Retail & E-Commerce

Vikar Technologies and SWIVEL integrate to fund new bank accounts instantly, targeting the drop-off point that costs financial institutions most.

R2's Brazil entry embeds transaction-based working capital into platforms serving millions of SMBs and gig workers across Latin America.

Xsolla president Chris Hewish's new book argues game studios are bleeding billions to platforms they do not own or control.

The partnership lets digital-goods sellers offload global tax, compliance and chargeback duties to a single co-branded payments stack.

UK startup Alfred bundles energy, mobile, broadband and insurance under a £195 membership, targeting households squeezed by rising utility costs.

China's dominant recruitment platform reports accelerating margins as AI-assisted matching and interviews move from experiment to commercial product.

Singapore and Vietnam are racing to host AI compute capacity while Alibaba stakes $10.2bn on the infrastructure underpinning it all.

A Singapore-US joint venture will deploy an AI enterprise platform across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, targeting millions of underserved small businesses.

A bumper week for fintech capital sees Rillet reach a $1bn valuation and Ingenico recapitalise with PIMCO backing.

Greenly's new platform automates supply-chain traceability data, helping manufacturers meet Europe's incoming product passport mandates.

REPAY's reseller deal with Visa gives independent payment operators direct VisaNet access, cutting out legacy processor dependencies.

A software-focused PE firm backs PayQuicker's 210-country payout platform as enterprise demand for real-time global disbursement intensifies.

OPPO's three-product Gulf rollout tests whether premium audio and AI-tablet features can convert mid-market consumers in Saudi Arabia.

Elavon and Sage extend their UK and Ireland tie-up, embedding acquiring and gateway solutions into SMB accounting software.

Klarna's four-tier membership overhaul targets credit card displacement across Europe, bundling travel, media and wellbeing perks.

A three-year renewal signals AI-driven, journey-wide fraud detection displacing manual review in high-velocity digital goods markets.

Flywire's Pay by Bank expansion into the US and Canada marks a significant step in open banking's move from European test bed to

LatAm fintech VC surged to $1.05bn in Q2 2026, with Mexico and Brazil claiming nine of the region's ten largest deals.

An India-US services partnership aims to bridge the gap between AI capability and measurable business outcomes in customer experience.

Swiss payments provider Payrexx moves into branded hardware, extending its all-in-one SME platform from online to in-store.