American Express today announced that American Express Cards are accepted at an estimated 160 million Merchant locations worldwide, as of June 2025.1 The company has grown the number of Amex-accepting Merchant locations by nearly 5x since 2017.

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading technology company, is today announcing its partnership with Clear Junction, a trusted partner and pioneer payments solutions for regulated institutions.

Global Payments announced Genius is now available for quick service restaurant (QSR) and fast casual customers in the UK.

MoneyHash, the Middle East and Africa’s leading payment orchestration platform, has partnered with noon payments, a trusted comprehensive digital payment gateway by noon, to streamline access to localized payment methods across the GCC. This strategic collaboration allows businesses integrated with MoneyHash to instantly activate key regional payment options—such as Mada, KNET, Benefit, Meeza, and Omannet—through a single API connection.

Federal Reserve Financial Services will increase the FedNow Service network transaction limit from $1 million to $10 million

DailyPay has partnered with APS to offer a popular financial wellness benefit through “DailyPay Built-In.”

Moonrise by Lunar launched its RIX indirect product enabling PSPs connect both directly and indirectly to Swish

Hibernian FC have extended their partnership with global foreign exchange and payment solutions provider, IFX Payments

Thunes has launched real-time payment services in Morocco, supporting payouts in Moroccan Dirham

Revolut announced it has received in-principle approval for its payments licences from the CBUAE

Nuvei has partnered with Early Warning Services, to bring Paze to more merchants and consumers

TrueLayer has launched Verified Payouts – a new solution that guarantees funds are paid out to the same verified account they were deposited from

Green Dot has added Stripe as its newest Green Dot Network partner allowing users to quickly add cash to their accounts

Judopay, wired in Fabrick, a leading UK payments platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Shift4, a global leader in integrated payment solutions. The collaboration cements Shift4 as Judopay’s preferred payments partner, enabling merchants to leverage Shift4’s acquiring services to deliver a seamless, scalable, and compliant end-to-end payment ecosystem.

Hands In, the split payments solutions provider transforming high-value and group transactions, has announced a strategic partnership with AsiaPay, one of Asia-Pacific’s leading digital payment providers. This will mean their extensive network of merchants are now able to split payments across multiple cards and between multiple individuals - natively within online checkouts.