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Hey Payments Fanatic! Visa has introduced a new platform in Asia Pacific called Visa Intelligent Commerce. Announced at its Media Showcase in Singapore, the launch highlights how the company is building tools for AI-powered payments and digital commerce. The platform gives developers APIs to integrate Visa’s payment capabilities into

Hey Payments Fanatics! Tencent is launching its palm biometric payment system in Thailand, teaming up with local partners to test it in places like 7-Eleven, The Mall Group, and SCB. It’s a clear move to keep pace with Alipay in the Southeast Asian market. How does it work? Well,

Hey Payments Fanatic! The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval to PayPal Payments Private Limited to operate as a cross-border payment aggregator for exports. While the designation may sound technical, it opens up broader access for Indian exporters to global markets through a more formal and regulated

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