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HSBC Prepares Hong Kong Stablecoin Launch With RedCoin Brand

06 Oct 26 @ 17:06

HSBC is preparing to launch a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin under the HSBC RedCoin brand, beginning with retail payment use cases before expanding into corporate and institutional applications. The bank... read more

Tokenisation Moves Up the Agenda for UK Financial Institutions as Investment Accelerates

05 Oct 26 @ 06:36

Tokenisation is moving rapidly from experimentation towards mainstream financial infrastructure, with Lloyds’ latest Financial Institutions Sentiment Survey showing growing conviction that digital assets will materially change how money and securities... read more

European Payments Groups Unite to Build Cross-Border Rival to Visa and Mastercard

05 Oct 26 @ 06:36

Some of Europe’s largest domestic payment schemes are joining forces to create a new cross-border network designed to reduce the continent’s reliance on US-controlled card infrastructure. Bancomat, Bizum, the European... read more

Barclays Expands Claude AI Use Across Software and Operations

05 Oct 26 @ 06:35

Barclays is extending its use of Anthropic’s Claude AI models across software development, customer support and operational processes as the bank looks to modernise legacy technology and improve efficiency. The... read more

FIS adds real-time Merchant data to Debit processing with Spade integration

01 Oct 26 @ 08:52

FIS has integrated Spade’s real-time transaction enrichment technology into its debit processing platform, giving issuing banks access to more detailed merchant information at the point a transaction is processed. The... read more

OpenAI and Anthropic Test the Economics of the Trillion-Dollar AI Race

30 Sep 26 @ 13:15

OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing AI valuations into territory previously occupied by only the world’s largest listed technology companies, while simultaneously revealing just how expensive the race to build frontier... read more

Digital Money Race Shifts From Tokens to Infrastructure

30 Sep 26 @ 13:04

The battle over the future of digital money is becoming less about choosing between stablecoins, tokenised bank deposits and central bank money, and increasingly about building infrastructure capable of allowing... read more

Swift links Pix, Bizum and PayID to bring Pay-by-Alias to Cross-Border Payments

29 Sep 26 @ 20:08

Swift is taking aim at one of the most persistent frustrations in international payments: the need for consumers to enter unfamiliar account details when sending money abroad. The messaging network... read more

Mambu and Mastercard team up to simplify Cross-Border Payments for Banks

29 Sep 26 @ 20:07

Mambu and Mastercard have formed a strategic partnership designed to make it easier for banks to launch and scale cross-border payment services without undertaking complex infrastructure projects. Under the agreement,... read more

Citi and Coinbase Link Stablecoin Payments to Traditional Banking

29 Sep 26 @ 13:03

Citi and Coinbase are deepening their partnership as the boundary between conventional banking infrastructure and stablecoin payments continues to narrow. Under the expanded arrangement, Coinbase will use Citi’s Virtual Account... read more

Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace existing safeguards around fraud, scams, privacy... read more

UK Banks complete first live transactions using Tokenised Deposits

27 Sep 26 @ 18:52

Seven major UK financial institutions have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, marking an important step in Britain’s attempt to move programmable money from experimentation into... read more

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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

Starling Builds UK-Sovereign AI Model With Nvidia and Civo

15 Oct 26 @ 19:41

Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more