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Klarna Brings Installment Plans to Apple Pay In-Store in US and UK

Klarna customers using Apple Pay in the US and UK will now be able to purchase items at flexible terms in stores.

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Kushki PayOuts Fuel LATAM Gaming and Gambling Industry Profitability

As gaming and online betting surge across Latin America, Kushki is stepping in with direct PayOuts to Visa and Mastercard cards helping operators streamline payments and maximize returns.

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The Fake Apps Are Winning: Why Brand Protection Is Fintech’s First Line of Defense

It started like any other day. A fintech customer clicked on an alert asking them to “verify account details.” The link looked legitimate, and the login screen seemed flawless. But it didn’t come from their financial app, and by the time the customer realized something was wrong, their savings were gone.

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Saudi Fintech Unicorn Tamara Secures Up to $2.4B to Expand Credit and Payment Products

Tamara raised fresh asset-backed funding facility from major financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Citi, and Apollo funds.

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UnionPay International Pilots Cross-Border QR Payment Linkage for China-Indonesia Corridor

Unified QR payment infrastructure helps international trading partners to avoid all the unpleasant aspects of fragmented cross-border payment systems. For China and Indonesia, UnionPay International aims to facilitate the task.

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Citi and US Bank Pioneer Mastercard’s Agent Pay Ahead of Global Launch

Mastercard’s Agent Pay solution, unveiled in April, will soon debut globally, with Citi and US Bank customers being the first to test AI-enabled shopping features.

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What Is Agentic Orchestration and How Can You Use It?

Most of the payment service providers are already actively using payment orchestration, or at least considering using this technology to enhance flexibility, routing intelligence, and global reach for merchants. What happens when AI agents come into play, and how agentic orchestration differs from payment orchestration? Let’s find out. 

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Paytently and Mastercard Join Efforts to Launch Open Banking Payment Solution

Paytently has partnered with Mastercard to introduce an open banking payment solution that enables direct account-to-account checkout, helping merchants improve conversion rates and cash flow.

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Remitly Introduces Remitly One, Single Financial Membership for Multiple Products

Remitly One is the new unified membership program designed to help customers send money, manage multiple currencies, and earn rewards — all in one secure platform.

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Oman Air Taps CellPoint Digital to Reduce Revenue Loss from Booking Abandonment

Oman Air has partnered with CellPoint Digital to expand payment options in its booking system, as every year, airlines lose millions not because of ticket prices, but because travelers abandon bookings when they can’t pay the way they want.

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Klarna Debuts on NYSE

Digital banking and payment service provider, Klarna, is now officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after more than 1,5 years of preparations.

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Revolut Enhances Its Payment Gateway With Pay by Bank Option

Adding a Pay by Bank account-to-account (A2A) payment option to the payment gateway empowers Revolut customers to seamlessly improve their conversion rates and significantly reduce chargeback hustle.

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Bunq Celebrates First Decade of Operations With 20 Million Users and App Revamp

One of the EU’s largest neobanks, bunq, has reached its tenth anniversary while hitting a major 20-million-user milestone. The challenger unveiled a new app design to mark the occasion.

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Thunes Expands Real-Time Payments to Morocco

Being one of the top remittance receivers in Africa, Morocco heavily depends on the speed and reliability of cross-border payment solutions, so Thunes’ real-time payment infrastructure can be a game-changer for many local households.

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Mastercard Unveils On-Demand Decisioning To Add Flexibility to Payment Authorization

On-demand decisioning functionality will help Mastercard’s banking partners gain more control over transaction authorization processes, reduce false declines, and improve fraud prevention.

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Irish Banks to Launch P2P Payments App Zippay

Leading Irish retail banks, AIB, Bank of Ireland, and PTSB, are launching a Zippay solution integrated into each bank’s mobile app.

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