TravelPerk today announced its rebrand to Perk, launching a new platform that unites travel and spend management in one seamless, AI-native experience. The rebrand also marks the next step in the company’s transformation, with a broader mission to eliminate the hidden, time-wasting tasks that drain productivity - from booking trips and filing expenses, to coding invoices and chasing approvals.

In a market where traditional spending rewards are still dominated by cash back or travel miles, ZA Bank is the first to break the mould, bringing users a brand-new model. Every essential expense is rewarded with real stocks, which are automatically and regularly credited to the user's investment account. This groundbreaking concept fusing spending and investment redefines users' perception of card spending rewards.

Unified spend management platform ProSpend today announced it has been acquired by ISH, a UK-based software group. The partnership is a deliberate step in Aussie-founded ProSpend’s long-held ambition to expand into global markets, while continuing to build local, practical solutions for mid-market finance teams that remove the pain of manual expense management and accounts payable automation.

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, has launched Shift, a new service that lets fintechs, ISVs, ISOs and enterprise merchants take true ownership of their payments.

Zimpler has received official authorization from the Central Bank of Brazil to operate Pix as a participant

Merchant demand, rising market confidence, and robust growth expectations have made Pay by Bank table stakes for banks and payment service providers (PSPs), with 59% of banks and 90% of PSPs now offering, or planning to offer, Pay by Bank services.

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, and Fipto, a European fintech providing stablecoin payment infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership to explore how stablecoins can enhance settlement and payment services across Europe. Through collaboration and innovation, Worldline and Fipto are helping build the payment infrastructure Europe needs for the digital economy ahead.

ISH today announced the acquisition of ProSpend, a Sydney-headquartered spend management software company. The deal marks the launch of ISH’s new Fintech track, expanding the firm’s portfolio beyond worktech and compliance. It creates a platform for ProSpend to establish itself as a leading solution provider in Australia and New Zealand, while scaling its ambitions across the UK & Ireland.

Viamericas, a leading provider of remittance and international money transfer services, has partnered with Dong Phuong Money Transfer to expand access to reliable and convenient remittance options across Vietnam. The partnership enhances the delivery of funds directly to recipients’ homes and local cash pickup points, offering senders greater flexibility and convenience in how they support their families.

Unlimit, the global fintech company, today announced that Apple Pay is now available for disbursements. Unlimit's platform enables its business partners across Europe to provide their retail customers the ability to seamlessly convert their crypto into fiat — a major step in Web3’s pursuit of increased accessibility and mass consumer adoption. By integrating the Apple Pay Transfer Funds API into the Unlimit platform, retail customers using Unlimit can seamlessly transfer their fiat funds to eligible Apple Pay cards.

Rectangle Health, a recognized leader in healthcare technology solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with Netsmart, an industry-leading platform company delivering solutions and services for community-based care providers. Rectangle Health’s flagship platform, Practice Management Bridge®, is now the embedded payments engine within Netsmart TheraOffice®, the innovative physical therapy and outpatient rehabilitation electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management system.

payabl. has launched its point-of-sale (POS) solution in the UK, helping merchants deliver fast, reliable, and secure in-person payments

Polygon Labs today announces that Polygon PoS, the premiere blockchain for payments and Real World Assets (RWA), has been selected by Flutterwave, Africa’s largest payments infrastructure that has processed over $40bn in transaction volume to date, to serve as the default blockchain network to power its new cross-border payments product. The partnership positions Polygon's infrastructure as foundational to payment flows globally, and marks a watershed moment for real-world stablecoin adoption in emerging markets.

Binance, the world’s leading blockchain infrastructure and cryptocurrency provider, introduces its innovative QR code payment system in Argentina. This new feature allows users to make payments with cryptocurrencies directly from the Binance app at merchants that accept QR codes, fast, securely, and without fees.

Checkout.com's survey says UK consumers are preparing to hand over more of their shopping decisions to agentic AI