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Worldline has announced a strategic partnership with Fipto, a European fintech specialising in stablecoin payment infrastructure, to develop the next generation of digital payment rails. Worldline and Fipto partner on stablecoin payments The collaboration aims to demonstrate how stablecoins can improve settlement efficiency, interoperability, and financial sovereignty across Europe’s rapidly evolving payments ecosystem. Stablecoins are

I am not normally one to dwell on the downfall of fellow payment industry participants…but this is really interesting – Fiserv, one of the world’s largest payment technology providers, has lost more than $30 billion in market value. Fiserv shares nosedive $30 billion Its new leadership team scrapped the ambitious financial targets set under former

Mastercard is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire US-based blockchain infrastructure firm Zero Hash in a deal that could reach $2 billion. The move, if confirmed, would mark one of the payments giant’s boldest forays yet into the stablecoin economy—a rapidly expanding sector of digital finance that traditional payment networks can no longer ignore. From

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has issued an injunction halting enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Open Banking rule. Court freezes CFPB’s Open Banking rule This leaves banks, credit unions and FinTechs in regulatory limbo as the Bureau reconsiders its approach to data-sharing. The ruling effectively pauses compliance

Coinbase has joined forces with Tink, the Open Banking platform owned by Visa, to launch Pay by Bank crypto payments in Germany. This marks another step toward frictionless, account-to-account transfers within Europe’s growing digital asset economy. Crypto Purchases Through Open Banking Pay by Bank crypto payments to Germany The new integration allows Coinbase users in

The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed that the digital euro project is entering its next phase, marking a significant step toward the potential launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the euro area. The move follows the successful completion of the preparation phase, which began in November 2023, and lays the technical

A major new partnership between Thunes and Ecobank Group aims to accelerate financial inclusion and unlock instant cross-border payments for millions of Africans. Instant cross-border payments in Africa The collaboration operationalises a landmark 2024 memorandum of understanding between Ecobank and TransferTo, Thunes’ parent company, designed to reshape the landscape of financial access and interoperability across

E-commerce fraud is evolving faster than online retailers can keep up, with new research from Ravelin revealing that opportunistic shoppers are now as big a threat as organised criminals. The Global Fraud Trends in Online Retail 2025 report paints a sobering picture: three in four merchants (76%) have seen fraud rise in the past year,

In a landmark move that could redefine the intersection of artificial intelligence and payments, PayPal has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to enable instant checkout and commerce within ChatGPT. The collaboration will see PayPal adopt the emerging Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), effectively turning ChatGPT into an intelligent shopping interface capable of connecting hundreds of

Zelle, the ubiquitous US person-to-person payments app, is stepping onto the international stage with plans to enable cross-border transfers powered by stablecoins. Zelle goes global with $1 trillion This is a move that could redefine how traditional banks approach digital assets and global payments. The initiative, announced by Early Warning Services (EWS), Zelle’s operator and