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🚨 Google Launches AP2: The New Rulebook for AI Payments

🚨 Google Launches AP2: The New Rulebook for AI Payments

Hey Payments Fanatic! Big one from Google yesterday: they launched the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)—an open framework that lets AI agents securely buy on your behalf across cards, bank transfers, and even stablecoins. With 60+ partners already onboard (think Checkout.com, Adyen, Mastercard, PayPal, Coinbase, Revolut, and more), it

PayPal Just Dropped Its Biggest P2P Upgrade in Years

PayPal Just Dropped Its Biggest P2P Upgrade in Years

Hey Payments Fanatic, PayPal just made sending money as easy as dropping a link — literally. With PayPal Links, users can now fire off personalized one-time links in any chat, text, or email to get paid instantly. It’s PayPal meeting people where they already are: in conversations. But the

Alipay Tap! Hits 200M Users in Record Time 🤯

Alipay Tap! Hits 200M Users in Record Time 🤯

Hey Payments Fanatic! QR codes are sooo 2020. In China, it’s all about the tap. Alipay’s Tap! feature has exploded to 200 million users 🤯 since launching just last summer. For context: it crossed the 100M mark in April — so yeah, that’s another 100M onboarded in just five

🇦🇺 PayPal Goes Down Under with Fastlane Checkout

🇦🇺 PayPal Goes Down Under with Fastlane Checkout

Hi Payments Fanatic, It’s been years (last time I was in Australia was even before the pandemic — can you believe how fast time is flying?) since I was last down under, and I can’t wait to get back. The FinTech scene in Australia has been buzzing, and this

The One Event Already Locked in on My Calendar…

The One Event Already Locked in on My Calendar…

Hi Payments Fanatic! Summer’s officially in the rearview mirror, which can only mean one thing in our world: conference season is heating up. My calendar is still a bit of a jigsaw puzzle, but one piece is locked in—FinTech Meetup in Las Vegas, March 30–April 1. Why

Thunes Unlocks Real-Time Remittances into Morocco

Thunes Unlocks Real-Time Remittances into Morocco

Hi Payments Fanatic, Remittances to Morocco 🇲🇦 just hit the fast lane. Thunes has switched on real-time payments into Moroccan bank accounts, giving its global network instant access to one of Africa’s biggest remittance hubs (we’re talking $11.5B in inflows last year). For expats, speed is everything

Pix Just Broke TWO Records in One Day 🤯

Pix Just Broke TWO Records in One Day 🤯

Hi Payments Fanatic, Pix is out here speed-running the record books. On Friday (Sept 5), Brazil’s instant payments system 🇧🇷 smashed two all-time highs in a single day 🤯: * 290 million transactions (previous record: 276.7M in June) * R$164.8 billion processed (up from R$135.6B in