December 3, 2025 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Santander has published a report on the future of payments in the UK that also highlights concerns about fraud. The survey used data garnered from 3,022 adults (February 2025), 501 SME finance decision-makers, 14 in-depth interviews, and a “London citizens’ jury on crypto and the digital… Read More

 Tagged cbdc, payments, santander, stablecoins, uk, united kingdom

December 3, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As AI agents make inroads into payments, they’re raising many questions that the industry is rushing to answer. In some cases, the industry isn’t moving fast enough. Sift’s senior trust and safety architect, Brittany Allen, said AI agents are a popular session topic at conferences…. Read More

 Tagged AI agent, authentication, Brittany Allen, e-commerce, sift, tokenization

December 3, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, businesses on Stripe reportedly processed over 578 million transactions with a total payment volume of over $40 billion. It was said to be the largest 4-day period in Stripe’s history, capped by a solid Cyber Monday that saw more… Read More

 Tagged data, financial infrasructure, fintech, payments processing, stripe

December 3, 2025 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealth manager Foster Denovo has extended its partnership with Third Financial, part of the Nucleus group, signing a deal for a bespoke Adviser-as-a-Platform (AaaP) solution. AaaP is when the proposition to clients, along with parts of the service provided by the platform, are branded and… Read More

 Tagged nucleus, third financial, uk, united kingdom, wealth

December 3, 2025 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier, it was revealed that nine large European banks – Banca Sella, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit – announced on 25 Sept this year that they had teamed up to launch a MiCAR–compliant stablecoin issuer under the supervision… Read More

 Tagged banking, CaixaBank, europe, qivalis, stablecoins

December 3, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LIQID, one of Germany’s digital wealth managers, is reportedly further expanding its tech platform and partners with Upvest, Europe’s provider of investment infrastructure, for its ELTIF offering. With Private Equity NXT, launched in 2024, LIQID has established one of Europe’s ELTIF funds for private investors… Read More

 Tagged europe, germany, investments, liqid, upvest

December 2, 2025 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement to bolster the EU’s legislation on payment services. Morten Bødskov, Danish Minister for Business, Industry and Financial Affairs said that this latest agreement marks a key step in the fight against payment fraud… Read More

 Tagged europe, european council, european parliament, payments

December 2, 2025 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes announced that it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) for a variation of its Major Payment Institution licence (MPI) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. This In-Principal Approval marks a key milestone in Thunes’ growth journey and demonstrates the Fintech firm’s ongoing commitment to being… Read More

 Tagged mas, payments, singapore, thunes

December 2, 2025 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Argentinians visit Brazil each year for various reasons such as work, tourism, and family travel. Now, paying in Brazil reportedly became more accessible, because of a new Binance Pay integration that enables Argentinians to use Pix with crypto. As covered, Pix is Brazil’s national instant-payment… Read More

 Tagged argentina, binance pay, crypto payments, latam

December 2, 2025 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research has released a whitepaper, entitled, Beyond Chargebacks: The True Cost of Fraud for Digital Commerce, which examines the current state of the eCommerce fraud prevention market; considering “the impact of evolving digital fraud strategies, including trends like identity theft, account takeovers, chargebacks, policy… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks, fraud, friendly fraud, insights, research