31 May 15 @ 15:05

O2 is rumoured to have acquired the Weve mobile commerce and advertising consortium saying the business will be run as a standalone subsidiary. In a statement, the former joint venture... read more

06 May 15 @ 14:39

O2 is rumoured to have acquired the Weve mobile commerce and advertising consortium saying the business will be run as a standalone subsidiary. In a statement, the former joint venture states: “We... read more

15 Sep 14 @ 13:08

As history repeats its self, Weve, owned by EE, O2 and Vodafone, has ditched plans for a joint mobile wallet, based on NFC, which was meant to help the operators... read more

06 Feb 14 @ 16:48

Weve, the joint venture between the UK’s three largest mobile operators, is partnering with MasterCard, to accelerate the development of the UK’s most comprehensive contactless mobile payments system. The partnership... read more

10 Sep 26 @ 15:45

Artificial intelligence is already changing how consumers shop, but the leap from AI-assisted discovery to autonomous payments remains some distance away, according to Visa chief executive Ryan McInerney. Speaking at... read more

08 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Anthropic has launched a blueprint enabling retailers to build AI-powered shopping and merchant agents using Claude, with support from Visa, Mastercard and Accenture. The framework is aimed at retailers, travel... read more

07 Sep 26 @ 20:12

Saudi Arabia’s PayTabs has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ operations across the Middle East and North Africa in a deal valued at more than $100 million, in a transaction... read more

06 Sep 26 @ 19:32

The European Central Bank and Banco Central do Brasil are examining whether Europe’s TIPS instant-payment infrastructure could be connected with Brazil’s hugely successful Pix network, potentially creating a new real-time... read more

20 Aug 26 @ 16:26

The UK payments market continued its shift towards digital and mobile channels in 2025, with consumers making almost 50 billion payments as mobile wallets and account-to-account transactions gained further ground.... read more

18 Aug 26 @ 18:11

Mastercard is seeking to resolve a dispute with Brazilian merchant acquirers over hundreds of millions of dollars in unsettled card payments following the collapse of Will Financeira, better known as... read more

18 Aug 26 @ 18:11

PayPal has reportedly resumed takeover discussions with a consortium including Stripe and private equity group Advent International, potentially setting the stage for one of the largest deals in the payments... read more

13 Aug 26 @ 15:18

Artificial intelligence is beginning to change not simply how consumers shop, but how they discover products, compare offers and ultimately decide where to spend. Brazil offers a particularly striking glimpse... 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

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 @ 16:24

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

15 Jul 26 @ 12:09

As of April 2026‚ nearly half the total USDT supply exists on the Tron blockchain‚ specifically $86 billion of the 130 billion‚ more than half․ That was not a coincidence․... read more

13 Jul 26 @ 20:10

Mastercard is reportedly exploring the sale of a majority stake in Vocalink, the company that operates much of the UK’s retail payments infrastructure, in a move that could reshape ownership... read more

13 Jul 26 @ 20:08

Banks that embed artificial intelligence into their core operations today are likely to emerge as the dominant players in European retail banking by the end of the decade, according to... read more