Caixabank enables Apple Pay installment payments in Spain
CaixaBank Payments & Consumer, a specialist consumer financing and payment methods subsidiary, tackles card payments in the Iberian…
1 in 5 Europeans will retire in poverty without urgent reform, EU watchdog warns – POLITICO
“Automatically, you will be included in the pension funds if you work. If you don’t want that, you…
Macron wants EU to target US Big Tech after new Trump tariff threat – POLITICO
A person close to Macron confirmed that exploring possible retaliation against U.S. digital players was indeed “his stance.” Trump threatened…
Tech regulation is our ‘sovereign’ right – POLITICO
The bombshell missive landed just days after Trump and Brussels issued a statement to formalize their tariff truce,…
Germany and Canada announce deeper ties on critical minerals, defense – POLITICO
The countries’ economy ministers, looking toward that purpose, were set to sign an agreement on critical minerals, which…
ECB bets on barnstorming start for digital euro – POLITICO
“The impact on savings and retail banks of the digital euro taking a big chunk of card transactions…
Moscow and Beijing would have cheered EU-US trade war, von der Leyen says – POLITICO
The pact caps most U.S. tariffs on EU goods at 15 percent, including on cars and pharmaceuticals, and…
China, Turkiye addressing digital inequality – Opinion
Booths of exhibitors from Turkiye at the Canton Fair on April 15. DENG HUA/XINHUA For years, Western media…
ECB boosts digital euro ecosystem with new cloud technology
The European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating its digital euro initiative by integrating a new cloud-native payments technology…
Diebold Nixdorf joins digital euro innovation platform
Diebold Nixdorf is working with the European Central Bank to integrate its payment processing technology with the digital…
What SoftBank’s PayPay IPO float means for embedded finance in Japan
Last week
Reuters reported that SoftBank has picked investment banks Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Mizuho and…
Lightning at Kennedy Space Center
Sometimes, the decision is easy. It was 4:53 a.m. Monday when photographer Malcolm Denemark sent me and the…