8B, a Central Asian fintech infrastructure company, and PayU, India’s leading diversified fintech platform, have signed a strategic partnership to bring UPI, one of the world’s fastest-growing digital payment systems, and other Indian payment offerings to Central Asia. The integration of PayU’s APIs into 8B’s merchant network across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the broader region offers clear benefits, enabling users in India to make payments to merchants in Central Asia via UPI, net banking, and local cards. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in strengthening the digital payment infrastructures between the two economies, laying the first structural bridge for growing trade and tourism opportunities.

Repayd, the global, multi-currency merchant account built specifically for the travel industry, has announced the appointment of Erik Crouch as it continues its rapid international expansion.

NCR Atleos Corporation (“Atleos”), a leader in expanding self-service financial access for financial institutions, retailers and consumers, today announced strong support for New York State’s newly implemented law requiring retail stores and food establishments to accept cash for in‑person transactions.

PayPoint and Handepay have surpassed £100 million in total funding delivered to UK merchants and retailers, following a record year for business lending.

Aspire, the leading finance stack that serves over 50,000 businesses globally, today announced a global strategic collaboration with J.P. Morgan Payments to enhance FX efficiency and wallet-based fund conversion for clients operating across international markets.

Arizona Financial Credit Union, a leading Arizona-based credit union serving more than 178,000 members, has partnered with Alacriti to modernize its wire transfer operations as part of a broader payments transformation strategy.

Riskified, a leader in ecommerce fraud and risk intelligence, today announced a partnership with Outpayce from Amadeus. This partnership boosts Outpayce’s trusted travel payment platform with Riskified’s AI-powered fraud prevention suite and Chargeback Guarantee model, creating a game-changing solution for airlines worldwide. The landscape of airline payments is evolving, and we're proud to share a major milestone that will reshape the way airlines approach fraud management.

Paywint is a sponsor partner at the Money20/20 Asia event in Bangkok and the company is set to make waves at the venue in terms of business partnerships and brand management

MoneyHash, the leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, announced a new partnership with Eazy Financial Services (EazyPay), a Central Bank of Bahrain-licensed payment service provider and acquirer supporting businesses across the Kingdom of Bahrain and strengthening access to payment gateways in Bahrain for regional and global merchants.

Clear Junction, the global provider of cross-border payments and banking services infrastructure for licensed financial institutions, has expanded its multi-currency SWIFT service with named client accounts, outbound SWIFT payments, and integrated foreign exchange (FX) conversion.

ACI Worldwide hosted MEP Billy Kelleher at its Limerick data centre at the National Technology Park

SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform, today announced the opening of its new and expanded Kuala Lumpur office at Menara Binjai, marking another milestone in the company’s continued growth across Southeast Asia.

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 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, 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.