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Called Titan, it adds perks and high-end offers to lure corporate clients. Payment experts say it faces challenges in battling incumbents such as American Express.

The card networks entered separate partnerships to tap the remittance market, while the French payment company continued its turnaround strategy following regulatory and economic challenges.

PayPal and other fintechs already offer small business loans based on future payment flows, creating a competitive market.

By placing the JPMD deposit token on a public blockchain, the bank hopes to sell a combination of regulatory cover with speed and transparency for large institutional transactions.

At a UCLA economic panel, experts from Zions, JPMorgan, Berkeley Research Group and Wave Digital Assets discussed the challenges in data management and compliance risk that goes with adopting digital assets.

The card network is making a digital wallet push following the Digital Markets Act, which dilutes Apple's control over mobile payments technology.

Circle's Dante Disparte and Block's Owen Jennings discuss how blockchain, crypto and AI can combine to open new lanes for international commerce. Payment experts say banks need to play catch up.

A group of European banks have formed Qivalis, which expects to launch its coin in early 2026 as a counter to the U.S. dollar-led market. Plus, Singapore regulators give Ripple permission to expand and other news in the global payments and fintech roundup.

The CEO spoke with American Banker about the company's plans for AI, blockchain, taking its digital wallet global and making PayPal and Venmo work together for the first time.

The Swedish financial technology firm issued its first stablecoin and signed a gift card distribution deal with BlackRock. Also, EMVCo is examining AI's impact on processing and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

As banks change layouts to focus more on customer experience, the ATM company is leaning into AI-powered management and simplified technology sales to keep self-service kiosks relevant.

The U.K.-based banking giant will add a fintech that enables it to compete with Apple Pay, while Global Payments has added Uber Eats as part of its Genius-branded point of sale rollout. Plus: Visa has advanced account-to-account payments in the U.K. and more in the global payments and fintech roundup.

BNY estimates the market for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other assets will reach a combined value of $3.6 trillion in four years, while Standard Chartered says the entire banking industry will soon be "tokenized." The trend is creating pressure to update strategies and technology.

Acquisition talks fell through in the final hours, according to reports. Also: Visa launched another stablecoin pilot on Visa Direct; the Bank of England seeks input on stablecoin restrictions; and more in this week's global payments roundup.

Following a judge's rejection of a 2024 settlement with merchants, the card networks are offering a slightly higher interchange reduction and easing card acceptance rules. It's the latest attempt to end a legal fight that's two decades old.

Eric Girard, who became the bank's head of embedded banking and co-head of commercial product in October, is aiming to make the technology more accessible.

As Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters says cash will soon fully give way to digital currency, Western Union, Worldline, Coinbase and Ripple entered separate collaborations to bring digital assets to wider audiences. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

With the U.K. and U.S. giving a green light to the company's $22.7 billion scale-building deal to buy Worldpay, Global Payments has begun its integration strategy.

The buy now/pay later firm, which reports earnings Thursday, has inked deals with Worldpay to expand potential borrowers and with New York Life to obtain more capital for future lending.

As the political dispute drags on, there are implications beyond government disbursements, potentially harming corporate cash positions and the larger economy, according to payment experts from Billtrust and research firms.