Fifth Third has announced plans to acquire Comerica in an all-stock transaction valued at about USD 10.9 billion, a move that would create the ninth-largest bank in the US.

Payment service provider Ecommpay has introduced a suite of Open Banking solutions designed to support businesses in handling digital transactions.

Brazil’s Central Bank has rolled out a new tool within Pix that allows users to dispute transactions suspected of involving fraud, scams, or coercion.

ClearBank, a provider of real-time clearing and embedded banking services, has announced the expansion of its account and payment services to UK corporates, aiming to optimise transaction banking.

Episode Six and Trustly have announced a partnership that will allow US retailers to accept Pay by Bank transactions through existing card networks.

German banks have blocked PayPal payments totalling over EUR 10 billion due to fraud concerns, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported, without specifying its sources.

Malaysia-based AI-driven digital bank Ryt Bank has partnered with Episode Six, a global technology provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure.

India-based multinational bank ICICI Bank has implemented a new fee structure for payment aggregators (PAs) processing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions on merchant platforms.