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Hey Payments Fanatic! The Israeli payments unicorn valued at $8.3bn is letting go of dozens of employees, marking its second major cut since laying off 123 people in 2023. “We are reorganizing two of our divisions” CEO Chen Amit told Calcalist. “In sales, we are focusing on mid-market

Hey Payments Fanatic! PayPal has just unveiled PayPal World, a unified platform designed to connect the world’s most widely used digital wallets and payment systems. The first step rolls out this fall: PayPal and Venmo, interoperable for the first time. Joining them are Mercado Pago, UPI, and Tenpay Global,

Hey Payments Fanatic! Just days after the US launched a formal investigation into Brazil’s digital trade practices, citing “government-developed payment systems” that clearly point to Pix, the Brazilian payment system quietly touched down on American soil. Interesting timing, right? 🤣 That’s thanks to PagBrasil and Verifone, who joined

Hey Payments Fanatic! Shopify and Solidgate are taking their partnership further. With the new Solidgate Payments App now live, merchants can access smarter payment orchestration, without leaving the Shopify environment. The integration connects Shopify sellers directly to Solidgate’s infrastructure, giving them more control over how transactions are handled. With

Hey Payments Fanatic! After years of waiting, and then waiting some more, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is now closer to regulating buy now pay later. But don’t get too excited just yet. Full oversight isn’t set to kick in until July 2026, so the countdown continues.

Hey Payments Fanatic! A fresh boost for yetipay this week. The London-based FinTech has secured £3.5 million in new funding to grow its all-in-one payments platform, backed by re:cap’s Capital OS and a group of well-known angel investors. “We focused on raising the