Tagged: europe

October 8, 2026 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Europol has warned that advances in quantum computing could eventually place crypto-assets at risk, and it is urging the industry, policymakers and technical operators to start preparing well before any such capability exists.On 7 October 2026 the EU law-enforcement agency released two studies examining how… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut is focused on its push into Israel by recruiting locally for roles that sit at the heart of a regulated bank, a signal that the British fintech is preparing for more than a light payments presence. Job listings tied to its Israeli operations cover… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Partners Banka has reportedly become the first bank in the Czech Republic to let customers buy and sell bitcoin in its own mobile banking app, after partnering with the domestic crypto firm Anycoin to handle trades and custody. The service was announced in Prague on 5 August 2026… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 2:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has outlined three distinct ways to make central-bank money available on programmable networks, arguing that the safest settlement asset should remain accessible as markets move toward tokenized securities, deposits, and stablecoins. Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel presented the framework on… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European cryptocurrency users are showing greater confidence in platforms that operate under official authorization, according to remarks from a senior executive at the Austrian exchange Bitpanda. Christian Trummer, the firm’s co-chief executive, made the observation while recently sharing key insights with news media outlets. He… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave founder Stani Kulechov has publicly challenged positions taken by European authorities as the European Commission reviews the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). In comments published on October 2, 2026, he said he was disappointed by the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority’s… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European market supervisors are examining whether Binance is still providing crypto-asset services to customers in the European Union without the authorization the bloc’s new regime now requires. Reporting by the FT says the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and national authorities in France, Germany and… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymarket is intensifying talks with policymakers in London, Brussels and other European capitals in an effort to have its event contracts treated as financial instruments rather than wagers. The New York-based prediction market, now raising capital at a valuation above $20 billion, argues that a… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has formally begun work on whether its pan-European instant settlement platform can be joined to Brazil’s public real-time payment network. On 24 September 2026 the ECB Governing Council authorised a feasibility assessment of an interconnection between TARGET Instant Payment Settlement… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has called on EU policymakers to consider bringing crypto-asset lending within the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation as part of a wider review of the bloc’s digital asset rulebook. In its response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation, published on 24… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech founders who built one of Europe’s open banking platforms Tink have stepped back into the startup arena with a very different problem in mind: the constant work of staying compliant. Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg founded Stockholm-based Tink in 2012 and spent a… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether’s refusal to seek authorization under Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework was driven by one reserve rule rather than a general objection to oversight. MiCA requires issuers of significant stablecoins to keep at least 60 percent of backing assets as deposits with commercial banks. Chief… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Eurosystem has taken a concrete step toward digital wholesale markets by launching Pontes, a service that lets tokenised asset trades settle in central bank money. The rollout is the first operational piece of a broader plan to keep official reserves at the centre of… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FintechOS has closed a $28 million package of equity and senior debt as it shifts from a period of operational tightening into a more aggressive expansion phase, with the United States as the main priority. The capital came from existing shareholders Bek Ventures, IFC, Cipio… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-based ETF data specialist ETFBook has closed a €4 million Series A round led by BlackFin Capital Partners, with participation from former Amundi ETF head Arnaud Llinas. The capital is intended to support product development, talent hiring, and geographic growth into the United States and… Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European payments group Nexi and Agentic Commerce Optimization specialist ReFiBuy have joined forces to help merchants stay visible as shoppers lean more heavily on AI assistants. Announced on 17 September 2026 from Milan and Raleigh, the collaboration aims to keep product catalogues ready for evaluation,… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Deutsche Bank says it will begin offering digital asset custody to institutional customers. In a corporate statement, the bank said that it would launch its digital asset custody solution this year. European clients will gain access to regulated custody services for “selected digital assets.” At… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuanian electronic money institution ConnectPay has turned the proprietary core banking stack it built for its own operations into a standalone commercial product. The platform, now branded Serdis, is being offered to other European EMIs and financial institutions that want cloud-native infrastructure they can run… Read More

September 15, 2026 @ 1:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brussels fintech Chift has closed a €10.5 million Series A round to expand the software “plumbing” that links Europe’s fragmented financial tools — and to make that plumbing usable by artificial intelligence as well as by traditional applications. The financing was led by BlackFin Capital… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Bank (NYSE: USB) has completed a live internal pilot that moved value between its North American and European operations using USBDC, a dollar-backed stablecoin issued by the bank itself. The transfer was an intra-group payment rather than a customer transaction, and it ran on… Read More