Real-time Payments

April, 2026

• 23 April

  Zelle in Bill Pay Test with Truist

  

  Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment service launched in 2017, is testing a potential new use case with the announcement of a bill-payment pilot with Truist Financial Corp. The pilot will look at how consumers could use Zelle to pay recurring credit card bills, with the potential for other bill payments, such …
• 17 April

  Bybit Card Reaches 3 Million Users and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/26

  

  The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced its Mastercard-branded Bybit Card has reached 3 million users a little more than three years after its introduction. The card enables users to spend both fiat and digital currencies. The Cost of Bills Index from bill-payment platform doxo indicates a wide gulf between the most and least expensive states, …
• 14 April

  SpotOn’s Rapid Fund Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/14/26

  

  SpotOn Transact LLC, a specialist in hospitality payments, launched a service called Rapid Fund, which makes card deposits available within 30 minutes of batching out. It is also taking on a partnership with embedded-finance platform Parafin to operate SpotOn Capital. Both efforts are intended to aid restaurants looking to manage …
• 13 April

  SoFi Taps Galileo to Offer Send And Receive Capabilities Through FedNow

  

  SoFi Bank N.A. has enlisted Galileo Financial Technologies LLC to offer real-time send and receive capabilities every day, including weekends and holidays, through FedNow. As a result, SoFi customers will be able to move money between their accounts at different banks in seconds, instead of waiting for ACH transfers to …
• 9 April

  Add Intuit as the Latest FedNow Participant

  

  Intuit Inc. is among the latest corporations to receive FedNow certification, a necessary step to begin offering real-time payments to its clients via the Federal Reserve’s system. Announced Thursday, the certification means Intuit, owner of business-accounting program QuickBooks and other financial-technology services, will be able to partner with financial institutions …
• 9 April

  Circle Signs Thunes for Its New Managed Payments Platform

  
• 8 April

  Helium Acquires Maroo and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/8/26 

  

  Helium Ventures said it has acquired Maroo Inc., a payments platform specializing in weddings and events and serving more than 13,000 businesses. Terms were not disclosed. Fraud-prevention platform Fingerprint said recommendations based on artificial intelligence are now available on its Suspect Score service, a move the company said improves detection accuracy. O Bee …

March, 2026

• 30 March

  Wirex Teams With Crossmint to Enable Easier Spending Via Stablecoins

  

  Digital-payments provider Wirex has expanded its relationship with Crossmint Inc., a stablecoin and wallet-technology provider, to connect Wirex’s card-issuance platform directly with Crossmint’s smart wallet and stablecoin-orchestration platform. The expanded relationship will make it easier for consumers to spend stablecoins directly from their digital wallets by streamlining fintechs’ cumbersome process …
• 27 March

  Its Intense Focus on Blockchain Opens Opportunities for BTCS

  

  Blockchain Technology Consensus Solutions Inc., better known as BTCS, early Friday reported a nearly four-fold jump in blockchain revenue for 2025, to $15.2 million. The result comes as operators in so-called traditional finance begin to take a greater interest in blockchain technology and the companies that develop it. Total revenue …
• 26 March

  Visa’s Subscription Service and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/26/26

  

  Visa Inc. announced its Enhanced Subscription Manager service, part of the network’s Digital Issuer Solutions unit. Developed in collaboration with Pinwheel, a provider of in-app bill-management technology, the service aims at helping consumers track and manage recurring payments. Visa also said it will serve as one of 40 super validators on the …