SumUp conducted a nationwide survey, gathering insights from UK consumers about their payment habits.

PayFuture, the innovative payments platform connecting global businesses with emerging markets, has appointed Sanda Laicena as Group Chief Legal Officer (CLO). With over 30 years of experience spanning financial services, fintech, and legal sectors, Sanda has held senior leadership positions at both established financial institutions and high growth fintech companies across diverse international markets.

Vistra, a leading provider of essential business services that help organizations to invest, grow and operate efficiently and compliantly across the world, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire iiPay, a market leader in cloud-based global payroll solutions. This strategic acquisition will significantly enhance the scale of Vistra’s payroll capabilities in the fast-growing mid-market and enterprise multi-country payroll space, positioning Vistra as a top 4 market leader in global payroll.

InvoiceCloud, a leading provider of online billing and payment services, today announced the active rollout of embedded generative and agentic AI technologies within its electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) platform. Building on its history of innovation, InvoiceCloud is committed to responsibly embedding emerging technologies to make billing and payments faster, smarter, and easier—further automating labor-intensive workflows, reducing manual errors, and expediting decision-making for businesses and their customers.

TreviPay, the most-trusted B2B payments and invoicing network, today announced its Pay by Invoice program with Northern Tool + Equipment, a major supplier of tools and equipment. The partnership powers the new Northern Tool Commercial Account program designed exclusively for businesses to provide greater flexibility and convenience in managing payments. The net terms program enables businesses net 30 payment terms and flexible invoicing options to better meet the payment preferences of B2B buyers across America.

Marqeta, Inc. (NASDAQ: MQ), the global modern card issuing platform that enables embedded finance solutions for the world’s innovators, today announced it has been selected by Perpay to power the Perpay Credit Card (issued by Celtic Bank), an unsecured credit card designed to help people build or improve their credit by automating payments directly from a paycheck.

Revolut is all about speed, efficiency, and giving customers more control over their money. Today, Lightspark has announced a new partnership with Revolut, bringing innovative payments infrastructure using the Bitcoin network to Revolut in the UK and select EEA countries.

Today, programmable financial services company Stripe announced new products designed to help businesses harness AI and stablecoins to accelerate their growth.

dLocal expanded its relationship with PayPal to offer businesses access to payment processing and local payment methods in emerging markets

BigCommerce announced that Klarna has become a global preferred payments partner.

TrueLayer has announced its biggest month ever, processing over $10 billion in total payment volume (TPV) in April

Your Co-op Travel and Travelex, a global leader in foreign exchange, have partnered to offer Your Co-op Travel customers and travel agents enhanced access to market-leading travel money services across the UK.

Dr. Sameh El Hefny, Minister of Civil Aviation, Captain Ahmed Adel, Chairman & CEO of EgyptAir Holding Company, and Andrew Torre, Regional President for Visa CEMEA, witnessed the signing of an exclusive partnership agreement between Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments, and EgyptAir, the national carrier of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The agreement aims to provide advanced technological solutions to support growth and expansion plans within the Egyptian aviation sector. This partnership aligns with Visa’s strategy to offer innovative technological solutions that help grow the businesses of its partners and reflects its vision of being the preferred partner for leading institutions and companies worldwide, particularly in the aviation sector.

AffiniPay, a leader in legal practice management software, integrated payments, and solutions for professionals, is proud to announce the appointment of Leslie Witt, former executive at Headspace and Intuit, as the company’s new Chief Product Officer.

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, today announced that Michael P. Lyons has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv.