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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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Nuvei Integrates With Paze Online Checkout Via Early Warning Services Partnership

Fast, tokenized Paze checkout brings Nuvei merchants enhanced security, reduced cart abandonment, and increased conversion, all through a simple integration process.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Ant to Pilot Card-Based Agentic AI Payments

Ant Group’s global merchant payments powerhouse unit, Antom, has made a foray into agentic payments, enabling AI agents to initiate and complete transactions on users’ behalf.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Fintech Giant Revolut Deepens Ties with Google Cloud in Multi-Million Dollar Deal

Revolut has a strategic plan to deploy Google Cloud’s expansive infrastructure across all segments of its operations, starting from back-end systems to the user-facing app.

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JPMorgan Sets Sights on Europe’s Digital Banking Future With 2026 Germany Launch

By choosing Germany for its 2026 retail banking debut, JPMorgan signals confidence in Europe’s largest economy as the next frontier for digital finance.