Marqeta has signed Coinbase as a partner for stablecoin-backed cards, the second such deal the card issuer has struck in five weeks and a sign that it intends to support stablecoin card programmes across competing infrastructure rather than betting on one rail. Announced on 16 October 2026, the collaboration puts Coinbase in charge of custody and fiat conversion, with settlement running on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network, while Marqeta handles card issuance, process

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Western Union will now pay remittances directly into mobile wallets across parts of Africa through the infrastructure of dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), starting with a live corridor in Cameroon. The move extends a partnership that until now covered only the collection side of cross-border transfers, and it gives Western Union a faster route to deliver money in a market where most recipients rely on mobile money rather than bank branches. dLocal supplies the technology and connectivity

Pliant, the Berlin-based business payments fintech, has secured full authorisation from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority as an electronic money institution, letting it issue cards and run payment accounts for British customers through its own regulated subsidiary rather than a third-party partner. The FCA granted the permission to Pliant Payments Limited on 14 October 2026, moving the company's UK operation inside a locally supervised entity for the first time. The Pliant