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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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