Across major markets, consumers are increasingly spending from their phones, laptops and tablets rather than visiting physical stores,…
Payments
Revolut has started piloting Revolut Pay with Smile, a checkout system that lets customers pay in store using…
The Eurosystem has launched Pontes, a platform for settling wholesale tokenised asset transactions in central bank money. It…
ACI Worldwide has added a cloud-native financial messaging capability to its ACI Connetic platform. The Nasdaq-listed payments firm…
Fin.com has raised US$20 million seed round as it emerges from stealth. The funding will support its infrastructure…
Nuvei has partnered with Kolleno to embed its global payments network into Kolleno’s AI-powered finance workflows. Businesses can…
Velocity has raised another US$10 million to expand its stablecoin payments and treasury platform. Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures,…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has opened its digital euro pilot to online and mobile commerce merchants across…
Fime, based in Paris, has acquired Red Alert Labs. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds cybersecurity…
Worldline has launched a payment tool that lets merchants accept purchases made through AI agents. The payment handler…
Zeal has raised US$10 million in new funding, taking its total raised to US$14 million. The London-based company…
BVNK and Marqeta have partnered to bring stablecoin-backed card capabilities to crypto-native and mainstream companies. The integration lets…
Chime has agreed to acquire Stride Bank, N.A. for US$590 million in cash. The deal ends a seven-year…
Yuno has partnered with Revolut Business to add its biometric one-click checkout to the platform. The deal also…
Avolta has launched a stablecoin payments pilot at its Level 2 Duty Free store in Zurich Airport. Running…
Dubai-based Fuze Finance has expanded into Switzerland, marking its first entry into Western Europe. The company also holds regulatory…
SIX and TWINT have joined Switzerland’s CHF stablecoin initiative. The initiative launched in April 2026 and now has…
The European Central Bank and Brazil’s central bank are negotiating a possible connection between Pix and TIPS, Europe’s…
Revolut has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a…
Ingenico has appointed four executives to lead its product, technology, revenue and customer excellence functions. The appointments follow…
