Akurateco, a white-label payment software provider, has joined forces with PAYSTRAX to expand its acquiring and processing services across Europe.

Electronic Payments, the processor behind the Cygma authorisation and clearing platform, has acquired Handpoint, a provider of integrated and mobile payment solutions.

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal have reportedly started considering selling their jointly owned payments processor, Moneris.

Rectangle Health has announced a collaboration with ECHO Health, a company focused on removing complexity, costs, and fraud risk from payments processing.

UK-based fashion retailer Ego has partnered with infrastructure provider Primer to cut its monthly payment fees.

BVNK, a global provider of stablecoin payment infrastructure, has partnered with Bitwave, an enterprise digital asset finance platform, to optimise stablecoin payment processes.

Solidgate, a global payment processing platform, has teamed up with DRESSX to support the latter in expanding into B2C and allow it to move from a web-based experience to a mobile, app-driven model.