What changed in payments this week.

A short weekly briefing for everyone who takes, builds or sells payments in the Nordics and Baltics, online and in store.

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Global Payments completes its acquisition of Worldpay

Global Payments has completed its purchase of Worldpay from FIS and GTCR, and sold its Issuer Solutions business to FIS, focusing the group on merchant payments.

Disclosure: Paynavia is run by Leandro Diaz, who works at Worldpay.

Acquiring

  1. Sample: Where PSD3 and the Payment Services Regulation stand

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    Regulation

  2. Sample: What agent-initiated checkout asks of merchants

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    Agentic commerce

  3. Sample: Network tokens and card-on-file payments

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    Tokenisation

  4. Sample: How pay by bank flows differ across the Nordics

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    Pay by bank

  5. Sample: Local wallets at checkout in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

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    Local methods

  6. Sample: SCA exemptions and their effect on approval

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    Fraud & authorisation

What we cover

Eight areas, explained in plain words.

The rules are changing

The EU rules for payments are being updated. We follow what changes for your checkout and explain it in plain words, with the source linked.

Today

Coming

Seven markets, seven habits

Choose a market to see the payment methods shoppers there use most. Market pages are on the way.

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Editorial policy

  • Neutral coverage of providers, methods and regulation.
  • No ranking or placement that favours any provider.
  • Sources are always linked, so you can read the original.

About Paynavia

Paynavia is an independent initiative, built and run by Leandro Diaz, who works in enterprise sales at Worldpay.

It is a personal project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any payment provider, including that employer. The aim is simple: a calm, useful overview of payments for everyone who takes, builds or sells them in the region.