/payments
What’s next for Nordic payments? Follow the conversation at NextGen Nordics 2025.
46 mins
/ai
The Financial Conduct Authority is to launch a live AI testing service to help firm deploy safe and responsible artifical intelligence models.
1 hour
Navro, the London-headquartered fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, has raised $41m in a Series-B funding round to jump start global expansion.
/startups
UK mortgage overpayment app Sprive has raised £5.5 million in a funding round led by Ascension.
12 hours
BNP Paribas is backing attempts by the European Payments Initiative to wrest control of the EU's payments ecosystem away from US card schemes and Big Tech giants and secure the Bloc's sovereignty in payments.
Commerzbank is releasing an AI avatar called Ava to interact with the German lender's private and small business customers in "natural and engaging conversations".
/crypto
Mastercard is doubling down on stablecoins, unveiling new global end-to-end acceptance and payments capabilities.
19 hours
/security
At Nacha event Smarter Faster Payments 2025 in New Orleans, a weekend panel session explored how financial institutions must establish an internal risk committee that assesses and mitigates future quantum-related threats.
23 hours
The Turkish unit of Spanish banking giant BBVA has given its mobile app's personal assistant a GenAI makeover.
Berlin-based corporate card platform Pliant has raised a $40 million Series B equity round to fuekl its expansion to the US.
28 April 2025
French fintech Next Generation has secured $5 million in Seed funding to drive the launch of its B2B payment ecosystem and pursue M&A opportunities.
Cross-border payments company Thunes has raised $150 million in Series D funding, led by Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners.
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