Visa Supports TikTok Creators With New Card Product
Visa has launched a new “Creator Card” in the UK so that TikTok LIVE earnings reach the online entrepreneurs faster and more simply.
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OpenClaw AI Agents Can Now Pay for Things Themselves: Alipay New Service Just Made It Real
Alipay has launched a new AI Pay service that lets AI agents make purchases and complete payments based on user instructions.
Fime Unveils FACT Trust Layer Framework for Agentic Commerce Verification
Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents need trusted verification mechanisms to interact with payment systems in agentic commerce scenarios. FACT (Framework for Agentic Commerce Trust) by Fime strives to provide that.
Fintech Funding Surges in 2026: From Unicorn Milestones to AI-Powered Infrastructure Bets
The global fintech investment landscape is firmly back in growth mode heading into mid-2026, and a string of fresh funding rounds this month underscores just how much momentum has returned to the sector and where smart money is flowing.
Top Fintech Startups in Colombia
The country that is next in line to develop a comprehensive nationwide instant payment system in LatAm, Colombia has a range of promising fintech startups striving to transform the way money flows nationwide.
Payment Sovereignty Debate Accelerates: What CB Payments Network in France Has to Say Against Visa and Mastercard
In France, the CB network is reportedly striving to become the next payment sovereignty frontier as officials warn against overreliance on foreign payment methods, such as Visa and Mastercard.
Decentro Platform Joins NPCI Banking Connect to Boost High-Value Transaction Flow
Higher-value transactions have always been the ones to face limited netbanking experiences, but Banking Connect through Decentro offers to eliminate most of those limitations, creating smooth money flows and a simplified integration experience.
Colombia’s Bre-B Surpasses 600 Million Transactions: What the Milestone Means for Latin American Instant Payments
Colombia’s real-time payment system Bre-B is rewriting the regional playbook and the numbers are hard to ignore.
Payments Weekly: Top 5 Stories You Might Have Missed
This week’s essential reads: India tightens data rules for fintechs, Airwallex takes on Stripe in the physical world, Senator Warren questions X Money’s stablecoin ambitions, Monzo opens up in Ireland, and dLocal plugs emerging-market remittance gaps.
Corient Acquires Bedrock Group, Pushing Combined Assets Toward $470 Billion
U.S. wealth manager Corient adds over $10B AUM and expands European presence with the acquisition of Geneva-rooted Bedrock Group. Allong with late 2025 acquisitions to be approved, the firm’s combined client asset base will near $470B.
Three Existential Threats Facing Global Banks in 2026: How the Industry Is Fighting Back?
The global banking industry has navigated financial crises, regulatory upheaval, and digital transformation, but 2026 may mark its most turbulent year yet. Three distinct and compounding banking threats are converging simultaneously in 2026: a new class of AI capable of autonomous cyberattacks, a structural revenue exodus toward fintech and digital finance, and a surge in […]
Online Trading Expo Makes Its Hong Kong Debut This May, Bringing the Global Trading Industry to Asia-Pacific.
The inaugural edition of Online Trading Expo arrives at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong on 27–28 May 2026.
EBANX Expands into Southeast Asia and Turkey as Cross-Border Demand Grows in $610B Market
Payments firm EBANX adds five markets and targets fast-growing, mobile-first economies with high cross-border e-commerce activity
Funding Rounds, Unicorns & Tokenized Bonds: The Startup Deals That Defined This Week
Your Friday news briefing on the most consequential fintech and startup funding moves — April 17, 2026
UK’s Top Finance Leaders Sound the Alarm: Manual Payment Processes Are Costing Businesses Their Competitive Edge
Britain’s CFOs are waking up to a payments crisis hiding in plain sight. New research from global corporate payments company Corpay has exposed a striking contradiction at the heart of UK finance: the people responsible for managing billions in corporate spend know their processes are broken and they know rivals are already pulling ahead.
Chargebacks911 Refines UDMS Suite with Smarter AI Dispute Detection
Unified Dispute Management System (UDMS) now equipped with advanced AI aims to identify risks as early as possible given that chargeback volumes and data complexity grow across the payments industry
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