Daily news

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

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

05 Aug 26 @ 16:36

Fiserv and Mastercard have strengthened their long-standing partnership with a new global agreement designed to simplify payment acceptance for enterprise merchants operating across multiple markets and sales channels. The collaboration... 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

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

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

13 Jul 26 @ 20:06

The UK government has formally designated four of the world’s largest cloud service providers as Critical Third Parties (CTPs), placing them under direct supervision by the country’s financial regulators in... read more

01 Jul 26 @ 21:24

Just weeks after Payments Industry Intelligence reported on ING, Worldline and Mastercard’s completion of Europe’s first live end-to-end agentic payment transaction in a production environment, another milestone has been reached... read more

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The regulatory framework governing stablecoins in the United States continues to take shape, with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposing new rules that would subject stablecoin... read more

07 Jun 26 @ 17:47

The debate over the future of stablecoins in the UK has intensified after a House of Lords committee called on the Bank of England to adopt a more flexible approach... read more

27 May 26 @ 19:58

Global card giant Mastercard is reportedly seeking financial support from Brazil’s largest payment processors after suffering substantial losses linked to the collapse of Banco Master and its fintech subsidiary, Will... read more