03 Sep 25 @ 16:02

Stripe has become one of the first major fintechs to formally oppose JPMorgan Chase’s Open Banking plans to charge fees for access to customer financial data, warning that the move... read more

03 Sep 25 @ 15:19

The narrative of online retail is often dominated by success stories: platforms scaling at speed, new entrants disrupting incumbents, and established players adapting to digital-first consumer behaviour. Yet for every... read more

03 Sep 25 @ 14:25

British fintechs are stepping up their ambitions in the US, exploring acquisitions of established lenders as a quicker route to securing banking licences across all 50 states. Digital challengers such... read more

02 Sep 25 @ 16:51

A reliance on outdated payment methods is costing small businesses across Britain dearly as consumers develop a fear of fraud. New analysis from Tink and the Centre for Economics and... read more

02 Sep 25 @ 16:41

Klarna has launched its debit-first payment card across Europe, extending a product that has already attracted more than 685,000 users in the US since its debut in July. The move... read more

02 Sep 25 @ 16:22

Europe’s banks are being held back by a patchwork of national rules that frustrate consolidation, stifle cross-border lending and weaken global competitiveness. That is the stark conclusion of a new... read more

01 Sep 25 @ 11:49

The rapid ascent of stablecoins is unsettling policymakers across the world. Backed by dollars and other reserve currencies, they are increasingly viewed as instruments that could entrench the greenback’s dominance... read more

01 Sep 25 @ 11:44

The UK’s Open Banking ecosystem reached a significant milestone in July, with more than 15.16 million individuals and businesses now using services underpinned by the technology. According to the latest... read more

29 Aug 25 @ 16:20

Barclays has agreed to sell its entire stake in Entercard Group to joint venture partner Swedbank, marking another step in the British bank’s ongoing retreat from non-core businesses. The transaction,... read more

29 Aug 25 @ 15:47

In an era defined by urgent climate imperatives and shifting social expectations, the payments industry finds itself at a strategic inflection point. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, once the... read more

29 Aug 25 @ 10:20

Google Cloud has unveiled ambitious plans to launch its own layer-1 blockchain, the Universal Ledger, aiming squarely at the financial sector and setting itself up against emerging rivals from Stripe... read more

29 Aug 25 @ 09:56

European lenders were forced into emergency action this week after a breakdown in PayPal’s fraud-checking systems allowed a torrent of unauthorised direct debits to sweep through banking networks. The disruption,... read more

28 Aug 25 @ 11:50

For decades, retailers have fixated on Baby Boomers and Millennials as the twin pillars of consumer spending. Yet a quiet generational shift is underway. In 2025, Generation X – those... read more

27 Aug 25 @ 14:25

For many households, paying a utility bill or settling a credit card balance used to be a once-a-month ritual carried out with cheques or phone calls to a call centre.... read more

27 Aug 25 @ 10:58

The European Central Bank (ECB) is preparing for its proposed digital euro to enter the payments market at a scale that could fundamentally alter Europe’s financial landscape. Internal documents reveal... read more

27 Aug 25 @ 10:25

Ant International has joined forces with Standard Chartered Bank and Swift to trial a new cross-border payments solution that links bank accounts directly to digital wallets, aiming to make global... read more

26 Aug 25 @ 13:15

America’s largest banking groups are lobbying Congress to amend new stablecoin legislation, warning that the rules as written could drain trillions of dollars in deposits from the financial system. The... read more

26 Aug 25 @ 13:01

Visa has quietly shuttered its Open Banking business in the US, marking a significant retreat from a market where the rules of customer data access remain hotly contested. The decision,... read more