Citi becomes first US bank to process live Swift ledger transactions
Citi has become the first US bank to process live transactions on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, as banks test whether shared infrastructure can support always-on,...
Ant International wins payment licence in Brazil
Ant International, a global digital payments and financial technology provider, has secured a Payment Institution (PI) licence from the Central Bank of Brazil, strengthening...
Alipay+ opens Philippine merchants to global shoppers
Philippine Payments Management Inc, which oversees the Philippines’ national QR Ph network, has partnered with Alipay+ to enable Filipino merchants to accept payments from...
UK payments infrastructure faces major redesign
The UK's retail payments infrastructure could be set for a major redesign, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on how...
Recurly and Justt target the rising cost of chargebacks
Recurly, a subscription management and billing platform, has partnered with Justt, an AI-powered chargeback management provider, to help subscription businesses automate dispute management and...
BOCHK and Ant International expand cross-border payments partnership
Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Ant International are expanding their partnership across cross-border payments, digital wallets and corporate treasury as businesses look for...
GoCardless and anvil automate telco payments
GoCardless, the bank payment company, has partnered with anvil, an all-in-one business management and billing platform for the telecom and IT sectors, to launch...
Why Pathward and TabaPay are doubling down on faster payments
Pathward Financial, a US financial holding company operating through its subsidiary Pathward, N.A., and TabaPay, a money movement platform for regulated and emerging industries,...
Fast Shift wins Malta EMI licence to open EEA gateway
Fast Shift Limited, an Electronic Money Institution and part of the Badalyan Brothers Group, has been granted EMI authorisation by the Malta Financial Services...
Marqeta taps zerohash to expand stablecoin card issuing
Marqeta has partnered with digital asset infrastructure provider zerohash to enable its customers to launch stablecoin-enabled card programmes, as demand grows for blockchain-based payment...













