After arriving on Android, London-based digital wallet curve has taken advantage of the opening up of the iPhone NFC interface to provide a compelling alternative to Apple Pay on iOS devices.

SunGard is to take over Barcelona’s iconic Camp Nou football stadium to host the championship round of its third annual Global Coder Cup, in which eleven teams from five countries will compete to develop innovative new financial service apps.

Minna Bank, Japan’s first digital bank, has notched up over 1 million app downloads, and over 400,000 new accounts in their first 12 months.

The digital euro, issued and backed by the Eurosystem, aims to complement cash, enhance financial inclusion, and bolster Europe’s monetary sovereignty. The initiative is also seen as a strategic move to strengthen the EU’s technological autonomy and resilience against cyber threats and technical disruptions.

Fiat-to-crypto infrastructure provider Transak has raised $16 million in funding to expand its stablecoin payments stack.

Global money movement firm Wise has received its first regulatory licence in Africa, securing conditional approval from the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) to operate as a Category 2 Authorised Dealer in Foreign Exchange with Limited Authority (ADLA)

Google is to launch an agentic shopping experience within search results, enabling shoppers to set a price for a particular product and allow the AI agent to make the purchase.

What’s next for NFTs? Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) continue to dominate headlines and event agendas as 2022 roars on, yet, panellists on day two of Money 20/20 Europe argued that it is a topic where the technology is not yet fully used or understood.

UK fintech Revolut has set its sights on Europe’s fixed income market as the next investment option for its clients.

The strategic partnership with the London-based asset manager will support the expansion of Teylor’s factoring business in seven European countries and establish a pan-European financing vehicle.

Bite Investments, a technology provider for the alternative investments sector, has secured $25 million in funding from NewSpring Growth.

The cloud has been a catalyst for accelerated development in capital markets. Firms are now using the cloud to become more agile and to increase the pace of innovation delivered to end users.

Fintech vendor Meniga has closed a €10 million investment round to meet surging demand for its new range of green financial products.

The UK’s Open Banking revolution is being hampered by outages that banks are taking weeks to fix, according to figures from SME lender Growth Street – an analysis that has been categorically refuted by the Open Banking standards setter.

The UK’s New Payment System Operator (NPSO) is inviting billers to jump aboard its ‘Request to Pay’ initiative, which will give firms and their customers more control, flexibility and transparency in bill payments.