19 Nov 25 @ 18:04
The payments industry is entering one of the most consequential periods of change in its modern history – and a lot rests on the rails it runs on. Consumer habits,... read more
18 Nov 25 @ 09:00
As the global crypto market heats up again, XRP (Ripple) has become the new market focus. Multiple analysis institutions predict that with the first spot XRP ETF entering the final... read more
06 Nov 25 @ 17:47
Europe’s largest ticketing provider, CTS Eventim, has become the first major e-commerce company in Germany to integrate Wero, the new pan-European digital wallet developed under the European Payments Initiative (EPI).... read more
05 Nov 25 @ 19:50
Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming how the UK shops online, with new research from Worldpay revealing that AI-powered shopping assistants could account for £29 billion in UK e-commerce spending by... read more
03 Nov 25 @ 18:53
Worldline has announced a strategic partnership with Fipto, a European fintech specialising in stablecoin payment infrastructure, to develop the next generation of digital payment rails. The collaboration aims to demonstrate... read more
03 Nov 25 @ 18:40
The world’s leading artificial intelligence developers are racing to close a major security loophole that could expose companies—including those in the payments sector—to sophisticated new cyberattacks. Firms such as Google... read more
31 Oct 25 @ 12:00
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has issued an injunction halting enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Open Banking rule. This leaves banks, credit... read more
30 Oct 25 @ 13:10
E-commerce fraud is evolving faster than online retailers can keep up, with new research from Ravelin revealing that opportunistic shoppers are now as big a threat as organised criminals. The... read more
30 Oct 25 @ 08:38
In a landmark move that could redefine the intersection of artificial intelligence and payments, PayPal has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to enable instant checkout and commerce within ChatGPT.... read more
24 Oct 25 @ 14:13
For years, industry pundits predicted the death of the point-of-sale (POS) terminal, replaced by a future of frictionless payments and invisible checkout. Yet for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the... read more
24 Oct 25 @ 10:44
Artificial intelligence has become the latest weapon in the arsenal of organised fraudsters, driving a sharp rise in fraud and scams across the UK. According to new data from UK... read more
23 Oct 25 @ 17:32
Visa’s newly implemented Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP) has officially taken effect, bringing one of the most sweeping overhauls to dispute and fraud oversight in recent years. The global framework consolidates... read more
23 Oct 25 @ 17:16
Artificial intelligence could erase up to $170 billion in global banking profits over the next decade, according to McKinsey & Company’s Global Banking Annual Review 2025. The consultancy warns that... read more
21 Oct 25 @ 17:07
Global VC investment surged to $120 billion in Q3 2025, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of robust funding activity and signalling a sustained revival in investor confidence. The rise, up... read more
20 Oct 25 @ 16:53
In 2018, Open Banking was hailed as a revolution in financial services. British regulators led the way, mandating data-sharing frameworks that promised to empower customers, foster innovation, and intensify competition.... read more
14 Oct 25 @ 15:41
Mastercard has launched a new data-driven service designed to tackle one of the most persistent pain points in digital commerce: low payment approval rates. The Payment Optimisation Platform (POP) uses... read more
13 Oct 25 @ 15:51
The United Kingdom’s retail payments landscape is undergoing a rapid and irreversible shift. What was once dominated by cards and cash is now being reshaped by mobile wallets and Buy... read more
10 Oct 25 @ 13:04
Generative artificial intelligence has changed the pace and scale of financial fraud. What was once a slow, reactive contest between banks and cybercriminals has become a real-time arms race —... read more
09 Oct 25 @ 16:16
Payment systems have become the nervous system of the consumer economy. Every transaction at a supermarket checkout, hotel reception, or café till depends on complex networks of hardware, software, and... read more
07 Oct 25 @ 15:59
OpenAI has made another strategic move that signals a widening of its ambitions far beyond conversational AI. The company has acquired Roi, a personal investing app that combines portfolio management... read more
02 Mar 26 @ 11:25
Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more
24 Feb 26 @ 12:45
After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more
18 Feb 26 @ 13:35
The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more
09 Mar 26 @ 14:45
SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more