Crédit Agricole Takes Full Ownership of Cawl After Buying Out Worldline
Crédit Agricole is taking full control of Cawl, the merchant payments joint venture it created with Worldline in 2023. The…
LemFi Buys Wealth8 as Immigrant Fintech Pushes Beyond Remittances
LemFi is moving deeper into wealth management after receiving approval from UK regulators to acquire Wealth8, an investment platform built…
Major UK Banks Adopt Swift Consumer Payments Framework for Cross-Border Transfers
Major UK banks are moving early on Swift’s new consumer payments framework, and this could change how everyday customers receive…
Visa Launches Threat Intelligence Platform as Agentic Payments Move Into Europe
Visa is pushing deeper into two areas banks can no longer treat as side projects: cyber threat intelligence and AI-driven…
Crossmint Secures EU Regulatory Stack for Stablecoin Payments
Crossmint has taken a bigger step into regulated stablecoin infrastructure in Europe after securing Payment Institution authorization under PSD2 and…
BBVA Joins Global Push to Launch Dollar-Backed Stablecoin Open USD
BBVA is moving deeper into the stablecoin race, this time through a global project that looks much bigger than a…
Sudan Central Bank Tightens Fintech Rules as Payment Sector Scrutiny Grows
The Central Bank of Sudan has ordered banks and licensed financial technology companies to obtain prior approval before entering into…
Intesa Sanpaolo Completes Core IT Migration to Google Cloud
Intesa Sanpaolo has finished a major move of its core IT systems to Google Cloud, marking a big technology shift…
Worldline Sells CAWL Stake to Crédit Agricole as Payments Refocus Continues
Worldline has sold its stake in CAWL, the payments services joint venture it created with Crédit Agricole, giving the French…
FinanceFeeds Launches Regulatory Intelligence Series for Brokers and Fintech Teams
FinanceFeeds has launched a new regulatory intelligence series for brokers, fintech teams, trading platforms, and service providers trying to keep…
Mosta Launches MainUSD to Connect AI Agent Workflows With Global Settlement Rails
Mosta has launched MainUSD, a new digital dollar built to bring stablecoin settlement into everyday business finance. The launch comes…
Finova Acquires Cubit Labs as AI Moves Deeper Into Mortgage Technology
Finova has acquired AI lendtech start-up Cubit Labs, marking the company’s first acquisition under CEO Gareth Richardson since he took…
Visa Pushes Agentic Commerce at Payments Forum in Paris
Visa used its Payments Forum in Paris to make one thing clear: agentic commerce is no longer just a nice…
FalconX Secures EU MiCA Approval to Expand Digital Asset Services Across Europe
FalconX has cleared a major regulatory step in Europe. The US-based digital asset prime broker has received approval under the…
Danske Bank Extends AWS Partnership to Push AI Deeper Into Digital Banking
Danske Bank is taking its AWS relationship into a more serious phase, and this time the story is not just…
Deutsche Bank Sells Indian Retail Banking Operations to Kotak Mahindra Bank
Deutsche Bank is selling its Indian retail banking operations to Kotak Mahindra Bank, in a deal that gives the Mumbai-based…
Fomo Raises $75M Series B to Expand On-Chain Trading Platform
New York-based fintech start-up Fomo has secured $75 million in Series B funding, marking a major step forward for the…
Cred Secures $900M Investment From Meta as Kunal Shah Moves to Lead WhatsApp
Indian fintech unicorn Cred has raised $900 million in a major Series H investment from Meta, marking one of the…
Wero Expands to Austria as Erste Bank and Raiffeisen Join European Payments Initiative
Wero, the European instant account-to-account payment solution backed by the European Payments Initiative, is expanding into Austria after two major…
Robo.ai to Acquire QC Capital in AI-Focused Deal Worth Up to $60M
UAE-based AI and robotics network platform Robo.ai has agreed to acquire Quantum Core Capital, also known as QC Capital, in…