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Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion

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Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
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Building payments that work for everyone: Why diverse teams are the key to secure innovation

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Diverse, psychologically safe teams are proving crucial to designing secure, seamless payment innovations that reflect real customers' lives.
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Ripple expands Ripple Payments with custody, collections

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Ripple expands Ripple Payments with new custody and collections tools as stablecoin-based cross-border settlement surges among institutions.
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Rainforest adds PayPal to unify vertical software checkout

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Rainforest adds PayPal, Venmo and PayPal Pay Later to its unified checkout for vertical software, aiming to shift users from cash and cheques.
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BPC named tech leader in 2025 SPARK Matrix ranking

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BPC has been named a technology leader in QKS Group's 2025 SPARK Matrix for merchant payment platforms, recognising SmartVista's breadth.
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TerraPay, Sabre expand instant cross-border payouts

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TerraPay and Sabre have struck a multi-year deal to power instant cross-border bank payouts for travel agencies, airlines and hotels.
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Sabre, PayPal & Mindtrip unveil AI travel assistant

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Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip are teaming up on an AI travel assistant that lets users discover, book and pay for trips in one chat-based flow.
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Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth

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Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.
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Paysecure wins Best Payments Industry Newcomer award

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Paysecure wins Best Payments Industry Newcomer at the 2026 Card and Payments Awards in London for its fast-growing orchestration platform.
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Lydian app brings crypto payments to Clover merchants

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Lydian app lets Clover merchants accept crypto from 300+ digital assets at checkout while still being settled in local fiat currency.
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Gr4vy unveils Silent Mode for parallel fraud testing

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Gr4vy launches Silent Mode to let merchants trial multiple fraud tools in parallel on live payments without affecting real customer outcomes.
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TerraPay, MilX team up on global creator payouts push

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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TerraPay partners with MilX to speed cross-border payouts, giving YouTube creators faster local-currency access to earnings in 70+ markets.
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8x8 extends Secure Pay for global digital payments

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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8x8 expands Secure Pay globally, unifying compliant digital payments and AI-led outreach across its customer experience platform.
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Xero unveils 2025 app Power Lists spotlighting top tools

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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Xero unveils its 2025 Power Lists, spotlighting the most‑connected apps across accounting, payments, retail, trades and professional services.
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DXC adds Ripple, Euronet to Hogan for digital assets

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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DXC weaves Ripple and Euronet tech into its Hogan core platform, adding digital asset custody and blockchain payments for banks.
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NORBr links with Ecommpay to speed embedded payments

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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NORBr taps Ecommpay via pre-integration to let platforms activate global acquiring and orchestration in minutes, cutting payment build time.
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Atlantis Lab unveils self-custody crypto control hub

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Singapore's Atlantis Lab has launched Atlantis, a web hub unifying crypto wallets and exchanges while keeping users in full self-custody control.
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Ant backs Google's Universal Commerce Protocol push

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Ant backs Google's new Universal Commerce Protocol to standardise how AI agents handle shopping, payments and post-purchase support.
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Madhya Pradesh to digitise 50m records on EDU Chain

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Madhya Pradesh will digitise up to 50 million university records on Open Campus's EDU Chain in an 18-month blockchain credential push.
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Retailers warned of post-holiday surge in chargebacks

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Retailers urged to brace for early-year spike in chargebacks as mobile shopping and buy now, pay later fuel record US holiday spend.