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Fuze gains retail payment services and card schemes licence in UAE  

Fuze is preparing to launch a payment platform that incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) and compliance features. 

Stablecoin issuer Circle to unveil cross border payments network  

The network will leverage stablecoins such as USDC and EURC, allowing it to integrate with domestic real-time payment systems. 

Barclays enters deal with Brookfield for payments acceptance business

Barclays will invest £400m and gradually offload up to 80% of its stake to Brookfield, retaining a 20% share in the business.

PingPong adopts Trulioo Business Verification solutions 

This initiative is aimed at reducing the reliance on manual onboarding processes and ensuring adherence to compliance standards. 

Global Payments to buy Worldpay and divest Issuer Solutions arm to FIS 

The acquisition will create a combined entity capable of 94 billion transactions and $3. 7tn in volume across 175 countries. 

Shopware enters payments partnership with BlueSnap

BlueSnap will deliver transaction processing, payment methods, and integrations for merchants across US and Canada.  

Clover teams up with Klarna on in-store payments  

The partnership will allow shoppers to select Klarna as a payment method on Clover devices for in-store purchases.  

IDEMIA, NAPAS partner to enhance digital payments in Vietnam  

The initiative will incorporate IDEMIA’s Token Platform into NAPAS’s network, which connects over 40 banks. 

Spreedly, FlexFactor to help merchants recover sales lost to false declines 

When transactions are declined, FlexFactor’s engine evaluates the transaction and may purchase the invoice, enabling the merchants to finalise the sale. 

PhonePe unveils new feature for dependent users 

The UPI Circle allows a primary user to add family members or “trusted contacts” as secondary users to their circle using a UPI ID or QR code.