Retail Banking

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest banking groups joining the organisation and committing to... read more

10 Jun 26 @ 17:04

ING is extending its support for Wero in Germany by enabling customers to use the European payment scheme for online shopping, marking an important step in the evolution of the... read more

07 Jun 26 @ 17:45

Finastra has agreed to sell its US mid-market banking business to CORA Group, a portfolio company of Constellation Software, in the latest move by the financial technology giant to streamline... read more

02 Jun 26 @ 20:28

Concerns over Europe’s dependence on foreign-owned payment infrastructure are moving beyond policymakers and into the mainstream, according to a new report from card issuing and processing specialist Enfuce – “Payment... read more

02 Jun 26 @ 20:27

Mastercard has taken another significant step in its push to modernise cross-border money movement, joining a pilot programme designed to enable instant cross-currency payments on the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment... read more

27 May 26 @ 19:59

Italy’s state-backed lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti is preparing to increase its holding in payments giant Nexi, signalling Rome’s determination to retain influence over one of Europe’s most strategically important... read more

06 May 26 @ 16:45

Citi has introduced Arc, a new internal platform designed to help the bank build, govern and scale artificial intelligence agents across its global business. The launch marks a further step... read more

05 May 26 @ 16:51

The European Payments Initiative is facing an uncomfortable test of its own strategic logic. Created to build a pan-European payments alternative to the dominant US card networks, the bank-backed consortium... read more

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

ANZ has moved to take full ownership of its Australian merchant payments joint venture with Worldline, underlining the growing strategic importance of acquiring and transaction banking to the country’s major... read more

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

Cashless payments are becoming an increasingly important marker of financial modernisation across emerging market and developing economies, with new data from the Bank for International Settlements showing a sharp rise... read more

28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

ACI Worldwide has launched a major expansion of its Connetic platform in the US, positioning the service as a response to the growing complexity faced by banks operating across multiple... read more

27 Apr 26 @ 12:53

Nexi and Visa have unveiled a strategic partnership in Germany that signals a broader change in how banks are expected to modernise their card issuing operations. Rather than continuing to... read more