https://thefindesk.com/regulation/fca-cryptoasset-full-authorisation-regime-consumer-protection-safeguarding-ukThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T20:14:40.503475+00:00FCA Opens Authorisation Gateway for UK Cryptoasset Firmshttps://thefindesk.com/cards/mastercard-agentic-token-framework-ai-commerce-trust-authenticationThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T19:26:11.959971+00:00Mastercard Builds Agentic Commerce Infrastructure Across Two-Phase Programmehttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/sofi-mastercard-stablecoin-settlement-national-bank-card-network-firstThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T19:21:21.179503+00:00SoFi Bank Goes Live With Stablecoin Settlement on Mastercard Networkhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/mastercard-google-pay-biometric-authentication-otp-replacement-india-card-paymentsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T19:09:44.410130+00:00Mastercard and Google Pay target biometric card authentication in India via CDCVMhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/thredd-velocity-stablecoin-settlement-card-issuing-partnershipThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T19:04:58.537007+00:00Thredd Partners Velocity to Layer Stablecoin Settlement onto Card Infrastructurehttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-perspectives-editorial-strategy-stablecoin-fraud-b2b-rails-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:57:24.787229+00:00Visa Data: Nearly 17% of Stablecoin-Linked Card Volume Flows Through Commercial Programmeshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/coinbase-ipo-distribution-retail-primary-market-access-ouraThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:52:17.728341+00:00Coinbase Launches Retail IPO Access, Debuts Feature With Oura Smart-Ring Offeringhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/global-payments-2024-full-year-results-strategic-analysis-payments-infrastructureThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:37:33.656645+00:00Global Payments posts 12% adj. EPS growth in Q4 2024, launches $250m buyback amid Worldpay dealhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/adyen-appoints-klarna-cfo-niclas-neglen-management-board-2027The Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:27:44.867171+00:00Adyen Nominates Ex-Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as Finance Chief from February 2027https://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-stablecoin-settlement-taulia-embedded-finance-advisory-practice-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:15:04.021551+00:00Visa Targets B2B Stack With ERP Integration, Commercial Hub and Stablecoin Settlementhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/revolut-cyberattack-data-breach-50000-customers-vdai-lithuania-gdpr-investigationThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:10:18.736727+00:00Revolut Cyberattack Exposed Data of 50,000-Plus Customers; Lithuanian Regulator Opens Inquiryhttps://thefindesk.com/banking/ai-deepfake-voice-clone-authentication-banks-behavioural-biometrics-europeThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T18:03:54.613905+00:00AI Deepfakes Can Now Defeat All Four Layers of Bank KYC Controls, Research Findshttps://thefindesk.com/banking/mastercard-changing-lanes-sme-cross-border-payments-switching-fintech-banksThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T17:53:12.932434+00:00Fintechs on Course to Overtake Banks as Top SME Cross-Border Payment Provider by 2028https://thefindesk.com/payments/worldline-ai-agent-payments-agentic-commerce-psd2-sca-europeThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T17:42:47.620707+00:00Worldline Connects AI Agents to Payment Ecosystem Under Agentic Commerce Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-strategic-pivot-ai-agents-tokenised-assets-card-reinvention-infrastructureThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T17:37:11.041536+00:00Visa launches VTAP platform for banks to issue fiat-backed tokens on Ethereumhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/checkout-com-750m-annualised-revenue-private-fintech-selective-disclosure-transparencyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T17:28:30.904400+00:00Checkout.com posts $750M annualised revenue run-rate and returns to profitabilityhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/global-payments-strategic-reset-merchant-acquiring-issuer-solutions-portfolio-simplificationThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T17:21:24.204972+00:00Global Payments lifts Q4 EPS 63%, launches $250m buyback amid strategic overhaulhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/mastercard-dreamonomics-sme-stability-digital-tools-cyber-fintech-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T17:09:53.554953+00:00Mastercard 'Dreamonomics' report: 68% of SME owners favour stability over speedhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/brazil-ai-commerce-visa-pymnts-digital-shopping-index-agentic-payments-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:58:53.758654+00:00Visa publishes 2025 Brazil digital-shopping index to support embedded-payments pushhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-openai-ai-agent-payments-partnership-agentic-commerce-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:48:26.653237+00:00Visa and OpenAI partner to embed payments infrastructure into AI agent commercehttps://thefindesk.com/cards/agentic-commerce-payments-infrastructure-trust-gap-card-networks-ai-agentsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:40:49.878698+00:00Mastercard and PYMNTS convene agentic commerce roundtable in New Yorkhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-ai-commerce-real-time-rails-stablecoin-infrastructure-strategy-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:31:56.855095+00:00Visa Commits to One-Minute Transfers, AI-Agent Payments and Stablecoin Infrastructurehttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-ai-tokenisation-vtap-card-reinvention-commerce-infrastructure-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:26:39.369922+00:00Visa Launches Tokenised Asset Platform With BBVA Pilot Planned for 2025https://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/deutsche-bank-digital-asset-custody-taurus-bafin-licence-institutional-launchThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:21:23.905152+00:00Deutsche Bank to launch institutional digital asset custody across Europe in 2026https://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-reap-stablecoin-card-100-markets-emerging-market-issuance-strategy-2025The Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:13:51.803968+00:00Visa Acquires BioCatch and Launches Stablecoin Platform in Concentrated 2026 Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/europe-payment-schemes-joint-interoperability-entity-bizum-wero-vipps-bancomat-mbwayThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:13:36.961578+00:00Five European payment networks form ENP joint entity to link 130 million users by 2027https://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-ai-agent-payments-vtap-tokenised-asset-platform-infrastructure-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T16:08:51.000246+00:00Visa maps AI commerce push, merchant tooling and blockchain token platformhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-openai-partnership-agentic-commerce-ai-payment-infrastructureThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T15:56:50.337857+00:00Visa Partners With OpenAI to Build Payment Infrastructure for AI-Initiated Commercehttps://thefindesk.com/infrastructure/bundling-local-payment-rails-cross-border-merchants-emerging-markets-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T15:49:40.765765+00:00EBANX Director Argues Latin America Is Not a Single Payment Markethttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/rutgers-aws-rwjbarnabas-medical-school-ai-literacy-healthtech-fintech-implicationsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T15:35:59.467645+00:00Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health launch AWS-powered AI hub for future medical schoolhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/mastercard-smart-subscriptions-citi-uae-recurring-payments-chargeback-consumer-controlThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T15:30:00.429830+00:00Citi and Mastercard Launch Smart Subscriptions Tool for UAE Cardholdershttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/federal-reserve-master-account-non-bank-payment-firms-skinny-account-payment-system-risk-policyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T15:23:08.567215+00:00Fed Proposes New 'Payment Account' Category to Widen Access to Clearing Infrastructurehttps://thefindesk.com/payments/bottomline-global-pay-connect-saas-payment-messaging-cloud-api-financial-institutionsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T15:12:46.532607+00:00Bottomline Launches Global Pay Connect SaaS Platform to Modernise Payment Messaginghttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/paypal-meta-muse-ai-agent-agentic-commerce-checkout-integrationThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:50:52.517894+00:00PayPal joins Meta's Muse AI agent as checkout partner alongside Stripe and Shopifyhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/square-apple-business-connect-integration-merchant-dashboard-local-discoveryThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:43:43.051663+00:00Square integrates Apple Business Connect into merchant Dashboardhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/the-clearing-house-quant-on-chain-money-initiative-tokenised-deposits-us-banksThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:34:15.388247+00:00TCH Selects Quant to Power New Tokenised Deposit Clearing Networkhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/ibm-digital-asset-haven-swift-shared-ledger-tokenised-payments-on-premisesThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:29:21.691291+00:00IBM connects Digital Asset Haven to Swift tokenised deposit ledger in dual beta releasehttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/uk-finance-tokenised-sterling-deposits-live-customer-transactions-pilot-productionThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:22:34.152807+00:00Seven UK Banks Complete Live Interbank Tokenised Deposit Transactions in UK Finance Pilothttps://thefindesk.com/banking/qonto-paris-headquarters-bonne-nouvelle-european-sme-banking-expansionThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:16:07.198951+00:00Qonto Opens 11,000 sq m Paris HQ as Business Client Base Tops 750,000https://thefindesk.com/regulation/fednow-cross-border-pilot-federal-reserve-instant-payments-iso20022-interoperabilityThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:11:36.420125+00:00Fed Launches Cross-Border Messaging Pilot on FedNow Instant-Payment Railhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/benefits-card-payment-exceptions-administrative-cost-sofi-tech-solutions-pymnts-health-spending-accountsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T14:02:21.546736+00:00Hidden Labour Costs in Benefits Card Infrastructure Could Reach $33,750 a Year, Report Findshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/esma-2027-work-programme-ai-tokenisation-supervisory-convergence-ussp-capital-marketsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T13:55:21.816217+00:00ESMA Names AI and Tokenization as EU-Wide Supervisory Priority for 2027https://thefindesk.com/fintech/ai-gig-economy-freelance-income-compression-wage-to-wallet-index-earned-wage-access-fintechThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T13:44:54.841825+00:00AI Splits Freelance Market as Volume Holds but Per-Assignment Rates Fallhttps://thefindesk.com/banking/bny-pay-to-wallet-swift-correspondent-banking-cross-border-digital-wallet-disbursementThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T13:24:25.220854+00:00BNY launches Pay-to-Wallet service routing cross-border payments into retail digital walletshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/adyen-niclas-neglen-cfo-appointment-klarna-european-fintech-executive-hireThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T13:14:29.969387+00:00Adyen Nominates Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as Incoming Finance Chief from February 2027https://thefindesk.com/regulation/mission-lane-occ-conditional-approval-ceba-credit-card-bank-charter-national-bankThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T13:05:55.433238+00:00Mission Lane wins conditional OCC approval for national credit card bank charterhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/payments-industry-growth-deceleration-analysis-embedded-finance-adjacencies-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T12:59:14.041352+00:00Global payments revenue growth to slow to 5% annually through 2028, McKinsey forecastshttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/jeeves-110m-equity-round-coinfund-stablecoin-native-banking-multinational-corporate-treasuryThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T12:48:09.882956+00:00Jeeves Raises $110M Series C to Extend Stablecoin Corporate Banking to 35 Countrieshttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/circle-volante-technologies-usdc-stablecoin-settlement-volpay-bank-payment-infrastructureThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T12:37:22.570047+00:00Volante and Circle Link VolPay to USDC for Bank Settlement Workflowshttps://thefindesk.com/cards/american-express-corporate-cashback-card-expense-management-software-amex-expense-app-launchThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T12:23:15.039822+00:00American Express Launches Integrated Corporate Programme with Cashback Cards, Expense Software and Mobile Apphttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/altera-digital-health-sunrise-thread-ai-ambient-scribe-suny-downstate-brooklyn-hospital-deploymentThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T12:16:37.417010+00:00Altera Digital Health brings ambient AI scribe natively into Sunrise EHR with Brooklyn pilothttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/bank-of-america-cashpro-payments-insights-corporate-treasury-analytics-launchThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T12:05:58.909622+00:00Bank of America Adds AI-Powered Payments Insights to CashPro Treasury Platformhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/clarity-act-senate-banking-committee-crypto-market-structure-sec-cftc-jurisdictionThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T11:59:50.450058+00:00Senate Banking Committee Advances Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in Bipartisan Votehttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/fednow-cross-border-regulation-j-amendment-instant-payments-international-federal-reserveThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T11:50:10.425412+00:00Federal Reserve Plans to Extend FedNow to Cover Domestic Leg of Cross-Border Paymentshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/promenaut-hsbc-strategic-investment-agentic-ai-production-deployment-enterpriseThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T11:18:12.125318+00:00Promenaut Launches With HSBC as Investor and Design Partner in Live Production Deployhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/benford-5m-pre-seed-firstminute-capital-audit-tech-auditos-osloThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T11:13:21.432281+00:00Oslo-London Audit Firm Benford Raises €5M Pre-Seed to Operate as Tech-Native Auditorhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/atum-seed-funding-pete-cooling-visa-crypto-rail-agnostic-cross-border-paymentsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T10:46:57.494081+00:00Atum exits stealth with $13.5m seed to build rail-neutral payments coordination networkhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/revolut-facial-recognition-payments-uk-pilot-biometric-checkout-gdpr-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T10:41:39.294951+00:00Revolut pilots facial recognition checkout with zero merchant fees at UK retail POShttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/tink-founders-freda-ai-compliance-agentic-operating-system-kjellen-hedbergThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T10:20:40.992662+00:00Tink Co-Founders Launch AI Compliance Startup Freda With $2.2m Founder Fundinghttps://thefindesk.com/cards/jpmorgan-private-credit-rejected-card-applicants-originate-distribute-consumer-lendingThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T10:20:29.416622+00:00JPMorgan explores routing declined card applicants to private credit firmshttps://thefindesk.com/cards/monzo-aura-metal-credit-card-cashback-investment-routing-uk-firstThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T10:15:16.431464+00:00Monzo Launches £15/month Metal Card That Auto-Invests Cashback Into Marketshttps://thefindesk.com/banking/valley-national-bancorp-bluevine-340-million-acquisition-sme-fintech-depositsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T10:02:52.108712+00:00Valley National Bancorp to Acquire Bluevine for $340 Million in Small Business Banking Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-featurespace-acquisition-ai-fraud-commercial-payments-platform-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T09:55:57.235543+00:00Visa Completes Featurespace Acquisition to Bolster Real-Time AI Fraud Detectionhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/fintechos-28-million-equity-debt-round-us-expansion-banking-insurance-platformThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T09:55:46.497645+00:00FintechOS Raises $28m in Equity and Debt as US Revenue Surges 130%https://thefindesk.com/fintech/northern-gritstone-san-francisco-bay-area-expansion-uk-deeptech-exit-debate-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T09:51:52.160345+00:00Northern Gritstone expands to Bay Area in first international move after five yearshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/cleartoken-bank-of-england-dsd-approval-digital-securities-sandbox-tokenised-assetsThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T09:44:40.847998+00:00ClearToken wins Bank of England sandbox approval to operate Digital Securities Depositoryhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/ryft-series-b-20-million-payfac-europe-us-expansion-manchesterThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T09:36:27.209982+00:00Ryft raises £20m Series B to fund EU licence push and US expansionhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/federal-reserve-genius-act-stablecoin-rulemaking-public-comment-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T09:31:22.219389+00:00Fed Opens Comment Period on Stablecoin Issuer Framework Under GENIUS Acthttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-destinations-biocatch-stablecoin-ai-assistant-strategic-expansion-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T04:24:04.587297+00:00Visa announces acquisition, stablecoin platform and AI bank tool in single fiscal quarterhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/global-payments-worldpay-issuer-solutions-strategic-repositioning-europe-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T04:16:35.050152+00:00Global Payments files Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings release; financial figures unverifiedhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-ramp-autonomous-finance-ai-agents-corporate-spend-strategy-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T00:42:40.355473+00:00Visa makes stablecoin platform, BioCatch acquisition and A2A fraud moves in one quarterhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/ousd-stablecoin-consortium-visa-mastercard-stripe-circle-usdc-revenue-model-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T00:26:21.903039+00:00140-Plus Firms Including Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock Launch Yield-Sharing Stablecoin OUSDhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-featurespace-acquisition-ai-commerce-merchant-interchange-settlement-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T00:15:16.751483+00:00Visa Closes Featurespace Acquisition as AI Fraud-Prevention and Agent Payments Moves Take Shapehttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/us-treasury-education-defaulted-loans-support-center-digital-portal-launchThe Fin Desken2026-10-01T00:09:32.766957+00:00US Treasury and Education Dept launch Defaulted Loans Support Center portalhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/circle-cfo-jeremy-fox-geen-exit-transition-usdc-ipoThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T16:20:30.222071+00:00Circle Internet Group CFO Jeremy Fox-Geen to Step Down in Leadership Transitionhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-foundation-2-million-grant-eso-small-business-support-ecosystemThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T16:13:04.664434+00:00Visa Foundation Commits $2 Million to U.S. Small-Business Support Networks in First Domestic RFPhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/sbi-group-dtcpay-series-a-singapore-stablecoin-payments-mas-licensedThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:52.026453+00:00SBI Group Takes Stake in Singapore Stablecoin Payments Firm dtcpayhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/klarna-klarnausd-stablecoin-tempo-blockchain-launch-bnpl-digital-assetsThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:43.782557+00:00Klarna Launches KlarnaUSD Stablecoin on Tempo Blockchain in Major Fintech-Crypto Pivothttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/ant-international-antom-ai-native-cross-border-payments-fx-treasury-expansionThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:34.277859+00:00Ant International Bets on AI-Native Stack to Rewire Cross-Border Commerce Infrastructurehttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/ecb-digital-euro-innovation-platform-expressions-of-interest-private-sector-cbdcThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:25.033307+00:00ECB Opens Digital Euro Innovation Platform to Private Sector Engagementhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/marble-regtech-series-a-aml-compliance-infrastructure-unverifiedThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:17.278966+00:00Compliance Startup Marble Said to Raise €6.5M Series A — Verify Firsthttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/ecb-own-funds-tokenised-securities-pontes-eurosystem-dlt-settlement-2The Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:09.022319+00:00ECB to Invest Own Funds in Tokenised Securities via Pontes Settlement Platformhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/swift-alias-cross-border-payments-bizum-payid-pix-interoperability-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:21:02.594499+00:00Swift Eyes Alias-Based Cross-Border Payments in Domestic System Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/ecb-own-funds-tokenised-securities-pontes-settlement-platform-institutionalThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:20:55.374255+00:00ECB Commits Own-Funds Capital to Tokenised Securities With Pontes Settlement Platformhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/marble-regtech-series-a-aml-compliance-infrastructure-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:20:47.360180+00:00Compliance Startup Marble Said to Close €6.5m Series A as AMLA Era Loomshttps://thefindesk.com/banking/apple-pay-class-action-certified-nfc-antitrust-interchange-fees-banks-2The Fin Desken2026-09-30T08:20:40.070520+00:00Banks Clear Class Certification Hurdle in Apple Pay Antitrust Fighthttps://thefindesk.com/banking/apple-pay-antitrust-class-action-bank-fees-nfc-exclusivity-sherman-actThe Fin Desken2026-09-29T12:25:09.593425+00:00US banks reportedly cleared to pursue class action against Apple over Apple Pay feeshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/ecb-own-funds-tokenised-securities-pontes-eurosystem-dlt-settlement-3The Fin Desken2026-09-29T12:23:42.069970+00:00ECB Puts Its Own Balance Sheet Behind Tokenised Securities With Pontes Settlement Platformhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/marble-compliance-aml-series-a-funding-unverifiedThe Fin Desken2026-09-29T12:23:29.040846+00:00Compliance Startup Marble Said to Close €6.5m Series A — Verify Firsthttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/doj-seize-84-million-capstone-montana-payments-unlicensed-money-services-forfeitureThe Fin Desken2026-09-29T12:23:15.927709+00:00U.S. DOJ Moves to Seize $84M From Montana Payments Firm Capstone Over Licensing Fraudhttps://thefindesk.com/banking/apple-pay-class-action-certified-nfc-antitrust-interchange-fees-banksThe Fin Desken2026-09-29T12:23:05.385407+00:00Apple Pay Class Action Clears Certification Hurdle as US Banks Unite Against NFC Tollhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/moov-financial-p2p-payments-visa-direct-mastercard-send-cross-network-api-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-29T12:22:46.584901+00:00Moov Financial Said to Launch Cross-Network P2P on Visa and Mastercard Railshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/ecb-own-funds-tokenised-securities-pontes-eurosystem-dlt-settlementThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:12:51.281722+00:00ECB launches Pontes DLT settlement bridge and commits own funds to tokenised securitieshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/sec-innovation-exemption-tokenised-nms-stocks-blockchain-equity-tradingThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:12:23.997877+00:00SEC Creates 'Innovation Exemption' for Tokenised Stock Trading via On-Chain AMMshttps://thefindesk.com/payments/apac-real-time-payments-cross-border-interoperability-project-nexus-paynow-upi-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:11:22.499786+00:00Asia-Pacific's Real-Time Payment Rails Are Going Cross-Border — and Governance Is the Hard Parthttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/enterprise-ai-bottleneck-data-governance-workflow-fintech-financial-servicesThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:11:04.982635+00:00The Real AI Bottleneck Is Not the Model — It's the Plumbing Underneathhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/penelope-health-87-million-thoreau-clinical-payment-policy-intelligence-healthtechThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:10:32.492526+00:00Penelope Health Raises €87M to Bridge Clinical Decisions and Payment Flowshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/priority-technology-holdings-ceo-led-take-private-merger-payments-infrastructure-governanceThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:09:45.579031+00:00Priority Technology Holdings agrees go-private deal led by chairman-CEO Thomas Priorehttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/sprive-series-a-mortgage-overpayment-app-funding-unverifiedThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:09:08.903485+00:00Sprive raises reported $10m Series A for mortgage overpayment apphttps://thefindesk.com/payments/iso-iec-42001-ai-management-standard-payments-eu-ai-act-governance-explainerThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:08:15.719032+00:00ISO/IEC 42001: The AI Management Standard Payments Firms Can No Longer Ignorehttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/tabby-233-million-funding-round-saudi-bnpl-gcc-fintech-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:02:08.883419+00:00Tabby Said to Close $233M Round in Gulf BNPL's Biggest Raise — But Verify Firsthttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/kbc-guardian-angel-fraud-prevention-belgium-app-fraud-trusted-contactThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:02:01.178282+00:00KBC Deploys 'Guardian Angel' Fraud Shield Across Belgium's Four-Million-Strong Retail Basehttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/pave-ai-wealthtech-funding-conflicting-figures-unverified-roundThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:01:49.576008+00:00Pave AI Wealthtech Round: Headline Figures Conflict, Verified Details Scarcehttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/eea-fintech-baas-agent-model-psd2-emd2-licence-explainerThe Fin Desken2026-09-22T12:01:42.981699+00:00The Regulatory Shortcut European Fintech Founders Keep Overlookinghttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-mastercard-interchange-settlement-merchant-objections-mld-1720-antitrustThe Fin Desken2026-09-18T09:01:55.983213+00:00Merchants Push Back Against Visa-Mastercard Swipe-Fee Settlementhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/enova-withdraws-occ-fed-applications-grasshopper-bank-acquisitionThe Fin Desken2026-09-18T09:00:30.781633+00:00Enova Pulls OCC and Fed Applications for Grasshopper Bank Acquisitionhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/paypal-turnaround-strategy-unverified-claims-editorial-transparencyThe Fin Desken2026-09-18T09:00:21.045514+00:00PayPal CEO outlines turnaround plan as leadership signals need for meaningful changehttps://thefindesk.com/payments/x402-agentic-payments-trm-labs-developer-traffic-autonomous-agents-gapThe Fin Desken2026-09-18T09:00:14.219104+00:00X402 Protocol Has Live Rails But Few Autonomous Agents, TRM Labs Data Showshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/amazon-dsp-chatgpt-openai-programmatic-advertising-partnership-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-18T09:00:06.930666+00:00Amazon DSP to Broker ChatGPT Ad Inventory in Landmark AI-Native Programmatic Dealhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/greencovery-1-million-bridge-round-cocoa-upcycling-rom-inwest-brightlandsThe Fin Desken2026-09-16T07:30:39.088755+00:00Dutch Startup Greencovery Closes €1M Bridge as €4M Cocoa Upcycling Round Takes Shapehttps://thefindesk.com/cards/walmart-swipe-fee-settlement-objection-interchange-antitrust-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-16T07:30:15.738070+00:00Walmart renews objection to card-fee settlement, joined by other merchantshttps://thefindesk.com/infrastructure/uk-payments-delivery-company-equity-fundraise-new-payments-architecture-npaThe Fin Desken2026-09-16T07:29:26.509558+00:00UK Payments Delivery Company Moves Into Active Equity Fundraise for NPA Build-Outhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/thredd-ipaylinks-mastercard-virtual-commercial-debit-card-programmeThe Fin Desken2026-09-16T07:28:49.892145+00:00Thredd and iPayLinks Said to Be Launching Mastercard Virtual Debit Card Programmehttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/ecb-digital-euro-merchant-pilot-unverified-cbdc-acceptance-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-16T07:27:10.280285+00:00ECB Digital Euro Merchant Pilot Claim Remains Unverified — But the Policy Stakes Are Realhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/esma-weekly-commodity-derivatives-position-reporting-mifid-ii-go-liveThe Fin Desken2026-09-16T07:25:06.635632+00:00ESMA Set to Switch On Weekly Commodity Derivatives Position Reportinghttps://thefindesk.com/banking/credit-unions-fintech-distribution-velera-pymnts-cuso-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T09:31:56.398333+00:00Credit Unions as Fintech's Next Distribution Frontier — But Verify the Numbershttps://thefindesk.com/banking/credit-unions-fintech-146-million-members-b2b-distribution-opportunityThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T08:14:08.966754+00:00Fintechs Target $2.31 Trillion Credit Union Sector as Delinquencies Risehttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/ripple-rlusd-corporate-treasury-gttreasury-acquisition-enterprise-stablecoin-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T08:13:05.006139+00:00Ripple Targets Corporate Treasuries With RLUSD Stablecoin After GTreasury Dealhttps://thefindesk.com/payments/b2b-payments-working-capital-index-pymnts-visa-corporate-finance-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T08:11:58.093470+00:00B2B Late Payments Squeeze Working Capital as Annual Index Tracks Mid-Market Liquidityhttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/adan-coalition-dlt-pilot-regime-volume-caps-misp-eu-tokenized-assetsThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T08:09:03.674114+00:00Industry Coalition Presses Brussels to Lift Tokenized-Asset Ceilings Under DLT Pilot Regimehttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/paypal-standalone-strategy-acquisition-rumour-alex-chriss-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T07:58:02.088289+00:00PayPal's Stand-Alone Crossroads: What an Unverified $50bn Deal Collapse Signalshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/save-plan-blocked-federal-student-loan-repayment-options-ibr-payeThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T07:57:45.691104+00:00SAVE Student Loan Plan Is Dead: What Borrowers Must Do Nowhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/block-inc-occ-national-trust-bank-charter-bitcoin-stablecoin-custodyThe Fin Desken2026-09-14T07:55:44.924575+00:00Block Files for Federal Trust Bank Charter to Custody Bitcoin and Stablecoinshttps://thefindesk.com/cards/apple-ios-27-gift-card-chip-tap-redemption-fraud-preventionThe Fin Desken2026-09-12T17:54:25.991247+00:00Apple iOS 27 Code Points to Chip-Based Tap-to-Redeem Security for Gift Cardshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/revolut-ftse-250-corporate-banking-upmarket-pivot-strategyThe Fin Desken2026-09-12T17:39:58.380099+00:00Fintech's Next Frontier: Revolut and the Push to Win the Corporate Boardroomhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-autumn-2026-strategy-a2a-protect-world-bank-agentic-commerce-analysisThe Fin Desken2026-09-12T17:37:50.392753+00:00Visa's Autumn Sprint: Five Strategic Moves Reshaping the Network's Ambitionshttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/revolut-data-breach-fake-government-requests-passport-bitcoin-social-engineeringThe Fin Desken2026-09-12T17:34:57.436666+00:00Revolut Confirms Data Breach After Attackers Impersonated Government Authoritieshttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-agentic-commerce-a2a-protect-fraud-world-bank-emerging-markets-strategy-2026The Fin Desken2026-09-12T17:34:02.112379+00:00Visa Bets on Trust Infrastructure to Win Agentic Commerce, A2A Fraud and Emerging-Market Paymentshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/fca-warning-unregulated-loan-notes-mini-bonds-woodville-consultants-collapseThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T22:04:34.679875+00:00FCA Renews Warning on Unregulated Loan Notes After Litigation Funder Woodville Consultants Collapseshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/federal-reserve-approves-natwest-national-westminster-bank-application-2026The Fin Desken2026-09-11T22:03:41.647361+00:00Federal Reserve Clears NatWest Application in Rare US Regulatory Movehttps://thefindesk.com/infrastructure/mistral-ai-series-d-3-billion-european-ai-funding-early-stage-gapThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T22:03:34.204821+00:00Mistral's €3B Series D Redraws European AI Map — But Early-Stage Gaps Remainhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/esma-consultation-prospectus-disclosure-listing-act-2026The Fin Desken2026-09-11T22:03:20.406322+00:00ESMA Opens Consultation on Prospectus Disclosure Rules as Listing Act Beds Inhttps://thefindesk.com/banking/cib-bank-hungary-ringpay-free-contactless-payment-ring-wearableThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T19:14:38.000112+00:00CIB Bank Hungary offers free RingPay contactless rings linked direct to Visa and Mastercard cardshttps://thefindesk.com/digital-assets/coinbase-moov-stablecoin-community-banks-credit-unions-partnershipThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T19:11:06.031655+00:00Coinbase and Moov Open Stablecoin Rails to 1,000-Plus Community Bankshttps://thefindesk.com/infrastructure/seed-capital-fund-v-130-million-nordic-expansion-closeThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T18:53:01.480272+00:00Copenhagen's Seed Capital Closes €130M Fund V in Nordic Expansion Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/banking/chime-acquires-stride-bank-590-million-baas-charterThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T18:51:17.762825+00:00Chime to acquire Stride Bank parent for $590m in push for direct charter ownershiphttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-settlement-data-onchain-lending-stablecoin-card-programmesThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T18:48:28.383793+00:00Visa connects VisaNet settlement data to onchain lending with Credit Coop partnershiphttps://thefindesk.com/cards/visa-world-bank-ifc-risk-sharing-emerging-market-paymentsThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T18:48:18.754887+00:00Visa and World Bank Group Strike Risk-Sharing Deal to Unlock Emerging-Market Paymentshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/esas-joint-final-report-bilateral-margin-uncleared-derivatives-emir-2026The Fin Desken2026-09-11T18:48:09.167181+00:00Europe's Three Watchdogs Move in Lockstep on Uncleared Derivatives Margin Ruleshttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/blik-first-agentic-payment-psd2-authorisation-ai-agentThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T18:33:16.851158+00:00Blik Completes First Agentic Payment Pilot in Polish Mobile Networkhttps://thefindesk.com/cards/fed-terminates-enforcement-actions-united-texas-bank-quontic-september-2026The Fin Desken2026-09-11T16:00:36.419448+00:00Fed Terminates Enforcement Actions Against United Texas Bank and Two Quontic Entitieshttps://thefindesk.com/payments/circle-acquires-tazapay-400-million-singapore-cross-border-paymentsThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T16:00:05.607207+00:00Circle Agrees $400M Acquisition of Singapore's Tazapay in Cross-Border Payments Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/fintech/biorsaf-raises-5-2-million-acquires-cooki-italy-food-regtechThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T15:27:27.969223+00:00Italy's Biorsaf Raises €5.2M Series A and Acquires Bologna's Cooki in Food RegTech Pushhttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/fca-bans-daniel-philip-thomas-db-pension-transfer-adviceThe Fin Desken2026-09-11T15:27:12.783470+00:00FCA bans adviser and fines him £742,700 over unauthorised DB pension transfer advicehttps://thefindesk.com/regulation/bank-of-england-rtgs-standards-release-delay-2026The Fin Desken2026-09-11T15:26:59.759609+00:00Bank of England Delays Key RTGS Standards Release Scheduled for November 2026