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Mesh and Visa Partner to Make Stablecoin and Crypto Balances Spendable Across 175 Million Merchants

Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa to make crypto and stablecoin balances spendable across Visa’s global acceptance network. The first-of-its-kind collaboration combines Visa’s global acceptance network with Mesh’s orchestration infrastructure, enabling consumers to pay in-store and online directly from the balances they already hold in their wallet apps….

FinTech · OCT 20, 2026 · 4 min read

RemitBee Partners with TerraPay to Expand Global Cross-Border Payouts into Digital Wallets

Expanding access to global payment infrastructure for Canadian businesses and individuals, TerraPay, a global money movement company, has partnered with RemitBee, a Canadian cross-border payments platform, to strengthen international remittance and business payout capabilities across key outbound corridors spanning the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.Bringing enterprise-grade cross-border payment capabilities to small businesses, this partnership…

FinTech · OCT 20, 2026 · 2 min read

Mangopay expands local payout coverage across APAC, LATAM and EMEA

Today, leading global wallet infrastructure provider Mangopay announces the expansion of its local payout capabilities to five additional currencies across APAC, Latin America and EMEA: Australian dollar (AUD), Hong Kong dollar (HKD), Singapore dollar (SGD), Mexican peso (MXN) and Turkish lira (TRY). The expansion enables platforms to route payouts to sellers, service providers and other beneficiaries through…

FinTech · OCT 20, 2026 · 2 min read

Thunes Expands Real-Time Payouts to Venezuela, Strengthening Cross-Border Financial Access in Latin America

Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today announced the expansion of its Direct Global Network into Venezuela, one of Latin America’s critical financial corridors. With this expansion, Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network, including banks, Money Transfer Operators (MTOs), payment service providers and gig economy platforms, can process compliant, real-time transfers…

FinTech · OCT 20, 2026 · 2 min read

BNB Standard Corporation Appoints Alex Odagiu as Chief Executive Officer and Announces Plan to Operate a BNB Chain Validator

BNB Standard Corporation (Nasdaq: BNC) (“BNB Standard,” “BNC,” or the “Company”), a growth-oriented company focused on managing the world’s largest corporate treasury of BNB, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Alex Odagiu as Chief Executive Officer, effective October 19, 2026. Mr. Odagiu has served as the Company’s Interim President since…

FinTech · OCT 19, 2026 · 3 min read

Block Selects Marqeta to Enable Square Credit Card on the American Express® Network

Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ), the modern card issuing platform, announced today that it is enabling the Square Credit Card, Square’s business credit card for sellers, backed by the American Express® Network. With the migration to Marqeta, Square is consolidating its debit, prepaid, and credit programs onto one modern card issuer processor, reducing operational complexity and enabling…

FinTech · OCT 19, 2026 · 3 min read

PingPong continues international growth, expands into Iberia through strategic partnership with Getnet

PingPong, the intelligent payments infrastructure for global growth, today announces a strategic partnership with Getnet, the leading AI-payments company, part of Santander Group, to expand access to its financial infrastructure across Iberia. The collaboration brings together two established payments businesses to deliver a stronger payment capability in the region and a simple, streamlined solution for global businesses…

FinTech · OCT 19, 2026 · 1 min read

Finastra Launches Cloud-Enabled SBLC Solution to Help U.S. Banks Digitize Standby Letter of Credit Processing

Today at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, Finastra announced Finastra StandbyX, a cloud-enabled solution designed to help U.S. banks digitize and automate standby letter of credit (SBLC) processing while strengthening risk management and operational efficiency. SBLCs remain a widely used instrument across both trade and non-trade transactions in the U.S. While larger institutions typically manage…

FinTech · OCT 19, 2026 · 3 min read

Noah Secures European MiCA and PI Licences, Extending Major-Market Coverage For Stablecoin and Fiat Payments

Noah, the stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, has announced that it has received regulatory approval to make stablecoin transfers across the EU following the award of both a MiCA CASP and a PSD2 payment institution (PI) licence. The new licences make Noah one of the most regulatory-compliant stablecoin payment networks in the world, enabling customers to…

FinTech · OCT 18, 2026 · 2 min read

Silverflow expands US team as it targets further growth in North America

Silverflow, the cloud-native payments processor, is stepping up its US expansion as it looks to grow its presence across North America and other international markets. As part of this push, the company has appointed Jay Diamonon as VP of Sales, strengthening its commercial leadership as it looks to build customer relationships and drive further growth…

FinTech · OCT 18, 2026 · 3 min read

Akurateco Integrates with viaSocket to Automate Payment Operations Without Code

Users of Akurateco-powered payment platforms can now trigger payment actions from 2,300+ business apps, including HubSpot, Zendesk, Slack and Google Sheets. Akurateco, a white-label payment software vendor, has launched an integration with viaSocket, a no-code workflow automation platform that connects more than 2,300 business applications. The integration went live and lets teams run routine payment…

FinTech · OCT 18, 2026 · 3 min read

Sound Credit Union Selects Temenos SaaS to Modernize Collections Operations

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), a global leader in banking technology, today announced that Sound Credit Union (Sound), one of Washington State’s largest credit unions, has selected Temenos Collections delivered as Temenos SaaS to modernize its collections operations. Sound provides financial products and services to consumers and businesses across Washington state and serves more than 183,000 members…

FinTech · OCT 18, 2026 · 2 min read

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