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Global Payments Roundup: Neobank Shifts, Crypto Integration, Open Banking Risks, and a Key Aussie Acquisition
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Global Payments Roundup: Neobank Shifts, Crypto Integration, Open Banking Risks, and a Key Aussie Acquisition

The payments landscape keeps moving fast. This roundup covers payments, digital banking, and fintech developments across Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. Updates are selected for strategic significance and practical consumer relevance. Find out more about a Swiss neobank quietly climbing the leaderboard, Mercado Pago deepening its grip on Brazilian businesses, a consumer protection warning reshaping […]

As Agentic Commerce Targets Mainstream, Who’s Going to Handle Disputes?
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As Agentic Commerce Targets Mainstream, Who’s Going to Handle Disputes?

The future where AI agents get more room to pay for products and services seems to be getting nearer. Most fintech providers are already preparing common protocols, controls, and payment rails that will help agentic commerce bloom full-scale. Don’t we forget anything? Whether agentic or not, commerce remains basically sales, which, besides purchases, also involve […]

Revolut Targets $200B IPO While It Masters AI Risk Management With PRAGMA Model
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Revolut Targets $200B IPO While It Masters AI Risk Management With PRAGMA Model

In its planned 2028 IPO, Revoult might reportedly achieve a market cap of $150-$200 billion. In the meantime, the fintech company is training its proprietary AI model PRAGMA on 25 million users’ transaction data, impressed by its efficiency.

EBANX Expands Recurring Alternative Payments Offering
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EBANX Expands Recurring Alternative Payments Offering

EBANX, a payment technology company connecting merchants with consumers and businesses in emerging markets, announced the expansion of its recurring alternative payment methods (APMs) offering to six additional countries: the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa, Colombia, and Peru.

SUNRATE Signs Agreement with Hong Kong’s OASES
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SUNRATE Signs Agreement with Hong Kong’s OASES

SUNRATE, a global payment and treasury management platform, announced that it has signed an agreement with Hong Kong’s Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES), becoming a strategic enterprise in the city.

Visa Supports TikTok Creators With New Card Product
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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.

OpenClaw AI Agents Can Now Pay for Things Themselves: Alipay New Service Just Made It Real
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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 […]

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