Europe

ACCEPTANCE & PROCESSING

Ecommpay is providing the full payments stack behind MojoTip’s cashless tipping platform, enabling customers to tip via cards, wallets, and Open Banking and letting workers withdraw earnings in real time. Following a June launch surge, MojoTip required scale, orchestration, and instant payout rails for which Ecommpay is delivering a three‑month integration covering multi‑method acceptance and 24/7 liquidity for payouts.

DIGITAL, RETAIL & ‘NEO’ BANKING

Revolut has expanded its partnership with Booking.com to integrate Revolut’s payment technology deeper into the travel site’s booking flow. The collaboration aims to streamline FX handling, refunds and pay-out options for accommodation partners, while protecting purchases through Revolut’s built-in biometric security process.

FRAUD & CYBERSECURITY

Vivid has been approved by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)  as a Validation Agent, leveraging Ubisecure’s RapidLEI platform to issue LEIs directly within KYC and digital-identity workflows. RapidLEI notes that it has now launched the majority of Validation Agents globally, including European financial institutions and fintechs integrating LEI issuance into onboarding journeys. For European PSPs and acquirers, embedded LEI provisioning reduce friction in merchant due diligence, especially for cross-border and marketplace sellers, and supports more automated KYB checks aligned with evolving PSD3/AML expectations.

Rest of the World

ACCEPTANCE & PROCESSING

Visa and Euronet Pakistan have announced a strategic partnership to move POS acquiring from batch-based to real-time clearing through Visa’s new SMS (Settlement Messaging Service). By embedding instant clearing messages directly into transaction authorisation, the pair aim to accelerate settlement, improve liquidity management, and boost transparency for local acquirers. With Euronet leading implementation and integrations in Pakistan, the initiative targets smoother onboarding, broader adoption, and more efficient operations for SME-focused POS providers.

HitPay has partnered with Yuno to streamline merchant acceptance across Asia Pacific, combining HitPay’s SME‑focused commerce stack with Yuno’s orchestration for cards and local APMs. The partnership promises faster onboarding, higher approval ratios via smart routing, and simpler settlement for cross‑border sellers expanding from Southeast Asia into the wider APAC region. This includes access to eWallets such as GCas, ShopeePay, GrabPay, and Touch n’ Go.

Shoplazza and Whalet have announced a strategic partnership to streamline merchants’ access to global acquiring and local payment methods through a single integration, focusing initially on Asian exporters selling into North America and Europe. By embedding Whalet’s settlement and FX capabilities inside Shoplazza’s storefront tooling, the pair target faster onboarding, lower operational overhead and improved reconciliation for SMB merchants.

Infibeam Avenues has received Reserve Bank of India authorisation to operate as a payment aggregator for offline transactions, expanding beyond its existing online gateway business. The licence allows the company to provide in-store acquiring for cards and UPI QR payments under India’s tightened PA framework, covering merchant onboarding, settlement and dispute handling.