July 4, 2026 @ 5:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Select fintech product releases this week from Ondo Finance, Lantern, Bluprynt and Klaviyo. Ondo Finance, Broadridge Financial Solutions launch third-party tokenized securities solution It’s a live solution of third-party tokenized U.S. securities operating entirely within the existing regulatory perimeter in the U.S. to provide full… Read More

 Tagged agentic comemrce, bluprynt, Chainproof, klaviyo, lantern, trading technologies

July 3, 2026 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board, addressed the Generali Executive Series on the accelerating digital transformation of money, payments, and finance. His remarks highlighted how technological shifts are reshaping the payments landscape and outlined the Eurosystem’s strategic response to… Read More

 Tagged digital transformation, ecb, EU, european central bank

July 3, 2026 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights examines several seemingly significant moves reshaping the AI and fintech ecosystems. These being Anthropic’s relatively aggressive recruitment of senior talent from Google DeepMind and global Fintech  firm Airwallex’s expansion into AI-powered financial infrastructure following a major funding round. Anthropic is positioning itself as… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, Anthropic, research

July 3, 2026 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global financial technology company Adyen N.V. (AMS: ADYEN) has reportedly closed its previously announced acquisitions of Talon.One, a loyalty and incentives platform, and Orb, an enterprise billing platform. Both transactions were said to have been offically finalized on July 1, 2026, after all required regulatory… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, adyen, europe, payments

July 3, 2026 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The fast-evolving ecosystem of digital payments is now seeing merchants facing mounting challenges from fraudulent activities that drive up the expense of handling disputes. A recent analysis from Verifi, highlighted in their 2026-focused content on the real cost of disputes, underscores how first-party misuse (often… Read More

 Tagged fraud, payments, research, transaction disputes, verifi

July 3, 2026 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the midpoint of 2026, UK capital markets stand at a pivotal moment. Steady and meaningful evolution is bringing various new opportunities alongside growing complexity, according to Chris Elms, CEO of Euroclear UK & International. In a recent update released on 2 July 2026, Elms… Read More

 Tagged euroclear, research, uk, united kingdom

July 3, 2026 @ 12:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Zilch has released the first findings from its Credit Confidence study, highlighting a clear evolution in how British consumers are using credit amid persistent cost-of-living pressures. The research, conducted with YouGov and based on responses from more than 10,000 UK adults including over… Read More

 Tagged credit, payments, research, uk, united kingdom, zilch

July 3, 2026 @ 12:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee have backed draft rules that could enable the launch of a digital euro as early as 2029. The committee’s decision on 23 June 2026 marks another milestone in the long-running effort to create a central-bank-issued digital version… Read More

 Tagged cbdc, digital euro, ecb, EU, europe, european parliament

July 2, 2026 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) Business and Economic Insights has released its Midyear Global Economic Outlook, projecting that the world economy will expand by 2.4 percent this year. While elevated energy costs continue to strain household budgets, a robust wave of business spending on artificial intelligence, clean… Read More

 Tagged ai, digital commerce, research, visa

July 2, 2026 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The deadline for gaining approval under MiCA [Markets in Crypto Assets regulation] was yesterday, July 1st. Anyone not approved, must immediately cease any crypto activities. Sygnum, a digital asset bank based in Switzerland that is regulated in multiple jurisdictions and holds a MiCA license in… Read More

 Tagged banking, EU, mica, switzerland, sygnum