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Compliance Leadership Becomes a Growth Priority as UK Payment Firms Respond to Record Enforcement Pressure

The Financial Conduct Authority imposed more than £124 million in fines during 2025,

Most Banks Are Getting Open Banking Wrong. Ozone API Has Written the Guide to Fix It

Ozone API has published Commercialising Open Banking: A Practical Guide — a free resource for banks and financial institutions ready to move beyond compliance and build sustainable commercial models around their APIs.

The Payments Association Calls for Urgent Action on Meta as Report Shows Digital Platforms’ Role in Fraud Crisis

The Payments Association, a trade body representing the payments sector, has released a report on the role digital platforms like Meta’s Facebook play in scam exposure and presents a case for shared accountability across the fraud chain.

Visa Intelligent Authorization Modernizes Payment Processing for Acquirers, Unlocking an Era of Innovation

Visa today announced the launch of Visa Intelligent Authorization, a new capability on the Visa Acceptance Platform that enables acquirers (banks and other financial institutions that process payments for merchants) to modernize their payment processing through a single API connection, helping eliminate the need for expensive, time‑consuming infrastructure maintenance or builds.

Sumsub and Approvely Partner to Deliver Unified Identity Verification and Payment Infrastructure Across Regulated Markets

Sumsub, a global verification and anti-fraud leader, today announced a strategic partnership with Approvely, a fintech infrastructure platform serving regulated and high-risk industries across North America. The partnership embeds Sumsub's globally scalable identity verification directly into Approvely's payments and risk management ecosystem, giving gaming merchants a single, compliant path from user onboarding to transaction processing.

Betfred Partners With BR-DGE for Game-Changing Payments Performance at Scale

BR-DGE has partnered with Betfred, one of the UK and Ireland’s fastest-scaling betting operators, to support high-performance payments

RTGS.global and BCRemit Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Global Remittance Capabilities to Businesses

RTGS.global and BCRemit have today announced a strategic partnership to enhance cross-border payment capabilities and expand access to fast, reliable remittance services worldwide.

From Gen Z to Retirees: Digital Wallets’ Cross-Generational Rise Will Unlock £453 BN of UK Spend by 2030

Worldpay®, now Global Payments released its 11th annual Global Payments Report (GPR), revealing that digital wallets are continuing to fundamentally change how consumers pay in the UK

Thunes Empowers the Global Economy with Instant Cross-Border Payouts for Gig and Remote Workers

Thunes has launched a direct-to-workforce cross-border payout solution that allows businesses to pay remote overseas teams, freelancers, and gig workers instantly

Zelle® Expands MDI Access Program to Jack Henry®, Broadening Access to Fast, Reliable Digital Payments

The Zelle® Network today announced the second year of its Minority Depository Institution (MDI) access program: Renewing its collaboration with Velera to bring Zelle to MDI credit unions. Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization and an integrated financial technology solutions provider. Expanding the program through a new partnership with Jack Henry to bring Zelle to additional MDI banks and credit unions. Jack Henry is a leading financial technology company that strengthens connections between financial institutions and the people and businesses they serve.

Personetics and Atomic Partner to Deliver Contextual and Measurable Deposit Growth

Personetics and Atomic have partnered to deliver a native, end-to-end solution for contextual direct deposit and bill payment switching within digital banking experiences

Gr4vy and Plaid Partner to Enable Pay-by-Bank Payments for Global Merchants

Gr4vy announced a strategic partnership with Plaid to enable merchants using Gr4vy to offer Pay-by-Bank as part of their core checkout experience

RS2 Financial Services Launches First Consumer Payment Product, Marking Entry Into Issuing and Co-Branded Programmes

RS2 Financial Services has launched the Visa IceTigers Deferred Debit Card and Mobile App, its first consumer-facing payment solution

Paysend Enterprise Strengthens China Corridor Infrastructure with a focus on Direct Wallet Payout Capabilities

Paysend Enterprise is reinforcing its commitment to the China corridor by providing enterprise partners with comprehensive payout infrastructure

Visa Working Capital Index: Asia Pacific CFOs Call for Flexible, Digital Finance Solutions

Findings from the recently released 2025–2026 Visa Growth Corporates Working Capital Index (WCI) reveal a significant gap between Asia Pacific companies’ working capital needs and the financial tools available to them.

Checkout.com Builds on APAC Momentum with 71% TPV growth

Checkout.com today announced a 71% year-over-year increase in its total processing volume across the APAC region

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