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ACI Worldwide expands footprint with acquisition of Payment Components

04 Nov 25 @ 16:58

ACI Worldwide has strengthened its position in the European payments technology landscape with the acquisition of Payment Components, a Greek fintech specialising in AI-driven financial messaging and Open Banking solutions.... read more

Why Mastercard is paying $2 billion for Zero Hash?

31 Oct 25 @ 11:40

Mastercard is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire US-based blockchain infrastructure firm Zero Hash in a deal that could reach $2 billion. The move, if confirmed, would mark one of... read more

CMA clears Global Payments’ $22.7 billion Worldpay takeover

23 Oct 25 @ 15:23

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Global Payments’ proposed $22.7 billion acquisition of Worldpay, marking a major milestone for one of the largest payments industry mergers in... read more

TrueLayer acquires Zimpler to build European Pay by Bank network

22 Oct 25 @ 15:57

TrueLayer, Europe’s largest Pay by Bank network, has announced the acquisition of Zimpler, the fastest-growing Pay by Bank provider in the Nordics, in a landmark deal that consolidates TrueLayer’s position... read more

Allica Bank acquires Kriya to deliver £1 Billion SME working capital

22 Oct 25 @ 08:58

Allica Bank, the UK’s fastest-growing fintech, has announced the acquisition of Kriya, a leading SME lending and embedded finance specialist, in a deal that significantly expands its reach into the... read more

Global VC investment surges to $120 billion: AI fuels momentum

21 Oct 25 @ 17:07

Global VC investment surged to $120 billion in Q3 2025, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of robust funding activity and signalling a sustained revival in investor confidence. The rise, up... read more

Klarna deepens partnership with Google for agentic payments

14 Oct 25 @ 17:34

Klarna has announced an expansion of its long-standing collaboration with Google, becoming one of the early supporters of the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) — an open standard designed to enable... read more

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

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

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 ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more