26 May 26 @ 20:23

The scale of global financial crime has reached unprecedented levels, with illicit financial activity estimated to have surged to $4.4 trillion in 2025, according to new research from Nasdaq Verafin.... read more

26 May 26 @ 20:22

Open banking and payments infrastructure provider Plaid has launched a new guaranteed ACH payments solution designed to reduce settlement risk and accelerate transaction approvals for businesses operating in the digital... read more

21 May 26 @ 18:38

The traditional online checkout is undergoing a profound transformation as artificial intelligence, digital wallets and increasingly localised payment preferences reshape how consumers complete purchases. New data from Stripe suggests that... read more

21 May 26 @ 07:19

The partnership between Adyen and Starling Bank marks another significant step in the evolution of embedded finance for small businesses, as the two firms prepare to roll out tap to... read more

12 May 26 @ 15:42

OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a new cyber-security initiative designed to help organisations identify and address software vulnerabilities more quickly. The programme reflects a growing recognition that artificial intelligence is becoming... read more

12 May 26 @ 15:42

NatWest has selected eight artificial intelligence-led fintechs for its 2026 Fintech Programme, underlining the extent to which AI has moved from experimentation to strategic priority within mainstream banking. The 12-week... read more

11 May 26 @ 19:52

Singapore’s financial regulator is moving from theory to practice in the use of artificial intelligence against financial crime. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is working with the Government Technology Agency... read more

06 May 26 @ 16:46

FIS has joined forces with Anthropic to develop a Financial Crimes AI Agent, in a move that highlights how quickly agentic artificial intelligence is moving from experimental technology into the... read more

06 May 26 @ 16:45

Citi has introduced Arc, a new internal platform designed to help the bank build, govern and scale artificial intelligence agents across its global business. The launch marks a further step... read more

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Merchants are facing a new and awkward consequence of the rise of agentic commerce: their fraud systems may be rejecting the very customers they are meant to protect. As artificial... read more

30 Apr 26 @ 18:04

Stablecoins are rapidly shifting from a crypto-sector instrument to a serious payments proposition, as regulatory change in the United States gives banks and fintechs greater confidence to engage with digital... read more

22 Apr 26 @ 19:36

Banks are hardening their cyber defences as artificial intelligence begins to alter the economics of digital attacks. For financial institutions, the challenge is no longer simply that cybercrime is growing... read more

21 Apr 26 @ 14:34

American Express has moved to deepen its presence in AI-led commercial payments by agreeing to acquire Hyper, the agentic expense management company formerly known as Hypercard. The deal, expected to... read more

16 Apr 26 @ 11:45

British regulators are moving quickly to assess the implications of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, after reports that the system has identified thousands of serious software vulnerabilities across... read more

12 Apr 26 @ 20:58

Stablecoins are beginning to establish themselves as a serious instrument in business-to-business payments, shifting the conversation from speculative crypto activity towards practical treasury use. The latest figures suggest that adoption... read more

08 Apr 26 @ 20:57

Visa’s latest research offers a revealing snapshot of how quickly agentic commerce is moving from theory to practical reality. The payments group argues that a new phase of digital trade... read more

02 Apr 26 @ 18:44

Swift is moving its blockchain-based shared ledger from design theory into practical deployment, marking a notable moment in the evolution of institutional cross-border payments. The cooperative says the first minimum... read more

02 Apr 26 @ 18:44

Visa is stepping up its effort to modernise one of the most cumbersome parts of the payments chain, launching a suite of artificial intelligence-powered dispute resolution tools aimed at merchants,... read more

29 Mar 26 @ 18:36

Visa has taken another deliberate step into the institutional digital assets market by joining the Canton Network as a super validator. A move that underlines how large payments groups are... read more

26 Mar 26 @ 19:03

Fraud in digital finance is no longer best understood as a series of isolated scams carried out by opportunistic criminals. It is increasingly operating as an industrialised system: fast, scalable... read more