/ai
Skyfire, a startup founded by former Google and Ripple executives, has brought its payments network that enables AI agents to make autonomous transactions out of beta.
2 hours
/people
UK-based digital bank Zopa has appointed Visa Europe head of data science Jeremy Penzer as chief analytics officer.
/payments
Buy now, pay later giant Klarna is looking to file its initial public offering as early as next week, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.
14 hours
The UK's Payment Systems Regulator is take action against Mastercard and Visa in the wake of steep hikes on card fees by the duopoly.
15 hours
/crypto
Emirates NBD's digital banking unit Liv has added cryptocurrency trading to its mobile banking app.
16 hours
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has worked with Google to roll out eftpos functionality and least-cost routing (LCR) on transactions made via Google Wallet, giving merchants the options to move away from costly card scheme networks.
17 hours
/retail
Nine of the top banks and building societies operating in the UK accumulated at least 803 hours - the equivalent of more than 33 days - of tech outages in the last two years, new data published by the Treasury Committee shows.
/crime
The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has unveiled plans for a digital company ID that it says could help slash fraud and save British businesses billions of pounds every year.
18 hours
/security
With work on quantum computing gaining momentum, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has issued guidance to help the payment card industry mitigate risks posed by the technology.
06 March 2025
Startup Grain has raised over $50 million to launch an AI-driven foreign exchange optimisation and hedging platform.
/startups
Flex, a fintech that helps business owners automate their back offices, has raised $25 million in an equity round led by Titanium Ventures.
05 March 2025
HSBC is teaming up with B2B payments and invoicing network TreviPay to boost the digital purchasing experiences for businesses by offering flexible payment options and financing at the point of sale.
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