Zap, a leading digital design and marketing agency, has launched its new payments product alongside Zap Cashier, a service that promises a seamless payment experience, embedded directly into Zap’s technology platform.

Exactly.com, a payment provider for SMEs and micro businesses, has enhanced its offering by integrating Bizum—a leading Spanish alternative payment method. This strategic integration enables UK merchants to strengthen their local presence and boost revenue streams.

TBC Bank Uzbekistan (TBC UZ), the country’s largest digital bank, announces that it has issued over 500,000 Salom Cards, its flagship debit card and daily banking product, in the first six months since its rollout.

The Bank Policy Institute, The Clearing House Association and the Consumer Bankers Association submitted joint comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury late yesterday urging prompt action to fully transition to secure, modern electronic payment methods and minimize the use of checks. The letter — submitted in response to a Treasury request for information relating to the Executive Order on Modernizing Payments — emphasized the importance of eliminating paper checks from government disbursements to reduce risk and ensure all recipients benefit from faster, more reliable payment delivery.

The Bank Policy Institute, The Clearing House Association and the Consumer Bankers Association submitted joint comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury late yesterday urging prompt action to fully transition to secure, modern electronic payment methods and minimize the use of checks. The letter — submitted in response to a Treasury request for information relating to the Executive Order on Modernizing Payments — emphasized the importance of eliminating paper checks from government disbursements to reduce risk and ensure all recipients benefit from faster, more reliable payment delivery.

Credit Libanais is proud to launch a new international money transfer solution, powered by Mastercard Move.

Africa has marked a significant step towards financial independence following the launch of PAPSSCARD, the continent’s first Pan-African card scheme. Unveiled on June 27 at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings (www.Afreximbank.com) in Abuja, Nigeria, the new card represents a major leap in Africa’s efforts to achieve financial sovereignty by building resilient and independent payment systems, easing people travel and boosting trade integration.

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only global payment brand, today brings Apple Pay to cardmembers of Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MBBank), and Vietnam Prosperity Joint-Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) in Vietnam. Apple Pay is an easy, secure and private way to pay in-store, in-app and online.

Hokkoku Financial Holdings (Hokkoku FHD) and Soft Space are proud to announce the upcoming launch of a next-generation SoftPOS solution that enables merchants to accept both contactless card payments and, for the first time, regulated stablecoin payments — using only a smartphone or tablet. This will be the world’s first deployment of a SoftPOS solution, certified under global mobile payment security standards, that supports stablecoin transactions in a real commercial setting.

Imprint, the leading provider of modern co-branded credit cards, today announced a partnership with leading credit infrastructure and analytics company Nova Credit to introduce cash flow analytics to its suite of underwriting capabilities, unlocking a more real-time and granular view of consumer financial health, and expanding consumer access to credit. To launch this functionality, Imprint will integrate the Nova Credit Platform capabilities into Imprint’s existing decisioning workflows, powered by leading identity and fraud prevention platform, Alloy.

NMB Bank Plc, in collaboration with Mastercard, has launched the NMB Business Debit Traders card designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and microbusinesses in Tanzania grow their operations and expand their reach across borders. Tailored for the specific needs of traders, the new card simplifies domestic and cross-border transactions while unlocking access to exclusive discounts through Mastercard’s Easy Savings merchant platform.

Innovative and inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay, has won the Best Consumer Payments System category at the PayTech Awards in London on 26th June 2025 for a game-changing innovation.

Global financial cybersecurity is set to undergo a major shake-up. The Australia-headquartered global market leader in payment fraud prevention Eftsure today announced the acquisition of French fintech Sis ID. With this strategic tie-up, the two companies will become the world’s largest business payment protection platform. Together, they will redefine the payment protection market amid a rapidly evolving fraud landscape.

COSMOTE Payments, a leading force in digital payment innovation in Greece and subsidiary of OTE Group, has joined forces with Snowdrop Solutions, a UK-based provider of transaction data enrichment technology, to bring enhanced clarity and transparency to payment transactions.

One Inc, the leading payments network for the insurance industry, announced today that it is partnering with LIDP, an industry leader in providing innovative digital solutions for policy and contract administration. This collaboration aims to deliver a seamless and efficient payment experience for LIDP’s Life Insurance carrier-customers by implementing One Inc’s best-in-class inbound PremiumPay® solution.