28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

France’s domestic card scheme Cartes Bancaires (CB) is attempting to reassert itself at a moment when Europe’s dependence on US payment networks is attracting renewed political and commercial scrutiny. For... read more

28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

ACI Worldwide has launched a major expansion of its Connetic platform in the US, positioning the service as a response to the growing complexity faced by banks operating across multiple... read more

28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to cancel the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank marks a significant regulatory moment for India’s digital finance sector. Announced on 24 April 2026,... read more

27 Apr 26 @ 12:54

The UK Government has set out a broad package of payments reforms designed to prepare the sector for stablecoins, tokenised deposits, Open Banking and AI-driven transactions. The move reflects a... read more

27 Apr 26 @ 12:53

The European Central Bank has moved to reduce one of the biggest practical risks facing the digital euro: fragmentation. By signing agreements with ECPC, nexo standards and the Berlin Group,... read more

27 Apr 26 @ 12:53

Nexi and Visa have unveiled a strategic partnership in Germany that signals a broader change in how banks are expected to modernise their card issuing operations. Rather than continuing to... read more

22 Apr 26 @ 19:36

Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge is no longer simply that cybercrime is growing... read more

22 Apr 26 @ 19:35

The battle over interchange fees in the United States has moved well beyond a state level policy dispute. By intervening both in court and through the regulatory process, the Office... read more

22 Apr 26 @ 19:34

Stablecoins are moving more decisively into the heart of global payments infrastructure. Nium’s new partnership with Coinbase marks another step in that direction, giving business clients the ability to send,... read more

21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the company is around two years away... read more

21 Apr 26 @ 14:34

American Express has moved to deepen its presence in AI-led commercial payments by agreeing to acquire Hyper, the agentic expense management company formerly known as Hypercard. The deal, expected to... read more

21 Apr 26 @ 14:34

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out an ambitious vision for open finance, arguing that consumers and businesses should have far greater control over how their financial data is shared... read more

16 Apr 26 @ 11:46

American Express is positioning itself early for what could become one of the next major shifts in digital payments: AI agents that do more than recommend products and instead complete... read more

16 Apr 26 @ 11:46

The US Federal Reserve has taken a potentially significant step towards extending FedNow beyond purely domestic payments. By opening a 60-day consultation on proposed amendments to Regulation J, the central... read more

16 Apr 26 @ 11:45

British regulators are moving quickly to assess the implications of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, after reports that the system has identified thousands of serious software vulnerabilities across... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Visa is stepping up its push into agentic commerce with the launch of Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new tool intended to help businesses plug into AI-driven shopping without having to... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Swiss banks are moving from theory to experimentation in the race to build regulated digital money. Six institutions — UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank and BCV — have joined... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:02

Bank of America has offered a striking illustration of how corporate treasury is being reshaped by mobile technology, real-time data and artificial intelligence. The bank says clients approved a record... read more