EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programmes that enable seamless and secure card-based payments worldwide – has published Version 1.0 of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Open Payments Use Case document, which outlines an interoperable open payment solution for EV charging.

Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), one of Sri Lanka’s premier private sector commercial banks, has expanded its digital payments offering by enabling its debit cards to be added to Google Wallet, leveraging BPC SmartVista. The rollout allows HNB customers to use their current debit cards for more convenient digital transactions, marking another step in the bank’s drive to make everyday banking and payments simpler, more accessible and more relevant to how Sri Lankans live and transact.

ReceiptHero has announced a partnership with Peach Payments to introduce digital receipt functionality on the latest generation of Digit Go payment terminals

Clip now enables its customers to seamlessly and securely accept in-person contactless payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone

Mastercard announced the successful execution of live, end-to-end agentic payment transactions across Latin America and the Caribbean

payabl. has launched Tap to pay, allowing businesses to accept contactless card payments directly from their smartphones

Reap announced its expansion into the Americas on the back of a major regulatory milestone, having obtained a Money Transmitter Registry in Mexico

Danish acquiring company Clearhaus is introducing a new Payment Facilitator (PayFac) solution that allows licensed businesses in Denmark and across Europe to manage payments directly for merchants using their platforms.

Payment service provider Buckaroo and fintech YouLend are launching Buckaroo Capital during the Webwinkel Vakdagen, a new financing service for entrepreneurs in the Benelux. Entrepreneurs will soon be able to access flexible working capital directly via the Buckaroo portal, based on their own transaction data.

Stripe, the programmable financial services company, announced it is helping bring a new checkout experience to Facebook.

Venmo announced a major expansion that brings the app's peer-to-peer payment experience to a global audience

tbi bank achieved a major milestone of migration of its whole card payments ecosystem from BGN to EUR, powered by BPC

Global scam losses have surged to an estimated $442 billion in the past 12 months according to the latest data in Vyntra’s newly released 2026 fraud trends report

RS2 today released a new white paper examining how AI is transforming merchant acquiring

Fime, a global leader in payments, digital identity and smart mobility, today announced that its EMEA laboratory has received EMVCo recognition for the evaluation of fingerprint biometric sensors, helping organizations establish trust and bring solutions to market.