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

10 Aug 26 @ 20:40

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has postponed the launch of its Wero digital wallet in Luxembourg until 1 September 2026, pushing back its original June timetable to allow additional testing... read more

22 Jul 26 @ 19:54

Samsung has launched its first co-branded credit card in the US, deepening its push into financial services and placing the electronics group in more direct competition with Apple. The Samsung... read more

01 Jul 26 @ 21:25

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued one of its strongest warnings yet on the risks posed by stablecoins, arguing that their current structure falls short of the core... read more

27 Apr 26 @ 12:53

The European Central Bank has moved to reduce one of the biggest practical risks facing the digital euro: fragmentation. By signing agreements with ECPC, nexo standards and the Berlin Group,... read more

03 Mar 26 @ 16:14

Visa and Bridge – the stablecoin infrastructure provider acquired by Stripe earlier this year –  are to expand their stablecoin card programme to more than 100 countries across Europe, Africa,... read more

27 Feb 26 @ 10:07

The UK has set its direction on a payments infrastructure overhaul. What matters now is how it is built and run in practice. For much of the past year, discussion... read more

23 Jan 26 @ 11:56

For more than two decades, e-commerce has been built around a predictable assumption: that the buyer is human, present, and actively persuadable. Product pages, marketing funnels and checkout flows have... read more

01 Dec 25 @ 15:24

EU policymakers have struck a provisional agreement to overhaul the bloc’s payment services rulebook, marking one of the most significant regulatory updates since PSD2 came into force nearly a decade... read more

27 Nov 25 @ 16:48

Digital teams manage many types of payments every day: ad budgets, SaaS subscriptions, and business travel. Handling all of this through traditional banking cards is often slow and unreliable. Teams... 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

16 Oct 25 @ 19:23

The convergence of blockchain, stablecoins and mainstream financial infrastructure continues to gather pace. Two major players—Coinbase and Euronet—this week unveiled new tools designed to make cross-border payments faster, cheaper and... read more

22 Sep 25 @ 09:34

Brussels looks set to deliver a significant blow to US technology giants by excluding them from Europe’s new FiDA financial data-sharing framework. Negotiations over the EU’s Financial Data Access (FiDA)... read more

22 Sep 25 @ 09:23

Cyber attacks are increasingly exploiting the weakest points in corporate supply chains, making third-party vendors a prime route into some of the world’s largest organisations. Once a marginal concern, these... read more

29 Aug 25 @ 15:47

In an era defined by urgent climate imperatives and shifting social expectations, the payments industry finds itself at a strategic inflection point. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, once the... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:03

In an era defined by urgent climate imperatives and shifting social expectations, the payments industry finds itself at a strategic inflection point. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, once the... read more

30 Jul 25 @ 14:10

In a bold step toward mainstream crypto adoption, PayPal has unveiled “Pay with Crypto”, a new service enabling US merchants to accept payments in over 100 cryptocurrencies. The feature aims... read more

08 Jul 25 @ 09:26

After years of erratic oversight, US policymakers are edging closer to imposing regulatory stability on digital assets – with stablecoins at the centre of their focus. The Guiding and Establishing... read more

26 Jun 25 @ 10:13

Now that the SEC has officially dropped its long-running case against Ripple, the crypto firm is walking away with a clear win. But this isn’t just a milestone for Ripple... read more

23 Jun 25 @ 16:15

Coinbase has unveiled a new service, Coinbase Payments, designed to push stablecoins into the mainstream of e-commerce by simplifying crypto acceptance for merchants. The move signals a broader push into... read more