Embedded Payments news and trends

Global Payments, FIS Upend FinTech With Dual $13.5 Billion, $6.6 Billion Deals
Acquisitions // April 17, 2025

Global Payments set the FinTech sector abuzz early Thursday (April 17) with a pair of sweeping transactions. It sold its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and simultaneously bought Worldpay for a net price of $22.7 billion, according to a Thursday press release....

Ryft Raises $7.3 Million to Expand Embedded Payment Solution
Investments // April 09, 2025

Ryft has raised 5.7 million pounds (about $7.3 million) in a Series A funding round to continue expanding its embedded payments solution that helps marketplaces and platforms process, manage and monetize payments. “With this funding round, we’ll continue our mission of giving acquiring banks, marketplaces...

Mastercard and Unipaas Partner on Embedded Payments for Vertical SaaS Platforms
Partnerships // April 04, 2025

Mastercard and Unipaas partnered to help the providers of vertical software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms embed modern card processing capabilities. The collaboration aims to digitize and streamline transactions in industries where digital payments remain underused, including health services, education, field services and professional training, the companies said...

Fragmentation Gives Way to Consolidation Across Pay-Later Landscape, Says Splitit CEO
Buy Now Pay Later // April 02, 2025

The pay-later ecosystem has evolved through the past few years, with a broad range of solution providers and available options. The idea of paying over time means different things to different consumers. Not all that long ago, the landscape was limited to the pure-play, nonbank...

Interviews & Exclusives
Corporates Pressure Banks to Accelerate Instant Payments Adoption

April 21, 2025
Tariffs are here, inflation is sticky, and supply chains and vendor relationships are in flux. For enterprises, it’s critical to have as much certainty as possible when it comes to cash flow. It’s no longer enough to wait three days for transactions to settle. The paper check, which has been a staple of roughly 40% […]

Fragmentation Gives Way to Consolidation Across Pay-Later Landscape, Says Splitit CEO

April 02, 2025
The pay-later ecosystem has evolved through the past few years, with a broad range of solution providers and available options. The idea of paying over time means different things to...

Mastercard Sets Sights Beyond Retail as It Embeds BNPL Into Network

April 01, 2025
The buy now, pay later pure plays like Klarna and Affirm might get a lot of attention these days. However, card networks have a piece of the BNPL pie as...

Legacy Systems vs Digital Demands: The B2B Payments Dilemma

March 26, 2025
There’s a paper jam happening along the B2B innovation journey. While automation has made significant inroads in certain aspects of business operations, the payments process remains largely fragmented, with paper...

Quick Reads
Global Payments, FIS Upend FinTech With Dual $13.5 Billion, $6.6 Billion Deals

April 17, 2025
Global Payments set the FinTech sector abuzz early Thursday (April 17) with a pair of sweeping transactions. It sold its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and simultaneously bought Worldpay for a net price of $22.7 billion, according to a Thursday press release. Worldpay is currently co-owned by FIS and private equity firm […]

Ryft Raises $7.3 Million to Expand Embedded Payment Solution

April 09, 2025
Ryft has raised 5.7 million pounds (about $7.3 million) in a Series A funding round to continue expanding its embedded payments solution that helps marketplaces and platforms process, manage and...

Mastercard and Unipaas Partner on Embedded Payments for Vertical SaaS Platforms

April 04, 2025
Mastercard and Unipaas partnered to help the providers of vertical software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms embed modern card processing capabilities. The collaboration aims to digitize and streamline transactions in industries where digital...

Mastercard Launches Program to Fuel Greater Adoption of Virtual Cards

March 31, 2025
Mastercard says it has launched a program to boost the adoption of virtual cards. The effort, announced in a news release Monday (March 31), is powered by the company’s advances in virtual card...