Zest Equity, a digital transactional infrastructure company backed by Morgan Stanley, Prosus Ventures, Middle East Venture Partners and Dubai Future District Fund, announced the launch of Zest Arrange, its Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) regulated arranging service which supports deal makers in private transactions end-to-end on Zest’s platform through a digital workflow. The company also announced the rollout of Zest Escrow, its regulated digital escrow service, following its Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the FSRA of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

Akurateco, a global payment software vendor, has announced a new technical integration with PAYOK, a global payment aggregator delivering secure and localized online payment solutions to businesses worldwide.

BLIK users completed a total of 2.9 bn transactions worth PLN 441.5 bn (EUR 104.9 bn)

Alacriti announced that Desert Financial Credit Union has selected the Orbipay Payments Hub to modernize and consolidate payment platforms

dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), the cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, and Open English, a leading online English-learning platform, today announced the rollout of Bre-B as a new instant payment method for students in Colombia. With Bre-B now live nationwide, this launch reflects both companies’ readiness to activate new local payment rails as they become available.

The San Francisco Giants and Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced a multi-year partnership, bringing together two organizations driving innovation from the heart of San Francisco to a global stage. As part of the agreement, Airwallex will become the Giants’ official jersey patch partner, debuting across Giants uniforms this season. Airwallex will also serve as the Giants’ Official Financial Software Partner.

Vroozi, a leading provider of AI-powered procurement and accounts payable automation solutions, today announced that Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries has successfully implemented comprehensive spend management across their organization through the Vroozi platform, integrating procurement operations with NetSuite, and Shopify systems.

TrueLayer has partnered with eBay to introduce Pay by Bank at checkout, bringing instant, secure bank payments to millions of UK buyers.

Mastercard and Google are collaborating to enhance the availability and usage of Google Pay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

New Zealand’s first Agent Pay transaction saw Mastercard use a Westpac issued debit card to purchase cinema tickets from Event Cinemas

Visa, and CarCloud have announced a new partnership to help businesses modernise how they manage work‑related travel

The PSR has fined Bank of Ireland UK for failing to implement Confirmation of Payee by the required deadline.

Visa today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prisma Medios de Pago S.A.U and Newpay S.A.U. in Argentina

Fluz, a fintech company founded in 2018 that provides consumer and business finance solutions, today announced the launch of Fluz Platform, marking the company’s expansion into the embedded finance market.

Caption, the France-based regulated investment infrastructure, has chosen Mangopay to power payment flows for both its own investor base and professional distributors, bringing private market products to their clients.