Regulation

10 Dec 25 @ 17:21

On 07 November 2025, the Payments Vision Delivery Committee (PVDC) published its “Strategy for Future Retail Payments Infrastructure.” As a quick refresher, the PVDC was set up in November 2024 to... read more

01 Dec 25 @ 15:24

EU policymakers have struck a provisional agreement to overhaul the bloc’s payment services rulebook, marking one of the most significant regulatory updates since PSD2 came into force nearly a decade... read more

19 Nov 25 @ 18:04

The payments industry is entering one of the most consequential periods of change in its modern history – and a lot rests on the rails it runs on. Consumer habits,... read more

18 Nov 25 @ 16:16

A fresh settlement between Visa, Mastercard and US merchants promises to trim interchange fees—yet the concessions may do little to shift the balance of power in America’s card-payments ecosystem. After... read more

31 Oct 25 @ 12:00

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has issued an injunction halting enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Open Banking rule. This leaves banks, credit... read more

14 Oct 25 @ 15:20

Revolut’s long-awaited full UK banking licence has hit another roadblock, as the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) continues to raise concerns about whether the fintech giant’s risk management... read more

02 Oct 25 @ 09:04

Well lets break out the Champagne! After years of dithering, The Bank of England is preparing to unveil a new regulatory framework for stablecoins, with governor Andrew Bailey signalling a... read more

29 Sep 25 @ 15:46

Financial institutions are finding themselves increasingly hampered by the twin burdens of outdated technology and rising compliance obligations, according to new global research from Bottomline. The firm’s fifth annual Future... read more

22 Sep 25 @ 09:34

Brussels looks set to deliver a significant blow to US technology giants by excluding them from Europe’s new FiDA financial data-sharing framework. Negotiations over the EU’s Financial Data Access (FiDA)... read more

26 Aug 25 @ 13:15

America’s largest banking groups are lobbying Congress to amend new stablecoin legislation, warning that the rules as written could drain trillions of dollars in deposits from the financial system. The... read more

20 Aug 25 @ 11:01

A surge in low-value imports is intensifying the debate over whether Britain should scrap its de minimis threshold, the £135 limit under which goods can currently enter the UK without... read more

18 Aug 25 @ 16:38

The New York Attorney General has filed a high-profile lawsuit against Zelle, alleging that systemic security failings at the peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1... read more