Clear Junction, the global provider of cross-border payments and banking services infrastructure for licensed financial institutions, has expanded its multi-currency SWIFT service with named client accounts, outbound SWIFT payments, and integrated foreign exchange (FX) conversion.

SUNRATE, the global payment and treasury management platform, today announced the opening of its new and expanded Kuala Lumpur office at Menara Binjai, marking another milestone in the company’s continued growth across Southeast Asia.

The Payments Association, a trade body representing the payments sector, has released a report on the role digital platforms like Meta’s Facebook play in scam exposure and presents a case for shared accountability across the fraud chain.

Visa today announced the launch of Visa Intelligent Authorization, a new capability on the Visa Acceptance Platform that enables acquirers (banks and other financial institutions that process payments for merchants) to modernize their payment processing through a single API connection, helping eliminate the need for expensive, time‑consuming infrastructure maintenance or builds.

Sumsub, a global verification and anti-fraud leader, today announced a strategic partnership with Approvely, a fintech infrastructure platform serving regulated and high-risk industries across North America. The partnership embeds Sumsub's globally scalable identity verification directly into Approvely's payments and risk management ecosystem, giving gaming merchants a single, compliant path from user onboarding to transaction processing.

RTGS.global and BCRemit have today announced a strategic partnership to enhance cross-border payment capabilities and expand access to fast, reliable remittance services worldwide.

The Zelle® Network today announced the second year of its Minority Depository Institution (MDI) access program: Renewing its collaboration with Velera to bring Zelle to MDI credit unions. Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization and an integrated financial technology solutions provider. Expanding the program through a new partnership with Jack Henry to bring Zelle to additional MDI banks and credit unions. Jack Henry is a leading financial technology company that strengthens connections between financial institutions and the people and businesses they serve.

Findings from the recently released 2025–2026 Visa Growth Corporates Working Capital Index (WCI) reveal a significant gap between Asia Pacific companies’ working capital needs and the financial tools available to them.

Digital business payments specialist Adflex today announced a strategic partnership with SAP Taulia, a global fintech leader in working capital solutions. By integrating Adflex STP (Straight-Through-Processing), SAP Taulia can offer virtual card automation for suppliers, removing manual processes and reducing PCI-DSS scope.

SAP Taulia, a leading provider of working capital management solutions, today announced a major release of features designed to remove the barriers to B2B virtual card acceptance for suppliers. Shifting the value to benefit both buyers and suppliers, SAP Taulia’s new product suite aims to transform virtual cards from a niche payment method into a strategic driver of global liquidity and operational efficiency.

Fexco, a global leader in payment solutions, today announced that its Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) is now available to acquirers and merchants worldwide through the Visa Acceptance Platform.

Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA) and Monash University Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring together payments leaders and academic experts to shape a more resilient, inclusive and forward-looking payments system for Asia Pacific (APAC).

EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programmes that enable seamless and secure card-based payments worldwide – has published Version 1.0 of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Open Payments Use Case document, which outlines an interoperable open payment solution for EV charging.

Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), one of Sri Lanka’s premier private sector commercial banks, has expanded its digital payments offering by enabling its debit cards to be added to Google Wallet, leveraging BPC SmartVista. The rollout allows HNB customers to use their current debit cards for more convenient digital transactions, marking another step in the bank’s drive to make everyday banking and payments simpler, more accessible and more relevant to how Sri Lankans live and transact.

Danish acquiring company Clearhaus is introducing a new Payment Facilitator (PayFac) solution that allows licensed businesses in Denmark and across Europe to manage payments directly for merchants using their platforms.