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FIS and Ericsson pre-integrate a wallet stack for organisations launching digital money services
FIS is combining its payments and issuing capabilities with the Ericsson Fintech Platform so that telcos, enterprises and financial institutions can stand up wallet-led services...
France's structured e-invoicing mandate starts, and every business must now be able to receive
From 1 September 2026 every business established in France must be able to receive structured electronic invoices through an accredited platform. Large and mid-sized companies...
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MAS opens consultation on writing its stablecoin framework into the Payment Services Act
Singapore's central bank has published draft legislative amendments that would put single-currency stablecoin issuance under the Payment Services Act 2019, with licensing, par...
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Jack Henry confirms a vishing-led breach of its corporate network
The US core banking and payments vendor says attackers reached an internal, non-production environment through a voice-phishing call and took personal data belonging to fewer than...
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Visa folds Featurespace scoring into its A2A fraud service for banks
Visa has rebuilt A2A Protect around a single fraud score drawn from Featurespace models, aimed at stopping account-to-account scams before a transfer is authorised. It is the...
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Douglas turns on Klarna at Dutch checkouts
The beauty retailer has added Klarna as a payment option in the Netherlands, online and in store, taking the partnership to thirteen markets. What changed Douglas customers in...
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TD moves real dollars over the BIS Project Agora platform
TD says it has settled a live tokenised US dollar payment between two of its own US entities on the Project Agora platform, with BNY as clearing bank. It is a test, not a...
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Mastercard and PayInit put Swiss bank P2P transfers on card rails
Swiss card issuers get a shared platform for sending money by phone number or email, routed over Mastercard's money movement rails so transfers can reach recipients abroad as well...
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Samsung Wallet adds Scan to Pay QR payments in South Africa
Galaxy owners in South Africa can now pay by scanning a QR code from inside Samsung Wallet, using the Scan to Pay network operated by EFT Corp. It works in store and online at...
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Alipay+ wallets can now pay at QR Ph merchants in the Philippines
The Philippine national QR standard has been opened to Alipay+ partner wallets, so visitors can pay Filipino merchants with the app they already use at home. Merchants keep the QR...
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Cashfree launches Relay, an agent that executes payment operations for merchants
Cashfree has opened Relay to all its merchants after a beta since May 2026. The platform acts on merchant transaction data rather than only flagging issues, with approval gates...
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