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EU strikes landmark deal to strengthen payment security via PSD2

01 Dec 25 @ 15:24

EU policymakers have struck a provisional agreement to overhaul the bloc’s payment services rulebook, marking one of the most significant regulatory updates since PSD2 came into force nearly a decade... read more

Payment tokenisation: Has a tipping point been reached

28 Nov 25 @ 15:00

The days where payment tokenisation simply provides a tokenised, domain-controlled version of a payment account number appear to be diminishing fast. With international payment schemes now announcing advanced features such as... read more

Europe’s digital sovereignty push meets payments industry at crossroads

28 Nov 25 @ 12:08

Europe’s pursuit of digital sovereignty is gathering pace, and the payments sector sits squarely at the centre of this strategic shift. While the region has long relied on foreign cloud... read more

The Payments Power 50 2026 launches

28 Nov 25 @ 10:30

The Power 50  opened nominations for the Payments Power 50 2026, celebrating the 40 most innovative companies and 10 industry leaders shaping the global payments ecosystem. As payments undergo profound change, new... read more

Switzerland switches on Open Banking for retail customers

27 Nov 25 @ 19:26

Switzerland has taken a significant step towards a more open financial ecosystem with the launch of multibanking services for private customers, powered by the bLink Open Banking platform operated by... read more

How e-skimming is stealing card data in plain sight

27 Nov 25 @ 17:47

A new wave of invisible cyberattacks is sweeping through online retail, exploiting the busiest shopping months of the year and striking consumers where they feel safest: on legitimate e-commerce sites.... read more

Agentic AI: The revolution rewiring the future of commerce

27 Nov 25 @ 17:10

Agentic AI is no longer the stuff of forward-looking conference panels. It is beginning to reshape how commerce functions at a fundamental level, ushering in a world in which digital... read more

LeadingCards: Universal payment infrastructure for Media Buyers and Digital Teams

27 Nov 25 @ 16:48

Digital teams manage many types of payments every day: ad budgets, SaaS subscriptions, and business travel. Handling all of this through traditional banking cards is often slow and unreliable. Teams... read more

ETCMining cloud mining supports trading via Coinbase and Kraken

27 Nov 25 @ 16:39

As the cryptocurrency market matures and related technologies continue to upgrade, cloud mining is becoming a popular choice for many investors seeking passive income. As a leading AI cloud mining... read more

Checkout.com backs ACP protocol for Agentic Commerce

26 Nov 25 @ 17:57

Checkout.com has thrown its weight behind the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), signalling a decisive industry shift towards AI-driven purchasing. The move positions the payments group at the centre of an... read more

UK banks launch tokenised sterling pilot

26 Nov 25 @ 17:45

The push to modernise Britain’s financial plumbing has taken a decisive step forward with the launch of a national pilot exploring tokenised sterling deposits. Led by UK Finance and six... read more

A new era for cross-border payments as ISO 20022 goes fully live

26 Nov 25 @ 09:48

The global financial system has crossed a decisive threshold with the full-scale shift to ISO 20022, marking the end of the long coexistence with the legacy MT messaging format and... read more

Can traditional card schemes keep up with demand for real-time payments

26 Nov 25 @ 09:32

Innovations in finance and FinTech have completely transformed how people pay for goods and services. The world has gone from strictly using cash to using a myriad of digital payment... read more

Kraken’s Krak Card aims to pull crypto further into the mainstream

25 Nov 25 @ 17:52

Kraken is making its boldest push yet to position crypto as a viable everyday financial rail, unveiling a series of upgrades to its Krak app that take direct aim at... read more

Klarna’s stablecoin gamble signals new phase in digital payments

25 Nov 25 @ 15:46

Klarna is making a bold push into digital money, unveiling plans for a US dollar-backed stablecoin just months after its high-profile stock market debut. The move marks a striking pivot... read more

Payments in Poland: Cards at the heart of growing sophistication

25 Nov 25 @ 13:58

Long-term data from the World Bank shows that Poland has been consistently among the fastest-growing economies in Europe, with a 10-year growth average of 3.7%. This growth is reflected in... read more

Ecommpay pushes retailers to turn payments into growth engine

25 Nov 25 @ 13:40

Ecommpay is urging online retailers to rethink the role of their payments teams, arguing that the function has shifted from operational overhead to a proven generator of margin and customer... read more

ECB pushes ahead with plan to interlink Europe’s real-time payments

24 Nov 25 @ 16:29

The European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating its plans to interlink Europe’s real-time payments infrastructure with fast payment systems overseas, marking an important step in reshaping cross-border transfers between Europe... read more

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Why tokenised deposits are stealing stablecoins buzz

12 Jan 26 @ 22:32

The centre of gravity in on-chain money is shifting, after two years in which stablecoins dominated discussion, volumes and investor attention. [caption id... more

Copilot Checkout signals Microsoft’s push into agentic commerce

12 Jan 26 @ 17:59

Microsoft has taken a decisive step towards embedding agentic commerce directly into generative AI, partnering with PayPal, Stripe and Shopify to launch Copilot... more

Trump proposes credit card rate cap

12 Jan 26 @ 22:01

President Donald Trump’s renewed push to impose a one-year cap of 10 per cent on US credit card interest rates has jolted financial markets and reopened a lon... more