MoonPay and Paramount Commerce launch Interac e-Transfer for crypto payments in Canada

Binance Pay in South Africa partners with Zapper, enabling crypto payments at 31,000 merchants and expanding global reach to 63,000 locations.

AEON Pay Launches Crypto Scan-to-Pay with PIX QR Code in Brazil "This integration allows Brazilian users to shop and pay at any merchant that supports PIX QR codes. At checkout, they can select their preferred crypto and wallet, whether through direct crypto transfer, AEON wallet balance, or popular payment options like Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, KuCoin Pay, or Bybit Pay, making crypto payments as simple and familiar as using PIX." https://lnkd.in/eDaJzzpn #fintech #finance #banking #paytech #payments #fintechnews #paymentsnews

📄 Payment Expert: Fintech Unwrapped delivers the latest and developing news stories you may have missed that has shaped the sector over the course of the week. 👇 🔗 PayPal launched PayPal Links to charge adoption amongst users for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, which could include crypto payments in the future. 🇸🇦 Alipay+ is now live in Saudi Arabia after Ant International agreed a deal with the Saudi Central Bank – SAMA to provide up to 1.7 billion QR code payment users across the country. 🤝 Adyen will process payments for luxury goods conglomerate LVMH's Maisons. 🪙 MoneyGram is the latest to support stablecoins by launching a new standalone digital app to send and receive USD-backed stablecoins. 🧑💻 Payhawk rolled out a suite of AI agents designed to automate back office workloads. Subscribe to the 'This Week in Payments' Newsletter, where Payment Expert covers all of the biggest news stories that transpired over the past week, here: https://lnkd.in/e4-tcDAG https://lnkd.in/efrk6EYf

Stablecoins won’t win by hype — they’ll win by being invisible. Merchants don’t want “crypto payments,” they want fast, reliable, low-cost settlements that just work, argues Anna Strebl https://lnkd.in/gs573QUd

Binance Pay has officially launched in South Africa, marking a strategic partnership with Zapper, a leading local crypto payment platform. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for Binance Pay in South Africa, dramatically expanding crypto payment acceptance across the country. Binance Pay in South Africa has taken a giant leap by integrating with Zapper, enabling users to make seamless crypto payments at 31,000 merchants nationwide. This move builds on Binance Pay’s existing global footprint, which now exceeds 63,000 merchant locations worldwide. The partnership aims to make crypto payments mainstream and accessible to everyday South African consumers. https://lnkd.in/d2YFjZTq

Crypto has spent most of its life clamoring for attention. But the key to success is for blockchain infrastructure to remain invisible.

Bolt unveils crypto rewards payment app - ATM Marketplace: Bolt, a payments platform, launched its SuperApp to enable crypto trading, peer-to-peer transfers, digital banking and rewards.

This visual shows how the biggest names in fintech and payments - Stripe, BVNK, Visa, and Mastercard - are building distinct strategies around stablecoins: ✔️ Stripe => Expanding from payments into financial accounts and money management, positioning itself as the fintech layer for stablecoin commerce. ✔️ BVNK => Targeting the infrastructure gap with wallets, self-custody, and cross-border settlement, while attracting strategic investment from Visa. ✔️ Visa Cross-Border Solutions => Piloting stablecoin-linked cards in LATAM and rolling out its Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) to integrate stablecoins with existing rails. ✔️ Mastercard => Going for an end-to-end approach with its Multi Token Network (MTN), covering issuance, settlement, tokenization, and card programs with exchanges and wallets. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ↳ This isn’t just about crypto adoption — it’s about modernizing the plumbing of money movement. ↳ Each player is betting on different choke points of value: merchant settlement, cross-border payments, custody, or card issuance. ↳ Partnerships with exchanges, wallets, and fintechs suggest a hybrid future where Web2 and Web3 infrastructures blend. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: ❔ Will stablecoins remain a niche efficiency tool, or will they become the default settlement layer for global payments? ❔ Can fintechs like Stripe or BVNK outpace the regulatory muscle and distribution power of Visa and Mastercard? ❔ How will regulators view this convergence of banking, payments, and crypto rails? ✅ One aspect is clear: Stablecoins are no longer optional experiments - they are becoming a competitive advantage. #Stablecoins #Fintech #Payments #DigitalAssets #Visa #Mastercard #Stripe #Blockchain stegx.finance | T-Blocks | Realiz Group | Brickken | Jean-Paul Scheuren | Arthur Salkin | Daniel Radwansky | Tristan Husson | Loïck K. | Julien Choveton-Caillat | Güneş Ünüvar | Dr. Eric Falk | Kim Dinse 🦉| Brice Vandevoorde | Eni Shtini | Henri Ndreca | Karima Lachgar | Klaudia Majerus-Berger | Yves-Laurent K. | Daniel Rodríguez Miguel | The Luxembourg House of Web3 | Leonel Marques | Harry Lars Ghillemyn | Joffrey Sarmadi | Rossana Caregnato

💳 The Future of Enterprise Payments is Borderless 💳 From SaaS platforms to cross-border e-commerce, one challenge remains the same: ❌ Complex banking restrictions ❌ Slow settlement cycles ❌ Rising transaction costs Enterprises need a hybrid solution — combining the flexibility of stablecoins with the trust of fiat. At Dogpay, we are building this bridge: ✅ Web3 Merchant Acquiring – accept USDT/USDC/ETH and settle instantly in USD/EUR ✅ Global Account – one dashboard to manage fiat & crypto treasury ✅ Compliance-first infrastructure – designed for enterprises to scale globally The rails of finance are changing. Businesses that adapt today will lead tomorrow. 🚀 👉 Do you think stablecoins will complement or eventually replace card networks as the dominant payment rail? #Dogpay #Web3Payments #GlobalAccount #Stablecoins #Fintech #DigitalCommerce

🌐 At rhino.fi we speak with builders across DeFi, payments, and crypto banking every day. A recurring theme we hear: cross-chain onboarding is still too complex for users. That’s why our Smart Deposit Address (SDA) product has been gaining traction — it simplifies onboarding, no matter where your users are. Here are 5 practical ways teams are already using SDAs 👇 💳 On/Off Ramps → accept deposits from multiple chains through a single address, without the need to build and support those chains internally. 🏢 B2B Payments → assign merchants their own cross-chain payment addresses, with automatic routing to your chosen settlement chain. 🤝 Peer-to-Peer Payment Apps → users deposit and send stablecoins from any chain, with seamless behind-the-scenes conversion. 📲 Crypto Neobanks & Wallets → offer a “just works” deposit experience, no wallet connection, no bridging, just a send. 🧾 Invoicing apps → generate invoice-specific SDAs for any chains but with cleaner reconciliation and chain-agnostic payments. ✅ The result? Better UX, less overhead, broader reach across chains. Any other use cases where you think SDAs could solve real pain points?