25 Aug 26 @ 09:13

Swift has declared its new blockchain-based ledger ready for initial use, with 17 major banks preparing to pilot live tokenised deposit transactions across six continents. The initiative is designed to... read more

04 Aug 26 @ 18:09

Lloyds Banking Group and CaixaBank have completed a series of live tokenised deposit transactions as part of Project Agorá, marking another important milestone in the evolution of wholesale cross-border payments.... read more

03 Aug 26 @ 15:43

Wise is preparing a second attempt to secure a U.S. national trust bank charter after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) rejected its initial application, citing significant... read more

29 Jul 26 @ 17:56

ZUG, Switzerland — July 28, 2026 — It’s well known that a cross-border payment goes through a chain of correspondent banks before arriving to the receiver. Every link adds the... read more

06 Jul 26 @ 20:31

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has unveiled proposals that could significantly reshape the mobile payments landscape by requiring Apple and Google to give app developers greater freedom to... 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

10 Jun 26 @ 17:02

Revolut co-founder Vlad Yatsenko is stepping down from his role as chief technology officer, marking the most significant leadership transition in the company’s 12-year history and signalling a new phase... read more

26 May 26 @ 20:27

The European Commission has launched a fresh consultation on the future of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), signalling that Europe’s flagship crypto framework may already require recalibration less than... read more

21 May 26 @ 07:20

Revolut has unveiled its first physical cryptocurrency debit card, signalling the next stage in the convergence between digital assets and mainstream consumer payments. The UK fintech’s new card, which features... read more

28 Apr 26 @ 18:14

ACI Worldwide has launched a major expansion of its Connetic platform in the US, positioning the service as a response to the growing complexity faced by banks operating across multiple... read more

08 Apr 26 @ 20:56

The International Monetary Fund’s latest warning on tokenisation is a timely reminder that payments innovation does not arrive in a vacuum. Financial history shows that breakthroughs marketed as efficiency gains... read more

29 Mar 26 @ 18:36

Visa has taken another deliberate step into the institutional digital assets market by joining the Canton Network as a super validator. A move that underlines how large payments groups are... read more

24 Mar 26 @ 17:44

Visa is moving to embed itself in what could become the next important layer of digital commerce: payments initiated not by people, but by software agents acting on their behalf.... read more

22 Mar 26 @ 18:30

Visa and Fiserv are extending their long-running partnership in Europe with a new API-driven acceptance offering designed to simplify merchant acquiring and modernise payment processing at scale. The initiative brings... read more

25 Feb 26 @ 17:55

Reports that Stripe is exploring a potential acquisition of PayPal have sent tremors through the global payments industry. The reports follow closely on the heels of our story yesterday linking... read 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 around one of digital payments’ most recognisable... read more

16 Feb 26 @ 14:12

Global fintech investment staged a notable recovery in 2025, marking a decisive break from three consecutive years of contraction. Total funding rose to $116 billion across 4,719 deals, up from... read more

03 Feb 26 @ 18:04

Digital asset payments are edging closer to everyday commerce as Lydian launches a new application enabling cryptocurrency acceptance across Clover devices for crypto POS payments. The move allows merchants using... read more

22 Jan 26 @ 21:38

Europe’s payments industry is approaching a structural inflection point. New research conducted by Celent in collaboration with Plaid, suggests that SEPA Instant Credit Transfers are on track to overtake traditional credit... read more

20 Jan 26 @ 17:57

For much of blockchain’s commercial history, regulation hovered in the background as an unresolved constraint. Financial institutions ran proofs of concept, explored distributed ledgers and monitored policy debates, but few... read more