Newswire Summaries
Electronic Payments acquires Handpoint, extends footprint into Europe
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:48:43 (UTC)
Acquisition fuses processor-owned economics with developer-first APIs, powering commerce in local currencies across three continents CALVERTON, N.Y. – AUGUST 19, 2025 – Electronic Payments, Inc. (EPI), the processor behind the Cygma® authorization and clearing platform, today announced it has acquired Handpoint, a pioneer in integrated and mobile payments trusted by leading ISVs and payments institutions across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Europe....
Ncontracts appoints Clay Carter as Chief Information Security Officer
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:33:57 (UTC)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 19, 2025 -- Ncontracts, the leading provider of integrated compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions to the financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Clay Carter as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The addition of Carter to the executive team strengthens Ncontracts’ security posture as the company continues to grow and demonstrates its commitment to ensuring responsible AI governance across its expanding suite of intelligent compli...
LATAM SaaS sector accelerating toward doubling by 2027, EBANX finds
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:32:45 (UTC)
CURITIBA, BRAZIL, August 19, 2025 – Exclusive data revealed today by EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment services for emerging markets, shows that Latin America’s Software as a Service (SaaS) market is projected to reach USD 46 billion in 2027, more than doubling from USD 22 billion in 2023, according to Payments and Commerce Market Intelligence data sourced by EBANX. “The rapid growth of the SaaS sector reflects a major shift in how Latin Americans work, learn, ...
Coda acquires Recharge, expanding reach in digital content monetization
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:27:45 (UTC)
SINGAPORE and AMSTERDAM | 19 August 2025 — Coda, a global leader in digital content monetization headquartered in Singapore, has completed its acquisition of Recharge, Europe’s leading prepaid payments platform, headquartered in Amsterdam. This follows Coda’s announcement last month on the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Recharge. The transaction unites two profitable, scaled businesses with complementary strengths. Coda brings deep partnerships with leading digital content...
UK government commences crackdown on late payment crisis
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:24:58 (UTC)
London, 19 August 2025 – As the Prime Minister announces a crackdown on persistent late payers, a study highlights that half of all supplier invoices are paid late, costing the UK economy £11bn annually and contributing to the closure of 38 businesses every day. Sir Keir Starmer’s declaration that “it’s time to pay up” underscores the scale of the problem and the urgent need for businesses to address delays across their supply chains. According to Basware’s Accounts Payable Be...
Pulse's Unified Lending Interface offers seamless integration with lending products
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:23:52 (UTC)
LONDON Tuesday 19th August 2025: Data & SaaS company Pulse has announced the launch of Unified Lending Interface (ULI), which enables introducers, brokers, and fintech platforms to instantly embed lending products directly into their own environments through their Lending APIs. Through plug-and-play simplicity, Pulse's Lending APIs provide access to real-time indicative offers, full application submission, and instant decisioning for banks, lenders, accountants, brokers, introducers and the bu...
UK SMEs gain millions in funding through Cashflows Advance
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:20:34 (UTC)
London, UK – Tuesday August 19th 2025 – Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments, has achieved a surge in demand for its flexible, pre-approved business funding product, Cashflows Advance. The product has delivered millions in funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in less than 18 months. The product, created in partnership with Recap, offers merchants a pre-approved cash advance based on sales data. This eliminates lengthy application pro...
Úna Dillon named Regional Director, Europe for the PCI SSC
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 16:14:53 (UTC)
Longtime Payment Industry Executive to Lead European Efforts for PCI SSC WAKEFIELD, Mass., 18 August 2025 — The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), a global standards body for the payment card industry, announced today that Úna Dillon has been named Regional Director, Europe for PCI SSC. As Regional Director, Úna will serve as the primary liaison with European payment security stakeholders. In this role, she will drive awareness and growth of the Council with an emphasis on educatin...
PayGround appoints Joshua Cooper to accelerate next phase of innovation
Monday, August 18, 2025 17:27:07 (UTC)
GILBERT, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare payment platform PayGround today announced they have appointed Joshua Cooper as their new Head of Product. Joshua brings well over a decade of specialized experience in healthcare, healthtech and fintech to lead PayGround's next phase of platform development. The strategic hire reinforces PayGround's dedication to innovation and market expansion. His expertise in healthcare integrations and product lifecycle management will be instrumen...
Circle announces pricing of public offering
Monday, August 18, 2025 17:25:32 (UTC)
Aug 14, 2025 6:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time Circle Announces Pricing of Public Offering NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) (“Circle”), a global financial technology company and stablecoin market leader, today announced the pricing of its public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $130.00 per share. Circle is offering 2,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and the selling stockholders are offering ...
