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SBС Malta: Post-Event Insights on Payments & Risk Management in Regulated Gambling Markets
Fintech & Ecommerce

SBС Malta: Post-Event Insights on Payments & Risk Management in Regulated Gambling Markets

This April, our team visited SBC Summit Malta, a premier event that gathered 6,000 betting and iGaming professionals at the InterContinental Hotel for strategic discussions, networking, and hands-on learning in multiple workshop experiences.

Cashfree Payments Reports ₹1,000 Crore FY26 Revenue, Targets Full-Year EBITDA Profitability In FY27
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Cashfree Payments Reports ₹1,000 Crore FY26 Revenue, Targets Full-Year EBITDA Profitability In FY27

Indian fintech company Cashfree Payments said it recorded revenue of around ₹1,000 crore in FY26 and achieved EBITDA profitability in March 2026. The company is now targeting full-year EBITDA profitability in FY27.

DECTA Study: 77% Of Digital Banking App Users Have Had a Payment Blocked, Chatbots Resolved Issues Just 11% Of The Time
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DECTA Study: 77% Of Digital Banking App Users Have Had a Payment Blocked, Chatbots Resolved Issues Just 11% Of The Time

Payment infrastructure company DECTA has published findings from a study examining two specific failure points in digital banking and payment apps: the frequency with which automated systems block or decline user transactions, and the rate at which AI chatbots subsequently fail to resolve the resulting issues.

Alipay Launches AI Wallet and Token Pay Services With 300 Million Transactions Recorded to Date
Fintech & Ecommerce

Alipay Launches AI Wallet and Token Pay Services With 300 Million Transactions Recorded to Date

On May 26, Alipay, which is an Ant Group digital payments company, introduced two solutions at its AI Payment Ecosystem Conference in Hangzhou: AI Wallet and Token Pay.

TransFi Names Victor Lucena As LATAM CEO Amid $19.2M Funding Expansion
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TransFi Names Victor Lucena As LATAM CEO Amid $19.2M Funding Expansion

Global payments infrastructure provider TransFi has announced that Victor Lucena has been appointed as the company’s new chief executive officer for Latin America, as the company expands its cross-border payments and stablecoin capabilities in the region.

SoFi Acquires Peach Finance To Expand Loan Servicing Technology
Fintech & Ecommerce

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.

Peach Payments and PayJustNow Roll Out BNPL Integration Across Digit Pro POS Devices
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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
Fintech & Ecommerce

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
Fintech & Ecommerce

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
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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
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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
Fintech & Ecommerce

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
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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
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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
Fintech & Ecommerce

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
Blockchain & Crypto

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?

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.