Real-time Payments

September, 2025

• 8 September

  Paytrie Joins Circle to Grow Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments, While StratX Launches a Stablecoin Protocol

  

  Paytrie AB Inc., a platform for buying and selling stablecoins, is joining the Circle Payments Network in what it says is an effort to expand the reach of stablecoins to consumers in Canada. The deal, which builds on Paytrie’s support for USD Coin, a stablecoin pegged to the United States …
• 5 September

  Alacriti Adds Zelle to Its Orbipay Payments Hub With a Goal of Easier Integration

  

  Money-movement specialist Alacriti wants to make it easier for banks and credit unions to use its service to enable the Zelle peer-to-peer payment service. That’s why it’s added Zelle to its Orbipay Payments Hub, a platform for financial institutions. Zelle, the P2P payment service from Early Warning Services LLC, had …
• 5 September

  UATP Teams with APG Pay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/5/25

  

  UATP, a U.S.-based payment processor for airlines, said it will work with APG Pay, a payment-technology developer specializing in the travel industry, to issue UATP accounts to corporate clients and travel companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Blink Charging Co. said it will start to accept cryptocurrency by year’s end at its …
• 4 September

  Payroc Lands Cinfed and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/4/25

  

  Payroc said it will begin processing Sept. 1 for merchants using Cinfed Credit Union under a new agreement with the financial institution, which serves members in Southwest Ohio. Digital-asset platform Fireblocks Inc. launched Fireblocks Network for Payments, aimed at enabling stablecoin-based transactions in more than 100 countries. Sola Security, a cybersecurity firm whose …
• 2 September

  Thunes in Ripple Tie-in and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/2/25

  

  Money-transfer platform Thunes is working with blockchain-based payments provider Ripple Labs Inc. to offer broader reach for payouts and increased streamlining for money transfer globally, the parties said. Visa Inc. said it will work with Ample Earth, a fintech focused on climate issues, to incorporate sustainability information in digital banking apps and loyalty …

August, 2025

• 29 August

  Zelle Launches a Campaign to Show How Embedded Its P2P Service Is in Consumers’ Lives

  

  Zelle, the peer-to-peer payments service from Early Warning Services LLC, is preparing to launch a marketing campaign aimed at highlighting its utility in everyday life. Dubbed “When It Counts,” the campaign is intended to show how woven into consumers’ daily lives Zelle has become, with such features as splitting a …
• 27 August

  Circle Allies With Finastra And Helps Fund a Singapore Stablecoin Company

  

  Finastra, a London-based developer of payments software for banks, said Wednesday it will work with Circle Internet Group Inc. to let banks include stablecoin settlement in their cross-border payments processing. In related news, the cross-border payments technology provider Tazapay announced it has closed on a Series B round with funding …
• 26 August

  VersaBank’s Crypto Pilot  and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/26/25

  

  VersaBank USA started a pilot for its USDVBs, tokenized versions of actual cash deposits at the bank. The move follows a similar pilot by the bank in Canada. VersaBank says it will seek a non-objection statement from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency before launching the product commercially. Thread …
• 25 August

  Authvia Adds Visa Direct to Its Text to Pay Platform

  

  Authvia, a provider of text-to-pay and conversational-commerce technology for independent software vendors, independent sales organizations, banks, and merchants, has integrated Visa Direct into its TXT2PAY platform. The integration allows merchants and businesses to initiate outbound disbursements, as well as receive inbound payments, in real time. As a result, merchants will …
• 21 August

  Q2’s Real-Time Payments Move and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/21/25

  

  Technology provider Q2 Holdings Inc. announced Open Payment Network is its first partner to offer integration for Q2 Instant Payments Manager, a product aimed at banks looking to manage real-time payment workflows. Canada-based payments provider Corpay Inc. announced its cross-border platform has become the official foreign-exchange partner to the New Zealand Football club. Klear.ai, …