Singaporean bank DBS has joined forces with AWS to boost the AI and machine learning skills of thousands of staffers through a gamified learning programme that will see participants develop their own autonomous model race cars.
The five central bank partners in Project Nexus, a Bank for International Settlements initiative to interlink domestic real-time payment rails across borders, have commenced a procurement exercise to appoint a technical network operator.
Coinbase has launched a stablecoin payments stack to make it easier for online merchants around the world to accept USDC.
Meta-owned WhatsApp has been given the greenlight to roll out its P2P payments service to all of its Indian users.
EBAday 2025 hosted 16 pioneering startups to present their proof of concepts to a panel of judges in Paris, France.
In its latest about-turn under the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is preparing to reopen its recently finalised open banking rule, according to Bloomberg Law.
A new joint venture formed by three Singapore technology companies has signed up a host of industry players to the development of a platform providing SMEs with carbon tracking tools and green financial services.
UK WealthTech Fundment, founded by former BlackRock and abrdn asset manager Ola Abdul, has raised £45 million in Series C funding.
Visa has joined a $4.9 million Seed round in stablecoin-compatible payment orchestration platform HoneyCoin.
As the industry has evolved rapidly, it has created a unique blend of challenges for both traditional banks and fintech firms that make a symbiotic relationship between the two more critically important. Looking at the history of this evolution and towards the future, there is a growing realisation that a fierce rivalry is long gone and, in its place, partnership and friendly competition.
Revolut is preparing for another share sale, allowing employees to sell their stock at a $75 billion valuation.
Cloud-based artificial intelligence platform H20.ai has closed $100 million in Series E growth funding led by Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Berlin-based brokerage-as-a-service platform lemon.markets has raised €12 million in a funding round led by CommerzVentures.
The rapidly evolving world of payments is being shaped by some of the brightest minds across industries, and this year’s NextGen Nordics event on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden is set to be a pivotal moment in exploring how the sector is advancing. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to engage with leading figures driving innovation, digital transformation, and the future of financial services in the Nordic region.
The Federal Reserve has fined Green Dot $44 million for “numerous” unfair and deceptive practices in the marketing, selling and servicing of its prepaid cards and its tax return preparation payment services.