07 Jul 25 @ 10:01
In the midst of continued financial strain across US households and many other major markets, a new study sheds light on the value consumers place on convenience services – and... read more
07 Jul 25 @ 09:14
Viva.com has extended its Tap to Pay on iPhone capability to Spain, marking its 23rd European market for the service. The launch enables Spanish merchants to accept contactless payments using... read more
04 Jul 25 @ 12:39
As real-time payments and account-to-account (A2A) transfers gain global traction, the rise of Pay by Bank is emerging as a transformative force in payments. Yet its potential is threatened by... read more
04 Jul 25 @ 11:50
The global payments landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, marked by the emergence of Fourth Generation Payment Networks (4GPN). A new whitepaper by Thunderbird School of Global Management and Wiseasy... read more
04 Jul 25 @ 10:54
Planet has announced its strategic entry into the global vehicle tolling market, aiming to transform how drivers pay at toll booths by unifying payments across online, in-app, and in-person channels.... read more
03 Jul 25 @ 14:23
A new white paper from global banking infrastructure innovators RS2 says that acquirers and PSPs could add value for their clients and save themselves – and their clients – millions.... read more
03 Jul 25 @ 13:58
The European Central Bank (ECB) has unveiled an ambitious dual-track strategy to integrate distributed ledger technology (DLT) into its settlement infrastructure, signalling a major evolution in the architecture of Europe’s... read more
03 Jul 25 @ 09:34
Worldpay has announced its entry into the Thai market with domestic acquiring capabilities, marking another strategic move to strengthen its Asia Pacific presence. This expansion enables Worldpay to support Thai... read more
03 Jul 25 @ 09:26
Orbital, a cross-border platform that orchestrates payments across stablecoins and traditional rails, has partnered to unlocks faster, cost-effective, and compliant euro transactions, bridging traditional payments with digital assets. Cross-border payments... read more
02 Jul 25 @ 12:48
The distinction between banktech and fintech is becoming increasingly blurred, forcing banks to rethink their strategic positioning. As embedded finance, generative AI, and real-time payments transform the financial services ecosystem,... read more
02 Jul 25 @ 09:06
Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin USDC, is taking a step towards becoming a fully fledged bank. The company has filed an application with the Office of the... read more
02 Jul 25 @ 09:00
Stripe has announced plans to launch its Pay by Bank service in France and Germany, marking a strategic expansion of its partnership with Open Banking provider TrueLayer. The move follows... read more
01 Jul 25 @ 13:20
European fintech M&A is surging in 2025, with disclosed deal value for $100 million-plus transactions reaching $3.9 billion in H1 2025, almost double the total recorded for all of 2024.... read more
01 Jul 25 @ 09:30
Africa has embarked on a historic journey towards financial independence with the unveiling of PAPSSCARD, the continent’s first Pan-African card scheme. Launched on 27 June at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual... read more
01 Jul 25 @ 09:11
In a decisive legal blow to the global card giants, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled that Visa and Mastercard’s default multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) breach European competition... read more
01 Jul 25 @ 09:02
In an interesting development for Germany’s regulated igaming market, DIMOCO has secured authorisation to offer carrier billing as a payment option, with NEO.bet confirmed as the first operator to adopt... read more
27 Jun 25 @ 12:04
Revolut is set to acquire Banco Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance, marking its first direct entry into the Argentinian banking sector as it accelerates its Latin American expansion... read more
27 Jun 25 @ 11:28
Kraken has launched Krak, an ambitious new global money app that fuses the borderless capabilities of crypto with everyday financial functionality. In what the company describes as a move to... read more
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
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
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