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Changing lanes: Cross-border payment providers in new race to win SME loyalty

Nine in 10 (91%) small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) trading internationally are set to switch their current cross-border payment provider in the next two years, according to Mastercard’s new Money in Motion report, compiled by Bain & Company. The findings point to a fast-changing market, as SMEs look for more efficient ways to move money across borders. The report, based on a survey of SMEs across 11 countries, suggests the market could…

FinTech · SEP 29, 2026 · 5 min read

Aljazira Bank Selects Thunes to Power Next-Generation Global Remittances from Saudi Arabia

Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, has signed a new agreement with Aljazira Bank, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading financial institutions, to modernize and expand its international remittance services. Through this collaboration, Aljazira Bank will significantly enhance the speed and reliability of consumer remittances and broaden its payment catalogue with new endpoints…

FinTech · SEP 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Lloyds cuts small business payment admin with new in-app invoicing tool, powered by BankiFi

Lloyds is launching Get Paid, a new invoicing and payment collection tool designed to help business banking customers spend less time on admin and more time running their business. Get Paid will help support businesses with their payments admin, all within the Lloyds app and online banking, at no additional cost and without the need…

FinTech · SEP 28, 2026 · 3 min read

BNY Enables Pay-to-Wallet Solution, Helping Banks to Send Cross-Border Payments to Retail Digital Wallets

BNY (NYSE: BNY), a global financial services company, today announced the enablement of a Pay-to-Wallet capability, making it possible for banks to send cross-border payments from bank accounts to participating retail digital wallets, using existing SWIFT payment messages and correspondent banking infrastructure. BNY’s enablement of a Pay-to-Wallet solution combines its global payments capabilities, including its…

FinTech · SEP 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Amazon and Affirm partner to offer UK customers new instalment options

Starting today, Amazon customers in the UK have a new way to pay for their purchases with the launch of instalment options from Affirm. The new Affirm payment options will be available to customers when shopping for millions of products. Customers can simply select Affirm as their payment method at checkout and apply to get…

FinTech · SEP 23, 2026 · 4 min read

Thunes Powers J.P. Morgan Payments’ Xpedite Remit Solution to Accelerate Global Payouts

Thunes has been selected by J.P. Morgan Payments to expand the business’ cross-border capabilities through its Xpedite Remit solutions suite. The new solutions leverage both J.P. Morgan Payments’ connectivity to local real-time payments rails and Thunes’ extensive Direct Global Network in order to meet growing demand for fast, simple and reliable cross-border payments. With Xpedite Remit, clients benefit from principal protection, end-to-end traceability, and faster payouts –…

FinTech · SEP 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Akurateco Enables Apple Pay Payments in Chrome, Firefox and Edge for Its PSP and Acquiring Clients

PSPs, acquiring banks and enterprise merchants on Akurateco’s white-label payment platform can now accept Apple Pay beyond Safari, reaching iPhone users whatever browser or computer they shop on. Akurateco, a white-label payment software provider for PSPs, acquiring banks and enterprise merchants, has rolled out support for Apple Pay in third-party browsers. The capability is now…

FinTech · SEP 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Bir Announces Incentives and Training Programme for Micro-Entrepreneurs, Expanding Digital Access

Bir, the Caucasus’ first fully integrated banking, payments and e-commerce ecosystem, today unveils Biznesdə birlikdə (Together in Business), a new integrated programme of incentives and support for Azerbaijan’s aspiring and established micro-entrepreneurs, with a goal of helping them join the digital economy. Birdən biznesə will begin providing support from October 2026. It draws on tech capabilities from…

FinTech · SEP 22, 2026 · 2 min read

GoCardless processes the first agentic account-to-account payment in the UK

Bank payment company GoCardless has processed the first agentic account-to-account transaction in the UK, an AI-driven donation on its website for Trussell, the anti-poverty charity and community of food banks. The pioneering transaction was completed end-to-end through a conversation with an AI agent, bringing simplicity and ease to the giving process whilst responding to market demand for the…

FinTech · SEP 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Mangopay launches Echo to give platforms more flexibility and control over multi-PSP payment flows

Mangopay, the wallet-first payment infrastructure for enterprise platforms, has introduced Echo, a new solution that enables businesses to centralize and manage payments processed by their existing PSPs in one single place for reconciliation, wallet allocation, splits, and payouts. A response to payments complexity Platforms work with multiple PSPs to serve different markets, offer local payment…

FinTech · SEP 22, 2026 · 2 min read

payabl. renews BEONIX Festival payments partnership for second year, extending support across ETKO

payabl., a European financial technology provider, has renewed its partnership with Kaspinas Group, the events and venue management company behind BEONIX Festival and a wider programme of events at ETKO in Limassol. As part of the partnership, payabl. returns as BEONIX‘s Official Payments Partner and continues to provide payment services across other events held at ETKO throughout the year. …

FinTech · SEP 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Banking Circle to Power OSL’s Stablecoin-to-Fiat Payment Expansion Across Five Additional Currencies

Banking Circle S.A. (Banking Circle) has expanded its collaboration with OSL Group (HKEX: 863), a global stablecoin payment and trading platform, to support the global growth of OSL’s business solutions, connecting institutional clients to multi-currency payment rails across five additional currencies beyond EUR. Banking Circle is now supporting OSL across six currencies, including AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD,…

FinTech · SEP 15, 2026 · 2 min read