/payments
The European Payments Council is seeking Directory Service Providers to help with checking routing algorithms that may be used by Verification of Payee (VoP) scheme participants.
8 hours
Five big banks in Belgium have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) with the intention of rolling out the Wero digital wallet and instant account-to-account (A2A) payment application to customers in the first half of next year.
10 hours
/startups
BNP Paribas Personal Finance is to run its third successive UK Fintech incubator programme, seeking out startups with Gen AI applications applicable to the financial services sector.
/ai
As artificial intelligence reshapes the business landscape, fintechs stand poised to usher in a fresh wave of disruption as the industry emerges from a prolonged slump.
12 hours
/retail
London-headquartered digital bank Zopa is opening an office in Manchester as it bids to create a 500-strong workforce in the city.
22 hours
/crypto
A UK judge has sentenced two men to a combined 12 years in prison for a £1.5 million cryptocurrency fraud.
04 July 2025
/markets
As the 9 July tariff deadline looms, US President Donald Trump has said that rates could be up to 70% for certain counties.
/inclusion
Findings from a survey conducted by The Payments Association (TPA) highlighted the need for further LGBTQIA+ inclusion in financial services.
/devops
Raoul Herborg, managing director, central bank digital currency (CBDC) solutions at Giesecke and Devrient (G+D) spoke to Finextra on their release of a recent survey on CBDC progress worldwide, and what we can expect from CBDCs in the coming years.
The UK's Regulatory Innovation Office is to work with the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum to cut red tape for fintechs as they navigate complex regulation.
BBVA is deepening its relationship with Google Cloud through the deployment of Google Workspace with Gemini, as part of the global bank’s AI adoption strategy.
03 July 2025
/regulation
French neobank Qonto has applied for a banking licence after reaching 600,000 customers across Europe.
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