Card and local acquiring: authorisation, acceptance, pricing, scheme fees and merchant coverage.
MAS has granted KPay subsidiary KPay Merchant Service (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license, allowing it to provide merchant acquiring, domestic remittance, and cross-border remittance services in Singapore.
推荐理由：The license covers merchant acquiring as well as domestic and cross-border remittances, and is linked to the product expansion of Online Payments and KPay POS, highlighting its business strategy in Singapore.
UAE Central Bank granted Ant International two payment licenses: an RPSCS Category II license and a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) license.
推荐理由：The two types of licenses correspond to merchant acquiring and cross-border account services, respectively. The materials also explain that Alipay+ does not rely on the new licenses, making it easier to distinguish its business pathways in the UAE.
Ant International has obtained the Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Category II (RPSCS) license and the Stored Value Facilities (SVF) license issued by the Central Bank of the UAE.
推荐理由：The article distinguishes the new licenses from the existing Alipay+ partnership arrangements and explains the subsequent service pathways for Antom and WorldFirst in the UAE.
澳大利亚央行（RBA）公布商户卡支付成本与附加费审查第三阶段结论，自 2026 年 10 月 1 日起 EFTPOS、Mastercard、Visa 将实施禁止卡支付附加费规则，并下调国内交换费上限；2027 年 4 月 1 日起对境外发行卡实施 1% 交换费上限。
推荐理由：原文梳理了澳大利亚 2026 年卡支付改革的三条主线与两个生效日期，商户可据此对照自身定价与路由安排。
Checkout.com称，2025年处理支付总额超$300 billion，同比增长64%，净收入连续第二年增长超30%，并恢复全年EBITDA盈利。公司全年交易处理可用性达99.999%，近100亿笔交易中95%在1秒内完成，并于12月在Microsoft Azure上处理首笔交易，转向多区域、多云模式。
推荐理由：年度信给出支付处理规模、盈利恢复和多云基础设施进展，便于判断Checkout.com在企业商户市场的经营质量与扩张路径。
Checkout.com在2024年实现整体净收入增长40%，Commerce and Fintech业务增长45%，并以盈利状态结束该年度；公司预计2025年实现全年盈利。
推荐理由：这封年度信把 Checkout.com 的增长、盈利、全球收单扩张与产品指标放在同一框架中，便于观察其从支付性能到资金管理的业务推进。
Checkout.com 推出 Issuing，提供虚拟和实体卡的发卡、处理与管理能力，企业可通过单一 API 管理卡项目。该产品可将收单余额用于实时为卡提供资金，并配置 MCC、消费限额和授权决策；Checkout.com称企业还可分享每笔卡交易的交换费收入。
推荐理由：Checkout.com 将发卡、发卡处理、卡项目管理与收单余额联动放入单一 API，材料也展示了资金、授权和交换费管理的具体路径。