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Aleta Planet powers cashless payments for Muslim merchants in Southeast Asia

Singapore-based FinTech Aleta Planet has launched MPLUS Aleta, a digital payment app designed to meet the specific financial needs of…

Brazil’s Pix to Start Enabling Installment Payments in September

Brazil’s instant payment system, Pix, will reportedly allow users to pay for transactions in installments, beginning in September. The new…

Tata Capital prepares for IPO listing, eyes $1.81bn raise

Tata Capital, the financial services arm of the Tata Group, is preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) projected to…

Visa Announces Investment in Mynt and Expanded Reseller Partnership Across Europe

Visa has announced an expanded reseller partnership and investment into Mynt, a Swedish-founded SaaS fintech specializing in spend management solutions.…

Netbank and JuanHand Announce Partnership to Enhance Lending Services

Philippine rural bank Netbank Inc. and fintech lending application JuanHand have announced a strategic partnership today. The partnership aims to…

PedidosYa launches financial services offerings

Uruguayan foodtech PedidosYa expanded its services to offer financial products to restaurants, including loans and digital wallets. PedidosYa plans to…

MoneyGram Implements Mastercard Move to Facilitate Digital Money Movement

MoneyGram has implemented Mastercard Move, a portfolio of money transfer solutions, to facilitate digital money movement domestically and across borders.…

Klarna Brings BNPL to High-Speed Rail With Eurostar Partnership

Pay-later platform Klarna has launched a partnership with rail service Eurostar. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (April 2), lets travelers in…

Viamericas launches its open payment network in the Philippines

Viamericas, a remittance and international money transfer provider, has launched its open payment network in the Philippines. This initiative offers…

inDrive Expands Financial Services With Its Latest Launch in Peru

inDrive, a mobility and urban services platform operating in 888 cities across 48 countries, is pleased to announce the launch…

Experian Targets ‘Credit Invisible’ Borrowers With Cashflow Score

Experian has launched a tool designed to increase financial access for people with limited credit history. Cashflow Score, unveiled Tuesday…

myPOS acquires UK-based UTP Group

Experian has launched a tool designed to increase financial access for people with limited credit history. Cashflow Score, unveiled Tuesday…

Banking Circle’s BC Payments Gets In-Principle Nod for Payment License

BC Payments, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Luxembourg-licensed bank Banking Circle, has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of…

dLocal and Temu join forces to help millions of shoppers access affordable quality products in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

dLocal, the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has announced a strategic partnership with Temu, the…

Google now lets kids use Google Wallet for in-store payments in select countries

Google announced on Wednesday that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in…

Finastra Unveils Enhanced Lending Cloud Service Supported by IBM

Finastra, a global provider of financial services software applications, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled their collaboration on an enhanced…

PayU buys 43.5% stake in Mumbai-based Mindgate Solutions

PayU, the payments and FinTech business of Prosus, has acquired a strategic stake in Mindgate Solutions, an expert in real-time…

Mexican fintech Plata raises $160m in Series A funding round at $1.5bn valuation

Mexican fintech start-up Plata has achieved unicorn status after securing a $160 million Series A funding round at a $1.5…

The Deep dive: FinTech’s fight against $12.5bn fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that consumers lost over $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, marking a 25% increase…

myPOS Teams Up With Satispay to Enhance Payment Solutions in Italy

myPOS has announced a new strategic partnership with Satispay, Italy’s leading independent mobile payment provider. United by a shared vision…

MiFinity deepens presence in ‘key growth market’ Asia

E-wallet provider MiFinity is expanding its services to merchants and consumers in Asia with the addition of two new digital…

emerchantpay Expands LatAm Footprint With Enhanced Local Acquiring Capabilities in Brazil and Mexico

emerchantpay, a leading global payment service provider and acquirer, is strengthening its presence in Latin America with expanded local acquiring…

BVNK Unveils Embedded Wallet to Simplify Stablecoin Payments

BVNK has launched what it calls the first embedded wallet unifying fiat and stablecoins globally. “Stablecoins are redefining how we…

Lloyds Banking Group secures patent for AI cybersecurity solution

Lloyds Banking Group has developed a Global Correlation Engine (GCE), a breakthrough cybersecurity solution designed to enhance protection and reduce…

Mastercard signs strategic partnership with Mashreq to support its launch as a digital bank in Pakistan

The collaboration involves card portfolios across consumer, affluent, and business segments. Mastercard has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Mashreq…

Brazilian SaaS startup Capim lands a $26.7M Series A

Capim, a startup offering Brazilians the option to buy now, pay later (BNPL) for dental services, has raised $26.7 million…

i2c to Help Clients Deploy Mastercard One Credential

Banking and payments technology provider i2c said Wednesday (Feb. 26) that it signed on to be one of the first…

UK capital of European fintech, despite four-year investment low

UK fintech investment hit a four-year low in 2024, but the UK remains the capital of European fintech, a new…

Asia to capture 47% of global FinTech market, hitting $19tn in 2025

Asia’s FinTech industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, with total transaction volumes projected to reach $18.9 trillion by the end of…

Brazil’s Ebanx receives in-principle approval for MPI licence in Singapore

Brazilian payments platform Ebanx is set to expand its operations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, having received in-principle approval for…

61 US startups became unicorns in 2024: Here’s the full list

Despite the tight venture capital market, unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchbase, CB Insights, and…

Buy Now Pay Later B2B and E-commerce in Europe

Opyn, the European platform for enabling B2B Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), presents, at the E-commerce Berlin Expo 2025, the…

Google Pay to introduce AI-powered voice payments in India

Google Pay has announced plans to roll out an AI-powered voice payment feature in India, allowing users to make UPI…

BYX acquires Nvio to expand beyond payroll loans

Brazilian credit fintech BYX Capital acquired Nvio, Bitso‘s licensed payment entity in Brazil, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is…

Tabby doubles valuation to $3.3B in $160M funding as it looks beyond BNPL and plans IPO

Consumer demand for credit options varies across regions, and for fintechs, understanding these differences is key to survival. In developed…

Revolut enters Ukraine, launches special edition Clear Sky card

Revolut has officially launched its services in Ukraine, enabling residents to open European Revolut accounts and access a range of…

Indian payments startup ToneTag nets $78m in Series B2

ToneTag, India’s voice-based payment and commerce solutions provider, has attracted an investment of INR 674 crores ($78m) in its Series…

Kanastra raises an undisclosed amount from Itaú’s Kinea Ventures

Brazilian fintech Kanastra raised an undisclosed amount from Kinea Ventures, Itaú’s CVC fund. Itaú is a customer of Kanastra. The…

FICO Announces Plan to Add BNPL to Credit Score Calculations

Following a joint study with buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Affirm, FICO has said that it is planning to…

European embedded banking startup Swan adds another $44M to its Series B

French startup Swan has raised another €42 million (around $44 million at current exchange rates). The company considers this round…

RBL Bank & Piramal Finance partner to offer Co-Lending Business

Flipkart, India’s homegrown eCommerce marketplace, has announced the launch of a credit card bill payment feature on Flipkart Pay, further…

Paytrack raises $40M Series B led by Riverwood Capital

Brazilian corporate travel and expense management platform Paytrack raised $40M in a Series B round led by Riverwood Capital. Paytrack…

X announces a partnership with Visa to power X Money’s wallet

Elon Musk-owned social network X announced a partnership with Visa to handle person-to-person payments for its upcoming X Money product.…

Kraken Debuts Instant Crypto Payments Offering Kraken Pay

Kraken Pay allows users to choose the crypto or fiat currency in their accounts that they want to send and…

RBL Bank & Piramal Finance partner to offer Co-Lending Business

RBL Bank, one of India’s private sector banks, and Piramal Capital and Housing Finance (referred to as Piramal Finance), a…

Wix and Worldline Partner to Expand Commerce & Payments Solutions Online for Businesses in Europe and Asia Pacific

Wix today announced a joint strategic partnership with Worldline (Euronext: WLN), a global leader in payment services. This collaboration will…

Brazil’s Pix hits 6bn monthly transactions: What does it mean for US?

Brazil’s Pix payment system is revolutionizing the way payments are made, with the latest data from Matera’s report highlighting the…

Trump orders formation of working group to evaluate crypto stockpile

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the formation of a working group to propose federal regulations for “digital assets” —…

Revolut launches Robo-Advisor in Singapore, simplifying automated investing

Revolut, the global fintech with more than 50 million customers worldwide, has launched its own Robo-Advisor service in Singapore. The…

Nubank partners with OXXO to expand cash services in Mexico

Brazilian neobank Nubank announced a partnership with convenience store chain OXXO to expand its cash deposit and withdrawal network across…

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