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JPMorgan Payments is expanding its collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve access to working capital for businesses across India, using a risk-sharing framework to support trade finance and strengthen supply chains.
Meta Platforms is introducing a new class of non-voting shares to expand its financing options as the company increases investment in artificial intelligence. The move is designed to help fund AI infrastructure, employee compensation and potential acquisitions while preserving the voting power of existing shareholders.
Visa has introduced three new capabilities designed to improve commercial payments through artificial intelligence, enhanced fraud prevention and automated invoice processing.
Stablecoin payments are gaining momentum even as the total supply of these digital assets remains largely unchanged. Payments reached $482 billion during the first nine months of 2026,
Google is testing a new approach to publisher compensation that could reshape how websites create, optimise and monetise content in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has postponed the planned implementation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges on select Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above ₹2,000 until after Diwali 2026.
Ripple is integrating wallet technology from Privy, a company owned by Stripe, into the XRP Ledger (XRPL), making it easier for developers to build applications that support cryptocurrency payments.
Citi and Arab Bank have announced a collaboration that lets Arab Bank offer Citi’s 24/7 US dollar clearing service to its corporate clients, for both incoming and outgoing USD payments.
State Bank of India (SBI) has cautioned customers about the “Jumped Deposit” scam. In it, an unknown person sends money to your account and then calls, asking you to return it. Once the victim trusts the caller, the fraudster pushes them to approve a large UPI payment request.
Indian fintech company Pine Labs has launched a unified payments platform for merchants in Singapore, bringing payment acceptance, acquiring, instalment payments and customer engagement into a single technology layer
London-based fintech Noah has raised an additional $16 million to expand its global payments infrastructure, according to Axios.
JCB, MNC Bank and Kawasaki Motor Indonesia have launched three new co-branded credit cards in Indonesia, combining payment services with lifestyle and motorcycle-related benefits. The new products are MNC JCB Ultimate, MNC JCB Precious and MNC Kawasaki JCB Precious Card.
The Government of India has clarified that consumers will continue to make UPI payments without transaction charges, while all person-to-person (P2P) transactions will remain completely free regardless of the amount transferred.
India’s digital payments ecosystem may be entering its next phase, with business-to-business (B2B) payments emerging as a major growth opportunity. Speaking at Global FinTech Fest 2026, Shruti Gupta, Head of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions, India and South Asia at Visa, highlighted the growing importance of commercial payments.
