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Are stablecoins a B2B payments silver bullet?

17 Jun 26 @ 17:38

Stablecoins have become one of the most talked-about innovations in the payments industry, attracting significant attention from banks, fintechs and regulators. However, as adoption accelerates, it is becoming increasingly difficult... read more

UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and raising fresh questions about whether current... read more

Mastercard and Backbase join forces to enhance payments

16 Jun 26 @ 18:16

Mastercard and Backbase have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping banks modernise international payments, integrating Mastercard Move into Backbase’s AI-native Banking Operating System to enable faster, more transparent and... read more

ACI Worldwide joins Wero push for payments independence

16 Jun 26 @ 18:14

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured another important ally in its ambition to create a pan-European alternative to international card schemes, with ACI Worldwide agreeing to integrate the Wero... read more

Visa to develop technology layer for tokenised deposits

14 Jun 26 @ 15:00

Visa has unveiled an ambitious strategy to position itself at the centre of the emerging programmable money ecosystem, announcing plans to build the technology infrastructure that will enable banks to... read more

Stripe expands global commerce and AI capabilities

14 Jun 26 @ 14:59

Stripe has unveiled a suite of new products designed to help UK businesses accelerate international growth and prepare for the emerging era of AI-driven commerce, underlining the payments giant’s ambition... read more

Revolut’s regulatory reality check highlights the growing pains of Fintech scale

14 Jun 26 @ 14:58

For more than a decade, Revolut has been the poster child of European fintech disruption, building a global customer base through relentless product innovation and rapid market expansion. However, recent... read more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step towards resolution after a... read more

Japan’s banking giants unite behind Yen stablecoin plans

11 Jun 26 @ 15:57

Japan’s three largest banking groups have taken a significant step towards the mainstream adoption of stablecoins, unveiling plans to jointly develop and issue a yen-backed digital currency that could enter... read more

Visa and OpenAI move Agentic Commerce closer to reality

11 Jun 26 @ 15:56

The race to commercialise agentic commerce has taken a significant step forward with Visa and OpenAI announcing a strategic partnership designed to enable artificial intelligence agents to initiate and complete... read more

Mastercard brings stablecoins into card settlement infrastructure

10 Jun 26 @ 17:08

Mastercard is expanding its settlement capabilities to support regulated stablecoins, intraday settlement, and card settlement over weekends and public holidays, in a move that underlines the growing convergence between traditional... read more

ING Expands Wero to Online Payments in Germany

10 Jun 26 @ 17:04

ING is extending its support for Wero in Germany by enabling customers to use the European payment scheme for online shopping, marking an important step in the evolution of the... read more

Revolut co-founder steps aside

10 Jun 26 @ 17:02

Revolut co-founder Vlad Yatsenko is stepping down from his role as chief technology officer, marking the most significant leadership transition in the company’s 12-year history and signalling a new phase... read more

ING, Worldline and Mastercard Deliver Agentic Payment Milestone

07 Jun 26 @ 17:47

The race to commercialise agentic commerce has taken a significant step forward after ING, Worldline and Mastercard announced the successful completion of what they describe as Europe’s first live end-to-end... read more

House of Lords Urges Bank of England to Ease Stablecoin Restrictions

07 Jun 26 @ 17:47

The debate over the future of stablecoins in the UK has intensified after a House of Lords committee called on the Bank of England to adopt a more flexible approach... read more

Finastra sells US mid-market banking business to CORA Group

07 Jun 26 @ 17:45

Finastra has agreed to sell its US mid-market banking business to CORA Group, a portfolio company of Constellation Software, in the latest move by the financial technology giant to streamline... read more

OpenAI Expands Cybersecurity AI Access to Major UK Banks

04 Jun 26 @ 21:01

OpenAI has widened access to its latest cybersecurity-focused artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5 Cyber, granting several of the UK’s largest banks the ability to deploy the technology as part of their... read more

Agentic commerce boom creates new risks for merchants

04 Jun 26 @ 20:58

The rise of agentic commerce is rapidly reshaping the future of online retail, with enterprise merchants moving at speed to ensure their businesses are visible to AI-powered shopping assistants. However,... read more

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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 exi... more

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

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 Britai... more