Payments
Japan payments company Infcurion says planning IPO in 2025
JAPANESE payments company Infcurion is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in Tokyo in 2025 as the company looks to accelerate its growth including through mergers and acquisitions (M&A),...
Stripe says stablecoins payments made in more than 70 countries after relaunch
STRIPE said individuals from more than 70 countries have used stablecoins for online transactions during the first 24 hours after allowing merchants using its platform to accept crypto payments...
Citi, Mastercard team up on cross-border debit-card payments
MASTERCARD and Citigroup are collaborating to facilitate around-the-clock, cross-border payments with debit cards, giving consumers and companies another way to conduct business worldwide.
Citigroup is the first global bank...
Ninja Van suspends operations at Vietnam subsidiary as it works to resolve delayed salary payments
LOGISTICS technology company Ninja Van is suspending the operations of a subsidiary firm in Vietnam as it works to resolve issues over delayed salary and social insurance payments to...
Payments in Singapore with stablecoins rise to almost US$1 billion
Payments in Singapore using stablecoins reached a record high of almost US$1 billion in the second quarter, led by transactions at merchant outlets, according to a report from Chainalysis.Businesses...
Visa aims for 10-fold rise in Pakistani use of digital payments
VISA plans to increase the number of businesses accepting digital payments in Pakistan tenfold over the next three years, the payments giant’s general manager for Pakistan, North Africa and...
Visa to revamp how £3.7 trillion of UK bank payments are handled
VISA is working with some of the biggest banks in the United Kingdom in a bid to revamp how account-to-account payments are handled in the country as consumers continue...
Visa slides after revenue at payments giant misses estimates
VISA slipped in late trading on Tuesday (Jul 23) after reporting quarterly revenue that just missed Wall Street estimates – a rarity for the world’s biggest payments network.Shares of...
