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Central Banks Ease Cautiously as Growth Outlook Improves: What It Means for Businesses and Fintechs
Finance & Economics

Central Banks Ease Cautiously as Growth Outlook Improves: What It Means for Businesses and Fintechs

The world’s major central banks are cautiously turning the page toward monetary easing as signs of slower inflation and modestly improving growth emerge.

Europe’s Challengers Cross the Atlantic: Why Neobanks Are Racing to the U.S.
Fintech & Ecommerce

Europe’s Challengers Cross the Atlantic: Why Neobanks Are Racing to the U.S.

Fintechs and neobanks nurtured and grown on European grouds are increasingly getting on their feet and sharpening focus on the U.S. market. Here’s why.

Invela Warns That the UK’s Smart Data Ecosystem Requires Stronger Protections Amid Rising Risks
Fintech & Ecommerce

Invela Warns That the UK’s Smart Data Ecosystem Requires Stronger Protections Amid Rising Risks

As the UK’s smart data ecosystem expands from open banking to open finance and broader cross-sector data sharing, managing risk in real time has become a critical priority. Invela’s new white paper explores how to strengthen defences against the rising risks tied to third-party providers.

Key Takeaways from TransUnion Summit 2025
News

Key Takeaways from TransUnion Summit 2025

As industry leaders gathered for TransUnion’s UK Summit, three key challenges for financial services emerged: trust, financial exclusion, and fraud. Here are the main takeaways.

Half UK Shoppers Love Contactless In-Store Payments But Even More Carry Cash
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Half UK Shoppers Love Contactless In-Store Payments But Even More Carry Cash

An increasing number of British consumers say contactless is their favourite way to pay in-store, though cash use in stores has also grown by over 20% in two years, reports Takepayments.

Monzo Opens Waitlist for Built-In Tax Filing With Making Tax Digital
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Monzo Opens Waitlist for Built-In Tax Filing With Making Tax Digital

Powered by Sage technology, Monzo Making Tax Digital in-built tax filing tool will enable sole traders and landlords to file taxes directly to HMRC from their Monzo Business bank account, as HMRC’s new rules come into effect in April 2026.

More Than Half UK Adults Use Mobile Wallets But Debit Cards Still Prevail
Fintech & Ecommerce

More Than Half UK Adults Use Mobile Wallets But Debit Cards Still Prevail

A fresh research shows that UK citizens increasingly choose cashless payment alternatives, with debit cards remaining the most popular option, but mobile wallets use also rapidly growing.

Klarna Brings Installment Plans to Apple Pay In-Store in US and UK
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Klarna Brings Installment Plans to Apple Pay In-Store in US and UK

Klarna customers using Apple Pay in the US and UK will now be able to purchase items at flexible terms in stores.

Revolut Enhances Its Payment Gateway With Pay by Bank Option
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Revolut Enhances Its Payment Gateway With Pay by Bank Option

Adding a Pay by Bank account-to-account (A2A) payment option to the payment gateway empowers Revolut customers to seamlessly improve their conversion rates and significantly reduce chargeback hustle.

Bumper Secures €9.4M to Grow Car Repair BNPL Services Across Europe
Fintech & Ecommerce

Bumper Secures €9.4M to Grow Car Repair BNPL Services Across Europe

British BNPL scale-up, Bumper from Sheffield, is one of the fintechs which illustrate that targeting specific niche pain points (unexpected car repair bills) can be as successful as taking a generalized approach to financial services.

Lloyds Turns Everyday Shops Into Instant Cash Deposit Points
Fintech & Ecommerce

Lloyds Turns Everyday Shops Into Instant Cash Deposit Points

Lloyds is modernising legacy cash deposits so they work in a cash-lite, mobile-first world, making banking more embedded in everyday life with in-app barcode cash deposit scanning at PayPoint stores.

Thunes & Ontop Enable Instant Global Payouts for Freelancers and Remote Teams
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Thunes & Ontop Enable Instant Global Payouts for Freelancers and Remote Teams

Freelancers and employees working in remote settings will benefit from the new real-time payment infrastructure brought by Thunes and Ontop.

PingPong Taps ClearBank’s API-First Platform to Power UK Virtual Accounts and Accelerate European Expansion
Fintech & Ecommerce

PingPong Taps ClearBank’s API-First Platform to Power UK Virtual Accounts and Accelerate European Expansion

By tapping directly into UK payment rails (Faster Payments, BACS, CHAPS) via ClearBank’s API integration, PingPong can settle transactions in near real time and offer lower fees and richer remittance data to its enterprise clients.

Klarna Secures EMI License in UK Opening Cashback and Wallet Opportunities
Fintech & Ecommerce

Klarna Secures EMI License in UK Opening Cashback and Wallet Opportunities

UK subsidiary of the innovative BNPL and fintech service provider, Klarna, has achieved a regulatory milestone, which paves the way for the introduction of cashbank and balance features later this year.

EMEA Banks Ready to Spend Millions to Modernize Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

EMEA Banks Ready to Spend Millions to Modernize Payments

The EMEA banking sector displays a near-unanimous urge to change existing payments systems and solutions, setting aside $1,5 million average budgets for infrastructure modernisation.

Monzo Introduces Payment Reversal Option
Fintech & Ecommerce

Monzo Introduces Payment Reversal Option

Monzo customers may now have up to a minute to decide whether they want a transaction to proceed, thanks to the new payment reversal feature.