Alibaba’s Chairman Jack Ma has said he is open to a tie-up between payments affiliate Alipay and the newly launched Apple Pay as he prepares to hit the US for partnership deals later this week.

Global payments provider Elavon, a subsidiary of US Bancorp, is expanding its online payment gateway for small and medium-size businesses into the Irish market.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has re-hired Martin Knott as head of trade in its global transaction services division.

Skrill Group’s chief commercial officer David Sear will take on the role of CEO from 1st January, as current CEO Siegfried Heimgaertner takes an advisory position on the Group’s board.

Southeast Asian white-label MPOS platform maker Soft Space has announced the acquisition of Fasspay, a Malaysian payment service provider.

Payza has streamlined its process for allowing new business members to go from setting up a Payza account to accepting online payments.