Worldline is the latest payments outfit to offer merchants the EPI’s Wero digital mobile wallet as an option in their online checkouts.

HSBC and PayPal are among the founding member of a new working group investigating the adoption of quantum-safe cryptography in the payments industry.

Asset servicer Northern Trust has launched a blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits.

Blockchain infrastructure provider Paxos has reached a $48.5 million settlement with New York regulators over AML failures in its relationship with Binance.

Visa has reportedly offered Apple roughly $100 million to take over the tech giant’s credit card partnership from Mastercard.

A desire for standardisation of ESG data may be folly, according to Bruno Bertocci, head of sustainable equities at UBS Wealth Management.

Less than two months after raising $200 million at a $16 billion valuation, Ramp has pulled in another $500 million in a round that values the expense management startup at $22.5 billion.

FIS has won a contract to provide the core tech architecture for US neobank Bambu.

Barclays Bank has been fined £42 million by the Financial Conduct Authority for two cases of “poor handling” of money laundering risks.

Berlin-based payment software company Payrails has raised $32 million in Series A funding

Global fintech venture capital firm QED Investors has closed two new funds with combined capital commitments of $925 million.

BBVA is opening a global cybersecurity centre in Mexico as part of an alliance with IT services company Telefónica Tech aimed at boosting the bank’s defences against a rising tide of security-related threats.

Following a successful pilot, Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency platform Zumo has received government funding to continue its work on decarbonising crypto.

Blue-blooded wealth management house Quilter has acquired fintech firm NuWealth to boost its advisory service for novice investors.

Visa UK has introduced a raft of new measures to protect small businesses from soaring rates of ‘friendly fraud’, in which cardholders dispute a legitimate purchase with their card issuer.