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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner
MoneyGram, a leading global payments network for consumers, businesses and communities, today announced a new partnership with Plaid, the data network powering the fintech tools millions of people rely on to lead a healthier financial life. MoneyGram customers in the United States can now use Plaid’s technology to help authenticate their bank accounts, enabling fast and secure funding for both domestic and cross-border payments.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner
Paysecure has been named Best Online Payment Service 2025 at SiGMA Americas Awards, held during the opening night of the SiGMA Americas event at the Transamerica Expo Center in São Paulo. The awards ceremony, hosted by BetConstruct and held on April 7th, brought together leading names in the iGaming, fintech, and digital payments industries to celebrate excellence and innovation.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Stephanie Ferris
FIS® (NYSE: FIS), (the “Company”) a global leader in financial technology, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Global Payments’ (NYSE: GPN) Issuer Solutions business for an enterprise value of $13.5 billion, or a net purchase price of $12 billion including $1.5 billion of anticipated net present value of tax assets. Concurrently, FIS has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for $6.6 billion in pre-tax value.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner
Alipay unveiled its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for payment services this week, enabling merchants and AI developers to use natural language to access Alipay payment services through their preferred MCP clients or AI agents. The MCP introduces a method for applications to provide relevant information to large language models (LLMs), ensuring these models function effectively within a defined scope.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Joao Alves |João Alves |Scott Abrahams
Bleap has partnered with Mastercard to launch a non-custodial debit card, making it possible for people to connect stablecoin payments with traditional financial infrastructure more efficiently. After the launch of its non-custodial wallet in December with 1-click access to DeFi yields, no fees for buying and selling stablecoins, the card launch reinforces Bleap’s position as a go-to self-custodial payments app.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Clare Reilly
New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals that UK savers are highly cautious when it comes to their retirement savings, with just 8% willing to invest in high-risk assets. The findings indicate a strong preference for stability, as nearly half of respondents, at 49%, expressed a preference for a moderate-risk approach. This means they are comfortable with some fluctuations in their investments as long as their pension continues to grow over time.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Guillaume Pousaz
eBay, a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world, today announced its strategic partnership with Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments platform. Through this partnership, eBay expands its global payment platform to deliver seamless commerce experiences for its customers. With more than 2.3 billion live listings, eBay is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Tosin Eniolorunda
Moniepoint Inc. (“Moniepoint” or “the Company”), one of Nigeria’s leading business payments and banking services platforms, announces the launch of MonieWorld; a new remittance and digital financial services solution – specifically to meet the fragmented, underserved needs of the UK’s African diaspora. The MonieWorld application, available via the App Store and Google Play, allows UK customers to send money to Nigeria seamlessly – making financial transactions easier.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Deepak Chandran |Salima Gutieva
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye (MENAT) region, has partnered with Visa, a global leader in digital payments, to become the first bank in the UAE to launch Visa+ (Visa Direct Alias Directory) for its customers. This innovative service offers Emirates NBD’s customers a more convenient, secure and faster way to send money to Visa cardholders within the GCC, reshaping the remittance and money transfer landscape in the UAE.
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1 week ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Marija Solovjova
Following recent data from Action Fraud that reveals £9.7 million was lost to ticket fraud in 2024, Ecommpay, the inclusive global payments platform, is working closely with merchants to help them understand and tackle fraud to help protect customers. Data reveals a rise in both ticket fraud reporting and financial losses in 2024 from 2023. The combined reported financial loss for 2023 was £6,694,955, which went up by 47% in 2024 to £9,794,034.
