The UK payments industry broadly supports the government’s National Payments Vision, but new research shows limited confidence that the programme will be delivered smoothly.
Fintech Meetup announced the launch of Fintech Meetup Europe, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 October 2026. The event will bring together 2,500+ attendees, including 650+ hosted buyers from banks, financial institutions, retailers, and merchants, alongside fintech innovators, investors, and ecosystem leaders from across Europe and beyond.
Silverflow, a cloud-native card payment processing platform, has partnered with Griner, a Cyprus-based payments processor, to support the latter’s expansion across European markets. The companies said the partnership follows an initial launch in Cyprus, where transaction volumes have increased month on month as more merchants have joined the platform.
Starbucks and Alipay together launched an AI-powered “Coffee Alarm Clock” in China. The new service allows consumers to schedule recurring Starbucks orders through Alipay’s AI agent, Ah Bao.
Nearly 60% of US states, plus Washington, D.C., would take more than two years of welfare checks to cover just one year of childcare, according to a new analysis from SingleMothersGrants.org.
Mastercard has launched Wallet Pay, a global portfolio of solutions designed to connect digital wallets to its worldwide payments network.
Razorpay, India’s omnichannel payments platform, has launched RAY, a conversational AI account manager on WhatsApp, in partnership with IndusInd Bank. Bajaj Finance is among the first businesses live on the platform, which lets founders manage payments and get support around the clock without logging into a dashboard.
Bitcoin recently staged a sharp comeback, now hovering around $80K for several weeks. The late August surge was extremely notable after the prolonged $60-65K summer lull. At the same time, two separate incidents involving a hardware wallet and a mid-cap blockchain have reopened debate on how much the industry can actually trust its own custody […]
Anthropic withheld its latest, most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model Claude Mythos 5.1 from pre-release testing by independent UK body that usually receives early access to frontier models.
Meta introduced Muse, a personal AI agent that can act on a user’s behalf. The company describes it as a step toward CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a “personal superintelligence” available to everyone. Not everyone trusts this vision though.
Danish holiday-home rental agency Sol og Strand has selected payments technology company Shift4 to handle payment processing across its network of more than 7,000 privately owned properties.
Payments technology company Juspay is expanding its partnership with Wego, a travel marketplace focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as the travel platform continues to expand across the region.
Businesses can now accept Visa and Mastercard payments through the same account they use for transfers and cards
SNICKERS has launched a digital candy bar designed specifically for artificial intelligence, extending its long-running “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” campaign into the era of generative AI.
Fraudsters are getting smarter. Deepfakes are fooling identity checks. AI is supercharging social engineering at a scale never seen before. In the payments industry, the question is no longer if your organisation will be targeted. It’s when, and whether you’ll be ready.
WhatsApp rolls out a new bill-payment feature in India. It allows users to manage and pay a range of household and other recurring bills directly through the messaging app. The feature is gradually introduced across the country for Android and iOS users.
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