The Fin Desk Brief
▸Fed Seeks Comment on Regulatory Framework for Board-Supervised Payment Stablecoin Issuers▸FCA Opens Authorisation Gateway for UK Cryptoasset Firms▸Mastercard Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure Across Two-Phase Programme▸SoFi Bank Goes Live With Stablecoin Settlement on Mastercard Network▸Mastercard and Google Pay target biometric card authentication in India via CDCVM▸Thredd Partners Velocity to Layer Stablecoin Settlement onto Card Infrastructure▸Visa Data: Nearly 17% of Stablecoin-Linked Card Volume Flows Through Commercial Programmes▸Coinbase Launches Retail IPO Access, Debuts Feature With Oura Smart-Ring Offering▸Global Payments posts 12% adj. EPS growth in Q4 2024, launches $250m buyback amid Worldpay deal▸Adyen Nominates Ex-Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as Finance Chief from February 2027▸Fed Seeks Comment on Regulatory Framework for Board-Supervised Payment Stablecoin Issuers▸FCA Opens Authorisation Gateway for UK Cryptoasset Firms▸Mastercard Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure Across Two-Phase Programme▸SoFi Bank Goes Live With Stablecoin Settlement on Mastercard Network▸Mastercard and Google Pay target biometric card authentication in India via CDCVM▸Thredd Partners Velocity to Layer Stablecoin Settlement onto Card Infrastructure▸Visa Data: Nearly 17% of Stablecoin-Linked Card Volume Flows Through Commercial Programmes▸Coinbase Launches Retail IPO Access, Debuts Feature With Oura Smart-Ring Offering▸Global Payments posts 12% adj. EPS growth in Q4 2024, launches $250m buyback amid Worldpay deal▸Adyen Nominates Ex-Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as Finance Chief from February 2027
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The Fin Desk is an independent digital publication covering finance, fintech, payments, banking, cards, financial infrastructure, digital assets and regulation — with a strong European focus and coverage of major global developments.

We report on the infrastructure behind modern finance: payment orchestration, gateways and processors, card networks, open banking, embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service, ledger systems, digital wallets and the technology companies building them.

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