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On 26 March 2026 the Payment Systems Regulator released its 2026/27 annual work programme, outlining eight priority areas. The plan emphasizes delivering the National Payments Vision, overseeing Pay.UK and Faster Payments, and publishing an independent evaluation of APP fraud. It also seeks to align supervision with FCA practices, address cross‑border card interchange fees, develop a competitive cards‑market strategy, support the FCA’s open‑banking framework, review card‑acquiring directives, and provide clarity on industry consolidation. These initiatives aim to modernise the UK payments ecosystem and strengthen regulatory certainty.
Jump has unveiled AI Associate, an agentic AI layer that lets financial‑services advisors act on insights in real time. The tool integrates with CRM, email, and planning systems, enabling users to pull data, update records, draft communications, and schedule meetings...
the ai agents market grew from $8.29 billion in 2025 to $12.06 billion in 2026. that's 45.5% year over year. and finance operations is the number one entry point. 33% of enterprise leaders are piloting agentic ai in finance ops first, ahead...
Argentina’s state‑backed power producer YPF Luz, together with blockchain firm Justoken, has rolled out Enertoken, a tokenization platform on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The initial phase tokenizes more than $800 million of electricity contracts, leveraging Justoken’s JMWH fund which already holds...
American Express is rolling out a $300 annual statement credit on its U.S. Business Platinum and Business Gold cards for ChatGPT Business subscriptions, launching this spring. The perk aims to help enterprise customers offset AI software costs and boost productivity....
South African fintech Scale has teamed up with Mastercard to launch a one‑integration card‑issuing platform across Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The partnership consolidates issuing banks, payment networks and BIN sponsors into a single onboarding flow, cutting time‑to‑market...
London‑based Allegro Finance has unveiled a $500 million credit facility for film and television production, backed by a joint venture with Elliott Advisors UK. The move positions Allegro as a dedicated non‑bank lender seeking to reshape financing for global screen projects.
If you’re using Stripe or Square, this is a CFO conversation. You make a $100 sale. $97 hits your bank. What’s hitting your P&L as revenue? If it’s $97, your reporting is off. Revenue is recorded gross. Fees are recorded separately as an expense. That $3 is...
In 2025 Dutch consumers used smartphones and smartwatches for mobile payments more often than debit cards, according to Betaalvereniging Nederland. Nearly six out of ten debit‑linked transactions were made via a mobile device, up from four out of ten in...
Redesign Work, Realize AI: How Banks Must Measure and Reorganize to Turn AI from Experiments into Durable ROI Stop measuring training completions. Start measuring: cycle time, cost-to-serve, throughput, risk outcomes. Three-dimension framework: capability adoption (role-specific literacy, agent management) + workflow transformation...
"You'd be crazy to assume that governments will be adopting payments in the next couple of years." https://t.co/meE1SvxnF0
Financial analysts caution that investors should avoid a specific cryptocurrency that has suffered a steep decline, citing market volatility and regulatory headwinds. The piece draws parallels with broader tech and geopolitical disruptions to illustrate the risks.
Technology alone won’t future-proof your institution. You need strategic thinkers who can anticipate change, not just react to it. Download the State of Digital Lending report: https://t.co/0wah7wPuXN https://t.co/Vo5PYR9wWL
Stripe. Coinbase. Visa. Everyone is building for AI agents. Now LIVE on Unchained, we unpack the battle for the payment layer of the agent economy. https://t.co/meE1SvxnF0
Venture capital activity in the Philippines surged in 2025, with private‑capital funding rising about 34% year‑on‑year despite a regional downturn. Foxmont Capital Partners alone raised $1.5 billion, up from $960 million in 2023, and e‑commerce now accounts for 67% of the country’s...
The Battle for Payments in the Agent Economy w/ Noah Levine & Robbie Petersen https://t.co/9SSDq5hVSn
Crypto things you might have missed: -Coinbase crushes stablecoin yield deal -Fannie Mae launches crypto-backed mortgages -Hashdex Nasdaq ETF adds ADA & LINK -Visa taps Canton Network -MARA sells $1.1B BTC to fund debt buyback -SEC: Tokenization innovation exemption incoming
Bluefin Payment System launched BluePOS, a new payment application built on its PayConex gateway for Android point‑of‑sale devices from PAX Technology. The software handles core transaction functions—authorizations, refunds, voids, tipping, receipts and contactless payments—while allowing Bluefin to develop and update...
Modern Treasury has been chosen by the Solana Foundation as a core payments infrastructure partner for the new Solana Developer Platform (SDP). The partnership gives enterprises a single API layer that connects U.S. payment rails—ACH, wire, RTP, FedNow, push‑to‑card—with Solana’s...
Fexco announced its Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) service is now available globally through Visa’s Acceptance Platform. The integration links Fexco’s DCC technology with Visa’s cross‑border solutions and CyberSource gateway, enabling more than 200 acquirers to offer DCC with minimal effort....
Lorum, founded by fintech veteran George Davis, is a specialist correspondent institution that offers a single‑API gateway to global payment rails, settlement and treasury services while keeping client funds on a 100% reserved basis. The firm deliberately avoids lending or...
Tazapay announced the close of a $36 million Series B extension led by Circle Ventures, bringing total Series B funding to $36 million. The round added new investors CMT Digital and Coinbase Ventures alongside existing backers. The capital will fund licensing expansion, accelerate go‑to‑market...
Extend, an AI‑driven spend and expense platform, announced native integrations with Sage Intacct, Xero and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, adding to its existing support for QuickBooks and NetSuite. The new ERP connections enable two‑way data synchronization and automated reconciliation, cutting...
Italian payments leader Nexi has deepened its collaboration with three major Danish banks to roll out SEPA Direct Debit services across the Eurozone. The expanded partnership will enable merchants in Italy, Denmark and the wider EU to initiate and settle...
Blackstone has pledged a $250 million investment into Advanced Digital Gaming Technology, a newly launched UAE‑based payments and data‑intelligence platform. The capital injection is aimed at scaling the firm’s infrastructure to support faster, more secure digital transactions across the Gulf. Blackstone’s...
Globacom’s MoneyMaster Payment Service Bank (MMPSB) has rolled out a refreshed mobile banking app that features a cleaner visual design and streamlined menus for account and denomination selection. The update introduces logical tabs—hot, daily, weekly, monthly, exclusive and special—to organize...
Bilt Unveils A 125% Transfer Bonus For Rent Day — But It Is To Wyndham - View from the Wing https://t.co/iD73OsRnNk
CMC CapX has launched Spotlight, a digital platform that lets FTSE‑listed companies engage directly with retail investors. The service offers interactive company profiles, live Q&A sessions, and performance dashboards, aiming to close the information gap between issuers and the growing retail...
NOAH Holdings Limited announced that full‑year 2025 net revenue was essentially unchanged at RMB 2.6 billion, while operating profit jumped 22.5% to RMB 777 million. The firm highlighted a 35% Q4 operating margin, a hefty dividend payout and AI‑driven efficiency gains.
Starting Sunday March 29, CME Globex will roll out software upgrades for the CME and CBOT commodity futures markets (Market Segment ID 70), with the changes taking effect on the trade date March 30. The upgrades are designed to be transparent to...
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The panel discussed how institutional players are demanding robust privacy solutions on blockchain, exploring a spectrum of approaches—from token‑layer confidentiality on Solana, to native privacy baked into networks like Canton, to universal privacy primitives from Commonware, and fully encrypted computation...
TradeStation Securities announced a new API integration with Trade Ideas, a real‑time market‑intelligence platform. The connection lets traders move directly from Trade Ideas’ pattern‑recognition analytics to TradeStation’s commission‑free equity execution. By embedding Trade Ideas’ tick‑by‑tick monitoring into TradeStation’s self‑clearing infrastructure,...
What’s the best app for someone in the US to use to send money to me? Tap Tap Send?
Markets CRM, a broker CRM provider, announced a partnership with the LogicTrader trading platform to integrate their systems into a shared technology stack. The collaboration will combine trading, client management, balances, and operational workflows into a single environment, reducing technical dependencies....
KeyBank teamed with fintech Qolo to launch a real‑time virtual account management (VAM) platform that sits atop the bank’s legacy core. The solution gives corporate treasurers instant sub‑account creation, consolidated balance visibility and API‑driven data flows. In its first year...
eToro announced the beta launch of Agent Portfolios, a feature that lets users attach their own AI trading agents to a dedicated sub‑portfolio. The product requires a minimum funding of $200 and provides a scoped API key that isolates the...
Fintech platform CRED has introduced biometric authentication for UPI payments, allowing users to approve transactions up to ₹5,000 ($60) using facial recognition or fingerprint instead of a PIN. Launched on March 25, 2026, the feature works on iOS and Android and applies...
Palantir Technologies has entered a joint venture with Polymarket to embed its Vergence AI engine into the prediction‑market platform’s sports‑betting and event‑driven ecosystem. The partnership aims to detect and prevent fraud in real time, offering regulators and users greater confidence...
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee convened a hearing on tokenization and the future of securities, a development that could reshape investment banking advisory services. No specific figures or participant statements were provided in the available sources.
Asset manager Franklin Templeton, overseeing $1.7 trillion, has signed a deal with Ondo Finance to issue five of its ETFs on a public blockchain, enabling 24/7 crypto‑wallet trading across multiple regions. The move coincides with the NYSE’s memorandum with Securitize to...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officially recognized XRP as a digital commodity on March 17, effectively ending its securities lawsuit against Ripple. The decision removes a key regulatory barrier for Ripple's cross‑border payments network and could reignite investor interest...
Interactive Brokers rolled out a crypto‑linked account feature that lets clients move digital assets into the platform and trade them at 0.12%‑0.18% fees. The announcement sent IBKR shares up 3.9% in one day, underscoring market enthusiasm for broader brokerage‑driven crypto...
DNB, Norway's largest bank, has teamed up with fintech firm Two to launch an AI‑driven platform for B2B payments across the Nordics. The collaboration will embed machine‑learning fraud detection, real‑time invoice reconciliation, and predictive cash‑flow insights into DNB's corporate banking...
PayShap, South Africa’s low‑cost instant payment rail, marks its third anniversary but still lags behind legacy cards and EFTs. Adoption stalls because major banks, which host the service, view it as a threat to their fee‑based revenue, creating a structural...
The article argues that global payment infrastructure is a critical workforce strategy issue, not merely a finance function. It highlights how traditional wire transfers, currency conversion fees, and varied compliance requirements create costly friction for hiring contractors across borders. Modern...
#WhatsNext? #Fintech is changing our lives today. But what is it exactly? (World Economic Forum) https://t.co/9IGoQXZmVM
Money20/20’s “Future of Fintech in APAC” report shows Southeast Asia now the top growth target for fintech, with 23 percent of senior leaders focusing on the region. Partnerships such as Grab Financial with Kasikornbank and GoTo with Bank Jago illustrate a...
Bitget Wallet has launched its Bank Transfer feature in Bangladesh, enabling users to convert USDT and USDC into Bangladeshi taka and push the funds directly to mobile money platforms bKash and Nagad. The service taps a mobile‑first ecosystem that now...
Yelen, a Côte d’Ivoire‑based startup founded by ex‑Google executive Ibrahima Sylla, launched in June 2025 as an all‑in‑one platform for African social sellers. The service lets merchants create storefronts, accept card and mobile‑money payments, and manage orders from WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook...
PrimeXBT was named Best Trading Conditions – Asia and Best Forex & CFD Broker – Asia at the World Business Outlook Awards 2026. The accolades highlight its ultra‑fast execution, 99.98% uptime and access to over 350 markets, positioning the broker...
