Modulr Finance

“Modulr announced its launch into the United States with a partnership with global financial technology leader FIS. Building on its success in the U.K. and Europe, this milestone marks Modulr’s first step in bringing its proven real-time, API-first payment capability to one of the world’s largest payments markets.”

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