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RBC and BMO weigh sale of Moneris as banks retreat from merchant acquiring

06 May 26 @ 16:43

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are reportedly in talks to sell Moneris, their jointly owned payments processing business, to Francisco Partners, in a transaction that could value... read more

AI agents expose a costly blind spot in fraud prevention

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Merchants are facing a new and awkward consequence of the rise of agentic commerce: their fraud systems may be rejecting the very customers they are meant to protect. As artificial... read more

Santander backs Ebury’s next phase with fresh funding

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fintech. The transaction brings in... read more

EPI confronts the cloud dilemma for Payments sovereignty

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

Stablecoins move closer to the payments mainstream

30 Apr 26 @ 18:04

Stablecoins are rapidly shifting from a crypto-sector instrument to a serious payments proposition, as regulatory change in the United States gives banks and fintechs greater confidence to engage with digital... read more

ANZ takes full control of venture with Worldline

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

Emerging markets accelerate the shift to cashless payments

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

France’s CB and the new battle for European payments sovereignty

28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

France’s domestic card scheme Cartes Bancaires (CB) is attempting to reassert itself at a moment when Europe’s dependence on US payment networks is attracting renewed political and commercial scrutiny. For... read more

ACI Targets US Payments Fragmentation with Connetic platform

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

RBI Revokes Paytm Payments Bank Licence

28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to cancel the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank marks a significant regulatory moment for India’s digital finance sector. Announced on 24 April 2026,... read more

UK Government moves to future-proof payments regulation

27 Apr 26 @ 12:54

The UK Government has set out a broad package of payments reforms designed to prepare the sector for stablecoins, tokenised deposits, Open Banking and AI-driven transactions. The move reflects a... read more

ECB Turns to Open Standards to Prepare the Ground for Digital Euro

27 Apr 26 @ 12:53

The European Central Bank has moved to reduce one of the biggest practical risks facing the digital euro: fragmentation. By signing agreements with ECPC, nexo standards and the Berlin Group,... read more

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JPMorgan and Mastercard Back Firmly’s Agentic Commerce Infrastructure

12 Nov 26 @ 20:46

J.P. Morgan Payments and Mastercard have invested in Firmly, a Seattle-area commerce infrastructure company building technology to connect merchants with AI sho... more

Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

Visa Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure as Credentials Reach 5.2 Billion

29 Oct 26 @ 19:39

Visa is expanding its payments infrastructure around agentic commerce, stablecoins and tokenisation as its global credential base reaches 5.2 billion and ... more