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Modern Treasury joins Mastercard crypto partner push

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Modern Treasury joins Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program to power fiat-crypto on/off-ramps and cross-border blockchain payment flows.
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RateGain & Juspay launch RG Pay for travel payments

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RateGain and Juspay unveil RG Pay, an embedded payments layer to boost cross-border checkout performance for global travel brands.
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Conquer the KYB challenge: How smarter data quality fuels fintech integrators

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Fintech integrators turn to Melissa's real-time, trusted data layer to sharpen KYB checks, slash onboarding friction and cut synthetic fraud.
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Ripple to buy BC Payments in Australian licence push

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Ripple seeks to secure an Australian Financial Services Licence via BC Payments deal, aiming to scale regulated cross‑border payments in APAC.
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Zepto names Mariana Paun chief business resilience lead

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Zepto promotes Mariana Paun to new chief business resilience role, uniting security, operations and compliance amid tougher scam rules.
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Gr4vy adds Sardine tools to unify fraud & payments

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Gr4vy integrates Sardine fraud and AML tools into its payments orchestration platform, offering merchants unified risk and routing in one layer.
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Love at first byte: The infrastructure behind your Valentine's match

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From swipes to sparks, low-latency data centres, clouds and interconnection hubs quietly power your Valentine's match worldwide.
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Fime opens Melbourne lab to bolster SoftPOS security

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Fime opens a Melbourne software security lab to certify rising SoftPOS payments under PCI MPoC, targeting booming NFC mobile acceptance growth.
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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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Ecommpay links with Payrails to streamline payments

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Ecommpay and Payrails form strategic tie-up, offering large merchants a single API to streamline complex, multi-provider payment stacks.
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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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Cloudflare outage spotlights systemic risks in cloud resilience

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Yesterday's Cloudflare outage triggered widespread 5xx errors, exposing systemic risks in cloud resilience and sparking calls for stronger multi-cloud strategies.
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Mastercard adds stablecoin wallet payouts to expand global reach

Fri, 14th Nov 2025
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Mastercard partners with Thunes to enable near-instant payouts to stablecoin wallets via Mastercard Move, enhancing global digital payment options.
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Instagram posts fuel surge in money mule recruitment schemes

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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Nearly 24% of Instagram posts tagged as 'quick-money' offers are linked to money mule recruitment, posing major challenges for law enforcement and platforms.
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MojoTip partners with Ecommpay to make digital tips & payouts real-time

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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MojoTip teams up with Ecommpay to offer real-time digital tipping and instant payouts, boosting cashless tipping across Europe and beyond.
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Datalex partners with Gr4vy to bring new payment tech to airlines

Tue, 26th Aug 2025
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Datalex partners exclusively with Gr4vy to integrate advanced payment orchestration tech, enhancing airlines' checkout and boosting payment flexibility.
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RBA reforms to ban surcharges & cap fees reshape payments

Wed, 16th Jul 2025
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The RBA will ban surcharges and cap interchange fees on card payments by mid-2026, boosting alternative methods like Account-to-Account payments.
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Grammarly adopts Gr4vy no-code platform to expand payment options

Wed, 18th Jun 2025
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Grammarly adopts Gr4vy's no-code platform to expand its global payment options, enhancing flexibility and reducing transaction costs with over 400 methods.
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Australians lose AUD $500 annually due to dishonour fees

Fri, 18th Apr 2025
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New research reveals that Australians face annual charges of up to AUD $500 in dishonour fees from banks and platforms, worsening financial stress for many.