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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...

Zelle Owner Explores Development of Its Own Stablecoin

Early Warning Services (EWS), the bank-owned organization behind the P2P payment service Zelle, may soon issue its own stablecoin, according to reports. Citing sources, Yahoo!...

UK Public Sector ‘Completely Unfamiliar’ with Blockchain

Public servants in the UK are largely unfamiliar with blockchain technology and see little use for it in the current financial system, according to a...

The GENIUS Act Makes Waves: An In-Depth Overview

In July 2025, the US enacted the GENIUS Act, establishing the nation’s first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins, paving the way for innovation in both...

Tether Launches New US Stablecoin

Tether has appointed Bo Hines, the former executive director of the White House Crypto Council, to lead the launch of a new US-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin...

Eloquent AI Secures $7.4M to Streamline Financial Services Customer Support

Eloquent AI, a startup focused on automating customer support for financial services, has launched its AI Operator platform and secured a $7.4 million seed round....

Wealthsimple Data Breach Compromises Customer Information

Canadian wealth management platform Wealthsimple has announced that a security breach has compromised the personal information of some customers. Contact details, government IDs, financial data...

Most SMEs Will Invest in a Digital Company ID Service

More than eight in ten small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are open to paying for a Digital Company ID service, according to...

Mastercard Unveils On-Demand Decisioning Tool

Mastercard has introduced the On-Demand Decisioning (ODD) tool, providing financial institutions greater authority over authorization decisions. ODD enables issuers to establish decisioning criteria directly on...