The Clearing House
"MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank successfully completed the first payment in the ISO 20022 message format on The Clearing House’s CHIPS® network, the largest private-sector high-value clearing and settlement system in the world."
Mastercard
"Today, Nubank and Mastercard released findings from a study measuring the financial inclusion impact on individuals, including some who have historically been on the margins of the traditional banking system in Brazil."
iDEAL
"Consumers can for the first time create an account with iDEAL. This account enables quicker and more secure completion of online purchases. It also offers benefits for online retailers in the form of improved conversions and increased customer satisfaction and is more secure because consumer data is stored in the stable iDEAL system and not separately with each online retailer.
Mastercard
"Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Mastercard signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate towards safeguarding Indonesia's digital economy through the launch of the Indosat-Mastercard Cybersecurity Center of Excellence."
Socure
"Socure launched its next generation Document Verification (DocV) solution, purpose-built to tackle the rash of stolen identities, spoofing, and highly sophisticated deepfake attacks that are accelerating in their complexity across nearly every segment of the digital economy."
PR Newswire
"Synchrony announced a new partnership with Adit, an industry leading dental practice management software provider."
PR Newswire
"Finmo Tech Pte. Ltd announced its direct integration with Australia's New Payment Platform (NPP) as an identified institution through its partner bank, Australian Settlements Limited (ASL)."
Business Wire
"At FICO® World, FICO recognized seven of its partners that are transforming the way their industries operate using FICO analytics and decision management technology; AWS, Dock, Fiserv, Infosys, TCS, Teradata and TSYS apply FICO analytics and decision management technology to advance customer centricity, fight fraud and streamline operations."
Business Wire
"Marqeta announced its new partner Rain, a financial wellness benefits provider that helps companies give employees greater control over their finances."
PR Newswire
"Cognizant announced a planned collaboration with FICO, to launch a cloud-based real-time payment fraud prevention solution powered by FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager."
Cointelegraph
"The Deutsche Bundesbank is the latest monetary authority to team up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) to study central bank digital currency (CBDC)...the joint research will focus on designing security and privacy measures in a CBDC."
Klarna
"Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced it has opened its waitlist for the new Klarna Card to all US consumers."
GlobeNewswire News Room
"TokenEx, the leading cloud tokenization provider, and IXOPAY, the leading independent payments orchestration platform, announced their definitive agreement to merge, creating a new leader in global payments optimization. The combined company will be called IXOPAY."
IBS Intelligence
"Codat has launched its new Supplier Enablement data product enabling businesses to share their spending and supplier data from ERP systems and accounting software. Card issuers can access the right data to recruit suppliers to accept virtual card payments instead of checks."
Visa
"Visa is offering sellers expansive, simplified services to keep pace with demands. Visa’s latest enhancements support merchants of all sizes with new and improved commerce experiences including: Improved access to and ease of integration with partners; A reimagined small and medium-sized (SMB) business platform; Growing mobile acceptance, without additional hardware."
Emagia™
"Emagia announced GiaPay, an AI-powered B2B payments orchestration solution designed for the modern B2B payments needs of global enterprises."
TechCrunch
"The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is going to meet fintech startups this month to develop a strategy to address the dominance of PhonePe and Google Pay in the UPI ecosystem, sources told TechCrunch...These meetings are to address the dominance of Google Pay and PhonePe, accounting for nearly 86% of UPI transactions by volume (that’s up from 82.5% at the end of December)."
Stripe
"Stripe announced a partnership with URBN to power online and in-person retail payments for Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People, and FP Movement."
Onafriq
"Mastercard and Onafriq (previously MFS Africa), a pan-African payments company, have partnered to bring secure, cost-effective, and innovative payment options to consumers as well as small and medium enterprises (SME) across the continent."
Interac
"Interac Corp. announced it has entered into a strategic transaction to acquire the exclusive Canadian rights to use Toronto-based Vouchr Ltd. engagement platform which enables users to send and receive personalized multi-media notifications along with their money transfers."
PR Newswire
"Eighty percent of respondents report that their organizations were victims of attempted or actual payments fraud activity in 2023, according to the 2024 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey, underwritten by Truist."
Payments Canada
"Payments Canada announced a path forward for the Real-Time Rail (RTR), Canada's fastest payment system...The path forward for the RTR includes new partners IBM Canada and CGI, along with Interac, to support the delivery and operation of the RTR."
Mastercard
"Mastercard and VoPay announced a strategic partnership that will offer choice, simplicity and efficiency for near-real-time money movement in Canada and internationally for businesses and consumers."
Business Wire
"Transaction Network Services (TNS) has launched Complete Commerce – a full-stack, modern and secure payment and network capability. The solution leverages TNS’ Accept, Connect and Orchestrate payment portfolios to deliver a unique, single partner enterprise capability for running mission critical payments infrastructure."
Business Wire
"Worldline has signed a partnership agreement with the leading risk consultancy firm in the Netherlands RiskQuest BV, part of the Zanders Group, to provide best-in-class credit check processes specific to the Dutch market."
Atlanta Fed
"On June 27, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced that the Federal Reserve Banks will adopt the ISO 20022 message format for the Fedwire Funds Service in a single-day implementation strategy on March 10, 2025...Preparing a financial institution's wire systems for ISO 20022 calls for an inventory and upgrade of the systems that support wire operations. These systems include..."
Fintech Finance
"Responding to the ever-growing need to move money seamlessly, Mastercard and VoPay announced a strategic partnership that will offer choice, simplicity and efficiency for near-real-time money movement in Canada and internationally for businesses and consumers."
prnewswire
"Valid Systems' Innovation Lab announced a recent patent awarded for their groundbreaking Accelerated Instant Check Payment and Real-time Loss Alerts technology..this innovative machine learning technology revolutionizes the way consumers access funds by offering retroactive access and retrieval of immediate funds."
Breaking The News
"Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor for Financial Stability Sarah Breeden repeated on Monday that the BoE has not yet decided on issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). She added the bank will take into account the evolution of the use of cash in retail, stating that the use of cash in retail transactions in the United Kingdom in 2022 was only 14%."
Economy Middle East
"Instant payments are processed in real-time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with funds made available within seconds...Moreover, they will require re-engineering of their entire processes, including fraud detection, sanctions screening and anti-money laundering checks to comply with strict SLA terms."