Fintech strategy & why it matters • Payments Product Leader • Advisor @Pay2Z • Founder @ClearAccept • Exits Metacharge, WePay • Built multiple active PSPs
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Per @ThePaypers, @Adyen is rolling out @Visa's device biometric 3D Secure alternative VPP (Visa #Payment Passkey) to their #payments acceptance optimisation offering "Adyen Uplift". Uses same passkey as used for device unlock. thepaypers.com/fraud-and-fin…
A couple of years on from @AmericanExpress divesting them, PE backed risk screening platform @AccertifyInc - founded 20 years ago to address #payments fraud - launches new partner programme promising to build a consortium helping good customers transact. accertify.com/resource/accer…
Food delivery app @JustEatUK is the first major brand to offer @Revolut's new branded "on us" (A2A) #payments button. Forget #banking, Revolut is just very good at #affiliate #marketing: subscription bundling them, redeem points at them, now pay at them. lnkd.in/p/egMNEAa7
Just @Adyen knocking over 12% off their value today by dropping full year EBITDA margin guidance from 52% to 50% since last quarter - and removing altogether their pitch to get above 55% by 2028 - in order to instead "accelerate investment in team, platform and product".
Despite fall thru of @Stripe / @adventintl deal, @PayPal recovery shows some signs of life with 11% beat on Q3 earnings, raising FY profit forecast to $15.7bn. But miss on revenue tells real story growth in higher margin BNPL & @Venmo, plus cost cut. [PDF] s205.q4cdn.com/875401827/fil…
Long time #payments infrastructure specialists @TNSI enhance their cloud-native #orchestration platform to help unattended terminal and high volume partners optimise acceptance through "smart routing" rules & provider availability and performance signals. tnsi.com/resource/pay/tns-he…
The rebooted @Paysafe wallet, 2026 relaunch of the @paysafecard - offering an #emoney IBAN, debit card, cash load & #bank/SEPA transfers - expands beyond its initial 18 European markets into Croatia, Bulgaria and Estonia (having added Poland 2 months ago). businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Airline association @IATA finds that economic cost of #payments to #airlines was $24.5bn in 2025 against $1.05T in sales (2.33%) & cost of transacting growing marginally faster than air travel itself! 84.5% of costs are payment fees (1.98% effective rate). iata.org/en/pressroom/2026-r…
Mexico's anti trust regulator @AntimonopolioMX launch investigation into electronic #payments and vouchers market for #merchants after complaint about anti-competitive behaviour. @BBVA_Mex & @SantanderMx are dominant acquirers, @EdenredMexico in vouchers. chambers.com/articles/cna-op…
