Verizon Business and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem. From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) solutions, Mastercard and Verizon Business will collaborate to deliver scalable innovations that drive the industry forward and create new experiences for […]

Scienaptic, announced that American Cycle Finance (ACF) has successfully deployed its platform. The implementation empowers ACF to assist its partner motorcycle dealers in selling more vehicles to customers with limited or no credit history through sharper, AI-driven credit decisions. With a network of more than 450 motorcycle retailers across 24 states, ACF’s program equips dealers […]

airasia Digital and Gojek has revealed a partnership whereby airasia Digital will acquire Gojek’s operations in Thailand.  This deal is expected to rev up expansion of the airasia Super App in Asean, while enabling Gojek to increase investments in its Vietnam and Singapore operations. In return, Gojek will receive shareholding in the airasia Super App […]

UnionPay International (UPI) and Mobile Merchant jointly announced the partnership in supporting small and micro enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa. With its 85% client base focusing on SMEs, Mobile Merchant is looking to open its entire merchant base to accept UnionPay cards, enabling SMEs to reach more customers leveraging UnionPay’s vast cardholder base worldwide. Mobile Merchant […]

Trustana, a curated cross-border business-to-business (B2B) marketplace founded by Temasek, and OneConnect Financial Technology has announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate cross-border commerce. Under this collaboration, Trustana will integrate OneSME, a digital cross-border trade platform, into its marketplace. Building on Trustana’s cross-border trade expertise and OneConnect’s core competencies in architecting technology solutions, curating and operating an extensive network of […]

Stripe and Wix announced an expanded partnership to power in-person payments for its users. Stripe’s integrated product suite ensures platforms can provide a seamless experience for businesses and their customers. By layering Terminal, Stripe’s programmable point of sale, atop their existing integration with Stripe Connect, Wix can provide its users with everything they need to […]

Shopify has announced that Shop Pay checkout service will be available to more than one million merchants across Facebook and Instagram —even if they don’t use Shopify’s online store. This is the first time that a Shopify product will be available to merchants who don’t use Shopify to manage their stores, and marks a pivotal […]

Telr has announced its new partnership with in the leading BNPL company in the UAE and KSA, tabby. Telr launched its “Buy Now Pay Later” solution and services as a result of this partnership. Empowering Telrs’ Merchants with yet with another payment method to accelerate their ecommerce business and enhance their market position. The ‘Telr buy […]

Klarna has launched its Shopping app, empowering users to Pay in 3 in any online shop directly through the Klarna app. This new Shopping feature allows UK Klarna users to shop at any online retailer, regardless of whether they’re partnered with Klarna or not, and split the payment into three interest-free instalments – eliminating the […]

Amazon and MGM announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire MGM for a purchase price of $8.45 billion. MGM has nearly a century of filmmaking history and complements the work of Amazon Studios, which has primarily focused on producing TV show programming. Amazon will help preserve MGM’s […]