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Coinbase launches stablecoin payments service

Coinbase has launched a stablecoin payments stack to make it easier for online merchants around the world to accept USDC.

19 June 2025

News/payments

Payments platform Unzer joins EPI for Wero wallet push

Berlin-based payments platform for SMEs Unzer has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) to support the roll out of the Wero digital wallet.

18 June 2025

News/payments

Sezzle files antitrust suit against Shopify

BNPL provider Sezzle has sued Shopify, alleging that the e-commerce marketplace has been stifling competition on its platform.

16 June 2025

News/crypto

Shopify, Coinbase, Stripe bring USDC stablecoin payments to merchants

Shopify is partnering with Coinbase and Stripe to allow merchants to process stablecoin payments for everyday commerce.

13 June 2025

News/payments

Fiserv to acquire AIB Merchant Services

Founded in 2007 as a joint venture between AIB and Fiserv, AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) is one of Ireland’s largest payment solution providers and one of Europe’s largest e-commerce acquirers, providing businesses with the ability to accept card payments from their customers.

06 June 2025

News/payments

Mastercard and PayPal partner to increase choice at the checkout

PayPal is working with Mastercard to use the latter's new One Credential feature to offer shoppers more payment options at the checkout.

05 June 2025

News/payments

Money 20/20: EPI details drive on Wero with Worldline and Revolut

Revolut users in France, Belgium, and Germany will be able to send and request payments using EPI’s digital wallet, Wero, from July.

04 June 2025

News/payments

Worldline brings Wero wallet to online checkouts

Worldline is the latest payments outfit to offer merchants the EPI's Wero digital mobile wallet as an option in their online checkouts.

04 June 2025

News/retail

UK fintech Tide eyes unicorn status

Tide, the UK-based business banking fintech, is reportedly in talks about a funding deal that would make it the UK's next unicorn.

02 June 2025

News/payments

Visa A2A payments land in the UK

Card giant Visa is taking aim at the UK's burgeoning account-to-account market through its new pay-by-bank offering.

02 June 2025

News/people

Checkout.com billionaire founder quits London for Monaco

The billionaire CEO of payments processor Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz has switched his country of residence from the UK to tax haven Monaco.

28 May 2025

News/ai

Google launches agentic shopping experience

Google is to launch an agentic shopping experience within search results, enabling shoppers to set a price for a particular product and allow the AI agent to make the purchase.

22 May 2025

News/payments

Paythru partners with Adyen on electric vehicle charging payments platform

The new EV payments platform will help to standardise how drivers pay at EV charge points. EV drivers primarily pay for charging using credit or debit cards, either by tapping their cards on a payment terminal or by using a kiosk. Other methods include using charging cards (RFID), smartphone apps, and 'Plug & Charge' technology. Some stations also allow for online payments or payments through QR codes.

16 May 2025

News/payments

Wero wallet arrives at the online checkout via Nuvei

Nuvei has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) as one of the first providers to offer merchants the Wero digital mobile wallet as an option in their online checkouts.

16 May 2025

News/payments

GreenBanana unveils BNPL platform for retailers

German fintech GreenBanana has launched a platform that connects retailers with buy now, pay later providers in more than 25 countries.

07 May 2025

News/ai

Visa unveils agentic commerce and stablecoin plays

Visa has unveiled its plans for two of the next big things in payments: agentic commerce and stablecoins.

01 May 2025

News/ai

Mastercard and PayPal make agentic commerce plays

Mastercard has unveiled Agent Pay, its new agentic payments technology to power commerce in the age of AI. Separately, PayPal has made its own agentic commerce play, with new tools for developers.

29 April 2025

News/payments

The 150 leading organisations confirmed to attend NextGen Nordics 2025

The Nordic region has long stood at the forefront of digital payments, open banking, and financial technology. This legacy of innovation continues at full pace with the return of NextGen Nordics, a premier event gathering the most influential players in the financial services ecosystem. Set against the dynamic backdrop of the Nordic fintech scene, the 2025 edition of NextGen Nordics on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden promises to be the most impactful yet.

23 April 2025

News/payments

B2B buy now, pay later app Hokodo raises €10 million

BNPL for business operator Hokodo has raised €10 million in an equity funding round co-led by Korelya Capital and Opera Tech Ventures - the corporate venture fund of BNP Paribas.

23 April 2025

News/ai

Nate founder charged with fraud over 'AI' shopping app secretly powered by humans

The founder of an AI-based tool for automating online shopping checkouts has been charged with defrauding investors over claims that the process was actually carried out by human workers in the Philippines.

14 April 2025