Marcel van Oost

Hey Payments Fanatic! Three years after launching in the U.S., and following steady expansion into Brazil, Asia, and key European markets, Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone is now rolling out across eight more countries in Europe, its second regional expansion this year. The service is newly available

Hey Payments Fanatic! Alchemy Pay just took a major leap in Australia’s crypto payment scene. Fresh off securing regulatory approval from AUSTRAC as a registered Digital Currency Exchange Provider, the global ramp solution leader has now integrated PayID, a real-time interbank payment system widely used across the country. This

Hey Payments Fanatic! OpenFX stepped into the light with $23 million in funding led by Accel. The company, founded by Prabhakar Reddy, is developing a platform that enables near-instant cross-border payments by using stablecoins to move money. It’s an attempt to rewire the plumbing behind global payments, without asking

Hey Payments Fanatic! For years, the idea of using anything other than Apple Pay on an iPhone felt out of reach. That is changing now. Curve Pay has arrived on iOS, marking a quiet but meaningful shift in how payments work on Apple’s tightly controlled platform. The UK-based digital

Hey Payments Fanatic! Today, I bring you something that, not long ago, might have seemed far off. Two institutions that couldn’t be more different in origin, Pix, the instant payment platform developed by Brazil’s Central Bank, and Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by users, are now

Hey Payments Fanatic! Qonto is stepping further into the payment space, following moves by peers like Revolut, Stancer, and SumUp. The FinTech company has announced its first-ever physical Point of Sale (POS) terminals, alongside Tap to Pay functionality and Payment Links, marking a significant expansion of its offering for its