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Ripple Wins Final OCC Approval to Launch National Trust Bank

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

Visa and Mastercard Face £5bn UK Class Action Over Interchange Fees

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

Agentic AI Moves From Experimentation Into Core Payments Operations

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

Riksbank Reopens E-Krona Debate as Cash Use Falls Further

26 Oct 26 @ 18:17

Sweden’s central bank has revived the debate over whether the country should introduce an e-krona, as declining cash usage, the development of a digital euro and the growth of stablecoins... read more

Visa Adds New Fraud Controls as Virtual Cards Move Deeper Into B2B Payments

26 Oct 26 @ 18:17

Visa is expanding its commercial payments capabilities with new fraud controls, supplier analytics and agentic payment tools as virtual cards become more deeply embedded in automated business workflows. The company... read more

Google Cloud Outage Puts Financial Sector Resilience Under Regulatory Scrutiny

26 Oct 26 @ 18:15

UK and European regulators are seeking answers from Google after a major cloud outage disrupted banking services across Western Europe, raising fresh questions about the financial sector’s dependence on a... read more

Remitiva Launches Instant Card Payouts to 140 Countries as G20 Targets Fall Behind

23 Oct 26 @ 10:14

FM Finance Ltd has launched Remitiva as a dedicated instant card payouts brand, with its own site and product documentation. It is built around a single function: sending funds straight... read more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering barriers for banks, fintechs and wallet providers seeking to... read more

Finance Leaders Feel Rushed Into AI Despite High Trust in the Technology

22 Oct 26 @ 18:14

Finance leaders across the UK and Ireland are under growing pressure to adopt artificial intelligence faster than they are comfortable with, even as confidence in the technology itself remains high.... read more

Fintechs Undercut Banks on Cross-Border Payments as Stablecoins Face Cost Hurdles

22 Oct 26 @ 18:12

Fintech money transfer providers have substantially reduced the cost of cross-border payments compared with traditional bank wires, while stablecoins remain constrained by conversion fees, liquidity and the continued need for... read more

Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration since Mastercard acquired the stablecoin infrastructure... read more

EPC Moves to Standardise Digital Identity Wallet Authentication for Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:05

The European Payments Council is developing a common framework to govern how payment service providers accept EU Digital Identity Wallets for strong customer authentication, as Europe prepares for large-scale deployment... read more

ECB Clears UniCredit to Take Control of Commerzbank

20 Oct 26 @ 09:04

UniCredit has secured approval from the European Central Bank to take a controlling stake in Commerzbank, clearing one of the most significant regulatory hurdles in its pursuit of the German... read more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank looks to deepen its use... read more

BoE and IMF Warn Cyber Threats Could Undermine Trust in Banking

15 Oct 26 @ 19:37

The Bank of England and International Monetary Fund have issued unusually stark warnings over the systemic threat posed by cyber attacks, arguing that a serious incident affecting payments or access... read more

Noah Secures EU Licences to Expand Stablecoin Payments Across 27 Markets

15 Oct 26 @ 19:36

Stablecoin payments provider Noah has secured both a MiCA crypto-asset service provider licence and a PSD2 payment institution licence, giving it a regulated framework to offer stablecoin and fiat payment... read more

SAP and Samsung Shift Stablecoin Battle From Issuance to Distribution

13 Oct 26 @ 20:13

The next phase of stablecoin competition may be decided less by who issues digital money and more by who controls access to customers. Recent moves from SAP and Samsung point... read more

Latvia Steps Up Bid to Become a Major EU Fintech Hub

13 Oct 26 @ 20:11

Latvia is intensifying efforts to position itself as a leading European fintech centre, seeking to compete more directly with neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia for companies looking for a base inside... read more

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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more

UK Moves to Open iPhone Contactless Payments to Apple Pay Rivals

22 Oct 26 @ 18:16

The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more