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Nedbank Acquires SME Payment Startup iKhokha for $90M

Nedbank Acquires SME Payment Startup iKhokha for $90M

Hey Payments Fanatic! Nedbank, one of South Africa’s largest banks, is set to acquire payments startup iKhokha in an all-cash deal worth $90 million. This move will merge Nedbank’s established banking infrastructure with a platform already relied on by thousands of SMEs for payments, working capital, and business

Pix development process

Pix: Brazil’s Instant Payments Masterstroke

Think You’re a FinTech Pro? Time to Prove It

Think You’re a FinTech Pro? Time to Prove It

Hey Payments Fanatic! I have an exciting announcement: I’ve launched the FinTech Quiz! The first quiz is live now, and this round closes on August 14th at 12:30 PM CEST. If you’ve been reading my newsletters for a while, you know I love sharing the latest deals,

Shift4 Powers Crypto in Space, EBANX Brings Pix to Stripe

Shift4 Powers Crypto in Space, EBANX Brings Pix to Stripe

Hey Payments Fanatic! Shift4 and Blue Origin have made crypto payments a reality in space. Travelers aboard the New Shepard rocket can now pay with BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, and USDC to cross the Kármán Line. Now back on land, Stripe users can accept Pix via EBANX, letting businesses process

Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Decade of Apple Pay Tech Theft

Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Decade of Apple Pay Tech Theft

Hey Payments Fanatic! Apple is now facing a lawsuit from Fintiv, which claims the tech giant stole its mobile wallet technology for Apple Pay through confidential meetings and by hiring key employees over the past decade. The lawsuit alleges Apple built a payment enterprise with major financial services companies like

MetaMask Plans Stablecoin With Stripe

MetaMask Plans Stablecoin With Stripe

Hey Payments Fanatic! Lately, everyone is going stablecoin. Payments companies, traditional banks, and even tech giants are stepping in. Now it seems to be MetaMask’s turn. A recently deleted governance proposal from the MetaMask community outlined plans for MetaMask USD, or mmUSD, a stablecoin to be issued using Stripe’

Cleo Tests Waters in Stablecoin Payments

Cleo Tests Waters in Stablecoin Payments

Hey Payments Fanatic! Cleo’s Founder and CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo confirmed the AI fintech is exploring stablecoins. “We’re looking at how we can use stablecoins to help improve the banking system for our users,” told Sifted. What does this mean? It may signal Cleo is preparing to move beyond