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Brazil’s Pix Expands to Argentina and Reshapes Crypto in Latin America
Fintech & Ecommerce

Brazil’s Pix Expands to Argentina and Reshapes Crypto in Latin America

Brazil’s central bank has officially extended its Pix instant payments system to Brazilians living in Argentina, in a move that could accelerate an already dramatic crypto adoption surge across the region.

Cashless Retail on the Rise: UK Shops Join Global Shift Away From Cash
Fintech & Ecommerce

Cashless Retail on the Rise: UK Shops Join Global Shift Away From Cash

A growing number of retailers are abandoning cash payments as digital transactions continue to dominate consumer spending habits worldwide.

Mastercard Doubles Down on Agentic AI With New Trust Layer and Virtual C-Suite for Small Businesses
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard Doubles Down on Agentic AI With New Trust Layer and Virtual C-Suite for Small Businesses

Mastercard has unveiled two significant agentic AI moves in quick succession: first, a trust infrastructure for autonomous commerce and soon after an AI-powered executive suite for small businesses, as the race to define how AI agents pay, decide, and operate accelerates.

Nexi’s Zippay Launches in Ireland: New Mobile Payment Service Arrives as Mobile Banking Adoption Surges
Fintech & Ecommerce

Nexi’s Zippay Launches in Ireland: New Mobile Payment Service Arrives as Mobile Banking Adoption Surges

Ireland’s digital payments landscape takes a significant step forward on Tuesday 10 March 2026 with the launch of Zippay, a new in‑app mobile payment service developed by European paytech leader Nexi. The service will be introduced by AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB, bringing streamlined peer‑to‑peer payments to an estimated 5 million Irish banking customers […]

SUNRATE Renames China Unit to SUNRATE Pay to Strengthen Cross-Border Payments Expansion
Fintech & Ecommerce

SUNRATE Renames China Unit to SUNRATE Pay to Strengthen Cross-Border Payments Expansion

Global fintech platform SUNRATE has officially renamed its China-licensed entity to SUNRATE Pay Co., Ltd., marking a new stage in the company’s strategic expansion into the Chinese payments market and reinforcing its focus on compliant cross-border financial services.

Is ClearPath Payments First Horizon Legit? What You Need to Know About the Lopez v. Apple Settlement Email
Society & Lifestyle

Is ClearPath Payments First Horizon Legit? What You Need to Know About the Lopez v. Apple Settlement Email

If you recently received a mysterious email featuring something that looks like a check sent from a company called “ClearPath Payments” on a First Horizon domain, you are not alone. Millions of Apple users are asking the same question: is this real, or is it a scam? The short answer is: for people who filed […]

Brex Is Now in the ChatGPT App Marketplace So You Can Ask Anything About Your Expense Data
Fintech & Ecommerce

Brex Is Now in the ChatGPT App Marketplace So You Can Ask Anything About Your Expense Data

Corporate fintech platform Brex has launched in the ChatGPT app marketplace, making it one of the first financial apps available in OpenAI’s ecosystem. ChatGPT Enterprise users can now ask natural language questions about their spending, balances, and expense policies directly inside ChatGPT.

Utexo Raises $7.5M to Bring USDT Settlement Natively to Bitcoin
Blockchain & Crypto

Utexo Raises $7.5M to Bring USDT Settlement Natively to Bitcoin

Bitcoin payments startup Utexo has closed a $7.5 million seed round to build production-ready infrastructure for settling USDT directly on the Bitcoin network, marking a significant push to reunite the world’s largest stablecoin with the world’s largest blockchain.

Splitit Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, Opening Door to AI‑Driven Installment Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Splitit Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, Opening Door to AI‑Driven Installment Payments

Payments and fintech company Splitit, focused on BNPL and flexible payments, recently announced that it is supporting the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI commerce championed by Google and a group of major retailers and technology partners.

Airwallex Launches Yield Accounts in the U.S., Supercharging Business Payments With Interest-Earning Balances
Fintech & Ecommerce

Airwallex Launches Yield Accounts in the U.S., Supercharging Business Payments With Interest-Earning Balances

Global payments and financial platform Airwallex has expanded its treasury management capabilities with a new feature for U.S. customers that allows businesses to earn yield on idle balances held within its payments infrastructure.

Robinhood Unveils $695 Platinum Credit Card Made With Real Platinum to Target Affluent Users
Fintech & Ecommerce

Robinhood Unveils $695 Platinum Credit Card Made With Real Platinum to Target Affluent Users

The trading and financial services platform Robinhood has introduced a new premium credit card plated with real platinum, marking its latest effort to expand beyond retail trading and compete in the high-end credit card market.

BitGo to Power Infrastructure for SoFi’s New Dollar Stablecoin SoFiUSD
Blockchain & Crypto

BitGo to Power Infrastructure for SoFi’s New Dollar Stablecoin SoFiUSD

BitGo has been selected to provide stablecoin infrastructure and distribution support for SoFiUSD, a new U.S. dollar-pegged digital currency issued by SoFi Bank.

OpenAI Quietly Scales Back Direct Checkout Plans for ChatGPT
Fintech & Ecommerce

OpenAI Quietly Scales Back Direct Checkout Plans for ChatGPT

AI shopping vision where ChatGPT gets a direct checkout button, performing the role of an agentic gateway, faces merchant, consumer, and technical headwinds

How RBI’s New Biometric Verification Rules Will Change Online Shopping: Guide for Fintech Developers
Fintech & Ecommerce

How RBI’s New Biometric Verification Rules Will Change Online Shopping: Guide for Fintech Developers

India’s digital payments landscape is about to undergo its most significant security overhaul in years. The Reserve Bank of India’s “Authentication Mechanisms for Digital Payment Transactions Directions, 2025,” effective April 1, 2026, replaces a decade of SMS OTP dependency with a flexible, biometric-ready framework that will reshape how every online checkout works. For fintech developers, […]

Digital Rupee vs Digital Euro: Which CBDC Is More Business-Friendly?
Blockchain & Crypto

Digital Rupee vs Digital Euro: Which CBDC Is More Business-Friendly?

As central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) move from theory to real-world testing, governments and financial institutions are increasingly evaluating how these digital sovereign currencies will reshape payments, commerce, and financial infrastructure. Two of the most closely watched initiatives today are India’s Digital Rupee (e₹) and the Digital Euro, projects led by the Reserve Bank of […]

India’s Digital Rupee (E₹) and E-Commerce Giants: Facts and Myths Around Retail CBDC Launch
Blockchain & Crypto

India’s Digital Rupee (E₹) and E-Commerce Giants: Facts and Myths Around Retail CBDC Launch

Many industry analysts expected that India’s digital rupee would launch on Amazon and Flipkart by now. However, the central bank’s blockchain currency project is still far from that. Here is the factual record of what the RBI’s CBDC pilot has achieved, who has joined it, and why no full retail launch has happened yet.

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.