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SUNRATE Expands Kuala Lumpur Footprint as Malaysia Cements Southeast Asia Fintech Status
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SUNRATE Expands Kuala Lumpur Footprint as Malaysia Cements Southeast Asia Fintech Status

Global payment and treasury management platform SUNRATE has relocated its Kuala Lumpur operations to a larger office at Menara Binjai, as the Singapore-headquartered company deepens its presence in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing fintech markets.

RS2 Launches Consumer Payment Card in Shift Toward Integrated Issuing
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RS2 Launches Consumer Payment Card in Shift Toward Integrated Issuing

RS2 has spent decades powering payments behind the scenes. Now it’s stepping into the consumer card payments spotlight and the $17.55bn co-branded card market it’s entering explains why.

Nexi and PayPal Deepen European Partnership to Bring Unified Digital Payments to Merchants
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Nexi and PayPal Deepen European Partnership to Bring Unified Digital Payments to Merchants

Nexi, the European PayTech, and PayPal have announced a significant expansion of their partnership, embedding PayPal’s payments ecosystem directly into Nexi’s merchant platform across five EU countries.

Comparative Analysis: Apple Wallet vs. PayPal — Who Will Win the Stablecoin Money Race in 2026?
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Comparative Analysis: Apple Wallet vs. PayPal — Who Will Win the Stablecoin Money Race in 2026?

Explore the 2026 stablecoin showdown between Apple Wallet and PayPal. Compare fees, usability, and global reach as PayPal expands PYUSD to 70 markets and Apple enables USDC payments via Apple Pay merchant integrations.

Why Mastercard Is Ditching Traditional Payment Rails for AI-Driven Agentic Payments
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Why Mastercard Is Ditching Traditional Payment Rails for AI-Driven Agentic Payments

Mastercard news reveals a strategic pivot from traditional payment rails and A2A systems toward AI‑driven, agentic payments. The firm’s snowball of agentic AI transaction launches, spanning India, South Korea, Latin America, and the position of the company in EU payment sovereignty debate shows how Mastercard is trying to fill the niche of a future orchestrator […]

Razorpay Makes Visa and Mastercard Payments Seamless With Biometric Authentication Under RBI Compliance Rules
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Razorpay Makes Visa and Mastercard Payments Seamless With Biometric Authentication Under RBI Compliance Rules

As OTPs become irrelevant in India starting tomorrow due to RBI new payment security policies, Razorpay, one of the local market leaders in digital payment processing, is introducing regulation compliant biometric authentication for card payments, in partnership with Mastercard and Visa.

MPE 2026: AI Agents, Quantum Security and A2A Payments Signal a New Era for the Payments Industry
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MPE 2026: AI Agents, Quantum Security and A2A Payments Signal a New Era for the Payments Industry

The Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) event, held on March 17-19, brought together industry leaders to explore the forces reshaping the future of payments, with discussions pointing to a sector already in transition to emerging innovative ecosystem rather than one just awaiting disruption.

Acquirers Are Sitting on a Gold Mine of Data. RS2 Thinks AI Is the Key to Digging It Up
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Acquirers Are Sitting on a Gold Mine of Data. RS2 Thinks AI Is the Key to Digging It Up

A new white paper from RS2 argues that merchant acquiring is at an inflection point where artificial intelligence emerges as a practical tool to address its structural inefficiencies and redefine how the sector operates.

Extend Expands Accounting Integrations as Banks Race to Match Fintech Spend Tools
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Extend Expands Accounting Integrations as Banks Race to Match Fintech Spend Tools

Extend has announced new integrations with Sage Intacct, Xero, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, widening its accounting coverage and strengthening its position as a software layer for banks looking to modernize their commercial card offerings.

PayNearby Introduces Integrated UPI Cash Withdrawal Solution Through Retail Network
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PayNearby Introduces Integrated UPI Cash Withdrawal Solution Through Retail Network

PayNearby has become the first Business Correspondent in India to roll out a fully integrated solution for cash withdrawals via UPI, expanding how users can access physical cash in a digital-first payments environment.

The New Geography of Money: How Cross-Border Payments Are Being Reinvented
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The New Geography of Money: How Cross-Border Payments Are Being Reinvented

For most of financial history, sending money across borders has felt like mailing a letter through a postal system designed in the 1950s — slow, expensive, and surprisingly opaque. You hand your money to a bank, it disappears into a chain of intermediaries, and somewhere between two and five days later it reappears in another […]

Nexi and Danish Banks Expand Partnership to Deliver SEPA Direct Debit Services
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Nexi and Danish Banks Expand Partnership to Deliver SEPA Direct Debit Services

European PayTech Nexi has broadened its agreement with local and nationwide banks in Denmark to provide SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) services, deepening the country’s integration with the European payments infrastructure.

DNB and Two Partner to Bring AI-Powered Innovation to Nordic B2B Payments
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DNB and Two Partner to Bring AI-Powered Innovation to Nordic B2B Payments

A new partnership between DNB and Two is aiming to reshape the Nordic B2B payments landscape through artificial intelligence (AI), as financial institutions increasingly target one of the least digitized segments of global commerce.

Mexico’s Top Fastest-Growing Fintech Startups
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Mexico’s Top Fastest-Growing Fintech Startups

When the 2026 World Cup kicks off in Mexico this June, fans in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey will find something that would have been unthinkable a decade ago: taco stands and corner stores ready to take their cards. Mexico’s banks had decades to wire the country for digital payments. The paytechs did it in […]

Digital Commerce Split: Older Consumers Dominate U.S. Online Spending While Emerging Markets Are Driven by Younger Buyers
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Digital Commerce Split: Older Consumers Dominate U.S. Online Spending While Emerging Markets Are Driven by Younger Buyers

New data from EBANX and World Data Lab highlights a clear divide in global e-commerce demographics, with the United States showing a mature, older consumer base, while emerging markets are led by younger shoppers under 30. The findings point to contrasting growth patterns in digital payments, consumer spending, and online retail adoption across regions.

Adflex and SAP Taulia Partner to Expand Virtual Card Payments Automation Across Europe
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Adflex and SAP Taulia Partner to Expand Virtual Card Payments Automation Across Europe

Adflex has announced a partnership with SAP Taulia aimed at accelerating the adoption and automation of virtual card payments across the UK and Europe. The collaboration integrates Adflex’s STP (Straight-Through-Processing) technology into SAP Taulia’s platform to reduce manual handling of payments and streamline supplier transactions.

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