14 Nov 25 @ 10:34

BLIK, Poland’s leading mobile payments system, has launched a pilot programme enabling euro-denominated phone-to-phone (P2P) transfers with other European mobile payment providers — a significant step toward a unified European... read more

23 Jun 25 @ 13:39

The push for a sovereign European payments landscape has gained renewed momentum as the European Payments Alliance (EuroPA) and EPI Company (EPI) announce a landmark collaboration aimed at enhancing cross-border... read more

31 Mar 25 @ 12:39

A landmark stride in European payments infrastructure has been achieved as Italy’s Bancomat, Spain’s Bizum, and Portugal’s MB WAY initiate cross-border mobile transfers under the EuroPA (European Payments Alliance) umbrella.... read more

15 Nov 24 @ 13:37

In a ground breaking move for the European payments landscape, previously reported on by Payments Cards & Mobile, Italy’s BANCOMAT, Spain and Andorra’s Bizum, and Portugal’s MB WAY have successfully... read more

20 Oct 26 @ 09:05

The European Payments Council is developing a common framework to govern how payment service providers accept EU Digital Identity Wallets for strong customer authentication, as Europe prepares for large-scale deployment... read more

20 Oct 26 @ 09:04

UniCredit has secured approval from the European Central Bank to take a controlling stake in Commerzbank, clearing one of the most significant regulatory hurdles in its pursuit of the German... read more

15 Oct 26 @ 19:36

Stablecoin payments provider Noah has secured both a MiCA crypto-asset service provider licence and a PSD2 payment institution licence, giving it a regulated framework to offer stablecoin and fiat payment... read more

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launching Pontes to allow wholesale tokenised asset transactions to settle in... read more

15 Sep 26 @ 17:05

Artificial intelligence is already embedded across European banking. More than 85 per cent of banks supervised by European authorities now use AI, according to the European Central Bank. The next... read more

15 Sep 26 @ 17:05

The European Central Bank is inviting online and mobile merchants to participate in its forthcoming digital euro pilot, moving the project another step closer to testing how a central bank... read more

06 Sep 26 @ 19:32

The European Central Bank and Banco Central do Brasil are examining whether Europe’s TIPS instant-payment infrastructure could be connected with Brazil’s hugely successful Pix network, potentially creating a new real-time... read more

02 Sep 26 @ 20:55

Authologic has become one of the first companies in Europe registered to issue credentials for EU Digital Identity Wallets, as businesses prepare for a fundamental change in how consumers prove... read more

24 Aug 26 @ 19:23

Revolut has applied to establish a licensed banking branch in Finland, as the digital bank pushes deeper into domestic European markets and seeks to become the primary financial provider for... read more

15 Jul 26 @ 16:27

German-regulated e-money institution will contribute acquiring expertise to practical testing of a possible future digital euro RS2 Financial Services GmbH, an electronic money institution supervised by BaFin and part of... read more

07 Jul 26 @ 19:13

Google has been ordered to pay approximately $1.97 billion in damages to PriceRunner, the price comparison platform owned by Klarna, following a landmark competition ruling by Sweden’s Patent and Market... read more

30 Jun 26 @ 07:04

Europe’s landmark crypto regulation is entering its enforcement phase, with Binance becoming one of the highest-profile exchanges to be caught by the bloc’s new licensing regime after failing to secure... read more

25 Jun 26 @ 19:24

The European Union has taken a significant step towards creating a digital euro, with the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee approving its negotiating position on the legislation... read more

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

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

02 Jun 26 @ 20:27

Mastercard has taken another significant step in its push to modernise cross-border money movement, joining a pilot programme designed to enable instant cross-currency payments on the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment... read more