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Circle and Tether at the Epicenter of U.S. Stablecoin Act 2026 as Regulation Challenges USDT $180B Liquidity Stronghold
Blockchain & Crypto

Circle and Tether at the Epicenter of U.S. Stablecoin Act 2026 as Regulation Challenges USDT $180B Liquidity Stronghold

Tether still dominates the stablecoin market, but its 60% market share is gradually shrinking under the pressure of regulators’ favourite – USDC by Circle. USDC supply surged 220% since late 2023, as the token is satisfying the strictest MiCA compliance criteria, potentially also fitting into the upcoming U.S. stablecoin regulation under the GENIUS Act and […]

myTU and E100 to Issue 50,000 Embedded Visa Business Cards Across European Logistics Fleets
News

myTU and E100 to Issue 50,000 Embedded Visa Business Cards Across European Logistics Fleets

Digital banking platform myTU has partnered with E100, one of Europe’s larger fuel card and mobility services providers, to embed business banking and Visa payment cards directly into E100’s client portal for transport companies operating across the continent.

Oradea Hosts High-Level Summit: Prominent leaders from across Central and Eastern Europe will take the stage in Romania
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Oradea Hosts High-Level Summit: Prominent leaders from across Central and Eastern Europe will take the stage in Romania

Marek Belka, former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, to keynote address at UNCHAIN Festival in Oradea

Payment Sovereignty Debate Accelerates: What CB Payments Network in France Has to Say Against Visa and Mastercard
News

Payment Sovereignty Debate Accelerates: What CB Payments Network in France Has to Say Against Visa and Mastercard

In France, the CB network is reportedly striving to become the next payment sovereignty frontier as officials warn against overreliance on foreign payment methods, such as Visa and Mastercard.

Corient Acquires Bedrock Group, Pushing Combined Assets Toward $470 Billion
Fintech & Ecommerce

Corient Acquires Bedrock Group, Pushing Combined Assets Toward $470 Billion

U.S. wealth manager Corient adds over $10B AUM and expands European presence with the acquisition of Geneva-rooted Bedrock Group. Allong with late 2025 acquisitions to be approved, the firm’s combined client asset base will near $470B.

Beyond by RS2 Joins Hakisa in Boosting Digital Expense Management for Social and Public Entities
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Beyond by RS2 Joins Hakisa in Boosting Digital Expense Management for Social and Public Entities

Social institutions, welfare organisations and municipalities will benefit from a collaboration between Hakisa and Beyond by RS2, launching integrated digital card-based expense management solution today.

EU’s Digital Border Revolution: Biometrics Replace Stamps But Queues Replace Convenience
Science & Technology

EU’s Digital Border Revolution: Biometrics Replace Stamps But Queues Replace Convenience

The Entry/Exit System went fully live on 10 April 2026. The technology is working in EU. Getting through the airport is another matter.

ClearBank Europe Becomes First Dutch Bank to Get MiCAR Approved
News

ClearBank Europe Becomes First Dutch Bank to Get MiCAR Approved

A regulated bank with crypto asset functionality is still a rarer thing than it should be in Europe. That changed a little yesterday, when ClearBank Europe announced it had received confirmation from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) to operate as a Crypto Asset Service Provider, making it the first credit institution in […]

Revolut Evolution: Tracking First Decade Milestones of Europe’s Most Valuable Fintech Startup
Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Evolution: Tracking First Decade Milestones of Europe’s Most Valuable Fintech Startup

In 2025, Revolut saw stellar results of its ongoing expansion strategy, boasting 30% YoY user growth on top of the impressive private share sale valuing the company at about $75 billion. This article explores main milestones of the top European fintech unicorn to date and dissects Revolut’s growth story.

Poland’s BLIK Breaks Into the Eurozone and 21 Million Users Could Soon Shop Across Europe Without Switching Apps
Fintech & Ecommerce

Poland’s BLIK Breaks Into the Eurozone and 21 Million Users Could Soon Shop Across Europe Without Switching Apps

What if you could pay for a holiday booking in Slovakia, a subscription in Portugal, or a marketplace order in Italy — all with the same app you use to split a lunch bill in Warsaw? For 21 million BLIK users, that future just got a lot closer.

Banking Digest: Open Finance Goes Global as Fintechs Chase Licenses and Rewrite the Map
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Banking Digest: Open Finance Goes Global as Fintechs Chase Licenses and Rewrite the Map

The past two weeks have delivered a concentrated burst of banking news that, taken together, paint a revealing portrait of where the industry is heading: data-sharing frameworks are maturing into serious economic infrastructure, challenger banks are sharpening their geographic focus, and fintechs from Lagos to Idaho are trading operational workarounds for proper banking licences. Here […]

Payment News Digest: Infrastructure, Control & Scale in Focus
Fintech & Ecommerce

Payment News Digest: Infrastructure, Control & Scale in Focus

The global payments landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with new launches and updates from Xero, Checkout.com, Paysend and more highlighting a clear shift toward merchant empowerment, regional sovereignty, and cross-border infrastructure upgrades.

RS2 Launches Consumer Payment Card in Shift Toward Integrated Issuing
Fintech & Ecommerce

RS2 Launches Consumer Payment Card in Shift Toward Integrated Issuing

RS2 has spent decades powering payments behind the scenes. Now it’s stepping into the consumer card payments spotlight and the $17.55bn co-branded card market it’s entering explains why.

Nexi and PayPal Deepen European Partnership to Bring Unified Digital Payments to Merchants
News

Nexi and PayPal Deepen European Partnership to Bring Unified Digital Payments to Merchants

Nexi, the European PayTech, and PayPal have announced a significant expansion of their partnership, embedding PayPal’s payments ecosystem directly into Nexi’s merchant platform across five EU countries.

MPE 2026: AI Agents, Quantum Security and A2A Payments Signal a New Era for the Payments Industry
Fintech & Ecommerce

MPE 2026: AI Agents, Quantum Security and A2A Payments Signal a New Era for the Payments Industry

The Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) event, held on March 17-19, brought together industry leaders to explore the forces reshaping the future of payments, with discussions pointing to a sector already in transition to emerging innovative ecosystem rather than one just awaiting disruption.

Global Inflation Fears Rise as Goldman Sachs Predicts ECB Rate Hikes and US Prices May Top 4%
Finance & Economics

Global Inflation Fears Rise as Goldman Sachs Predicts ECB Rate Hikes and US Prices May Top 4%

Rising inflation risks driven by escalating geopolitical tensions are forcing a rapid rethink of global monetary policy, with new forecasts pointing to higher prices and potential interest rate hikes across major economies.