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04 Feb 26 @ 16:51

Mobile wallets were once presented as sleek digital accessories — a faster way to tap in store, a smooth way to pay online. That era has passed. Today, the wallet... read more

03 Feb 26 @ 18:04

Digital asset payments are edging closer to everyday commerce as Lydian launches a new application enabling cryptocurrency acceptance across Clover devices for crypto POS payments. The move allows merchants using... read more

02 Feb 26 @ 20:37

OpenAI has raised a pointed warning about an underappreciated vulnerability in agentic AI systems: hyperlinks. As AI agents move beyond conversation into execution — browsing the web, retrieving data and... read more

02 Feb 26 @ 20:20

A quiet but consequential struggle is under way at the heart of the global financial system. On one side sit Wall Street’s largest banks, guardians of deposits, credit creation and... read more

02 Feb 26 @ 20:03

Visa has delivered a solid set of first-quarter results, comfortably exceeding market expectations as consumer spending remained resilient across its global network. Yet the numbers were not enough to placate... read more

29 Jan 26 @ 21:31

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from novelty to infrastructure in retail, and nowhere was that more apparent than at Retail’s Big Show in New York. While retailers once dominated the... read more

29 Jan 26 @ 19:33

Checkout.com has taken a decisive step deeper into Europe’s regulated digital money ecosystem with the acquisition of Blue EMI, a licensed electronic money institution authorised to issue euro-denominated stablecoins. The... read more

29 Jan 26 @ 18:08

Instalment payments are no longer confined to online checkouts or specialist buy now, pay later (BNPL) apps. They are increasingly becoming part of everyday banking, embedded directly into debit cards,... read more

28 Jan 26 @ 22:23

Europe’s strategic autonomy debate has expanded far beyond defence and energy. As policymakers increasingly recognise, control over everyday payment systems has become a matter of economic sovereignty. As MEP Aurore... read more

28 Jan 26 @ 21:43

A quiet but consequential standards war is emerging across identity, data and payments. After two decades defined by proprietary platforms and bespoke integrations, the global digital economy is confronting the... read more

28 Jan 26 @ 21:23

Open Banking has long been promoted as a safer, more controlled alternative to legacy payment rails. New evidence from Open Banking Limited’s latest financial crime update reinforces that claim —... read more

27 Jan 26 @ 17:55

The rapid advance of agentic commerce is forcing e-commerce platforms to confront an uncomfortable question: who controls the checkout when machines, not humans, are doing the shopping? This tension has... read more