Marcel van Oost

Hey Payments Fanatic! PhotonPay just expanded its UK capabilities through a new collaboration with ClearBank. This gives PhotonPay’s business customers access to named virtual accounts, GBP collections and payouts, plus Confirmation of Payee. All are plugged directly into Faster Payments, BACS, and CHAPS. The result is faster settlement, tighter

Hey Payments Fanatic! BVNK just landed a big one. The company will power stablecoin payments for Visa Direct, Visa’s $1.7T money movement network. BVNK processes more than $30B in stablecoin volume annually. Now that infrastructure plugs directly into Visa Direct’s rails. For businesses, this means faster payouts.

Hey Payments Fanatic! Noah and NALA just rolled out an instant stablecoin settlement network focused on Africa and Asia. For decades, cross-border flows into these markets were slow, expensive, and inefficient. Three to five days to settle. Close to nine percent in fees. Liquidity stuck in the middle. According

Hey Payments Fanatic! Checkout.com just secured approval for a Georgia bank charter, clearing a major hurdle in its US expansion. This isn’t symbolic. It means Checkout.com can operate as its own acquirer in the US, integrate directly with card networks, and build faster without leaning on sponsor

Hey Payments Fanatic! Razorpay is reportedly gearing up for an IPO, with plans to raise up to $500M in fresh capital. The company has already invited merchant bankers to pitch for the mandate, with Kotak Mahindra and Axis Capital emerging as early frontrunners. That’s usually when things start getting

Hey Payments Fanatic! Mollie just became a Principal Member of the European Payments Initiative, committing to offer Wero and help scale a unified, bank-based payment method across Europe from 2026. That move puts Mollie right at the center of Wero’s rollout. Merchants using Mollie will be able to