Latest Payments & Fintech News And Insights

The Paypers covers the latest global news and analyses on payments, ecommerce, fintech, and the digital economy

We report on global payments news and innovation in an increasingly digital economy. We’re on top of all payments and fintech news: payments infrastructure, payments systems, payments behaviours, ecommerce payments, Open Banking and Open Finance, Banking-as-a-Service, B2B payments, cryptocurrencies, fraud and financial crime prevention, along with breaking news on the digital economy. Follow us for the latest regulation updates, along with relevant company news on payments investments, product launches, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions.

Riverty's take on debt purchase and upcoming regulations to boost financial healthcare

Interviews | Online Payments | Published Wednesday 07 May 2025 13:16 CET

We interviewed Carl Martinsson, Product Line Lead – Debt Purchase at Riverty, to find out more about differences between debt collection and debt purchase and how to the company caters to consumers’ financial healthcare.


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Riverty's take on debt purchase and upcoming regulations to boost financial healthcare

Interviews | Online Payments | Published Wednesday 07 May 2025 13:16 CET

We interviewed Carl Martinsson, Product Line Lead – Debt Purchase at Riverty, to find out more about differences between debt collection and debt purchase and how to the company caters to consumers’ financial healthcare.


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Top Stories

Mastercard extends partnership with Bits

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 16:45 CET
Mastercard has extended its partnership with Bits to offer interbank clearing services in Norway.
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EBANX integrates UPI Autopay for cross-border commerce in India

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 16:17 CET
EBANX has integrated UPI Autopay, the recurring payments feature of India’s instant payments system, into its cross-border payments platform.
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Tether partners with Chainalysis

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2025 16:06 CET
Tether has announced its partnership with Chainalysis in order to integrate its compliance and monitoring tools onto Tether’s tokenisation platform.
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Ghana prepares to regulate digital assets by September 2025

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2025 15:58 CET
Ghana’s central bank has revealed its plans to begin regulating the digital asset sector in September 2025, contingent on the approval of new legislation.
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iCard and Regula to optimise secure customer verification

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 08 May 2025 14:59 CET
European e-money institution iCard has optimised its customer check experience with Regula’s biometric and document verification technologies. 
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MoonPay enables TRX purchases for US users via TRON deal

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2025 14:54 CET
MoonPay has entered into a new agreement with the TRON decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) to support purchases of TRX, TRON’s native token.
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Zeepay secures USD 18 million debt funding to accelerate expansion

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 14:18 CET
Ghanaian fintech company Zeepay has announced the rise of USD 18 million in debt funding, aimed for the process of accelerating its expansion.
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HTX, WLFI launch USD1 stablecoin globally

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2025 13:52 CET
Global cryptocurrency exchange HTX has rolled out the USD1 stablecoin, developed by World Liberty Financial (WLFI).
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Revolut partners with Lightspark for Bitcoin network integration

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 May 2025 13:48 CET
Lightspark has partnered with Revolut to offer a payments infrastructure using the Bitcoin network to Revolut’s users in the UK and EEA countries.
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KPMG in Greece selects Confide Platform

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 08 May 2025 13:01 CET
KPMG Greece has selected Confide Platform as a strategic partner to increase compliance and whistleblowing services for clients.
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Jeeves launches Embedded Finance solution for optimised travel management in Brazil

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 May 2025 12:16 CET
Jeeves has announced the launch of its Embedded Finance solution, which was developed to optimise business travel management in Brazil.
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Samsung offers new tap-to-transfer feature in its Samsung Wallet

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 12:16 CET
Samsung Electronics America has announced that its wallet’s Tap to Transfer feature will improve P2P payments in the US by the end of May.
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XTransfer receives official EMI Licence from the Dutch Central Bank

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 11:56 CET
XTransfer has acquired an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from De Nederlandsche Bank, the central bank of the Netherlands.
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Stripe offers iOS developers a way around App Store fees

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 11:41 CET
Stripe has released new technical guidance aimed at helping iOS app developers redirect users to external payment platforms.
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Nordics, Estonia develop offline card payment systems

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 11:03 CET
The Scandinavian countries and Estonia have planned to launch offline card payments to ensure payment continuity during internet outages, including those caused by sabotage, according to Reuters. 
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DenizBank AG chooses Konsentus for risk-free Open Banking operations

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 10:56 CET
DenizBank AG, a universal bank in Austria and Germany, has selected Konsentus to safeguard its Open Banking transactions.
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Balance integrates RTP Rails for optimised B2B ACH payments

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 10:51 CET
Balance has announced its integration of RTP Rails in order to provide customers with frictionless B2B ACH payments and optimise merchants’ cash flow.
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International Meme Fund launches new credit protocol

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2025 10:30 CET
The International Meme Fund has launched a new on-chain credit protocol named IMF CREDIT Cartel.
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GreenBanana launches bnplx.io, a BNPL platform for the retail sector

News | Payments General | 08 May 2025 10:10 CET
Germany-based fintech GreenBanana has launched its BNPL platform, blplx.io, to optimise the retail sector, assisting both merchants and customers. 
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