EIC Showcases Fifteen Deep-Tech Companies at GITEX AI Europe 2026 in Berlin
European Innovation Council pavilion highlights advances spanning sovereign AI infrastructure, quantum computing and cyber resilience at GITEX AI Europe
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Nexi, CBI & EBA Clearing Corporate Request to Pay Target Pan-European Rollout for H1 2027
CBI has extended its Request to Pay (RTP) service to the corporate market after months of its proven utility in public administration settings, the Milan-based paytech announced on June 17, working with longtime infrastructure partners EBA CLEARING and Nexi. Though the service is now confined to the domestic market, companies plan wider rollout next year.
Worldline Extends Click to Pay to Subscriptions, Three Weeks After Its Agentic Payments Pilot
Worldline says it’s now the first payment provider in Europe to bring Click to Pay into recurring billing — meaning one-click checkout no longer ends after the first purchase, but carries through the life of a subscription. The company announced the move today, but it will roll out on Global Collect, Worldline’s cross-border payments platform, […]
UNCHAIN Festival 2026 Recap: Key Takeaways from Oradea Fortress
The UNCHAIN Festival presented its fifth edition on 17 June 2026 inside the medieval walls of Oradea Fortress. This year, the fintech event drew the attention of more than 1,000 banking, payments, and insurance leaders from across Central and Eastern Europe, who gathered in Romania for the two networking days curated by organisers as a […]
GITEX AI EUROPE 2026: Europe’s AI Race Shifts From Intelligence To Trust, Governance And Digital Sovereignty
Europe’s AI transformation is entering a decisive new phase. After years focused on scaling models, accelerating pilots, and expanding generative AI capabilities, enterprises are now confronting a more fundamental challenge: trust. As AI moves from experimentation into mission-critical business operations, boardroom priorities are shifting from raw intelligence to credibility, governance, and resilience.
Shoptalk Europe 2026: Europe’s Retailers Might Back Agentic Commerce But Won’t Let Go Of The Human Sales Just Yet
Europe’s leading retail event, Shoptalk Europe 2026, convened in Barcelona earlier this month, highlighting AI adoption in retail, consumer trust in commerce, and the rapid rise of discovery-led commerce as the defining forces shaping European retail.
Checkout.com Powers Microsoft’s EMEA Payments With AI Routing
Checkout.com becomes Microsoft’s EMEA payments partner for Xbox, Microsoft 365 and Azure, leveraging its AI payment optimization solution to effectively route the transactions within the region
Global Tech Leaders Converge in Berlin to Set New AI Directions for Europe’s €1.5 Trillion Tech Economy
Ministers, enterprise tech leaders, founders and investors from 80+ countries drive consensus on sovereignty, scalability and AI competitiveness at GITEX AI EUROPE 2026
Money20/20 Europe 2026 Wrap Up: Key Agentic AI, Stablecoins & Fintech Announcements
Money20/20 Europe just celebrated its tenth anniversary on the continent with the conference of a great magnitude and visionary discussions on agentic AI, stablecoin payments and supporting infrastructure, growing integration of fintech services and the importance of compliance in a fast-moving regulatory landscape. Besides the theoretical conversations, the panel participants brought some actionable insights and […]
LSEG Risk Intelligence Launches Identity Gateway at Money20/20 Europe to Streamline Access to Digital ID Schemes
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Risk Intelligence has announced the launch of a new Identity Gateway infrastructure layer aimed at simplifying access to trusted digital identity schemes across multiple jurisdictions. The announcement was made at Money20/20 Europe.
MiCA Deadline Nears: Over 200 Crypto Firms Secure Their EU Positions Ahead of July Rollout
A snapshot of the EU crypto landscape ahead of the MiCA deadline shows that a large group of firms is already operating under national registrations expected to transition into MiCA compliance frameworks by July 1, 2026, or even earlier (in certain jurisdictions) based on the official registers updated as of May 29.
Money20/20 Europe 2026: Key Announcements in AI Payments, Stablecoins, and Open Banking
This year’s Money20/20 Europe gathered around 7,400 attendees at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre for what proves to be an unusually announcement-heavy edition. Three themes run consistently across the conference stages: artificial intelligence moving from pilots into live payment infrastructure, stablecoins entering mainstream B2B settlement, and open banking’s long-anticipated shift toward recurring payments finally taking […]
Bizum Reaches 30 Million Users as It Expands Into In-Store Payments
Bizum is preparing to introduce in-store payments in Spain using a new NFC-based feature called Bizum Pay. The launch is scheduled for 18 May.
BLIK Explores Joining European Payments Interoperability Coalition
Poland’s instant payment system BLIK is in discussions to join a European payments interoperability initiative that connects local payment solutions across multiple countries.
Worldline Signs EcoFlow To Its Global Collect Platform
Payment processor Worldline and energy storage company EcoFlow have announced a commercial partnership. EcoFlow will use Worldline’s Global Collect platform to handle payments across multiple countries, including the US, UK, and markets across Europe.
Confirmo Appoints 3 Senior Executives as MiCA Deadline Nears
Confirmo has appointed three senior executives as the company expands its stablecoin payments business in Europe and the United States ahead of upcoming crypto regulatory deadlines.
