December 18, 2025 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An EBA-ECB report on payment fraud indicates that strong authentication remains effective but fraudsters are adapting. There are a wide range of fraudulent activities and tactics now being employed to take advantage of unsuspecting consumers, especially those who might not be as tech-savvy. Some key… Read More

 Tagged eba, ecb, europe, fraud, payments, research

December 18, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Octopus Energy customers are now able to get their account credit back faster because of a new tie-up with fintech company GoCardless. Octopus has completed one of the Direct Debit migrations in the UK, “moving 5.5 million accounts and £12 billion of payments to GoCardless… Read More

 Tagged gocardless, open banking, payments, uk, united kingdom

December 18, 2025 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital bank bunq announced the launch of Term Deposits, a new savings option with some of the market’s highest returns, as well as ways to track and invest in crypto. With Term Deposits, bunq users can lock in their money for a fixed period… Read More

 Tagged bunq, digital bank, europe, neobanking

December 18, 2025 @ 1:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, announced the successful completion of its $107 million Series B round, bringing the total capital raised in 2025 to US$194 million. This round is said to be a signal of investor confidence in RedotPay’s growth momentum and its market… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, funding, payments, redotpay, stablecoins

December 17, 2025 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Olea Global Pte Ltd, a platform enabling global trade, announced the completion of its $30 million Series A round. The funding round was led by BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A), with participation from XDC Network, theDOCK, others, as well as existing shareholder SC Ventures,… Read More

 Tagged funding round, olea, singapore, trade finance

December 17, 2025 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the so-called “Smart Superhighway” to move money around the world, has joined the World Economic Forum (WEF) Unicorn Community, which is described as a curated network of tech-driven, “high-growth” companies shaping the “future of global industries.” The latest collab between Thunes and WEF is… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, money movement, thunes, wef, world economic forum

December 17, 2025 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Animoca Brands, a digital assets leader building blockchain and tokenized assets to advance the future of Web3, announced it entered into a term sheet with GROW Investment Group , China’s investment and asset management platform backed by Julius Baer. Under the term sheet, Animoca Brands… Read More

 Tagged animoca brands, digital assets, grow, investing, wealth management, Web3

December 17, 2025 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

An affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL), a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with LianLian Global, a licensed cross-border payments provider. The collab will explore opportunities in stablecoin-enabled payment infrastructure to… Read More

 Tagged circle, lianlian global, payments, stablecoins

December 17, 2025 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Erebor Bank’s deposit insurance application has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Erebor received approval for a bank charter in October, the first de novo national bank charter issued under the current administration. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the bank… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, erebor bank, fdic

December 17, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The growing prevalence of card-not-present transactions will drive a 24% increase in global chargeback volumes by 2028, Sift predicts in its Q4 2025 Digital Trust Index: The Rising Impact of Chargebacks and Consumer Disputes. Card-not-present payments represent 63% of transactions. This growth will drive losses projected to… Read More

 Tagged chargeback, chargeback fraud, first-party fraud, sift