Ripple, with a fresh valuation of $40B, says the secured funds will support its expanding enterprise-focused product suite, including cross-border payments, stablecoins, custody services, prime brokerage, and corporate treasury solutions.
By joining the Circle Payments Network (CPN), ClearBank will offer institutional and fintech clients access to Circle Mint for issuing and redeeming USDC and EURC stablecoin in Europe, enabling near-instant, transparent cross-border settlements.
Deal would combine Animoca’s $1 trillion altcoin ecosystem with Currenc’s AI-driven fintech platform in a potential major Nasdaq listing, underscoring the growing convergence of crypto and artificial intelligence sectors.
Cross-border test connects Brazil’s Drex and Hong Kong’s Ensemble CBDC blockchain networks, showcasing the future of automated, programmable trade finance.
GDF sandbox becomes a turning point for the integration of digital assets into mainstream finance, as it proves the real-life utility of tokenized money market funds (TMMFs).
As the technology develops in giant strides and new iPhone models are delivered each year, it sounds extremely strange that the backbone of omnipresent card payment systems is still the protocol that’s almost forty years old. Even with its last major revision in 2003, the upgraded version of ISO 8583 is a couple decades too […]
HSBC launches its 24/7 Tokenised Deposit Service in Singapore, extending its blockchain-based banking platform beyond Hong Kong to enable instant cross-border settlements and modernise treasury management at scale.
Bitget Wallet Alpha empowers users to monitor capital flows across major blockchains and execute well-informed trades directly through the wallet’s integrated decentralized exchange.
Thunes Direct Global Network will leverage Ripple’s blockchain-powered payments solutions to make cross-border payments more accessible and efficient.
Munify, a Y Combinator Summer 2025 startup founded by ex-Microsoft and Uber engineer Khalid Ashmawy, has raised $3 million in seed funding to make remittances faster and cheaper while giving residents in Egypt access to U.S. banking services.
The collaboration between Levl and XBD Group is designed to improve global cross-border payments, making them faster, more affordable, and easily scalable.
Kira secured solid funding to build the underlying technology, helping businesses launch and scale financial products in emerging markets.
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group and blockchain oracle provider Chainlink joined forces to facilitate key crypto and digital asset infrastructure use cases for financial institutions in Japan and the wider APAC region.
While global financial regulators are torn between which form of digital money – CBDCs or private stablecoins – fits better into their monetary systems, payment gateways and digital wallet platforms may decide which digital currencies will stick.
In a move that underscores its commitment to modernizing financial infrastructure, Payoneer partnered with Citi to implement real-time, blockchain-powered treasury transfers using Citi Token Services.
Whether you’re looking for emerging payment technologies to integrate, struggling to understand shifts in consumer payment preferences, aiming to identify prospective regions or customer segments for paytech business expansion, or just want to evaluate market potential for your nearest digital payments strategy, payment industry analysis 2025 from PaySpace Magazine Global is just the right fit.
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