PORTLAND, Ore. — June 5, 2025 — Payfinia, an open, real-time payments framework, announced today it won the Best Credit Union/Community Bank & FinTech Partnership by Fintech Futures’ Banking Tech Awards USA 2025 with Star One Credit Union ($10.2 billion, 124,000 members). The Banking Tech Awards USA honor technology excellence and innovation in the banking and financial services sector, spotlighting the standout projects, products, services and teams driving progress in the industry. ...

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HANGZHOU, China, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- From June 3 to 5, Money20/20 Europe, the global fintech flagship event, takes place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. LianLian Global, a brand under the Hong Kong-listed Lianlian DigiTech, has been invited to showcase its innovative digital payment solutions at the event. At the summit, LianLian Global and UnionPay International, officially announced their strategic partnership. The signing ceremony was attended by Tim Shen, CEO of LianLian Global; Adora...

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bolt, a leading checkout technology company, and Palantir Technologies Inc., a leading provider of AI software, today announced a strategic partnership to usher in a new era of intelligent ecommerce checkout—one that's personalized, dynamic and deeply informed by data. Checkout 2.0, a self-learning, self-improving checkout, replaces today's static, form-based flows with an adaptive, real-time system that responds to each shopper's unique preferenc...

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LONDON, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Licel vTEE has been re-evaluated and approved by EMVCo under the SBMP TEE category for the Android platform. This is the second year in a row that Licel's virtual trusted execution environment has been recognized for Android, six months on from celebrating approval for the iOS platform. Licel vTEE celebrates EMVCo SBMP TEE evaluation and approval once again Since its initial release, the Licel vTEE has achieved widespread adoption across diverse s...

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HONG KONG, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AEON, the next-generation crypto payment framework, is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Gala, a pioneering Web3 entertainment company reshaping digital ownership in gaming, music, and film. This collaboration brings Gala's native token $GALA into the real economy by enabling payments across AEON's vast crypto payment infrastructure—online and offline. The integration allows users to seamlessly pay with $GALA through AEON's crypto paym...

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NEW YORK, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Keeta, the company behind the most scalable blockchain in the world, capable of 10 million transactions per second and 400 millisecond settlement, today announced the first-ever blockchain-native credit bureau created in partnership with SOLO, a credit data infrastructure platform backed by over 100 banks. Both backed by former Google CEO & Chairman, Eric Schmidt, Keeta is enabling SOLO's PASS, a digital certificate that consolidates fragmented financial...

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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s getting harder to tell the nation’s banks and credit card company mobile apps and websites apart from one another. According to a series of recent studies of bank and credit card mobile app and online users, released today by J.D. Power, the digital channels of Canada’s banks and credit card providers deliver remarkably similar user experiences, with the gap between best-performing and lowest-performing apps and websites shrinking to the lowest levels to date...

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COSTA MESA, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Experian®, a global data and technology company, and Plaid, a leading financial data network, announced a strategic collaboration to lower barriers to accessing cashflow solutions and expanding financial inclusion. Now, banks, credit unions and consumer lenders can leverage Experian and Plaid’s combined expertise in real-time cashflow data and credit analytics to accelerate decisions, sharpen risk assessments and improve borrower out...

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PXP, a next-gen payment platform, today announces a strategic collaboration with Castles Technology, bringing cutting-edge Android-based terminal technology to merchants of all sizes across diverse point-of-sale environments. This powerful partnership combines PXP's innovative payment expertise with Castles Technology's advanced hardware engineering to deliver a seamless, secure payment experience that elevates customer engagement in every business context. "We're ...

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COLOGNE, Germany & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cleverbridge, a leading Merchant of Record (MoR) for software and SaaS companies, has secured three technology grants from the German government for up to €8 million in recognition of its leadership and innovation in digital commerce. "These grants are a powerful endorsement of our product vision and commitment to meaningful progress. We’re building the future of global ecommerce, where flexible, AI-driven products and expert services work hand...

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