ANZ Plans to Eliminate 3,500 Positions
ANZ announced plans to reduce its workforce by 3,500 positions over the next year, representing a 14% cut in its employee count. Chief Executive Nuno...
BBVA Spain Partners with Ripple for Digital Asset Custody Solutions
Ripple has entered into a partnership with BBVA to supply its digital asset custody technology to the Spanish financial institution. This collaboration aligns with BBVA’s...
EasyJet Founder Unveils New Bitcoin App
The founder of easyJet, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, is venturing into the cryptocurrency space with the launch of the easyBitcoin app. Developed in partnership with Uphold, a...
Robinhood Challenges WallStreetBets with New Social Platform
Robinhood is positioning itself as a premier platform for trading discussions, aiming to rival popular sites like Reddit and X for users seeking to share...
Citi and U.S. Bank Customers Gain Exclusive Early Access to Mastercard Agent Pay
Citi and US Bank customers will be the first to access Mastercard's agentic payments technology prior to a global rollout. Unveiled in April, Mastercard's Agent...
Portugal’s Sibs Acquires Polish Payments Company ITCard
Portuguese payments processor Sibs is expanding its footprint in Central Europe by acquiring Poland's ITCard. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ITCard is...
Paytently and Mastercard Collaborate on Open Banking Payments
Payments orchestration platform Paytently has introduced an innovative account-to-account payment service leveraging open banking technology from Mastercard. Paytently Open Banking, powered by Mastercard Open Finance,...
Alipay Launches AI Technology for Coffee Ordering with Luckin App
Singaporean mobile coffee ordering app Luckin Coffee has integrated with Alipay's AI agent for seamless ordering and payments through a conversational interface. In a chat...
BoE Invites Industry Participants to Join New Retail Payments Infrastructure Board
The Bank of England is inviting senior leaders from banks, fintech companies, and merchants to join the newly established Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB). The...
WFE Issues Advisory on 24/7 Trading Activities
Securities market participants must adapt their operations to accommodate a transition to 24/7 trading. This warning, issued by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), emerges...