10 Nov 26 @ 18:15

Canada has launched its long-awaited Real-Time Rail, giving banks, credit unions and payment service providers a national infrastructure for clearing and settling payments instantly, 24 hours a day throughout the... read more

10 Nov 26 @ 18:13

HSBC UK has launched a Tap to Pay service for small businesses, using Stripe’s payments infrastructure to let eligible customers accept contactless payments directly on compatible smartphones without a separate... read more

10 Nov 26 @ 18:06

Visa is establishing six global capability hubs in Singapore, expanding its research and engineering footprint across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing and next-generation payments. The hubs will be based at... read more

08 Nov 26 @ 18:40

Visa has launched a new industry benchmark for agentic commerce that suggests artificial intelligence is still some distance from consistently making reliable purchasing decisions on behalf of consumers. The Visa... read more

08 Nov 26 @ 18:37

The Central Bank of Iceland is preparing new payments infrastructure that would allow banks and payment service providers to offer account-to-account payments for goods and services, as the country seeks... read more

08 Nov 26 @ 18:34

Revolut has secured a banking licence in New Zealand, giving the fintech a platform to expand its local product range after operating in the country since 2023. The Reserve Bank... read more

05 Nov 26 @ 18:30

Reported private-equity interest in Global Payments has put the spotlight back on the challenges facing some of the payments industry’s largest established processors as they attempt to combine scale with... read more

05 Nov 26 @ 18:30

The European Union and Canada have agreed to work towards linking their instant payment systems, in a move aimed at making cross-border transfers faster, cheaper and more seamless for businesses... read more

05 Nov 26 @ 18:29

The European Payments Council has published updated recommendations for its Verification of Payee scheme, seeking to reduce unnecessary payment friction while improving consistency in how banks assess whether beneficiary details... read more

03 Nov 26 @ 18:05

The European Central Bank has selected two groups of technology and payments providers to supply the network infrastructure that will connect payment service providers and national central banks to the... read more

03 Nov 26 @ 18:04

Apple Pay and Google Pay have launched in Uzbekistan, marking a significant step in the country’s effort to open its financial system to international technology providers and modernise its domestic... read more

03 Nov 26 @ 18:04

ACI Worldwide and Circle are working together to demonstrate how stablecoin settlement can be integrated into existing banking and payment infrastructure, with Colombia providing the first test market. The initiative... read more

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and the company prepares for a future in which software... read more

29 Oct 26 @ 19:38

The UK government is preparing to introduce mandatory software standards for electronic and mobile point-of-sale systems as part of a wider effort to tackle electronic sales suppression, a form of... read more

29 Oct 26 @ 19:32

HSBC has launched its first stablecoin, RedCoin, bringing a regulated Hong Kong dollar-backed digital currency to millions of consumers through its PayMe payments platform. RedCoin, which trades under the ticker... read more

28 Oct 26 @ 18:30

Ripple has secured final approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to launch Ripple National Trust Bank, giving the blockchain company a federally supervised platform for... read more

28 Oct 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Mastercard are facing two proposed UK collective actions that could seek around £5 billion in compensation over allegedly unlawful interchange fees charged on consumer card payments. The claims... read more

28 Oct 26 @ 18:30

Agentic artificial intelligence is beginning to move from experimental banking applications into the operational heart of payments, as financial institutions look for ways to manage increasingly fragmented infrastructure with greater... read more