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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