Businesses using Visa Direct can still fund payouts in fiat currency, while recipients, including creators, freelancers, and gig economy workers, can choose to receive funds in stablecoin assets, allowing faster access to earnings.
The new Bueno Visa card is designed to make managing expenses and payments in Spain easier for international property owners — a segment that often faces challenges with traditional banking options and cross-border transactions.
Germany has unveiled a national initiative to develop quantum-resistant electronic ID cards, marking a critical milestone in safeguarding digital identities against future quantum threats.
Spreedly, the US-based payments orchestration platform, is deepening its reach in Latin America by enabling e-commerce merchants worldwide to tap into Brazil booming digital economy through Pix, the country’s instant payments system that has redefined online commerce, now supporting Brazil’s payment innovations, Pix Automático and NuPay, through a partnership with Latin-American fintech player EBANX.
The emerging stablecoin and crypto bank card model, illustrated by collaboration between Standard Chartered and DCS, signals an evolution in card‑funding sources, where digital‑asset‑backed accounts can coexist with fiat deposits, potentially reshaping the revenue and cost structure of payment ecosystems.
At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, SUNRATE, a global payment and treasury management platform, released a new white paper co-developed with FXC Intelligence, titled “AI and Stablecoins’ Transformation of the Global B2B Payments Experience.” The report explores how artificial intelligence (AI), stablecoins, and blockchain are accelerating the evolution of global business payments and treasury operations.
As quantum computing moves closer to practical reality, the global cybersecurity community is racing to prepare for a new era of cryptographic risk. At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, ST Engineering joined this effort, unveiling new quantum-safe solutions designed to help financial institutions and critical infrastructure operators strengthen their defences before quantum threats emerge.
Mutual Benefit Group is transforming the insurance claims experience by giving policyholders faster, more flexible payment options, harnessing One Inc’s ClaimsPay platform to bring digital-first convenience to one of the industry’s most critical touchpoints.
Coinbase new hybrid operations model in the UK could pressure other exchanges and crypto wallet providers to offer similar regulated savings capabilities, while the collapse of the BVNK deal could raise questions about valuation, timing, and regulatory risk for stablecoin infrastructure acquisitions.
Vice‑President Ambroise Fayolle emphasised that by broadening geographic access of the institution’s Digital Green Finance tool, the EIB is “accelerating climate investments globally.”
For the first time, millions of Block merchants worldwide can turn Bitcoin from a niche digital asset for chosen traders into a mainstream payment option, signaling a potential shift in how consumers and businesses transact.
As the holiday shopping season looms, Ravelin is warning retailers they could lose millions in sales this Black Friday as frictionless payment approvals tumble worldwide.
Institutional investors and wealth managers are becoming increasingly concerned about the cyber and smart contract risks linked to blockchain-based lending, with the majority now considering insurance protection a key requirement, new research from Brava Finance shows.
The new Franklin Onchain U.S. Dollar Short‑Term Money Market Fund allows investors in Singapore to participate with a minimum investment of just $20, enabled by fractional ownership on a blockchain-based platform.
A new study reveals that while a majority of Americans are open to dating a crypto investor, only about one in five view it as a boost to potential partner attractiveness, and the downsides include significant romance-scam risks, faced by 1 in 5 respondents.
A potential settlement that can reshape merchant costs after decades of disputes is expected from Visa and Mastercard in the nearest future.
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