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

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

22 Mar 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Fiserv are extending their long-running partnership in Europe with a new API-driven acceptance offering designed to simplify merchant acquiring and modernise payment processing at scale. The initiative brings... read more

19 Mar 26 @ 15:00

PayPal’s decision to extend access to its PYUSD stablecoin across 70 markets is more than a product expansion. It is a carefully judged attempt to position stablecoins as a practical... read more

19 Mar 26 @ 15:00

Mastercard unveils new AI model to push artificial intelligence beyond the chatbot boom and into the operational core of global payments. Its latest move is the development of a new... read more

19 Mar 26 @ 14:59

Klarna‘s decision to highlight its one million merchant milestone is about more than scale. It is an attempt to demonstrate that buy now, pay later and other flexible payment options... read more

17 Mar 26 @ 15:04

Mastercard has agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure specialist BVNK in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, marking one of the clearest signals yet that major card networks are positioning... read more

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Visa is moving to bring agentic commerce closer to commercial reality, launching a new programme with banks across the UK and Europe to test how artificial intelligence agents could initiate... read more

17 Mar 26 @ 15:03

Sweden’s central bank has issued a warning to the country’s banks: expand instant domestic payment services within a year or risk new legislation. The intervention, set out in the Riksbank’s... read more

15 Mar 26 @ 21:02

The European Central Bank has taken an important step in the evolution of Europe’s wholesale financial architecture with the publication of a roadmap for Appia, a long-term initiative designed to... read more

15 Mar 26 @ 21:02

Elon Musk announced that X Money, the payments service being developed inside social media platform X, will enter early public access in April, a move that brings fresh momentum to... read more

15 Mar 26 @ 21:02

Europe’s fintech industry is becoming more formidable, more mature and more strategically important, yet it remains caught in what Finch Capital calls a sovereignty paradox. The region has produced globally... read more

12 Mar 26 @ 18:26

US online retail ended 2025 with another clear gain over the wider retail market, reinforcing the extent to which e-commerce is taking a larger share of everyday consumer spending. New... read more

12 Mar 26 @ 18:21

For years, the credit card industry has pursued a simple ambition: to become the card a consumer reaches for first. Top of wallet became the organising principle for issuers, shaping everything... read more

12 Mar 26 @ 18:20

Revolut’s long-awaited receipt of a full UK banking licence marks a pivotal moment not only for the company itself, but also for the wider evolution of digital banking in Britain.... read more

12 Mar 26 @ 18:18

Mastercard has moved to defend its position in Europe as the political and regulatory debate over payments sovereignty gathers pace. For more than a year, European policymakers, central bankers and... read more

10 Mar 26 @ 17:34

Ireland’s three largest retail banks have joined forces to launch a new peer-to-peer (P2P) payments service designed to strengthen their position against fast-growing fintech rivals. The service, known as Zippay,... read more

10 Mar 26 @ 17:33

Visa has unveiled a new capability within its Visa Acceptance Platform designed to help payment acquirers modernise their transaction processing infrastructure through a single application programming interface (API). The new... read more