Today, Ballerine, the agentic merchant risk and compliance platform, launched Agenticom.org, a new industry hub focused on the emerging field of agentic commerce. This initiative is an open resource for the industry.

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, today announced that ROLLER, the leading all-in-one venue management platform for the leisure and attractions industry, has successfully launched ROLLER Capital with Adyen. The integration allows ROLLER to provide its users with fast, flexible business financing directly within its platform, using Capital, Adyen's embedded finance offering.

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 the formation of the FPC–ASC X9 Joint Standards Steering Committee (JSSC), a collaborative body established to accelerate the adoption of faster payments by addressing standards-related barriers across the payments ecosystem.

PingPong, the embedded financial infrastructure for global businesses, today announced the launch of Card to Account Payment Solution, a new Business Payment Solution Provider (BPSP) offering developed in partnership with Visa. The solution enables businesses to settle any supplier invoice using their existing commercial credit card, even when the supplier does not accept card payments.

Nayax, a global commerce enablement, payments, and loyalty platform, today launched new product discovery and personalization capabilities for retailers, powered by a proprietary AI engine Nayax acquired and developed in-house. Natively integrated into the Nayax platform, the solution enables merchants to grow revenue and deepen consumer engagement through real-time data and intelligent recommendations.

Mastercard and CIB, Egypt’s leading and largest private-sector bank, have renewed their partnership to support digital payments innovation and expand access to financial solutions in Egypt.

Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Driftwood Hospitality Management (“Driftwood”), a leading hotel management company, to deploy Flywire's hospitality solutions across nearly 90 U.S. hotel locations. Driftwood, an existing customer of Flywire’s solutions for payments, signatures and authorizations, is rolling out enhanced payments capabilities to further streamline guest transactions and back-office operations.

Visa, a world leader in digital payments today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trip.com Group, marking a strategic collaboration to power richer travel experiences for Asia Pacific consumers. The MoU will harness Visa’s global payments network and Trip.com Group’s extensive ecosystem, enabling travellers to discover personalised recommendations, access offers for dream destinations and transact seamlessly on their journeys.

After more than a decade of scaling together, marked by sustained growth in transaction volumes, international reach, and member base, Vinted has decided to extend its partnership with Mangopay as its payment service provider across Europe.

Paystack, one of Africa's leading payments technology companies, today announced the launch of a new Dashboard rebuilt from the ground up for the first time in 10 years. The redesigned product introduces an AI-native Command Centre that allows businesses to ask questions in plain language and receive answers grounded in their own Paystack data.

Zip (ASX: ZIP), the digital financial services company offering innovative, people-centered products for everyday Americans, and InComm Payments, a global payments technology company, today announced a partnership that brings installment buying to the gift card category. Through the integration, eligible shoppers can purchase popular gift card brands directly in the Zip app.

The Huntington National Bank has joined the CHIPS® network, the largest private-sector U.S. dollar clearing and settlement system in the world, to clear and settle high-value domestic payments.

Wego, the number one travel app and the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has partnered with Triple-A, a global payment institution, to introduce stablecoin payments for travel bookings, further expanding the range of payment options available to travelers booking flights and other travel services.

Regnology, a leading provider at the intersection of regulatory, risk, and supervisory technology, today announced that KfW Bankengruppe (KfW) is advancing its long‑term partnership with the company by electing to migrate to the next-generation Regnology Reporting Hub (RRH). The solution will be delivered as a cloud-native service on Rcloud, Regnology’s high-performance cloud architecture layer.

Cashless payments innovators Marker Trax and Koin today announced the alignment of their organizations under a single, unified leadership structure, marking a significant new phase in the companies’ continued evolution. This combined leadership structure is designed to accelerate growth while enhancing operational focus and support the long-term opportunity ahead for both brands.