PayTech

ECB Opens Digital Euro Beta Pilot to Online and Mobile Merchants

The ECB is taking the digital euro from architectural design into live testing. Here is how the 12-month beta pilot works, what it signals for Europea...

September 16, 2026
4 minutes

Ezechi Britton Appointed Independent Chair to Lead Design of UK Open Banking ‘Future Entity’

Following the planned shift from the CMA9 framework under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Ezechi “Ez” Britton has been named independent chair...

September 11, 2026
3 minutes

DBS and Stripe Form Agentic Payments Partnership in APAC: What Europe and the UK Must Learn

Singapore banking titan DBS and global payments infrastructure leader Stripe have entered a strategic memorandum of understanding to advance cross-bor...

September 4, 2026
3 minutes

The UK Crypto APPG Inquiry: Banking Access, De-Risking, and Capital Flight

As the UK Treasury and FCA finalize digital asset frameworks, a parliamentary inquiry is demanding tier-1 banks justify blanket debanking policies. Sy...

August 26, 2026
4 minutes

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Why UK and US Stablecoin Rules Demand an API and Custody Overhaul

As the UK FCA prepares to open its stablecoin gateway on 30 September 2026 and the US Treasury enforces strict reserve oversight, fintech CISOs face a...

August 21, 2026
4 minutes

UK Open Banking Hits 100B API Calls and 1B Payments Milestone

The UK Open Banking framework has crossed twin operational milestones, surpassing one billion payments and 100 billion API calls across the CMA9. Here...

July 29, 2026
4 minutes

Ant International’s $1.2bn Bet Signals the Rise of Agentic Settlement Infrastructure

Ant International has closed a landmark $1.2bn Series A equity financing round. We analyze how the Singapore-headquartered entity is using fresh capit...