30 Apr 25 @ 17:16
As global commerce undergoes a profound technological transformation, the payments landscape is poised for further disruption in consumer payments. Juniper Research’s Consumer Payments Tech Horizon 2025 offers a comprehensive strategic... read more
30 Apr 25 @ 17:03
The UK Treasury has taken a decisive step in shaping the country’s regulatory stance on digital assets, announcing that overseas stablecoin issuers will be exempt from new domestic crypto rules.... read more
29 Apr 25 @ 16:32
Mastercard is deepening its commitment to stablecoins, unveiling a suite of new global acceptance and payment solutions designed to embed digital currencies more seamlessly into everyday financial life. Amid growing... read more
29 Apr 25 @ 15:49
As 2025 unfolds, a growing number of merchants and consumers are embracing “Pay by Bank” — a payment method allowing users to pay directly from their bank accounts, bypassing traditional... read more
29 Apr 25 @ 11:14
The European card payments market, processing trillions of euros each year, remains dominated by two American giants: Visa and Mastercard. Despite the sector’s importance to modern commerce, competition has struggled... read more
28 Apr 25 @ 16:10
In today’s digital retail environment, merchants expect — and demand — seamless, feature-rich shopping experiences across all channels and devices. For smaller payment acquirers, however, delivering on these expectations presents... read more
28 Apr 25 @ 13:18
A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that global network tokenised transactions will double by 2029, rising from 283 billion in 2025 to an astonishing 574 billion. This surge underscores... read more
28 Apr 25 @ 10:02
Circle, the company behind the $60 billion USDC stablecoin, has unveiled a major new initiative aimed at disrupting the cross-border payments industry, describes as its “next product evolution.” Targeted at... read more
28 Apr 25 @ 09:14
2024 research from IBS Intelligence claims more than half (55%) of banks feel legacy systems are a drag on performance – but only 32% feel they have addressed this problem[1].... read more
25 Apr 25 @ 09:46
Swift has unveiled an enhanced Case Management solution designed to streamline the investigation of delayed cross-border payments — an operational pain point that is costing the global financial industry more... read more
25 Apr 25 @ 09:35
eBay has announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Klarna, bringing the fintech’s BNPL payment solutions to the US market. The move marks a significant milestone in eBay’s global... read more
24 Apr 25 @ 17:18
The European Union’s proposed Financial Data Access (FIDA) regulation — once heralded as a cornerstone of the bloc’s digital finance ambitions — now finds itself mired in uncertainty. Initially flagged... read more
24 Apr 25 @ 17:01
As cross-border commerce accelerates, digital wallets are emerging as a key driver of innovation — but in the UK, a gulf remains between merchant enthusiasm and consumer hesitancy. A new... read more
24 Apr 25 @ 16:41
PayPal and Coinbase have announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership, aimed at propelling the growth of PayPal USD (PYUSD), a regulated USD-denominated stablecoin introduced by PayPal in 2023.... read more
23 Apr 25 @ 16:51
A new phase in the evolution of global real-time, cross-border payments is underway, as five central banks behind Project Nexus — a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) initiative — launch... read more
23 Apr 25 @ 16:39
The European financial establishment is entering open conflict with itself as anxiety mounts over a potential surge in stablecoins and American crypto influence, fuelled by US President Donald Trump’s renewed... read more
22 Apr 25 @ 11:36
Discover Bank has been ordered to return more than $1.2 billion to merchants after a regulatory investigation found that it had systematically misclassified millions of consumer credit cards as commercial... read more
22 Apr 25 @ 11:26
Barclays has agreed a complex strategic transaction with Brookfield Asset Management that could see the Canadian private equity giant assume majority ownership of the British bank’s payments business over the... read more
22 Apr 25 @ 10:28
In a sweeping strategic reshuffle, Global Payments has announced a landmark agreement to acquire Worldpay for a net purchase price of $22.7 billion while simultaneously divesting its Issuer Solutions business... read more
22 Apr 25 @ 09:42
Telecom operators are emerging as key enablers of digital payments leveraging vast datasets and real-time customer behaviour insights. Through direct carrier billing (DCB), content bundling, and seamless onboarding, telcos are... read more
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
15 Oct 26 @ 19:41
Starling is developing a transactional foundation model with Nvidia that will be trained and hosted entirely within a UK sovereign cloud, as the digital bank lo... more
22 Oct 26 @ 18:16
The UK’s competition regulator has set out proposals that could significantly widen access to contactless payments on Apple’s iPhone, potentially lowering b... more