All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

United Bank for Africa upgrades PoS terminals and MONI App 

The enhanced POS terminals feature instant settlement, real-time monitoring, and pay-by-link functionalities.  

Ample gains in-principle approval to broaden payment services in Singapore 

These services include account issuance, domestic money transfer, merchant acquisition, and e-money issuance.  

BharatPe’s Resilient Payments gains online payment aggregator licence

The company is preparing to roll out its online payment aggregator platform under the brand ‘BharatPe X’.

BitGo joins forces with Voltage for Bitcoin payments  

The tie-up supports Bitcoin payments that are up to 90% quicker and 90% cheaper than traditional “on-chain transfers”. 

Affirm and Shopify ramp up global expansion plans  

This marks the first international launch of the buy now, pay later proposition beyond the US. 

Fiserv buys Australian paytech Pinch Payments 

Pinch Payments is known for its PayFac enablement platform “Glassbox” and serves nearly 2000 merchants in Australia and New Zealand. 

Tap Payments gains retail payment services licence in UAE 

This authorisation allows Tap Payments to operate within the regulatory frameworks of all six GCC nations. 

Spreedly collaborates with EBANX to support payments in LatAm 

The initiative covers all 17 countries where EBANX operates, encompassing markets such as Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. 

Mastercard partners with PayTabs to support SMEs in Egypt  

PayTabs will tap Mastercard’s global network and digital payment capabilities to offer a “white-labelled” payments platform. 

Indian fintech Juspay secures $60m in Series D funding 

The round was led by Kedaara Capital, with existing investors Softbank and Accel also participating.