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Fintech & Ecommerce

Pleo Taps Prospective Market With New Multicurrency Account: Why It Matters in 2025

With the new multicurrency account service, Pleo automatically detects the transaction currency and deducts funds from the matching account balance, eliminating conversion costs and simplifying cross-border operations.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Lloyds App Feature Proves a Hit, Highlighting Resilient Cash Use in the UK

Lloyds Bank’s introduction of its barcode cash paying-in feature has proven to be a significant success, with over £3 million deposited at PayPoint locations since its launch in August 2025

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PayPal CashBack on BNPL: A Smart Move in Anticipation of Holiday Season

While not entirely unique, PayPal introduction of a 5% cashback offer on Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) purchases for the 2025 holiday season is a notable development in the fintech industry.

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Biometric Payments Guide: How Fingerprints and Face Recognition Are Changing How We Transact

It is predicted that, as soon as 2030, every one in four people globally will be using biometric tech to secure payments, while digital identity verification will pass traditional identity verification in volume. Why are biometric payments so popular, and why has their adoption accelerated in recent years? This article sheds light on everything you […]

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Revolut Targets 20M Users by 2030 as It Enters Indian Market With Payment and Forex Products

Revolut expands into India with ambitious growth plans, ready to invest over $670 million in this prospective market over five years.

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LemFi Launches AI-Powered “Send Now, Pay Later” Service, Combining Credit and Remittances for UK Immigrants

A new “Send Now, Pay Later” service introduced by LemFi combines the flexibility of installment payments with the remittance infrastructure.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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.

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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.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Qué Es el Open Finance y Cómo Se Implementa En Colombia

La implementación de Open Finance en Colombia representa un cambio profundo en la forma en que se manejan y comparten los datos financieros. Open Finance es importante para el ecosistema financiero colombiano, haciéndolo más abierto y centrado en el usuario. 

Fintech & Ecommerce

Breaking Down Embedded Payments: What They Are and Why They’re Changing Finance Forever

In a fintech industry ripe with innovation, embedded payments technology holds a special place. Customers love it, merchants benefit from the added value and convenience they bring, and the whole payment journey is redefined end-to-end.

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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.

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.

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.