London-based financial infrastructure platform OpenPayd finalized its integration of MSB USA Inc., securing 43 state money-transmitter licenses, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 2) press release. The release noted that the expansion establishes a regulated U.S. footprint, bypassing the lengthy state-by-state licensing process to immediately support...
Payments tech firm Worldpay says it now offers domestic acquiring capabilities in Colombia. It’s part of an ongoing expansion into Latin America, with Worldpay supporting some of the largest merchants in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, the Cincinnati-based company said in a Wednesday (May 21) news...
Canadian FinTech Nuvei has completed its acquisition of Paywiser Japan Limited, including its acquiring license granted by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. With this license, Nuvei can launch direct acquiring capabilities in Japan across all major card schemes and extend its direct...
Paysafe partnered with CellPoint Digital to allow travel merchants to offer seamless payments to their customers. The integration enabled by this collaboration will allow these merchants to connect to numerous acquirers through CellPoint Digital’s payment orchestration platform, the companies said in a Friday (Nov. 15)...
December 28, 2021
Acquiring banks are under intense pressure to process transactions efficiently while detecting and preventing fraud attempts. That’s a growing challenge due to recent increases in both payments volume and fraud attacks. To manage these trends, many acquirers are using artificial intelligence (AI). A new report, AI In Focus, a PYMNTS and Brighterion collaboration based on a survey of […]
July 02, 2021
In a world of unforeseen reboots, outages, service disruptions and more, to boost payments acceptance, merchants should consider establishing relationships with a range of acquirers if and when the need...
June 24, 2020
While open banking is gaining traction in Europe (by regulatory mandate) and is making inroads to the U.S. (through free market competition), on these shores the strategy of getting there...
June 17, 2020
The challenger bank space is having a bit of a moment. LendingClub is buying Radius Bank. Green Dot is using the bank it already owns to build a bank for...
September 02, 2026
London-based financial infrastructure platform OpenPayd finalized its integration of MSB USA Inc., securing 43 state money-transmitter licenses, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 2) press release. The release noted that the expansion establishes a regulated U.S. footprint, bypassing the lengthy state-by-state licensing process to immediately support OpenPayd’s 1,200 global clients. The move comes as the company […]
May 21, 2025
Payments tech firm Worldpay says it now offers domestic acquiring capabilities in Colombia. It’s part of an ongoing expansion into Latin America, with Worldpay supporting some of the largest merchants...
January 27, 2025
Canadian FinTech Nuvei has completed its acquisition of Paywiser Japan Limited, including its acquiring license granted by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. With this license, Nuvei can...
November 19, 2024
Paysafe partnered with CellPoint Digital to allow travel merchants to offer seamless payments to their customers. The integration enabled by this collaboration will allow these merchants to connect to numerous...
