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Ripple Partners OKX to List RLUSD Across 280+ Trading Pairs and Expand Global Liquidity
Blockchain & Crypto

Ripple Partners OKX to List RLUSD Across 280+ Trading Pairs and Expand Global Liquidity

Ripple stablecoin RLUSD is now live on OKX for spot trading across more than 280 trading pairs, including XRP/RLUSD, and can be used as margin collateral for derivatives such as perpetual futures in select markets.

ANZ Group to Acquire 51% Stake in ANZ Worldline Joint Venture for $89M
Fintech & Ecommerce

ANZ Group to Acquire 51% Stake in ANZ Worldline Joint Venture for $89M

Jointly set up in 2022, the joint venture of ANZ and Worldline will now be fully-owned by one of Australia’s “big four” banks. 

Ant International Launches Open-Source Agentic Mobile Protocol, Targeting 4.4 Billion Digital Wallet Users
Fintech & Ecommerce

Ant International Launches Open-Source Agentic Mobile Protocol, Targeting 4.4 Billion Digital Wallet Users

Ant International announced the launch of the Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP), an open-source framework designed to enable AI-driven payments across mobile services, including digital wallets, banking apps, and super apps.

SUNRATE Secures Bank Negara Malaysia Class B Licence, Enabling Regulated Money Remittance Services
Fintech & Ecommerce

SUNRATE Secures Bank Negara Malaysia Class B Licence, Enabling Regulated Money Remittance Services

SUNRATE has obtained regulatory approval in Malaysia, marking a key step in its expansion of cross-border payment services in Southeast Asia.

Goldman Sachs Backs Mission-Driven Startup Kashable Fighting America’s Affordability Crisis With $60M
Fintech & Ecommerce

Goldman Sachs Backs Mission-Driven Startup Kashable Fighting America’s Affordability Crisis With $60M

Goldman Sachs Alternatives led a $60 million Series C funding round in Kashable, as part of its impact investing strategy.

Nexi Brings Wero to German E-Commerce: 53 Million Users Can Now Pay at BAUR, Quelle and Bünting
Fintech & Ecommerce

Nexi Brings Wero to German E-Commerce: 53 Million Users Can Now Pay at BAUR, Quelle and Bünting

Europe’s PayTech Nexi has integrated Wero, the homegrown European payment method, into German online retail. The first merchants (BAUR, Quelle and Bünting) are already on board.

Mangopay Research: 85% of UK Payment Firms Still Rely on Manual Reconciliation Despite AI Hype
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mangopay Research: 85% of UK Payment Firms Still Rely on Manual Reconciliation Despite AI Hype

Global payments infrastructure company Mangopay has revealed a striking gap between industry rhetoric and reality: despite years of investment in AI and digital transformation, the majority of UK businesses processing high volumes of transactions remain stuck in manual, fragmented, and low-visibility payment operations.

Worldline Names Stefaan D’Hoore Chief Risk Officer, Adding 20+ Years of Global Payments Expertise to Executive Team
Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldline Names Stefaan D’Hoore Chief Risk Officer, Adding 20+ Years of Global Payments Expertise to Executive Team

Worldline, leading European payment service provider, has appointed Stefaan D’Hoore as Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer (second line of defence). D’Hoore joins the Group Executive Committee and will report directly to CEO Pierre-Antoine Vacheron.

Alipay Expands Agentic AI Payment Suite With Business-Facing Transaction Processing Product to Help 16M OPCs Thrive in the Agentic Economy
Fintech & Ecommerce

Alipay Expands Agentic AI Payment Suite With Business-Facing Transaction Processing Product to Help 16M OPCs Thrive in the Agentic Economy

AI payment processing product from Alipay is part of the firm’s AI Pay offering. It enables businesses of all sizes, including One Person Companies (OPCs) that account for 30% of all enterprises in the Chinese mainland, to receive agentic payments seamlessly when autonomous AI agents, including OpenClaw-type agents, purchase their services or products.

Hacienda Refuerza Control Fiscal Con IA y Envía Millones de Avisos Sobre Criptomonedas, Alquileres y Rentas Digitales en La Renta 2026
Science & Technology

Hacienda Refuerza Control Fiscal Con IA y Envía Millones de Avisos Sobre Criptomonedas, Alquileres y Rentas Digitales en La Renta 2026

La Agencia Tributaria de España del Ministerio de Hacienda ha intensificado el uso de sistemas automatizados basados en inteligencia artificial (IA) para mejorar la detección de posibles errores y omisiones en la declaración de la renta, en un contexto de creciente digitalización de los ingresos de los contribuyentes. Según datos oficiales de la campaña fiscal […]

Coinbase Lists British Pound-Backed Stablecoin Expanding Access to $30M Crypto Market
Blockchain & Crypto

Coinbase Lists British Pound-Backed Stablecoin Expanding Access to $30M Crypto Market

Listing of tGBP (licensed British pound-backed stablecoin) on Coinbase provides its 100 million users with access to the $30 million market cap asset, which can be key to serving UK customers once local crypto regulation is finalized.

DoorDash to Use Stablecoins for Gig Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

DoorDash to Use Stablecoins for Gig Payments

Gig economy requires modern flexible payment methods, something that DoorDash aims to provide with a new stablecoins infrastructure.

Adyen Buys Talon.One in a €750M Real-Time Decisioning Deal
Fintech & Ecommerce

Adyen Buys Talon.One in a €750M Real-Time Decisioning Deal

Having a meaningful overlap with the Adyen merchant base, Talon.One platform for loyalty and e-commerce incentives will serve as a solid real-time insight foundation for Adyen’s Unified Commerce strategy.

Taranis Capital and Emaar Executive Company Partner on $2B Project to Develop Next-Gen AI-Ready 50 MW Data Centre Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Science & Technology

Taranis Capital and Emaar Executive Company Partner on $2B Project to Develop Next-Gen AI-Ready 50 MW Data Centre Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Taranis Capital and Emaar Executive Company’s partnership is supported by the Saudi Investment Promotion Authority (SIPA), as their mutual initiative of carrier-neutral, hyperscaler-ready data centres is highly aligned with Saudi Vision 2030

The International PLUS-Forum Digital Uzbekistan Will be Held in Tashkent for the Sixth Time
Fintech & Ecommerce

The International PLUS-Forum Digital Uzbekistan Will be Held in Tashkent for the Sixth Time

The International PLUS-Forum Digital Uzbekistan will be held in Tashkent on May 19-20, 2026. It is the largest event in Central Asia dedicated to the digital transformation of public services, the financial sector, payments infrastructure, and the development of the fintech ecosystem.

5 Crypto Stories You Need to Know This Week: bunq, Legal & General, eToro, BitMEX, and CoinGecko in Focus
Blockchain & Crypto

5 Crypto Stories You Need to Know This Week: bunq, Legal & General, eToro, BitMEX, and CoinGecko in Focus

From neobanks scaling crypto adoption to asset managers tokenizing billions and platforms doubling down on self-custody, digital finance is rapidly moving from experimentation to infrastructure. This week’s developments show how institutions like bunq, Legal & General Asset Management, and eToro are embedding digital assets deeper into mainstream finance, even as market volatility and emerging risks, […]