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Asia to dominate global fintech market – report

Asia could account for almost half of global fintech transactions by the end of the year as it continues to outpace other regions, according to recently published research.

25 February 2025

News/payments

Nexi to connect German merchants to EPI's Wero wallet

Nexi is to begin connecting the first German merchants to the Wero wallet from the European Payments Initiative in the third quarter of this year, shortly after the launch of the bank-backed digital wallet for German e-commerce in the summer.

24 February 2025

News/payments

Paysafe ponders sale - Bloomberg

Publicly-listed online payments firm Paysafe is considering a sale after receiving interest from potential buyers, according to Blomberg.

07 February 2025

News/ai

Worldpay to buy fraud prevention platform Ravelin

Payments giant Worldpay has struck a deal to buy AI-native enterprise fraud prevention platform Ravelin. Financial terms were not disclosed.

05 February 2025

News/payments

A2A payments platform Vyne shuts down UK operations

London-based Vyne is winding down its UK operations in the UK just months after the real-time account-to-account payments platform was acquired by Middle Eastern fintech Tarabut.

28 January 2025

News/payments

South Africa's Stitch expands into in-person payments with ExiPay acquisition

South African embedded payments platform Stitch is moving into in-person payments through the acquisition of Dutch outfit ExiPay. Financial terms were not disclosed.

27 January 2025

News/regulation

Latin American payments platform dLocal wins UK licence

Latin American cross-border payments platform dLocal is expanding in the UK after securing an authorised payment institution licence from the FCA.

09 January 2025

News/payments

Bank-backed EPI processes first e-commerce transactions

The European Payments Initiative (EPI), a bank-backed venture that was initially set up to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa in Europe, has completed its first e-commerce transactions, paving the way for a full-scale roll out later this year.

07 January 2025

News/payments

DLocal explores sale - Reuters

Unicorn Latin American cross-border payments platform dLocal is exploring a potential sale, according to Reuters.

06 January 2025

News/payments

Digital payments on the rise in Europe, but cash still king at POS

While the use of digital payments continues to rise in the euro area, cash is still responsible for more than half of all point-of-sale transactions, according to a European Central Bank study.

06 January 2025

News/regulation

UK regulator PSR plans cap on cross-border card fees

The Payment Systems Regulator is pushing ahead with plans to introduce a price cap on the fees Visa and Mastercard charge UK merchants when European shoppers make online purchases.

13 December 2024

News/payments

10 trends that will impact payments in 2025, according to Mastercard

In this preview of a Mastercard report being released in early 2025, leaders at the card processer say that generative AI is emerging as critical to boosting fraud protection rates by as much as 300%.

13 December 2024

News/inclusion

US agencies provide advice for combatting elder financial exploitation

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and state financial regulators issued a joint statement this week.

04 December 2024

News/crime

5 most common fraud methods in 2024, according to AIB

‘Smishing’ accounts for 94% of all fraud cases from January to October this year.

04 December 2024

News/crime

53% of APP victims were satisfied with their bank’s response

To mark International Fraud Awareness Week, Payments System Regulator (PSR) has released research on the impact of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud on UK consumers.

22 November 2024

News/payments

Google Pay integrates with Afterpay and Klarna

BNPL firms Klarna and Afterpay are both set to become payments options on Google Pay in the US.

20 November 2024

News/security

Mastercard aims to kill passwords and manual card entry by 2030

Mastercard has set itself the target of using tokenisation and biometrics to eliminate manual card entry, passwords and one-time codes for online purchases by 2030.

14 November 2024

News/payments

Visa partners Affirm on card that lets shoppers toggle between payment types

Visa has joined forces with Affirm to bring its 'flexible credential' technology to the US via a card that can toggle between debit and BNPL payment options.

13 November 2024