Marcel van Oost

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 accept

Hey Payments Fanatic! Visa Conecta just received approval from Central Bank of Brazil to operate in the FX market, officially expanding its scope beyond payments. That means buying and selling foreign currencies is now on the table. It’s a meaningful step as Visa doubles down on Brazil and pushes

Hey Payments Fanatic! Circle’s USDC just outpaced Tether’s USDT growth for the second year in a row. And the reason is becoming pretty clear. USDC’s market cap jumped 73% in 2025 to about $75B. USDT still grew, but at a slower 36%. Same pattern last year, too.

Hey Payments Fanatic! Euronet Worldwide is buying the merchant acquiring business of CrediaBank in Greece as part of a broader payments partnership. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2026. Under the agreement, Euronet will take over acquiring, run the bank’s ATM network, and give customers access to

Hey Payments Fanatics! Nodu just closed a $1.45M pre-seed round to help banks and FinTechs launch stablecoin services without rebuilding their stack from scratch. The London-based team is building a ready-to-use compliance and payments framework for stablecoins. Send. Receive. Hold. Report. All handled in one regulated workflow. What makes

Hey Payments Fanatic! Nuvei just received its Crypto-Asset Service Provider license under the EU’s MiCAR framework. With one license, Nuvei can now passport crypto-asset services across EU member states. No fragmented rules. No market-by-market setup. The full scope of what this enables is outlined in Nuvei’s MiCAR approval.