All articles by Aninda Chakraborty

Aninda Chakraborty

Thales joins Visa VDRP to scale Click to Pay in Asia Pacific

The collaboration will initially focus on helping issuers deploy Click to Pay and Payment Passkeys.

NPCI ties up with HSBC India, JP Morgan for cross-border UPI FX

The collaboration will support real-time currency conversion and settlement for international payments made through UPI.

BR-DGE secures funding to support international expansion

BR-DGE said new market and product launches are planned for the second half of this year.

Open Standard unveils dollar stablecoin backed by Visa and Mastercard

The venture will issue a US-dollar pegged stablecoin called Open USD later this year.

UK FCA lowers planned stablecoin capital buffer in final crypto rules

Instead of 2%, stablecoin issuers will now need to hold capital equal to 1% of the total value of stablecoins they issue.

Paysafe goes live on Primer for card payments

Paysafe said Primer’s platform helps merchants to “intelligently route” transactions to “preferred” payment service providers.

SQRIL expands stablecoin-to-QR payments into Central Asia

The company now plans to expand to Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Paraguay.

GCash parent Mynt files for Philippine IPO, targets up to $1.5bn

The offering could raise gross proceeds of up to 92.3bn pesos ($1.5bn), assuming full exercise of the overallotment option.

ECB digital euro project advances as EU committee adopts position

The project will create an electronic form of money for euro area consumers and reduce reliance on international card networks.

Payment Asia links with PayMe by HSBC to expand merchant acceptance

The integration will enable merchants on Payment Asia to accept PayMe payments.