ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire UK-based Cranium Ventures, adding card switching technology to its ACI Connetic for Cards platform.

SumUp has received an SCFI licence from Brazil's central bank, expanding its ability to offer credit and financing to small businesses.

Handwave has expanded its agreement with Visa to integrate tokenisation, authentication and fraud tools into its biometric payment platform.

Broadridge broadens its Distributed Ledger Repo, adding G7 securities, thus extending cross-border tokenized settlement.

MassPay adds cryptocurrency and stablecoin collection to its global payout platform, enabling faster settlement and reconciliation.

Revolut has rolled out AIR, an in-app AI assistant, in Ireland and across Europe for budgeting, investing, and travel planning.

Netherlands-based Buckaroo has launched Buckaroo Accounting, built with Bizcuit, to automate transaction bookkeeping for merchants.

Reportedly, India is preparing the Unified Agent Protocol, a framework letting AI agents make payments via UPI.

TabaPay has secured USD 155 million in funding from FTV Capital and will acquire Transact Bank to launch TabaBank, adding redundancy.

Authologic has been registered as a Trust Service Provider to issue EU Digital Identity Wallet credentials under eIDAS 2.0 rules.

A 21-firm consortium including BofA, Citi, and Goldman Sachs targets a 2027 launch for a regulated US dollar stablecoin.

ID Finance has secured a EUR 21 million debt facility from Germany-based nordIX to fund consumer lending growth in Spain.