Digital wallets stories
Nearly 6 million Zilch users will see retail offers and rewards embedded in their payments journey as Rezolve Ai widens Reward's reach.
The fee-free option gives eligible UK shoppers up to 30 days to settle online purchases from GBP £1 to GBP £900 at checkout.
Platforms handling multi-party payments could cut delays and reconciliation work as Hello Clever ties funds to real-time domestic rails.
Digital payments, AI and open banking are set to propel the sector to USD $1,533.29 billion by 2034, the report says.
Faster instant payments and AI-led commerce are exposing fraud and infrastructure gaps, forcing banks and merchants to bolster resilience.
Chinese students at two New Zealand universities can now pay tuition and living costs through UnionPay, easing cross-border transactions.
Businesses will gain embedded self-custody tools as Payward folds Magic Labs' wallet infrastructure into its B2B platform for onchain services.
MBV customers in Vietnam will gain quicker overseas transfers without a costly systems overhaul as TerraPay opens access to 156 markets.
Hong Kong users of Hang Seng's mobile app can now pay abroad through Alipay+, widening access to merchants in more than 55 markets.
Users could soon spend digital dollar balances at shops as the firms seek to make stablecoins usable on existing card networks.
The ranking puts Azerbaijan's digital finance sector on a global stage, as Bir becomes the first South Caucasus firm to join CNBC's neobanking list.
Awareness of the EU-backed identity scheme remains low in France and Germany, with privacy and reliability worries slowing potential adoption.
Mac users were lured via Google ads and shared Claude chats into installing malware that steals passwords, files and wallet data.
Banks and fintechs may soon keep more payments inside their own apps, as Apple's wider NFC access loosens iPhone wallet restrictions.
Operators could lift spend and speed service as hospitality payments move from fixed terminals to connected platforms across venues.
Merchants in Brazil and Mexico can now tap widely used local payment methods through a single integration, boosting checkout conversion across Latin America.
Carriers can speed claims payouts and reduce manual billing work as the new tie-up links payment tools with core insurance systems.
Small businesses can now access automated expense tracking and cash back as Intuit ties the new card directly to QuickBooks accounts.
Vietnamese customers will gain faster overseas transfers as TPBank taps TerraPay's network for real-time payments to 156 countries and territories.
Its tokenised deposit push could gain wider reach after the Reno-based firm brought in a former Apple Pay and Cash App executive.