Real-time Payments

September, 2025

• 18 September

  MoneyGram Looks to Stablecoins for Cross-Border Transfers

  

  MoneyGram International Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a mobile app featuring a U.S. dollar-backed stored-value account that will work with stablecoins as well as fiat currencies. The move, which comes as interest in stablecoins heats up in the mainstream payments market, represents a sweeping update of the remittance company’s mobile technology and …
• 17 September

  Adyen’s LVMH Unification Plan and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/17/25

  

  Payments processor Adyen NV said it is working with the luxury-goods retailer LVMH to unify the company’s payments systems across all of its brands. LVMH operates more than 1,000 stores globally. Payments processor Thredd announced it will support an expansion into the United States and Latin America by Reap, a provider of cards backed …
• 10 September

  FedNow Announces a $10 Million Transaction Limit, Set for November

  

  The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will raise the transaction limit on FedNow transactions tenfold, to $10 million, effective in November. Launched in July 2023, FedNow is a real-time payments system linking more than 1,400 U.S. financial institutions. The move will have come nine months after the rival Real Time …
• 10 September

  Global’s Genius in the UK and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/10/25

  

  Global Payments Inc. announced it has launched its Genius processing platform in the United Kingdom, starting with quick-service and fast-casual restaurants. Genius for restaurants, which launched in May, and Genius for Retail consolidate 16 point-of-sale products into a platform that is marketed internationally. Mastercard Inc. announced it is working with Stripe, Google, and …
• 9 September

  COMMENTARY: How the GENIUS Act Is a Quiet Revolution in Crypto

  

  For years, critics and evangelists alike have obsessed over crypto’s headlines, its volatility, its philosophy, its personalities. But the GENIUS Act, recently passed in the United States, points to a new phase: a regulated, institutionalized, quietly ubiquitous crypto economy, one that doesn’t shout from the rooftops but works silently in …
• 8 September

  Paytrie Joins Circle to Grow Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments, While StratX Launches a Stablecoin Protocol

  

  Paytrie AB Inc., a platform for buying and selling stablecoins, is joining the Circle Payments Network in what it says is an effort to expand the reach of stablecoins to consumers in Canada. The deal, which builds on Paytrie’s support for USD Coin, a stablecoin pegged to the United States …
• 5 September

  Alacriti Adds Zelle to Its Orbipay Payments Hub With a Goal of Easier Integration

  

  Money-movement specialist Alacriti wants to make it easier for banks and credit unions to use its service to enable the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service. That’s why it’s added Zelle to its Orbipay Payments Hub, a platform for financial institutions. Zelle, the P2P payment service from Early Warning Services LLC, had …
• 5 September

  UATP Teams with APG Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/5/25

  

  UATP, a U.S.-based payment processor for airlines, said it will work with APG Pay, a payment-technology developer specializing in the travel industry, to issue UATP accounts to corporate clients and travel companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Blink Charging Co. said it will start to accept cryptocurrency by year’s end at its …
• 4 September

  Payroc Lands Cinfed and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/25

  

  Payroc said it will begin processing Sept. 1 for merchants using Cinfed Credit Union under a new agreement with the financial institution, which serves members in Southwest Ohio. Digital-asset platform Fireblocks Inc. launched Fireblocks Network for Payments, aimed at enabling stablecoin-based transactions in more than 100 countries. Sola Security, a cybersecurity firm whose …
• 2 September

  Thunes in Ripple Tie-in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/2/25

  

  Money-transfer platform Thunes is working with blockchain-based payments provider Ripple Labs Inc. to offer broader reach for payouts and increased streamlining for money transfer globally, the parties said. Visa Inc. said it will work with Ample Earth, a fintech focused on climate issues, to incorporate sustainability information in digital banking apps and loyalty …