Real-time Payments

April, 2026

• 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 …
• 25 March

  Zip Take on Agentic Trust and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/25/26

  

  With the increasing activity of AI agents in online commerce, payments-technology company Ixopay said it is working with digital-payments specialist Zip to develop a unified trust layer, or an open framework meant to address trust and risk in agentic commerce. Financial-services technology developer Q2 Holdings Inc. said it will work with Stablecore, a platform …
• 24 March

  How Adding Send for Instant Payments Spawned Good Surprises for BofA

  

  Bank-focused instant payments have been around since 2017, when The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC launched its RTP network, and gained more attention with the 2023 debut of FedNow from the Federal Reserve. While thousands of banks and credit unions have signed up to receive real-time payments from these services, …
• 24 March

  Lightspeed’s AI Inventory Tool and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/24/26

  

  Payments processor Lightspeed Commerce Inc. announced a new AI-based tool aimed at helping merchants with inventory, product availability, and stock discrepancies.  Ticket Fairy, a digital platform that handles ticket sales and other functions for live events, announced its incorporation of AI in the launch of its new platform, Ticket Fairy 3.0. Founded …
• 19 March

  Thunes And Pay to Wallet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 3/19/26

  

  Money-movement platform Thunes Financial Services Inc. announced Banco Cathay of Costa Rica has adopted its Pay-to-Wallet service for cross-border payments. Loyalzoo Ltd., a developer of customer-engagement software for merchants, announced an agreement under which it will integrate its customer-relationship technology with a new point-of-sale platform from Priority Technology Holdings Inc., the MX …
• 18 March

  COMMENTARY: Why The Hybrid Model Will Win the Programmable Payments Race