Key insights: Visa and Mastercard are expanding their role in cross-border payments. What's at stake: Both card companies are trying to gain more revenue from sources beyond card swipes. Forward look: In other global news, French payment firm Worldline is refocusing is business following regulatory pressure and financial challenges.  Mastercard is partnering with Chinese technology giant Tencent to combine the Mastercard Move funds transfer service with the TenPay cross-border payment rail and the Weixin Pa ...

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a European enabler of payment services, announces the contemplated divestment of PaymentIQ, a payment orchestration platform, to Incore Invest for an estimated cash proceeds at closing of c.€160m. The intended disposal of PaymentIQ marks yet another step in Worldline’s so-called strategic refocus “on core European payment activities and a new milestone in its simplification journey, as part of the North Star transformation plan.”It demonstrates Worldline’s commitment to focus on s ...

Incore Invest has signed an agreement to buy CoreOrchestration, a Swedish software firm behind the PaymentIQ payment orchestration platform, from Worldline in a carve-out transaction. The closure of the acquisition is anticipated in the first quarter of 2026, after which CoreOrchestration will operate independently under the ownership of Incore. Following the transaction’s completion, Incore will assume complete ownership, supporting CoreOrchestration as an active and long-term stakeholder with a focus o ...

Worldline announces the contemplated divestmentof its payments orchestration platform PaymentIQ to Incore Invest Paris La Défense, 8 December 2025 – Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a European leader in payment services, announces the contemplated divestment of PaymentIQ, a payment orchestration platform, to Incore Invest for an estimated cash proceeds at closing of c.€160m1. The disposal of PaymentIQ marks a further step in Worldline’s strategic refocus on core European payment activities and a new milestone in ...