All articles by Aninda Chakraborty

Aninda Chakraborty

Visa partners with OpenAI to enable agent-led payments

Visa will provide the network connectivity, tokenisation and risk tools that underpin transaction processing and security.

Nuvei in discussions to acquire Payoneer for $2.7bn- report

Payoneer operates a platform that enables businesses and freelancers to make and receive cross-border payments.

Lloyds partners with Stripe to expand payments for UK small businesses

The service is powered by Stripe Connect and is available within Lloyds and Bank of Scotland Business Accounts.

Monzo and Fair4All Finance pilot Flex Build card for excluded borrowers

Under the pilot, eligible customers can receive a small credit limit of up to £250 with a one-time deposit.

OpenWay, Visa team up to accelerate bank payment product rollouts

The collaboration builds on Visa initiatives already supported on OpenWay’s Way4 platform.

FCA orders Euro Exchange Securities UK to halt payment services

Duncan Perring and James Bennett of Teneo Financial Advisory were appointed as interim managers to oversee the firm.

XTransfer and Societe Generale team up on cross-border payments

The cooperation is intended to support businesses operating from China into Europe and other global markets

Mastercard to add stablecoin, intraday and non-business day settlement options

Mastercard said Circle’s USDC is already being used for early on-chain settlement flows in select markets.

Blackstone weighs sale of Japan payments provider SP.LINKS – report

SoftBank Group’s telecom unit SoftBank Corp. is among the parties considering a bid for the Japanese payments firm.

DBS Singapore enables tap-to-phone card payments for merchants

The launch gives merchants more ways to accept payments amid “growing demand for cashless transactions”.