All articles by Aninda Chakraborty

Aninda Chakraborty

payabl. introduces Tap to pay for smartphone-based card payments

Tap to pay by payabl. allows merchants to use NFC-enabled Android devices as payment terminals.

Global Payments’ Worldpay joins European Payments Initiative

The membership will allow the company’s clients to offer EPI’s pan-European instant payment solution Wero in the coming months.

Indian central bank in talks with 4-5 peers on cross-border CBDC- report

The move could cut transfer costs and speeds, a key issue for India given its large remittance inflows.

Olympia to divest payment unit to Shift Connect

Olympia will sell OCGPI, which offers customised currency exchange and cross-border payment services.

PhonePe pauses India IPO plans as Middle East conflict hits markets

The company had been preparing for an IPO that would have valued it at between $9bn and $10.5bn.

Mastercard adds Borderless.xyz to crypto partner programme

The Crypto Partner Program includes more than 85 companies collaborating on on-chain payments infrastructure.

PayPay raises $880m in US IPO

A total of 55 million American depositary receipts (ADRs) were sold in the offering.

Cred obtains final RBI payment aggregator licence

In FY25, Cred handled payments of more than Rs 8.5trn ($92.07bn) from over 15 million users.

SquareFi exits stealth with stablecoin payments infrastructure

The company said the platform supports activity in more than 150 countries and in more than 25 currencies.

Visa adds single-API authorisation processing on Acceptance Platform

Merchant acquiring banks can use it as the main processor or integrate it with existing systems to add capabilities.