/payments
The European Payments Alliance (EuroPA) has hit a milestone in its efforts to bring instant cross-border payments to the continent with customers of Spain's CaixaBank now able to send money to people in Portugal, Italy and Andorra via the Bizum mobile transfer scheme.
29 July 2025
Wise shareholders have voted in favour of the fintech's plan to shift its primary listing from London to the US.
28 July 2025
/retail
In an exclusive interview with Finextra, Chris Powell, head of deposits and customer engagement at Citizens, reveals how open finance has powered simpler switching and streamlined mobile payments.
Deutsche Bank's Merchant Solutions business is integrating Wero into its payments acceptance offering ahead of the mobile wallet's launch in Germany.
/regulation
Jürgen Schaaf, an economist and advisor to the European Central Bank's Market Infrastructure and Payments division, says more support should be provided for properly regulated euro-denominated stablecoins to ward off the threat posed by US dollar-backed tokens.
/people
Revolut has kicked off a recruitment drive for 400+ roles in Western Europe after announcing plans to invest more than $1 billion to establish a new HQ in France over the next three years.
/security
Mastercard is rolling out A2A Protect in the UK, a new service designed to help banks protect consumers from account-to-account payment fraud and resolve disputes.
/ai
Fintechs that fail to embed AI into their operating model will find it increasingly difficult to orchestrate an exit, according to investment bank and tech advisory firm Artis Partners.
NatWest has agreed a deal with vendor Pexa to start carrying out digital remortgage deals from next year.
A viral TikTok scam earlier this month saw more than $17 million withdrawn from ATMs in New York in just three days.
25 July 2025
/cloud
Trading venue CME Group has revealed more about its plan to introduce tokenisation services via its link up with Google Cloud
/wealth
Investment funds processing network Calastone has been bought by US-based funds servicing firm and software vendor SS&C Technologies in a deal worth £776m ($1.03bn).
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