/payments
Sweden's central bank is calling on banks to join in the ongoing work to enable instant cross-currency payments within Europe via the Target Instant Payment Settlement (Tips) system.
20 January 2025
/ai
Citi GPS, Citi’s thought leadership product, last week released a report exploring the transformative potential of agentic artificial intelligence (AI), a cutting-edge advancement enabling AI systems to make decisions and execute tasks autonomously.
/crypto
Incoming US president Donald Trump briefly saw the capitalisation of his newly-minted meme coin $Trump more than halve upon the release of a similar crypto token by his wife Melania.
/people
Acquired.com has hired Stripe's global head of payments performance and strategy, Lee Clifton, as chief operating officer.
/wealth
UK WealthTech Fundment, founded by former BlackRock and abrdn asset manager Ola Abdul, has raised £45 million in Series C funding.
/security
Fintech giant Revolut is rolling out in-app calls to help retail customers quickly expose impersonation scams.
Incoming US president Donald Trump is set to release an executive order designating cryptocurrency a national priority, according to Bloomberg.
17 January 2025
/crime
American Express has agreed to pay $230 million to settle charges for alleged deceptive sales of credit card and wire transfer products to small business customers.
/regulation
Today marks the deadline for compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in the EU.
Halfway through its five-year strategic plan, the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published its strategy update setting out its core commitments.
Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian buy now, pay later firm axio in a deal reported to be worth more than $150 million.
Ireland's Government has committed to the establishment of a shared fraud database between financial institutions, utility companies, and payment companies, against a backdrop where scammers stole almost €100 million in 2023.
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