21 May 26 @ 18:39
A growing coalition of European lenders is betting that stablecoins can strengthen the continent’s position in digital finance, with Amsterdam-based joint venture Qivalis adding 25 banks to its euro stablecoin... read more
18 May 26 @ 17:07
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has challenged the growing argument that Europe should answer dollar stablecoin dominance with euro-denominated equivalents, warning that such instruments may import financial fragilities rather... read more
14 May 26 @ 13:47
Stablecoins are no longer best understood as a specialist corner of the crypto market. They are increasingly being tested as practical settlement instruments across the payments stack, from tokenised assets... 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 @ 19:34
Stablecoins are moving more decisively into the heart of global payments infrastructure. Nium’s new partnership with Coinbase marks another step in that direction, giving business clients the ability to send,... read more
14 Apr 26 @ 20:03
Swiss banks are moving from theory to experimentation in the race to build regulated digital money. Six institutions — UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank and BCV — have joined... 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
12 Apr 26 @ 20:56
Confirmo’s regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland is more than a corporate milestone. It is an early illustration of how Europe’s stablecoin payments market is beginning to divide... read more
26 Mar 26 @ 19:08
Thunes is attempting to narrow one of the most persistent divides in modern payments: the gap between traditional banking infrastructure and the digital asset economy. Its latest move brings stablecoin... read more
17 Mar 26 @ 15:04
Mastercard has agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure specialist BVNK in a deal worth up to $1.8 billion, marking one of the clearest signals yet that major card networks are positioning... read more
08 Mar 26 @ 13:02
European Central Bank has warned that the rapid growth of stablecoins could undermine monetary policy in the euro area by draining retail deposits from traditional banks and disrupting the mechanisms through... 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
25 Feb 26 @ 17:53
The rapid ascent of stablecoins as a pillar of digital finance is now intersecting with a more troubling statistic: illicit cryptocurrency flows reached an estimated $154bn in 2025, the highest... read more
25 Feb 26 @ 17:51
Payoneer has taken a decisive step into the regulated heart of the American financial system, filing an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish... read more
16 Feb 26 @ 14:31
Stablecoins have moved decisively into the financial mainstream. With more than $300 billion in circulation and annual settlement volumes estimated to exceed $20 trillion, tokenised dollars now function as a... read more
05 Feb 26 @ 10:06
When Western governments cut major Russian banks off from the Swift messaging system in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, they hoped to choke the country’s ability to... read more
02 Feb 26 @ 20:20
A quiet but consequential struggle is under way at the heart of the global financial system. On one side sit Wall Street’s largest banks, guardians of deposits, credit creation and... read more
29 Jan 26 @ 19:33
Checkout.com has taken a decisive step deeper into Europe’s regulated digital money ecosystem with the acquisition of Blue EMI, a licensed electronic money institution authorised to issue euro-denominated stablecoins. The... read more
27 Jan 26 @ 10:48
Stablecoins are moving rapidly from the margins of crypto markets to the centre of global payments strategy, as artificial intelligence reshapes how economic activity is conducted. Speaking at the World... read more
22 Jan 26 @ 16:50
The UK payments industry is sharpening its critique of the country’s approach to stablecoins, arguing that regulatory caution is slipping into competitive self-harm. In a new manifesto, The Payments Association... read more
12 May 26 @ 15:44
Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more
30 Apr 26 @ 18:03
Cashless payments are becoming an increasingly important marker of financial modernisation across emerging market and developing economies, with new data from t... more
05 May 26 @ 16:52
Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fin... more