Payment solution provider and acquirer PAYSTRAX today announced the acquisition of UK fintech company Nochex

Tillo, a leading embedded rewards and incentives platform, has partnered with Honeyfund, the original honeymoon and cash registry, to launch the Honeyfund Prepaid Mastercard®. This collaboration with Tillo marks a milestone for Honeyfund, delivering on its nearly two-decade dream of providing couples with a completely fee-free way to fund their honeymoons and happily-ever-afters. The new card gives newlyweds instant, global spending power, unparalleled flexibility and 5% back in rewards. The partnership further reinforces Honeyfund’s mission to help couples turn wedding gifts into meaningful, seamless experiences by leveraging Tillo’s plug-and-go API and global branded gift card network.

Routefusion, a financial infrastructure provider enabling platforms and financial institutions to embed seamless cross-border payments and multi-currency account capabilities, today announced the close of a $26.5 million Series A funding round. The round was led by PeakSpan Capital, with participation from Silverton Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $40.7 million.

The payments industry has spent decades waging war on fraud. But according to Chargebacks911, a global leader in dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, data shows merchants are losing more money and goodwill to false declines than to fraud itself. The findings, drawn from the company’s Cardholder Dispute Index and Chargeback Stats, highlight how blunt fraud filters are quietly eroding revenue, trust, and loyalty at a staggering rate.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) today showcased a live demonstration of Agentic AI-based IoT Payments powered by UPI, highlighting the next phase of seamless, intelligent digital transactions.

LemFi, the leading AI-powered international payments platform dedicated to building financial products and services for immigrant communities, today announced the launch of Send Now, Pay Later (SNPL), a credit-powered remittance product that allows its 2 million+ global customers to use their LemFi credit line to send money home to their families when they need it most.

Binance Japan, a subsidiary of Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem by trading volume, today announced that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with PayPay Corporation (“PayPay”), a SoftBank Corp. group company and one of Japan’s leading financial services providers, best known for its “PayPay” cashless payment service with over 70 million users. As part of the agreement, PayPay has acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan.

MiniPay now lets users receive USD and EUR payments via bank transfers and access their money instantly anywhere. With new virtual ACH and SEPA account details, global payouts land in MiniPay and can be spent, saved, or withdrawn locally in minutes – once the payment lands in a MiniPay account, it can be withdrawn instantly. Built with global freelancers and creators in mind, this makes it easier than ever to get paid internationally, fast, with low fees, and in a self-custodial wallet you control.

Tietoevry Industry has further deepened its Nordic collaboration by entering into a new multi-country agreement with Entercard, one of the region’s foremost credit card providers.

Comviva, a global leader in digital transformation solutions, specializing in customer experience management, data monetization, and digital financial services, today announced a remarkable milestone of processing over $ 1 billion in a day through it’s fintech platforms at the sidelines of Global Fintech Fest 2025 in Mumbai. Comviva reported, processing over 7.5 billion transactions, with total value of transactions crossing USD 400 billion annually, a value surpassing the GDP of Finland.

Global fintech platform Pine Labs Limited in collaboration with Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, today unveiled its latest offering called the ‘Flipkart Bharat Yatra Card’. This digital prepaid card will empower commuters of public transport in India experience a seamless digital payments experience during travel in buses, metros, and other mass transit networks where National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is enabled as a mode of payment. The Flipkart Bharat Yatra Card is expected to reduce queues at payment and kiosk counters, cut down recharge-related delays, and improve transit time for commuters.

Trustly, the global leader in Pay by Bank, today announced a partnership with Acres Manufacturing Company (“Acres”). This partnership includes implementing Trustly Scan & Pay, an envisioned holistic cashless gaming execution powered by Trustly’s Open Banking Payments, with Acres’ Universal Payment Adapter, enabling instant funding to any slot machine or table game. Through this collaboration, players can fund slots and tables through their bank account by scanning a QR code, bringing the speed, security, and convenience of Pay by Bank to the casino floor.

To meet India’s growing demand for seamless cross-border transacƟons, Banking Circle will enable EbixCash World Money ('EbixCash'), a leading AD-II licensed foreign exchange and remiƩance provider in India, to offer faster and more transparent internaƟonal money transfers.

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, and the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (X9), the organization accredited by ANSI to develop financial industry standards for the United States, today announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the development and adoption of standards for faster payments in the United States.

Nexi, the European PayTech, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) – Te Pūtea Matua, have successfully upgraded New Zealand’s Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, known as ESAS, ensuring alignment with the latest Swift regulatory and messaging protocols.