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FIS has launched a new agentic AI suite aimed at helping finance teams manage collections, liquidity, credit risk and cash flow from a single intelligence layer. FIS Pushes Agentic AI Into the CFO’s Office The Agentic Insights Suite is designed to address a familiar problem for CFOs: critical financial data is often spread across disconnected

Latvia is intensifying efforts to position itself as a leading European fintech centre, seeking to compete more directly with neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia for companies looking for a base inside the EU. Latvia Steps Up Bid to Become Major EU Fintech Hub Since the start of 2026, Latvijas Banka has issued more than 20 licences

The next phase of stablecoin competition may be decided less by who issues digital money and more by who controls access to customers. SAP and Samsung Shift Stablecoin Battle Insights Recent moves from SAP and Samsung point towards a model in which stablecoins are embedded inside financial software and consumer wallets, allowing businesses and individuals

Banks and securities firms across the UK and European Union are entering the final year of preparations for the move to T+1 settlement on 11 October 2027, with regulators and advisers warning that operational readiness now needs to translate into demonstrable execution. UK and EU Banks Final Year of T+1 Preparations The change will shorten

American Express National Bank has been fined $350m by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency after regulators identified significant weaknesses in its anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act controls. American Express Hit With $350m Penalty  The OCC also issued a cease-and-desist order, while the Federal Reserve separately imposed enforcement action on American Express

Mastercard is introducing new offline payment requirements across Europe from 2027, allowing cardholders to continue making essential purchases during internet or power outages. Mastercard Moves to Offline Payments From February 2027, all newly issued Mastercard credit and debit cards in Europe will be capable of supporting offline payments. From May, all new and replacement terminals

Mollie has launched a new version of Pay by Bank built on GoCardless’s open banking infrastructure, marking the first major product to emerge since the two companies combined earlier this year. Mollie Launches Pay by Bank with GoCardless  The service allows consumers to pay directly from their bank account within a merchant’s checkout, without needing

ANZ has completed a live cross-border corporate treasury transaction using tokenised deposits and Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, in a test aimed at showing how digital money could move between banks without changing the customer experience. ANZ Tests Tokenised Deposits for Corporate Payments Working with BHP, Citi and Swift, the Australian bank processed US dollar payments between

Plaid is expanding its use of AI across lending, fraud detection and payments, with a new generation of models designed to interpret financial behaviour over time rather than rely on isolated data points. Plaid Expands its use of AI  The open finance company has introduced new cash-flow underwriting tools alongside AI foundation models for fraud

HSBC is preparing to launch a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin under the HSBC RedCoin brand, beginning with retail payment use cases before expanding into corporate and institutional applications. HSBC Prepares Hong Kong Stablecoin Launch  The bank plans to introduce the stablecoin in the second half of 2026 under a licence granted in April. At launch,