Open banking stories
Users can now access stocks, gold and foreign exchange alongside crypto as the exchange pushes into payments, wealth and AI tools.
Cross-border payment competition is intensifying as SMEs prioritise faster, more reliable transfers, with 91% planning to switch provider within two years.
The move gives Uzbek customers another domestic payment option, with up to one million new cards set to offer ATTO transport discounts and cashback.
The move should let customers use more payment options as the betting operator expands beyond the UK and Ireland.
The move gives bunq customers a flexible borrowing option for hotel and car-hire bookings as the digital bank pushes deeper into credit.
Banks want to prevent AI-driven shopping from eroding customer control, privacy and security as agentic commerce moves closer to everyday payments.
Shoppers may face fewer checkout hurdles as the upgraded system uses machine learning to pick the best authentication method in real time.
Serving more than half of Azerbaijan's population, the group is using physical terminals and app services to ease customers towards digital payments.
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
Fresh capital will back fintech startups as banks and insurers speed up digital modernisation, with Portage now overseeing USD $7.0 billion in assets.
Small firms using sterling payments can now track incoming money in one dashboard, as the bank aims to cut manual reconciliation.
Finance admin is limiting growth plans for many UK SMEs, even as 56% say they are confident about the year ahead.
Canadian customers could gain faster, programmable payments as six major lenders test digital bank money within existing regulatory safeguards.
Chinese consumers can now schedule daily Starbucks orders through Alipay's AI agent, as the firms deepen ties around routine mobile payments.
A regulated trial has shown how AI could streamline monthly giving while keeping donors in control of approval and spending limits.
Online shoppers could face fewer checkout hurdles as Adyen's updated authentication tool aims to lift conversion by double digits for merchants.
Round-up saving has pushed more than 7,000 users towards retirement balances, with self-employed New Zealanders making up about a third of Feijoa's base.
Fraud fears and slow digital adoption are blunting the benefits of payments innovation, with UK firms missing out on further growth.
Declined card payments can cost online merchants sales and repeat custom, making Ecommpay's AI-driven checkout tools a commercial focus.
The feature could make everyday banking easier by letting Biscuit account holders move money, split bills and pay invoices by voice or text prompts.
