Payments news on the Retail desk

The latest payments news

1. Aug 21 Walmart says it will start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay 2
2. Jun 25 EBANX says Pix Automático is 28% of Nord Security Brazil payment volume 2
3. Jul 29 EBANX and Pagaleve blend Pix and BNPL in Brazil 1
4. Jul 8 Atradius survey reports rising late payments among Asian suppliers 3
5. Jun 19 Anvil partners with Blockchain Futurist Conference on sponsorship letters of credit 5
6. Jun 16 ndtvprofit.com: “UPI Footprint Expands: Piyush Goyal Launches Payments Platform In France's Nice Massena” 1
7. Jun 17 Visa and Mintoak announce partnership for merchant SaaS in Asia Pacific 2
8. Mar 24 finanznachrichten.de: “ID TECH Announces PCI - Validated P2PE Solution and New Major Acquirer L3 Certifications” 2
9. Mar 18 RNFI and Jio Payments Bank Launch Nationwide UPI QR Cash Withdrawals 2
10. Mar 17 NPCI International expands UPI merchant acceptance in Sri Lanka with LankaPay 3
11. Mar 17 AutoCount Debuts BIR-Accredited POS with Euronet QRPH Integration 2
12. Mar 16 Singtel mobile services restored after 8-hour disruption; payments, ride-hailing affected 2
13. Mar 17 Circle SaaS platform integrates Airwallex embedded finance 2
14. Mar 16 EBANX opens Singapore APAC headquarters 2
15. Mar 12 PayPay valued at $12.7 billion in Nasdaq debut 2
16. Mar 12 Razorpay debuts AI Agent Studio for payment automation 2
17. Mar 12 SoftBank’s PayPay Prices US IPO at $16, Below Initial Target Range 3
18. Mar 7 Colossus seeks to replace Visa and Mastercard with KYC-less Ethereum Layer-2 cards 2
19. Mar 9 Visa launches Intelligent Authorization for global payment processing 2
20. Mar 7 UQPAY Debuts Full-Stack Bridge for Fiat and Stablecoin Global Payments 2
21. Mar 6 Walmart-backed PhonePe says it targets $1 billion IPO raise 1
22. Feb 26 Mastercard, MetaMask launch crypto debit card in 49 US states, including New York. 1
23. Feb 17 Steak 'n Shake says same-store sales rose after bitcoin strategy began nine months ago 4

Who is named most?

1. Visa 4
2. UPI 3
3. EBANX 3
4. Walmart 2
5. SoftBank 2
6. Mastercard 2
7. Pix 2
8. PayPay 2

Counted over the 24 events listed above. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.