Akurateco has announced a new partnership with Smilepayz, further expanding its global payment ecosystem across Asia and Latin America

xpate, an all-in-one payment and banking platform for digital businesses, announced that Bilder, a London-based fintech platform offering multi-currency banking and payment services, has integrated xpate’s technology to support faster and more flexible account funding. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to enabling fintech platforms to deliver faster, more seamless cross-border account funding for their globally active customers.

Navro, the pioneering fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, has signed an exclusive partnership with MM, a market leader in providing domestic and international proof-of-life and existence verification for pension schemes and administrators.

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, announced a collaboration with iyzico, a leading Turkish fintech company, to support iyzico’s European expansion and the launch of its first cloud-based production platform in the region. Built on Tencent Cloud’s IaaS infrastructure, the deployment reflects its growing role in supporting regulated financial institutions across Europe’s fintech ecosystem.

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Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) adoption continues to grow rapidly, with 37% of consumers in the United States making a purchase using this method in the past 90 days, a 5-percentage-point increase in just one year. According to the JD Power 2026 U.S. Buy Now Pay Later Satisfaction Study,SM released today, as BNPL use matures and providers continue to launch new products, customers are increasingly using it to manage their day-to-day spending.

Airwallex is investing over $1 billion US dollars ($1.135bn) in the UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to drive expansion across the region by 2030

Checkout.com reveals how AI-powered shopping is transforming one of the busiest retail moments of the year, spanning everything from traditional bouquets to travel

ABN AMRO and Worldline share a distinguished partnership built over decades. In recognition of this strong foundation and proven track record, Worldline will continue to enhance ABN AMRO’s customer payment solutions. This collaboration underscores the value both parties place in their long-term commitment to innovation and operational excellence.

RateGain Travel Technologies Limited (NSE: RATEGAIN), a global leader of AI-powered SaaS solutions for the travel and hospitality industry, and Juspay, a leading global payments technology company, today announced a strategic partnership to power RG Pay, RateGain’s embedded financial technology platform for the travel and hospitality ecosystem.

According to ResearchAndMarkets’ recent forecasts, Chinese outbound travel is predicted to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 13.5%, increasing from $140B today to reach $386B by 2033. UnionPay International helps cardholders to easily make cross-border payments in 183 markets and its payment methods are particularly popular with travelers across Asia Pacific.

Mastercard Move and Bank of Shanghai (BoS) to enable seamless, bi-directional payment flows between China and global markets

EBANX, a global technology company specialising in payment services for emerging markets, will inaugurate an Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Singapore on March 24

Zimperium announced new research from its zLabs threat intelligence team uncovering PixRevolution, a sophisticated Android banking trojan

Visa today announced a strategic collaboration that marks the successful completion of Banco Santander’s first controlled pilot agentic commerce transactions across Latin America