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Hey Payments Fanatic! MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio for $175 million, its largest acquisition to date. Helio, launched in 2022 on the Solana blockchain, provides on-chain payment solutions for platforms including Shopify, Discord, and SolanaPay. Ivan Soto-Wright, Co-founder and CEO of MoonPay announces: "Today, I've

Hey Payments Fanatic! India is rewriting the digital payments playbook—and Visa and Mastercard are feeling the heat Thanks to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India now processes over 13 billion real-time transactions monthly, making up 71% of all payments in the country. UPI directly connects bank accounts via QR

Hey Payments Fanatic! Adyen has launched Adyen Uplift, an AI-powered payment optimization suite trained on over $1 trillion in global payments data. The solution aims to help businesses boost payment conversion while simplifying fraud management and reducing costs, with pilot customers reporting up to 6% increase in conversion rates. Adyen’

Hey Payments Fanatic! DLocal has obtained a U.K. payment institution license from the Financial Conduct Authority, enabling the Uruguayan payments firm to onboard new U.K. merchants through its local entity, dLocal Opco UK. Pedro Arnt, dLocal's CEO, explains their unique position: "The U.K. has

Hey Payments Fanatic! Starting January 9th, 2025, all banks in the eurozone must implement instant payments capabilities, with transaction fees required to match standard credit transfer costs. This means any instant payment to a merchant's euro bank account must complete within ten seconds. Jan van Vonno, Head of

Hey Payments Fanatic! Dutch payment app Tikkie has shattered records in 2024, processing a staggering €7.4 billion in transactions - an 8% increase from last year's €6.6 billion milestone. With 10 million users now on board, the platform handles an impressive 5.3 payments per second,

Happy New Year, Payments Fanatic! 2025 kicks off with stablecoins taking center stage in the $205 billion crypto market. While Bitcoin's 2024 surge grabbed headlines, the real buzz is around these price-stable tokens, pegged to fiat currencies like the US dollar. Giants like Visa, PayPal, and Stripe are