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India Launches AI-Powered UPI Commerce Payments on ChatGPT, Expanding Agentic Payments to Leading AI Platforms
Fintech & Ecommerce

India Launches AI-Powered UPI Commerce Payments on ChatGPT, Expanding Agentic Payments to Leading AI Platforms

With a new multilateral pilot AI payment project, ChatGPT users in India are now able to discover products and complete purchases using India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) directly within the ChatGPT experience. Gemini and Claude are next in line for agentic payment testing.

Klarna Partners With Google Cloud for AI-Driven Shopping Experiences
Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna Partners With Google Cloud for AI-Driven Shopping Experiences

Pilot AI use testing has illustrated a positive impact of dynamic lookbooks and personalized product campaigns, driving 50% order growth and 15% increase in time spent on the shopping app, and prompting Klarna and Google Cloud to form a long-term strategic collaboration.

New One-Click Payment Feature, Flow Remember Me, Is Rolled Out by Checkout.com
Fintech & Ecommerce

New One-Click Payment Feature, Flow Remember Me, Is Rolled Out by Checkout.com

Flow Remember Me by Checkout.com leverages the benefits of one-click payments to increase transaction acceptance rates.

G+D Wins Three Honors at the Juniper Research Future Digital Awards
Fintech & Ecommerce

G+D Wins Three Honors at the Juniper Research Future Digital Awards

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), a global SecurityTech company headquartered in Munich, has been recognized for its fraud prevention and AI-powered banking tools at Juniper Research Future Digital Awards.

Forum Invest in Senegal 2025 (Fii Senegal 2025): President Bassirou Diomaye Faye calls for investment in a transforming Senegal
Fintech & Ecommerce

Forum Invest in Senegal 2025 (Fii Senegal 2025): President Bassirou Diomaye Faye calls for investment in a transforming Senegal

Over the course of two days, the forum — centered around the theme “Connecting Opportunities, Building the Future”— welcomed policymakers, investors, and global leaders in Dakar for high-level dialogue.

Alipay Reveals New Trends in Cross-Border Tourism During China’s 2025 Golden Week 
Fintech & Ecommerce

Alipay Reveals New Trends in Cross-Border Tourism During China’s 2025 Golden Week 

China’s eight-day “Golden Week” holiday – running from October 1 to 8 and coinciding with both the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day – has sparked a surge in cross-border travel among Chinese tourists as well as their spending via Alipay. 

Morgan Stanley Advises 4% Crypto Allocation in Successful Investing Portfolios
Blockchain & Crypto

Morgan Stanley Advises 4% Crypto Allocation in Successful Investing Portfolios

Morgan Stanley’s latest report brings crypto assets closer to the mainstream, as it advises diversifying investment portfolios with up to 4% share of reputable cryptocurrencies.

Anthropic and Deloitte Expand Claude Availability, Strive to Develop Industry-Specific AI Solutions
Science & Technology

Anthropic and Deloitte Expand Claude Availability, Strive to Develop Industry-Specific AI Solutions

Not only will staff across Deloitte international offices gain access to Claude’s generative AI capabilities, but also, as part of its expanded partnership with Anthropic, Deloitte will develop new, industry-specific solutions powered by this AI assistant.

Walmart-Backed OnePay Prepares for Crypto Support
Blockchain & Crypto

Walmart-Backed OnePay Prepares for Crypto Support

OnePay users will soon be able to hold Bitcoin and Ethereum in their mobile app wallet to potentially make Walmart and other retail store purchases or pay off card balances.

ID Finance & myTU Partner to Leverage Programmable Banking Infrastructure for Instant Loan Payouts
Fintech & Ecommerce

ID Finance & myTU Partner to Leverage Programmable Banking Infrastructure for Instant Loan Payouts

ID Finance and myTU joined efforts to increase the speed and reliability of disbursing instant loan funds without any disruptions to customer service flow.

OpenAI Empowers Developers With New Tools and Scaling Infrastructure
Science & Technology

OpenAI Empowers Developers With New Tools and Scaling Infrastructure

A new AgentKit, open access to an AI coding assistant, ChatGPT Apps SDK, and a multibillion-dollar agreement with AMD – all these updates are illustrating OpenAI ongoing strategy to accelerate the adoption and impact of AI technologies and infrastructure across industries.

Albania Officially Launches Euro Payments in SEPA
Finance & Economics

Albania Officially Launches Euro Payments in SEPA

In its final stage of integration into the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment scheme, Albania will officially launch SEPA euro payments on Oct. 7, 2025.

dLocal and XanderPay Join Efforts to Streamline Cross-Border Payments for Hospitality Sectors Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Fintech & Ecommerce

dLocal and XanderPay Join Efforts to Streamline Cross-Border Payments for Hospitality Sectors Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America

As partners, dLocal and XanderPay aim to facilitate cross-border payments for hotels and online travel agencies (OTAs) in various markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Ukrainian Fintech-IT Group Secures Investment From UMAEF at $1B Valuation
Fintech & Ecommerce

Ukrainian Fintech-IT Group Secures Investment From UMAEF at $1B Valuation

The fintech holding behind Ukraine’s second-largest bank (Monobank), Fintech-IT Group becomes the country’s first fintech unicorn after an investment from Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF).

Remitee Raises $20M for Embedded Remittance Growth
Fintech & Ecommerce

Remitee Raises $20M for Embedded Remittance Growth

Remitee, a cross-border payment platform services provider, has just raised $20 million for developing its embedded transfers technology.

MoneyGram and Plaid Extend Open Banking Partnership to Europe After U.S. Success
Fintech & Ecommerce

MoneyGram and Plaid Extend Open Banking Partnership to Europe After U.S. Success

As their strategic partnership has brought successful results in the U.S. market, MoneyGram and Plaid now move on to European countries with their joint open banking offering.