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Thunes Survey Highlights Cross-Border Payments as Top Area Needing Greater Interoperability

More than four in ten respondents believe that better payment interoperability would most benefit instant cross-border payments, highlighting both the need for improvements and vast opportunities in this segment.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Scales Click to Pay in Asia Pacific with Major Payment Partners

Visa is accelerating seamless digital checkout in the Asia Pacific region through new Click to Pay partnerships, including 2C2P, Adyen, AsiaPay, and Worldpay.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Payit by NatWest Teams Up with Prommt to Simplify Payments for Businesses

This integration delivers a faster, more secure, and cost-effective way for businesses to collect payments, combining Payit instant, card-free bank transfers with Prommt smart payment orchestration.

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Stripe Customers to Accept Pix Payments Via EBANX Partnership

Stripe merchants just gained a competitive edge in Brazil’s booming digital economy, empowered with Pix payments, used by 93% of Brazilian adults, through EBANX.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna E-Commerce Integration Becomes Even More Seamless With Stripe for WooCommerce Integration

Klarna just turned ‘add payment option’ into a one-click decision for thousands of merchants with Stripe for WooCommerce integration.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna Secures EMI License in UK Opening Cashback and Wallet Opportunities

UK subsidiary of the innovative BNPL and fintech service provider, Klarna, has achieved a regulatory milestone, which paves the way for the introduction of cashbank and balance features later this year.

Blockchain & Crypto

PayPal Signals Next Chapter for Crypto in Global Commerce

PayPal rolls out Pay with Crypto solution offering near-instant settlement for cross-border commerce.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna & Poshmark Facilitate Seamless Resale With Data-Driven Integration That Simplifies the Secondhand Marketplace

Klarna partners with the leading fashion resale marketplace, Poshmark, to link purchase data directly into resale listings and create a smoother payment flow for the secondhand marketplace.

Fintech & Ecommerce

SEPA Instant, Open Banking & the Future of European E-Commerce: A Conversation with Yowpay’s Christian Caumont

While some businesses see payment landscape fragmentation in the EU as a challenge, Yowpay treats it as an opportunity to deliver real value. In this interview, Christian Caumont, CEO of Yowpay, shares his opinion on the present and future of real-time SEPA payments, the role of open banking in European e-commerce, and much more.

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Oro Boosts Its Commerce Platform With B2B Payment Solution OroPay

The new OroPay platform is fully integrated directly within Oro’s B2B eCommerce platform, OroCommerce, used by over 100 enterprise customers worldwide.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Orchestr Debuts With One API Platform to Rule Global Payments

The new payment orchestration platform, founded by industry veterans Angel Gechev and Boris Kostov, offers broad international coverage, modular design, simplified implementation, affordability, and improved approval rates.

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Saudi’s Ninja Becomes Quick Commerce Unicorn in Record Time

In just three years, Ninja has grown from a small startup to a regional quick commerce market leader worth over $1,5 billion.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Unlocking Growth: The Role of Payment Gateway APIs for Small Businesses

Small businesses are the backbone of modern economies, and they require efficient payment technologies to function, scale, and enhance their services. Payment gateway APIs help small businesses take their payment processing capabilities to the next level, comply with industry standards, leverage analytics and insights, optimize cash flow management, and more.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Shopping Without Stopping: The Age of Invisible Checkout

Payments at online checkouts gradually move from one-click to zero-click, while offline stores increasingly try to reduce the number of steps one should take between taking a product off the shelf and going out through the exit door with bags full of consumer items. The tendency we see today is not just a quick but […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

How Social Commerce is Turning Digital Wallets into Must-Haves

Digital wallets are omnipresent today. You’re probably wondering what drives their annual double-digit growth. Well, they’re convenient, secure, and simple to use. Yet, that’s not all the reasons. Social commerce stands out among numerous other factors, catalysing digital wallet adoption in a discrete yet powerful way. 

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Perplexity Selects PayPal for AI-Powered Payments Within Its Agentic Commerce System

Perplexity and PayPal will allow AI agents on the Perplexity Pro platform to pay for products, travel bookings, or tickets requested by users.

E-commerce, short for electronic commerce, refers to the trading of goods and services through digital platforms. It enables businesses and consumers to conduct transactions online, offering convenience, speed, and global accessibility across a wide range of industries, from retail and travel to financial services. Online and mobile commerce rely on digital payment systems to complete purchases. When a customer shops online, a payment gateway or processor securely handles the transaction, authorizing the transfer of funds between accounts. A seamless, secure, and fast payment experience is essential to building trust and reducing cart abandonment in e-commerce, making payment technology a key driver of online commerce growth.