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Coinbase and Mastercard compete to acquire stablecoin firm BVNK

10 Oct 25 @ 13:17

A high-stakes bidding war appears to be brewing between crypto exchange Coinbase and payments giant Mastercard over the acquisition of BVNK, the London-based fintech firm building enterprise-grade stablecoin payment infrastructure.... read more

OpenAI’s acquisition of Roi hints at move toward PFA

07 Oct 25 @ 15:59

OpenAI has made another strategic move that signals a widening of its ambitions far beyond conversational AI. The company has acquired Roi, a personal investing app that combines portfolio management... read more

Fnality secures $136m to expand blockchain settlement network

23 Sep 25 @ 14:38

Fnality, the London-based blockchain payments company, has raised $136 million (£99.7m) in a Series C round backed by some of the world’s largest banks and asset managers, underscoring the accelerating... read more

Kaia and Line to launch stablecoin ‘Superapp’ across asia

22 Sep 25 @ 16:20

Two Asia-based fintechs are preparing to launch what could become one of the region’s most ambitious experiments in digital currency. Line Next, the Web3 arm of the Japanese messaging giant... read more

Vipps MobilePay partners with Tink to launch Pay by Bank in Finland

19 Sep 25 @ 14:55

Vipps MobilePay, the Nordic region’s dominant mobile wallet, has announced a partnership with Open Banking provider Tink to bring Pay by Bank functionality to its Finnish users. The move strengthens... read more

Google and PayPal strike deal to shape agentic commerce

18 Sep 25 @ 12:44

Google and PayPal have announced a sweeping multiyear partnership designed to accelerate the evolution of digital commerce. The collaboration, unveiled this week, combines Google’s artificial intelligence capabilities with PayPal’s global... read more

Barclays exits Entercard as Swedbank dominates Nordic market

29 Aug 25 @ 16:20

Barclays has agreed to sell its entire stake in Entercard Group to joint venture partner Swedbank, marking another step in the British bank’s ongoing retreat from non-core businesses. The transaction,... read more

Fiserv deepens Canadian footprint with acquisition of TD merchant portfolio

25 Jul 25 @ 07:25

US payments technology leader Fiserv is bolstering its Canadian presence through a strategic agreement with TD Bank Group that combines a technology services partnership with a partial acquisition of TD’s... read more

PayPal and OKX partner to simplify crypto access across Europe

15 Jul 25 @ 16:10

PayPal has deepened its involvement in digital assets with a new integration into cryptocurrency exchange OKX, aiming to streamline crypto transactions across the European Economic Area (EEA). The partnership allows... read more

Monavate deepens partnership with Episode Six

11 Jul 25 @ 09:00

Monavate has expanded its strategic partnership with Episode Six as it seeks to scale its operations beyond Europe. Episode Six, a global provider of enterprise-grade card issuing and ledger infrastructure,... read more

European fintech M&A surges in 2025 on wave of consolidation

01 Jul 25 @ 13:20

European fintech M&A is surging in 2025, with disclosed deal value for $100 million-plus transactions reaching $3.9 billion in H1 2025, almost double the total recorded for all of 2024.... read more

Revolut acquires BNP Paribas’ Banco Cetelem in Argentina

27 Jun 25 @ 12:04

Revolut is set to acquire Banco Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance, marking its first direct entry into the Argentinian banking sector as it accelerates its Latin American expansion... read more

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Visa brings stablecoin settlement into the US Mainstream

17 Dec 25 @ 13:28

Visa has taken a decisive step towards embedding stablecoins into core financial infrastructure, launching US-based settlement in Circle’s USDC for participat... more

Barclays makes first strategic move into stablecoin infrastructure

07 Jan 26 @ 15:24

Barclays has taken its first direct step into the stablecoin ecosystem, investing in US-based clearing and settlement platform Ubyx. [caption id="attachmen... more

Deutsche Bank brings Wero to the mainstream in Germany

18 Dec 25 @ 11:13

Deutsche Bank has taken a decisive step in Europe’s long-running effort to build a sovereign payments alternative, rolling out the full functionality of the W... more