21 Apr 26 @ 14:35

Revolut is beginning to sound more like a future public market heavyweight than a fast-growing European fintech. Chief executive Nik Storonsky has said the company is around two years away... read more

21 Apr 26 @ 14:34

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out an ambitious vision for open finance, arguing that consumers and businesses should have far greater control over how their financial data is shared... read more

16 Apr 26 @ 11:46

The US Federal Reserve has taken a potentially significant step towards extending FedNow beyond purely domestic payments. By opening a 60-day consultation on proposed amendments to Regulation J, the central... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Visa is stepping up its push into agentic commerce with the launch of Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new tool intended to help businesses plug into AI-driven shopping without having to... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:03

Swiss banks are moving from theory to experimentation in the race to build regulated digital money. Six institutions — UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank and BCV — have joined... read more

14 Apr 26 @ 20:02

Bank of America has offered a striking illustration of how corporate treasury is being reshaped by mobile technology, real-time data and artificial intelligence. The bank says clients approved a record... read more

12 Apr 26 @ 20:57

Wero’s planned absorption of iDEAL is shaping up to be one of the most consequential payments transitions in Europe. On paper, the rationale is compelling. The European Payments Initiative wants... read more

12 Apr 26 @ 20:56

Confirmo’s regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland is more than a corporate milestone. It is an early illustration of how Europe’s stablecoin payments market is beginning to divide... read more

08 Apr 26 @ 20:57

The Clearing House’s CHIPS network strengthened its position in 2025 as a core piece of the US payments architecture, posting solid growth in both value and volume while reinforcing its... read more

08 Apr 26 @ 20:56

The International Monetary Fund’s latest warning on tokenisation is a timely reminder that payments innovation does not arrive in a vacuum. Financial history shows that breakthroughs marketed as efficiency gains... read more

31 Mar 26 @ 19:07

Nexi and PayPal have expanded their long-running partnership beyond Italy in a move that underlines a broader shift in European payments: merchants increasingly want fewer providers to manage, simpler settlement... read more

31 Mar 26 @ 19:07

China is intensifying efforts to position its Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, or CIPS, as a more credible alternative to the Western-dominated architecture that has long underpinned international payments. The move... read more

29 Mar 26 @ 18:33

The decision by the EU, UK and Switzerland to publish a joint Testing and Readiness Plan for the move to T+1 settlement marks an important shift from principle to execution.... read more

29 Mar 26 @ 18:28

The Payments Systems Regulator sets out 2026/27 agenda with card fees, APP fraud and Open Banking in its sights. The UK’s payments industry faces another year of heavy regulatory intervention... read more

26 Mar 26 @ 19:08

Thunes is attempting to narrow one of the most persistent divides in modern payments: the gap between traditional banking infrastructure and the digital asset economy. Its latest move brings stablecoin... read more

26 Mar 26 @ 19:05

Mobile money processed more than $2tn in transactions during 2025, underlining how decisively the sector has moved from niche innovation to essential financial infrastructure in many parts of the world.... read more

24 Mar 26 @ 17:44

Visa is moving to embed itself in what could become the next important layer of digital commerce: payments initiated not by people, but by software agents acting on their behalf.... 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 @ 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