TransFi, the cross-border payments and stablecoin infrastructure company, launched BizPay’s conversational payments integration that allows small and medium-sized businesses to collect and send cross-border payments directly through WhatsApp and Telegram. The platform launches first in the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia, three markets that together represent more than 65 million SMEs.

Unlimit, the global growth infrastructure provider, has partnered with Comviva, a global leader in digital transformation solutions, specialising in customer experience management, data monetisation, and digital financial services, to enable simplified, reliable checkout experiences for merchants.

Riyadh, KSA — Abhi Saudi, powered by Alraedah Digital Solutions, has announced its partnership with QBS to provide employees with instant access to earned wages through its Earned Wage Access (EWA) solution.

LMAX Group, the leading global cross‑asset marketplace for FX and digital assets, today announced the launch of Kiosk, a fully hosted interface enabling institutions to seamlessly accept, custody, allocate and deploy digital assets as cross‑asset collateral. Kiosk provides a simple, secure way for clients to broaden their digital asset offerings.

Checkout.com’s 2026 report indicates that while the region is agentic-ready, the future of ecommerce depends largely on consumer trust in payments and payment security

Elliptic announced the closing of a $120 million Series D fundraise led by One Peak, with participation from Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and the British Business Bank

Visa, Zilch and Thredd today announced the introduction of Visa Flexible Credential on Zilch cards in the UK, enabling more flexible ways to pay through a single card experience.

Keyrails today announced Stable OS 2.0, an institutional, stablecoin-compatible payment execution layer built for high-value trade payments across emerging markets.

Rezolve Ai and Tata Consultancy Services announced a global strategic partnership to accelerate the worldwide rollout of agentic commerce.

Cutting-edge insurtech platform Incept has entered into an underwriting agreement with Fortegra

insured.io announced the launch of Claims AI, a conversational, AI-powered virtual claims agent

Kroo has completed a loan portfolio acquisition and entered into a forward flow funding arrangement with specialist bridging lender Glenhawk to support future lending across the UK property market

The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series was officially launched and combines with Curve Pay, which enables a truly wallet - and phone-free payment experience

The FCA has announced 2 permanent appointments to its executive team, strengthening leadership at a pivotal time for UK and global financial markets

Outmarket AI today announced it has raised $17 million in Series A funding to fuel the next phase of Outmarket's platform expansion