10 Aug 26 @ 20:40

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has postponed the launch of its Wero digital wallet in Luxembourg until 1 September 2026, pushing back its original June timetable to allow additional testing... read more

10 Aug 26 @ 20:40

Paysafe has expanded its European digital payments strategy with the launch of PaysafeWallet in Poland, introducing a digital wallet that combines account-based payments, money transfers, cash top-ups and debit card... read more

10 Aug 26 @ 20:39

FIS has completed the global rollout of its Digital One™ Commercial platform with its launch across the Asia-Pacific region, providing banks with a unified digital banking platform designed to modernise... read more

05 Aug 26 @ 16:37

Visa has agreed to acquire Israeli behavioural biometrics specialist BioCatch in a $2.4 billion all-cash transaction, marking one of the payments giant’s largest investments in fraud prevention as financial institutions... read more

05 Aug 26 @ 16:36

Fiserv and Mastercard have strengthened their long-standing partnership with a new global agreement designed to simplify payment acceptance for enterprise merchants operating across multiple markets and sales channels. The collaboration... read more

04 Aug 26 @ 18:09

Lloyds Banking Group and CaixaBank have completed a series of live tokenised deposit transactions as part of Project Agorá, marking another important milestone in the evolution of wholesale cross-border payments.... read more

03 Aug 26 @ 15:43

Wise is preparing a second attempt to secure a U.S. national trust bank charter after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) rejected its initial application, citing significant... read more

03 Aug 26 @ 15:42

The UK’s Open Banking ecosystem has reached two landmark milestones, surpassing one billion account-to-account payments and 100 billion API calls since the initiative was launched more than eight years ago.... read more

29 Jul 26 @ 17:56

ZUG, Switzerland — July 28, 2026 — It’s well known that a cross-border payment goes through a chain of correspondent banks before arriving to the receiver. Every link adds the... read more

22 Jul 26 @ 19:56

Revolut has secured a full Authorised Deposit-taking Institution licence in Australia, giving the fintech its first licensed banking entity in the Asia-Pacific region and significantly expanding the products it can... read more

22 Jul 26 @ 19:55

Mastercard has launched Wallet Services, a suite of software tools and services intended to help banks, fintechs and digital platforms add contactless payment functionality directly to their mobile applications. Mastercard... read more

22 Jul 26 @ 19:54

Samsung has launched its first co-branded credit card in the US, deepening its push into financial services and placing the electronics group in more direct competition with Apple. The Samsung... read more

16 Jul 26 @ 20:46

Visa has unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered financial assistant that banks can integrate into their mobile applications, as the payments group expands beyond transaction processing into digital engagement and personalised financial... read more

16 Jul 26 @ 20:45

Velocity has raised $38 million in a Series A funding round as investors increase their exposure to stablecoin infrastructure designed for enterprise treasury and cross-border payments. The round was led... read more

16 Jul 26 @ 20:45

Mastercard has selected the UK as the launch market for Proto, a new sandbox designed to help banks, retailers and technology partners test agentic artificial intelligence before deploying it in... read more

15 Jul 26 @ 16:28

Stripe and private equity group Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint $53 billion bid for PayPal, in a proposed transaction that could significantly reshape the digital payments market. The... read more

15 Jul 26 @ 16:27

German-regulated e-money institution will contribute acquiring expertise to practical testing of a possible future digital euro RS2 Financial Services GmbH, an electronic money institution supervised by BaFin and part of... read more

15 Jul 26 @ 16:24

BNPL providers in the UK, have entered a new regulatory era, with the Financial Conduct Authority assuming oversight of a market that expanded from £60 million in 2017 to more... read more