SoFi Acquires Peach Finance To Expand Loan Servicing Technology
SoFi, a digital financial services provider, has acquired Peach Finance, a lending infrastructure startup. No financial details have been disclosed for this transaction.
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Peach Payments and PayJustNow Roll Out BNPL Integration Across Digit Pro POS Devices
PayJustNow, a South African payment solution for merchants that offers a “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service, is now fully integrated with Peach Payments’ Digit Pro point-of-sale (POS) terminal solutions.
Paystack Launches Rebuilt Dashboard With AI-Native Command Center After 10 Years
Africa-focused fintech firm Paystack has introduced a redesigned version of its merchant Dashboard, driven by AI tech, which the company describes as its first full rebuild in approximately 10 years.
5 BNPL Myths the South African Market Has Proven Wrong
Skeptics often view Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) as a debt risk, but South African consumers use it as a sophisticated budgeting strategy. In the below article, Payflex CMO Tracey-Lee Zürcher-Campbell debunks 5 myths about how local consumers and merchants use BNPL.
Agentic Payments 2026: How AI Agents Are Reshaping Commerce and Payment Infrastructure
Just as people, AI agents have much more possibilities to fulfil their potential if they have money to back their actions. Without the ability to transact, all the search and analysis agentic systems perform remain on theoretical level. To empower AI agents with more practical tasks, they need agentic payment mechanisms that are already emerging […]
Vinted Extends Decade-Long Cooperation With Mangopay as 43% of Consumers Choose In-App Wallets for Payments
Though Vinted is gradually turning from marketplace relying on external infrastructure to a fintech-driven e-commerce hub, it continues its long-standing collaboration with Mangopay that “understands both Vinted history and future”.
Chargebacks911, Acceptcards Announce Partnership as Friendly Fraud Reaches 45% of UK Chargebacks
Chargebacks911 and acceptcards have announced a strategic partnership to provide chargeback prevention and dispute management services to acceptcards’ merchant clients in the United Kingdom.
Cloud-Native Infrastructure Reshapes the Future of Payment Processing
For decades, much of the card payments ecosystem has relied on technology originally designed long before the emergence of real-time commerce, embedded finance and global digital marketplaces. Many core processing environments still depend on fragmented integrations, batch-based settlement processes and legacy programming languages that can slow product development and limit operational flexibility.
Peach Payments Brings Apple Pay Convenience to Mauritius Merchants
Mauritius becomes the second African country where local merchants can accept iPhone contactless transactions with the help of Apple Pay functionality in Peach Payments ecosystem.
Xago and NGPES Integrate Cross-Border Payment Systems Across 20+ African Currencies
Xago, a South Africa-based digital payments company, and NGPES, a France-based fintech firm, have announced an integration aimed at supporting instant cross-border payments.
Crypto Security Faces Rising AI Pressure: Why Agentic Commerce Risks Hit DeFi Harder Than TradFi
Where rapidly developing artificial intelligence ambushes crypto security, one of the most pressing risks in digital finance arises. Experts warn that AI-driven transactions and other automated financial activities are emerging in such volumes that they’re beginning to overwhelm existing compliance frameworks. What happens next if AI commerce is just starting to bud?
Bizum Reaches 30 Million Users as It Expands Into In-Store Payments
Bizum is preparing to introduce in-store payments in Spain using a new NFC-based feature called Bizum Pay. The launch is scheduled for 18 May.
BLIK Explores Joining European Payments Interoperability Coalition
Poland’s instant payment system BLIK is in discussions to join a European payments interoperability initiative that connects local payment solutions across multiple countries.
G+D Expands Convego Card Issuance Platform With AI Validation, NFC Mailers, And Kiosk Pickup
Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has announced three additions to its Convego product range, targeting the delivery and activation stage of payment card issuance: an AI-based address validation tool, NFC-enabled packaging, and a kiosk-based card pickup option.
Coinbase X402 Agentic Protocol Adds Batch Settlement Feature for Micro AI Transactions
The x402 protocol supported by Coinbase’s Base blockchain mechanics has introduced batch settlement, a new payment scheme designed for high-frequency, low-value transactions performed by AI agents within predefined rules.
Google Integrates Klarna & Affirm BNPL Options Into Its AI Pay Mode
Google Pay is boosting the AI Mode by embedding two popular BNPL methods from Affirm and Klarna providers into its Gemini app and Google search functionality. The update combines agentic commerce mechanisms with flexible checkout options.
Payments are the transfer of money between two parties in exchange for goods, services, or to settle obligations. They can be made through various online and offline methods like cash, cards, bank transfers, mobile wallets, or digital currencies.
Payments are foundational to the fintech industry. They represent the most frequent and essential financial interaction between individuals, businesses, and institutions. In fintech, innovations in payments focus on making transactions faster, affordable, more secure, and inclusive.
These money transfers are often the entry point for broader digital financial services, such as lending, insurance, or investment, and play a key role in driving financial inclusion and global commerce.
