Wallester, the licensed payment institution, has released insights from a recent webinar featuring Visa and GF Money, revealing that European companies are increasingly bypassing traditional banks to launch branded card programmes. The session highlighted a dramatic shift in the speed of market entry. While launching a card programme was historically a complex, capital-intensive project requiring […]
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Lunar, the digital Nordic challenger bank, has entered into a broad strategic partnership with delivery service Wolt across Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. The collaboration makes Lunar the first Nordic bank to formally partner with Wolt. The move represents a significant expansion of Lunar’s value proposition as it seeks to build a subscription offering focused on […]
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MoonPay, the global crypto payments infrastructure provider, has launched MoonPay Deposits, a new solution designed to simplify the process of funding crypto accounts across different blockchains. The feature has launched first within Wallet in Telegram, enabling its user base of over 100 million to fund their self-custodial TON Wallets using assets held on other networks. […]
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ComplyAdvantage, the financial crime risk management firm, has released new data revealing that financial institutions are struggling to keep pace with the speed and sophistication of AI-enabled criminal networks. The findings, published in the State of Financial Crime 2026 report, come as MPs warn regulators that a “wait-and-see” approach to AI risks causing serious systemic […]
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Paytently, the licensed payment institution and orchestration platform, has partnered with fraud prevention scale-up SEON to deploy advanced anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud controls across its infrastructure. The collaboration sees Paytently integrating SEON’s “command centre” capabilities directly into its platform. This move is designed to provide enterprise-grade protection for merchants operating in regulated sectors, moving […]
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Shahbandr, the Saudi-headquartered e-commerce enablement platform, has partnered with financial services app Tabby to integrate flexible payment solutions for its network of merchants. The collaboration aims to empower over 20,000 online stores across Saudi Arabia and Egypt. By integrating Tabby’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) technology, merchants on the Shahbandr platform can now offer customers […]
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PayNearMe, the fintech known for modernizing the billing experience, has publicly disclosed its revenue figures for the first time, announcing a record-breaking performance for 2025. The company revealed it closed the year with more than $200million in revenue, representing a 60 per cent increase over 2024. Scaling up Alongside the revenue milestone, PayNearMe announced that […]
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Zodia Custody, the institution-first digital asset platform backed by heavyweights including Standard Chartered and Northern Trust, has launched Zodia Switch, a new feature developed in partnership with LMAX Group. The solution allows institutional clients to initiate asset-to-asset swaps directly from their secure custodial wallets, effectively eliminating the need to move funds to an external venue […]
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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of UK insurer Aviva plc, has entered into a strategic partnership with Ripple to tokenise traditional fund structures on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The collaboration represents a significant milestone in the institutional adoption of decentralised finance (DeFi) in the UK. It marks the first time Aviva Investors has […]
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Juspay, the global payments infrastructure company, has opened its regional headquarters in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), marking a significant step in its international growth strategy. The move is designed to deepen the company’s focus on serving enterprise merchants, banks, and financial institutions across the Middle East. By establishing a base in one of […]
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