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HKMA outlines regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published today (29 July) the following documents for the implementation of the regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers, which will come into effect on 1 August 2025.

/payments

Visa brings Google Pay integration into fleet cards

Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, today announced a major advancement for Fleet Operators. With the addition of Google Pay tokenization and push-to-wallet, Visa addresses the long-standing challenge of fleet data tags being tied solely to the plastic card chip.

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MiFinity integrates with PayU in Poland and the Czech Republic

MiFinity, the award-winning global eWallet provider, has announced the integration of PayU, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s most trusted online payment solutions, into its platform.

/people

Coinstar names brandon Thompson as chief commercial officer

Coinstar, LLC, a global financial services leader, has appointed Brandon Thompson as its new chief commercial officer (CCO).

/payments

BMO adds new currency routes to nearly 70 destinations across Europe

Mastercard and BMO today announced an expansion of BMO’s Global Money Transfer service, powered by Mastercard Move’s global money movement capabilities.

/payments

Mastercard beefs up virtual card platform

Mastercard is modernizing supplier reconciliation and streamlining virtual card payments with several new enablers.

/wealth

Access Bank UK to deploy wealth management tech from Profile Software

Profile, a leading international financial solutions provider, has announced today that The Access Bank UK Ltd has selected Axia Suite, the Group’s flagship, omni-channel, Wealth Management solution, to streamline their operations according to the bank’s specific needs.

/regulation

Boku achieves payments licence in Brazil

Boku, a global leader in localised payment solutions, has been granted a Payment Institution license by the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB).

/wholesale

Engie and Mobilize Financial Services tap into Finastra’s cash and risk management product

Finastra today announced that Engie and Mobilize Financial Services are both using its Finastra KTP treasury management solution with integrated valuations engine and risk analytics from Lozenge.

/crypto

OpenPayd to provide instant fiat movement with Kraken

OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, is today announcing a partnership with Kraken, a technology platform built on crypto that unlocks access and reduces inefficiencies to drive financial freedom, to launch instant, global fiat payment capabilities, accelerating real-time money movement for the digital asset economy.

/payments

Checkout.com teams with Visa for card issuing services in the UK

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa to enable comprehensive card issuing capabilities across its platform for merchants in the UK and Europe.

/crypto

OwlTing introduces stablecoin checkout

OwlTing Group (the “Company”), a global blockchain fintech company, today announced the launch of OwlPay Stablecoin Checkout™, a new API-embedded stablecoin acquiring function set to go live in August 2025.