All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Urpay partners with Western Union for international remittances

Urpay customers can access international money transfer services at Western Union agent locations in select countries. 

US paytech Cantaloupe weighs sale or going private  

The company is collaborating with investment bankers at JPMorgan Chase on its strategic plans. 

Nexi and Klarna expand payments tie up 

The partnership will see Klarna’s payment options automatically included as a default in Nexi’s checkout offerings.  

AFS joins forces with Ternoa to offer crypto payments in GCC region 

The tie-up will introduce Athar, a decentralised consumer finance protocol to make crypto payments accessible across GCC region. 

PayPal unveils unified merchant platform

PayPal Open will offer more than B2B payment processing, providing integrated financial services and AI-powered insights. 

ACE Money Transfer, Mastercard tie up on real-time transfers  

The alliance will help ACE customers in UK, Australia, Canada, and Europe send funds within single euro payments area (SEPA). 

Nexi and PPRO to drive adoption of Wero wallet

Along with its partner Computop, Nexi will facilitate merchants in adopting the new European digital wallet payment method.

Google Pay levies convenience fee for bill payments using cards  

The convenience fee varies from 0.5% to 1% of the transaction value, in addition to the applicable GST.  

Verifone teams up with PopID on biometric payments 

The partners will develop biometric modules that allow payment terminals to accept face and palm authentication. 

Indian payments firm PhonePe gears up for IPO

In December 2022, PhonePe redomiciled from Singapore to India and reorganised its corporate structure.