January 30, 2024
Transak Joins Visa Direct for Simpler Crypto-to-Fiat Payments

Transak, a Web3 payments infrastructure provider, is now a part of Visa Direct. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Jan. 30), marks “a significant milestone by enabling users in over 145 countries to seamlessly convert...

January 29, 2024
Moving GenAI in Payments From Talking Point to Embedded Feature

From education to business to healthcare, the opportunities that artificial intelligence presents are limitless — at least according to proponents of the technology. But what about the specifics of AI’s...

January 25, 2024
Rapid Enterprise and LoanPro Partner on Lending-as-a-Service for Small Businesses

Rapid Enterprise, a division of Rapid Finance, has partnered with LoanPro to provide Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solutions to small businesses across the United States. This collaboration brings together Rapid Enterprise’s cloud-native digital end-to-end loan...

January 18, 2024
Cybrid Adds B2B Payment Capabilities to Embedded Finance API Solutions

Cybrid, a provider of embedded finance application programming interface (API) solutions, has expanded its Fintech API platform to include business-to-business (B2B) payments. This move is aimed at catering to the...

January 14, 2024
Google Follows Apple in Yanking Crypto Apps in India

Google has removed several cryptocurrency platforms from its Indian Play store. The removal, as reported Saturday (Jan. 13) by TechCrunch, involves crypto giants including Binance and Kraken, and follows a similar move last week by Apple.  The...

January 10, 2024
Thunes Picks Former Worldpay Exec Floris de Kort as CEO

Cross-border B2B payments firm Thunes has named a new chief executive. Floris de Kort, a veteran of companies such as Worldpay, has been chosen as the Singapore-based company’s CEO. He replaces Peter De...

January 05, 2024
Network Tokenization and Digital Identities Are Quietly Transforming Payment Security

One innovation above all others dominated the headlines in 2023: artificial intelligence (AI). But while AI, particularly its impact on the payments landscape, captured public eyeballs and enterprise attention, other...

January 04, 2024
Unlocking Trapped Liquidity Is Holy Grail for Cross-Border B2B Payments

Taking the friction out of cross-border payments is fundamental to spurring global growth.  For businesses that increasingly expect a B2B payment experience mirroring the convenience available in consumer transactions, unmet...

December 21, 2023
Plaid Says Consumers Ready for Real-Time Payments Change

Mollie Curran, payments lead at Plaid, said a sea change is ahead for instant payments and for widespread adoption across a range of use cases. In the United States, she...