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Global Travel Boom in 2025 Signals Major Opportunity and Challenge for Payment Professionals
Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Travel Boom in 2025 Signals Major Opportunity and Challenge for Payment Professionals

Global tourism is surging with over 1.1 billion international trips in the first nine months of 2025 as the industry charts new post-pandemic records. This trend brings important implications for payment systems and professionals worldwide.

Beyond Transactions: The Strategic Role of Payment Gateways in Indonesia Fintech Growth
Fintech & Ecommerce

Beyond Transactions: The Strategic Role of Payment Gateways in Indonesia Fintech Growth

Payment gateways streamline e-commerce expansion in Indonesia, enhancing transparency, boosting merchants’ revenues, and promoting financial inclusion. As a result, the local fintech sector is flourishing, with some of the payment gateway providers turning unicorns and attracting major VC funding. 

Orange Money & Visa Expand Digital Payments for Financial Inclusion in Africa
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Orange Money & Visa Expand Digital Payments for Financial Inclusion in Africa

Orange Money and Visa launch a virtual Visa card that expands secure online payments for millions of mobile users across Africa and the Middle East.

From UPI to BNPL: Behind the Curtains of India Payment Gateway Revolution
Fintech & Ecommerce

From UPI to BNPL: Behind the Curtains of India Payment Gateway Revolution

India payment gateway transformation is one of the most significant success stories in global fintech. Boasting an inclusive, fast and efficient digital finance sector, India is a vivid illustration of payment technology development contributing to the economic growth and society’s well-being. 

LuLu Exchange and ABHI Unite to Boost Financial Access for UAE Expat Workers
Fintech & Ecommerce

LuLu Exchange and ABHI Unite to Boost Financial Access for UAE Expat Workers

A new partnership between LuLu Exchange and ABHI is set to transform how expatriate workers in the UAE access, manage, and send their earnings across borders.

UAE Unveils Blueprint to Counter Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime Surge
Finance & Economics

UAE Unveils Blueprint to Counter Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime Surge

Cyber-enabled financial crime is accelerating worldwide, and the UAE is taking decisive action to strengthen its national defences, thoroughly researching the scope of a problem and potential solutions in a landmark analytical paper released in cooperation with Themis.

Swiipr and Google Launch Instantly Provisioned Digital Compensation Card for Airline Passengers
Fintech & Ecommerce

Swiipr and Google Launch Instantly Provisioned Digital Compensation Card for Airline Passengers

Swiipr has partnered with Google to launch the world’s first instantly provisioned digital compensation card, enabling disrupted airline passengers to access mobile payouts within seconds without downloading an app.

Mondu Secures €100M Boost from J.P. Morgan Payments to Accelerate Europe-Wide B2B Payments Expansion
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mondu Secures €100M Boost from J.P. Morgan Payments to Accelerate Europe-Wide B2B Payments Expansion

Mondu has secured a €100 million debt facility and a strategic collaboration with J.P. Morgan Payments, marking a major step in advancing flexible B2B payment solutions across Europe.

UK SMEs Face Rising Costs as Consumers Fear Messing Up Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

UK SMEs Face Rising Costs as Consumers Fear Messing Up Payments

Many UK shoppers are abandoning payments due to anxiety over making mistakes, which brings financial losses to local SMEs, new research from Tink, a Visa Solution, reveals.

Airwallex Raises $330 Million Series G at $8 Billion Valuation, Eyes U.S. Expansion
Fintech & Ecommerce

Airwallex Raises $330 Million Series G at $8 Billion Valuation, Eyes U.S. Expansion

Airwallex secures $330 million in Series G funding, reinforcing its position as a global fintech leader and establishing San Francisco as a second headquarters.

Worldline Exits Swedish Platform CoreOrchestration in Strategic Portfolio Shift
Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldline Exits Swedish Platform CoreOrchestration in Strategic Portfolio Shift

Worldline’s sale of its Swedish payments platform CoreOrchestration marks a significant strategic move as the company sharpens its focus on core businesses and operational resilience.

Fraud Prevention in Focus: Fintech Experts Review 2025 Successes & Gaps and Predict AI Trends for 2026
Articles

Fraud Prevention in Focus: Fintech Experts Review 2025 Successes & Gaps and Predict AI Trends for 2026

Whatever smart payment solution one creates, without the proper fraud prevention tools, it might become yet another sophisticated manipulation vehicle in the hands of hackers and criminals. Today, the fintech industry spotlight is on fraud prevention: where we stand, what are the biggest achievements and challenges of the segment, and what should we expect next […]

One Inc and Benekiva Unveil Fully Digital Claims-to-Payment Experience for Insurers
News

One Inc and Benekiva Unveil Fully Digital Claims-to-Payment Experience for Insurers

One Inc and Benekiva have introduced a new fully digital claims-to-payment experience that marks a significant leap forward in insurance payments modernization.

ClearBank and Plaid Partner to Unlock Real-Time Open Banking Payments in the UK
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ClearBank and Plaid Partner to Unlock Real-Time Open Banking Payments in the UK

ClearBank and Plaid have joined forces to bring faster, seamless, and secure real-time open banking payments to UK businesses and consumers.

Stripe to Acquire Metronome in $1B Bet on Usage-Based Billing
News

Stripe to Acquire Metronome in $1B Bet on Usage-Based Billing

Stripe’s acquisition of Metronome signals a major shift toward usage-based billing as the norm for AI and cloud-era businesses.

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.