Subscription Sessions, Recurly introduced its powerful new AI-powered growth engine, Recurly Compass; a Shopify integration

Alipay unveiled its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for payment services this week, for merchants and AI developers

MultiSafepay (MSP), an Amsterdam-based payment service provider, which became part of Ant International’s Antom, reported strong growth since its strategic integration with Antom, supporting thousands more SMEs in Europe to scale through innovative solutions.

Barclays (LSE: BARC) and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM), through its Financial Infrastructure strategy, today announce a long-term strategic partnership (the “Partnership”) to grow and transform Barclays’ payment acceptance business (the “Business”), previously referred to as its merchant acquiring business. Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time.

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announces an expansion of its global partnership with Tencent, making Weixin Pay—also known as WeChat Pay—available on Stripe Terminal in 20 countries. From Australia and Canada to France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, the UK, the US and beyond, businesses powered by Stripe can seamlessly accept Weixin Pay online and now, in-person with Stripe Terminal.

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions, today announced definitive agreements to divest its Issuer Solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and acquire Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for a net purchase price of $22.7 billion, or total value of $24.25 billion including $1.55 billion of anticipated tax assets. This reflects a 12.3x adjusted EBITDA multiple for Issuer Solutions and an 8.5x adjusted EBITDA multiple for Worldpay on a net basis inclusive of run-rate synergies.

Uzum Bank, Uzbekistan's leading neobank, has reached a major milestone: 1.5 million Visa bank cards issued,

Pleo, a leading financial platform for businesses, announces another year of remarkable growth,

Wise has announced the launch of ‘Spend with Others’, a new feature designed to simplify shared spending

eBay expands its global payment platform to deliver seamless commerce experiences with Checkout.com

Moniepoint announces the launch of MonieWorld; a new remittance and digital financial services solution

Emirates NBD has partnered with Visa to become the first bank in the UAE to launch Visa+

Argentex has selected Numeral as its strategic payment technology provider to transform its payments and FX infrastructure

Following recent data from Action Fraud that reveals £9.7 million was lost to ticket fraud in 2024

Thinslices, a full-service product development company, and Salt Edge, a leading open banking solutions provider, have merged capabilities to streamline financial data aggregation and enable account-to-account payments for businesses across industries.