Checkout.com, the leading cloud-based global payment solutions provider, has announced the launch of its Payouts Product, which enables merchants to make seamless payments directly to eligible recipients’ cards and bank accounts.

The solution will enable merchants to make payouts in real-time to over four billion cards in over 174 countries and seamless payments to local bank accounts in over 40 countries around the world. It also leverages market-leading scheme and interbank FX rate sources, leaving global merchants with minimal exposure to currency fluctuations.

Payouts will enable the remittance, digital wallet, travel, insurtech and the gig economy industries to deliver more efficient, faster payments as a competitive differentiator. Checkout.com is the only payment service provider to have built a completely new infrastructure that spans the entire payouts value chain.

PPS, payments and banking-as-a-service provider, has officially announced that it is powering the first Gen Z fintech for the German market. pockid is the first German Neobank specifically designed for Generation Z (15-24-year olds), providing a much-needed solution to the payment spending issue facing German youths. PPS enables pocked to achieve this through its scalable solution, utilising years of experience powering banks and fintech across the globe.