Portugal’s Sibs to buy Polish payments firm ITCard
Portuguese payments processor Sibs is expanding its presence in central Europe through the acquisition of Poland’s ITCard. Financial…
Bank of England and Accenture deliver on RTGS renewal programme
The Bank of England and Accenture have rebuilt and modernised a core component of the payments infrastructure in…
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…
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…
Europe must provide more support for stablecoins or face subservience to the US dollar
Jürgen Schaaf, an economist and advisor to the European Central Bank’s Market Infrastructure and Payments division, says more…
Bank of England mulls shelving of digital pound
The Bank of England is considering shelving plans for the creation of a digital pound amid growing scepticism…
Australia to commence multiple trials of tokenised asset settlement and CBDC
Project Acacia, a joint initiative between the Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC),…
Fed braces for impact as stagflation fears grow: By Prakash Bhudia
The Fed is sweating, even if the data says it shouldn’t be. Inflation’s cooling. Jobs are holding up.…
The Key Payment Trends to Maximise Business Value
Speaking to FinextraTV, Barry Rodrigues, EVP Payments, Finastra, explains how financial institutions can embrace the changing payment trends…
Paxos launches stablecoin in the EU
Digital asset outfit Paxos has launched its Global Dollar (USDG) stablecoin across the European Union. Editorial This content…
BBVA launches digital bank in Germany
Spain’s BBVA continues its European expansion, launching a 100% digital retail bank in Germany. Editorial This content has…