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China pushes CIPS to compete with Western payment networks

31 Mar 26 @ 19:07

China is intensifying efforts to position its Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, or CIPS, as a more credible alternative to the Western-dominated architecture that has long underpinned international payments. The move... read more

Visa moves deeper into blockchain infrastructure with Canton Network role

29 Mar 26 @ 18:36

Visa has taken another deliberate step into the institutional digital assets market by joining the Canton Network as a super validator. A move that underlines how large payments groups are... read more

EU, UK and Switzerland united in T+1 settlement push

29 Mar 26 @ 18:33

The decision by the EU, UK and Switzerland to publish a joint Testing and Readiness Plan for the move to T+1 settlement marks an important shift from principle to execution.... read more

PSR sets out 2026/27 agenda

29 Mar 26 @ 18:28

The Payments Systems Regulator sets out 2026/27 agenda with card fees, APP fraud and Open Banking in its sights. The UK’s payments industry faces another year of heavy regulatory intervention... read more

Thunes links stablecoin payouts to the Swift banking network

26 Mar 26 @ 19:08

Thunes is attempting to narrow one of the most persistent divides in modern payments: the gap between traditional banking infrastructure and the digital asset economy. Its latest move brings stablecoin... read more

Mobile money passes $2tn in transactions

26 Mar 26 @ 19:05

Mobile money processed more than $2tn in transactions during 2025, underlining how decisively the sector has moved from niche innovation to essential financial infrastructure in many parts of the world.... read more

AI fraud is becoming industrialised — and banks are running out of time

26 Mar 26 @ 19:03

Fraud in digital finance is no longer best understood as a series of isolated scams carried out by opportunistic criminals. It is increasingly operating as an industrialised system: fast, scalable... read more

Visa backs Stripe and Tempo

24 Mar 26 @ 17:44

Visa is moving to embed itself in what could become the next important layer of digital commerce: payments initiated not by people, but by software agents acting on their behalf.... read more

Venmo steps beyond the US through PayPal’s global network

24 Mar 26 @ 17:43

Venmo is making its most significant international move since launch, allowing users in the United States to send and receive money with PayPal account holders across 90 markets. The integration... read more

European B2B buyers want AI, but only if it removes friction

24 Mar 26 @ 17:43

European business buyers are becoming more receptive to AI in procurement and payments, yet the latest research from TreviPay suggests that enthusiasm alone will not determine supplier loyalty. What matters... read more

Starling Bank launches agentic AI financial assistant

22 Mar 26 @ 18:31

Starling Bank has taken a notable step in the evolution of digital banking with the launch of what it describes as the UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant. Introduced within... read more

JD.com’s Joybuy UK Launch changes Europe’s eCommerce Scene

22 Mar 26 @ 18:30

JD.com’s arrival in the UK through its Joybuy platform marks more than another eCommerce launch. It represents a serious attempt by one of China’s biggest retail groups to establish itself... 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