One year after announcing its vision to phase out manual card entry and drive 100% tokenisation, Mastercard is celebrating major strides across Europe, where a growing number of partners are adopting the technologies that underpin safer, smarter digital commerce.

Today, the European Card Payment Association (ECPA) publishes new data showing the critical role of European Card Schemes (ECSs) in a white paper titled Safeguarding Europe’s Financial Future.

Transactility Inc., the company behind the widely used open-source card payments framework jPOS, has announced the release of jPOS 3. This major upgrade introduces ISO 20022 compatibility, improved performance, and enhanced observability features, positioning jPOS at the forefront of the future payment infrastructure.

TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments IaaS, has today announced a strategic partnership with Deutsche Bank.

Episode Six has been selected as the strategic technology partner by ZEN.COM to power the launch of new debit card programs across Europe and Asia.

Banking Circle has today significantly strengthened its embedded financial infrastructure with direct access to the Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC) system

Visa is today announcing that its new pay-by-bank solution is ready for market in the UK.

MuchBette has introduced a next generation business account offering, MuchBetter Business (MBB), built on Temenos

PingPong is pleased to announce that it has been granted a Money Services Business Licence from Malaysia's central bank

payabl. has launched its Virtual Business Cards service, a digital payment solution designed to give businesses greater control, security, and visibility

TransactPay has partnered with Griffin to strengthen TransactPay’s banking infrastructure and enhances its product offering

GoCardless announces the launch of Outbound Payments, a significant expansion of its platform that will enable merchants to send money directly to customers

Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, and Cardstream Group, the UK’s leading independent Fintech provider, have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate Cashflows embedded payments solutions for Independent Sales Organisations (ISOs), software platforms, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) across the UK and Europe.

allpay, a leading UK payment solutions provider, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with PAYA Group, a renowned card processing company, to support secure and efficient cash-handling solutions to the charity sector.

Autopay, a leading Polish fintech company, is launching HandGo, an innovative biometric palm-authenticated shopping system. This is the first service of its kind available in the Polish market, combining convenience and security, and rendering it unnecessary to carry any external devices.