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The stablecoin-payments platform Circle Internet Group Inc. said early Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Tazapay, a business-to-business cross-border payments technology developer based in Singapore and serving financial institutions and payment-service providers. Tazapay processes more than $25 billion in payment volume annually, of which approximately 60% includes stablecoins. The parties …
September, 2026
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4 September
COMMENTARY: Stablecoins Are Moving From Crypto Debate to Payments Use Case
For decades, payments progress has been measured by how much friction disappears between initiation and transaction. Checks and cash gave way to credit cards. Credit cards gave way to digital wallets. And now, stablecoins are emerging as a new payments rail, with the potential to change how businesses move and …
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3 September
FedNow Eyes Expansion with Upcoming Discount Program
Financial institutions pondering how FedNow, the real-time payment service from the Federal Reserve, might fit into their product sets will have a new incentive to factor in when the FedNow discount program begins Jan. 1. Eligible FIs could receive a minimum of a $5,000 discount when enabling FedNow receive capabilities. …
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2 September
OpenPayd Prepares for a U.S. Launch As Big Banks Plan for a Dollar Stablecoin
OpenPayd, a London-based provider of open-banking and stablecoin services, announced an expansion into the U.S. market, having acquired 43 state money-transfer licenses. Globally, the company processes more than $300 billion in volume yearly for more than 1,200 businesses. The announcement comes following OpenPayd’s integration this month of MSB USA Inc., …
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1 September
Visa Adds a Fraud Score for Account-to-Account Transactions
With account-to-account transaction growth forecasted by Juniper Research to increase 83% by 2030, card brands and financial institutions are readying more fraud-prevention measures. The latest is a fraud score for A2A payments from Visa Inc. Announced Tuesday, the updated version of Visa’s A2A Protect service now includes a fraud score, …
August, 2026
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21 August
PublicSquare Lands Payments Integration with LendSuite
Payments companies continue to court potentially lucrative software integration deals with PSQ Holdings Inc. among the latest to do so. West Palm Beach, Fla.-based PSQ says its PSQ Payments unit will supply credit and debit card and automated clearing house payments, along with instant payment processing via FedNow and RTP …
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19 August
Kraken Debuts in the U.S. a Debit Card Backed by 600-Plus Fiat And Digital Assets
The digital-asset trading platform Kraken announced the U.S. launch of its Krak Card, a debit card that allows users to conduct transactions in cash and digital currencies. Issued by Kansas City, Mo.-based Lead Bank, the card can be used at Visa-accepting merchants and offers up to 2% cash back. Stripe Issuing …
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18 August
COMMENTARY: Stablecoin Adoption Doesn’t Have To Be a Deposit Retention Problem
When people discuss mainstream stablecoin adoption, the conversation usually focuses on payments: Will consumers pay with stablecoins? Will merchants accept them? Will blockchain replace card networks? The bigger challenge is not payments—it is deposits. The real battle is where money lives, not how it moves. Banks have spent decades building …
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13 August
A Year In, Zelle tag Enrollment Surpasses 1 Million Small Businesses
Just one year since its launch, the Zelle tag, a personalized identifier to make it easier for small businesses to accept Zelle payments, is in use with more than 1 million small businesses and has an average daily enrollment of 3,500 in the first two quarters of 2026, Zelle says. …
