All articles by Aninda Chakraborty

Aninda Chakraborty

Deluxe to acquire payment-processing firm Celero Commerce for $625m

Headquartered in Nashville, Celero Commerce delivered more than $200m in revenue last year.

Trace Finance secures $32m to expand stablecoin settlement rails

Trace Finance said it has processed more than $10bn in cross-border volume to date.

Conio secures MiCAR licence in Italy to provide crypto-asset services

Conio said the approval concludes a process designed to make its services available to a “broad and diverse audience”.

Binance’s EU MiCA licence bid set for rejection- report

In a blog post, Binance said the HCMC had completed its review and “considered it compliant” with MiCA requirements.

Flutterwave adds Ripple as Series E investor, valuation hits $3.2bn

The partnership will integrate Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD, Ripple’s payments network and the XRPL into Flutterwave’s payment stack.

Adyen agrees $335m acquisition of enterprise billing platform Orb

Orb’s co-founders will also reinvest a portion of their proceeds into newly issued ordinary shares in Adyen.

India, Nepal enable instant P2P remittances

The direct connection allows users in both markets to send money in real time through banking apps and digital wallets.

South Africa’s Kwik Payments selects ACI orchestration platform

ACI Worldwide said the partnership is a “pivotal milestone” in its expansion across Africa.

UK Court approves FCA bid to appoint EES special administrators

Joint special administrators have taken control of the firm and secured “significant amount of material and frozen funds”.

Mastercard launches AP4M for AI-led transactions

According to Mastercard, AP4M supports credentialing, transaction controls and settlement across multiple payment types.