Human risk management platform KnowBe4 has selected Flywire as its preferred partner for global accounts receivable (AR) and international payments. KnowBe4, which provides a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, serves more than 70,000 organizations around the world and continues its global expansion, the companies said in a Wednesday (April 22) press...
Block and Uber Technologies have expanded their global partnership to launch new capabilities in different markets, they said in a Wednesday (April 22) press release emailed to PYMNTS. In the United States, the collaboration will make Block’s Cash App Pay available as a payment option...
Issuer-processor Paymentology has launched a partnership with financial services company Change Financial. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (April 21), is designed to accelerate payment method adoption and FinTech growth across Australia. “Australia is one of the most sophisticated payments ecosystems globally, with strong consumer adoption of...
Visa has expanded its partnership with MoneyHash, a payment orchestration/infrastructure platform for emerging markets. The expanded collaboration, the companies announced Friday (April 17), is designed to enable Visa’s Cybersource across the MoneyHash platform. Dubai-based MoneyHash first teamed with Visa in 2004 in a partnership designed...
The Home Depot aims to strengthen its same-day and next-day fulfillment strategy with its acquisition of SIMPL Automation. The home improvement retailer announced the acquisition in a Wednesday (April 15) press release, saying SIMPL uses advanced engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help distribution...
Lobster.cash, a payments solution for artificial intelligence (AI) agents, has joined forces with Mastercard. The partnership, announced Thursday (April 16), will see Lobster.cash integrate Mastercard Agent Pay and Verifiable Intent to enable secure card transactions for AI agents. This integration lets Mastercard cardholders authorize autonomous agents to make...
American Express is set to acquire Hyper, an agentic expense management company. The deal, announced Thursday (April 16), is designed to add to American Express’ artificial intelligence expertise across its commercial services business, with Hyper’s team helping Amex build agentic and AI-powered automation tools for...
Trading and investing platform eToro is set to acquire cryptocurrency wallet provider Zengo. The deal, announced Wednesday (April 15), is designed to expand eToro’s digital asset capabilities and support Zengo’s growth by combining eToro’s multi-asset platform and distribution with Zengo’s non-custodial wallet technology. The company did not reveal the price...
Embedded finance firm Synctera has acquired compliance startup Cable. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 14), is designed to complement Synctera’s offerings in compliance areas such as know your customer (KYC). “What Cable offers sits on the other side of the equation: instead of executing compliance controls, it independently verifies that...