Imagine a company with no human staff, founded and run solely by an AI agent. It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi, but this is a vision of the future that former Monzo co-founder Jonas Templestein is now working to bring into existance.

The ongoing deline in fintech investment continues in the first half of 2024 but shows signs of bottoming out, acccording to new figures from Innovate Finance.

Major banks in the US are on high alert after a security breach at SitusAMC, a technology supplier to US mortgage lenders, exposed sensitive customer data and accounting records.

UK Fintech Paddle will pay $5 million to settle US allegations of unfair payment processing practices.

Nordic challenger bank Lunar has become the first provider in the region to secure a crypto license under the EU’s MiCA regulation.

While the rate of UK unemployment rose to a four-year high of 5.1% in the three months to October, fintech hiring remained an outlier, with vacancies in the capital growing sharply.

Backed by major banks and telcos, the Amsterdam arm of Startupbootcamp has launched an NFC and contactless offering, inviting young firms to pitch for a place on a three month programme with access to funding, workspace and specialist advice.

Visa Ventures has made a strategic investment in stablecoin infrastructure platform BVNK.

HSBC and Ant International have completed HKD-denominated cross-bank blockchain-based test transactions under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Ensemble Sandbox.

Chift, a Belgian startup that helps SaaS companies integrate with other financial applications and tools via APIs, has raised €2.3 million in seed funding.

Western Pacific island state the Republic of Palau has teamed up with Ripple on a government-issued stablecoin pilot.

Led by financial industry titan Prime Minister Mark Carney, Canada’s 2025 budget outlines ambitions to tackle cybercrime, embrace digital payments innovation, and encourage competition within financial services.

Visa has invested in Indonesian ride-hailing firm Gojek as part of a deal that will see the pair work together to spread digital payments throughout South East Asia.

Deutsche Börse has agreed to buy an 80% stake in governance, ESG data and analytics provider Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) in a deal that values the firm at nearly $2.3 billion.

Due, a payment startup founded by Revolut alumni, has extended its Seed round to €6.3 million to launch a new API platform encompassing stablecoin payments.