05 Oct 26 @ 06:35

Barclays is extending its use of Anthropic’s Claude AI models across software development, customer support and operational processes as the bank looks to modernise legacy technology and improve efficiency. The... read more

30 Sep 26 @ 13:15

OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing AI valuations into territory previously occupied by only the world’s largest listed technology companies, while simultaneously revealing just how expensive the race to build frontier... read more

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Banks could lose as much as $230bn in payments revenue as stablecoins, tokenised deposits and central bank digital currencies move from experimentation into commercial use, according to Capgemini’s latest World... read more

23 Sep 26 @ 14:33

Mastercard and Danske Bank have completed Denmark’s first payment carried out entirely by an artificial intelligence agent on behalf of a consumer, providing another indication that agentic commerce is moving... read more

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent’s economy while intensifying debate over payments innovation and competition from overseas sellers.... read more

21 Sep 26 @ 19:09

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has reportedly personally intervened to derail Binance’s attempt to secure an EU-wide crypto licence through Greece, according to the Wall Street Journal, raising fresh... read more

17 Sep 26 @ 16:57

Artificial intelligence is transforming online fraud from a collection of individual scams into something resembling an industrialised criminal supply chain, allowing attackers to operate at unprecedented speed and scale. New... read more

17 Sep 26 @ 16:57

Hackers claiming responsibility for Revolut’s recent data breach say they deliberately targeted 680 customers with significant cryptocurrency holdings, adding a troubling new dimension to an incident already under investigation by... read more

15 Sep 26 @ 17:05

Artificial intelligence is already embedded across European banking. More than 85 per cent of banks supervised by European authorities now use AI, according to the European Central Bank. The next... read more

13 Sep 26 @ 19:35

Consumers may be embracing artificial intelligence for shopping, but most are not yet prepared to let an AI agent control the final and most sensitive part of the journey: payment.... 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

10 Sep 26 @ 15:43

Stablecoins are moving trillions of dollars across public blockchains, but the numbers risk giving a misleading impression of their penetration into mainstream payments. Visa’s Onchain Analytics platform recently recorded $4.6tn... read more

25 Aug 26 @ 09:13

Swift has declared its new blockchain-based ledger ready for initial use, with 17 major banks preparing to pilot live tokenised deposit transactions across six continents. The initiative is designed to... read more

24 Aug 26 @ 19:24

HSBC and Standard Chartered have completed the first live interbank tokenised deposit transaction using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, marking another step towards integrating digital money into established banking infrastructure. The transaction... read more

19 Aug 26 @ 15:12

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the economics of online fraud, allowing criminals to automate attacks, exploit stolen identities and test compromised payment credentials at a scale that would previously have... 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

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

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

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