Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
America’s two major payment card services companies have proposed a deal that could put an end to decades of legal wrangling. Both Visa and Mastercard have said they will reduce fees for retailers who accept their credit cards as payment methods, after a drawn-out series of proposals and protests from stores and businesses. One of the changes wou...
1 hour
Parminder Saini CEO at Triple Minds
In the past week, Bitcoin’s price has been fluctuating, causing panic for both investors and regular traders. However, experts believe that these price fluctuations are pushing Bitcoin into an IPO-like phase, which could lead to broader, more stable ownership. Bitcoin’s price has been hovering between $106,786 and $115,957. Despite the market s...
1 hour /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Saagar Bhavsar Partner at Begin Capital
Finance has always evolved alongside technology, but this time, the participants themselves are changing. Economic activity is increasingly being executed by autonomous AI agents. I'm talking along the lines of software that trades, allocates, and coordinates without direct human involvement. AI agents are advanced systems that can make decisions,...
3 hours /payments /predictions
Stanley Epstein Associate at Citadel Advantage Group
In the age of generative AI, banks and fintechs are rewriting their customer-acquisition playbook — turning models into revenue-driving products, embedding intelligent agents in core services, and scaling trust as a competitive edge. The AI Leap: Rethinking Bank Growth in the Fintech Era As artificial intelligence matures, it's no longer enough fo...
4 hours /ai
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
How do I issue a Power of Attorney with my EUDIW? Soon also issued to AI-agents' wallets... ChatGPT in the know? " It’s finally simple. 1️⃣ Open my EUDIW 2️⃣ Select “Issue Power of Attorney” 3️⃣ Choose the person/company I want to authorise 4️⃣ Define the scope + duration 5️⃣ Wallet signs it with my PID key 6️⃣ Share the PoA as a verifiab...
6 hours /ai /identity Transaction Banking
Sam Green Senior Policy and Partnerships Lead at Zango
AI tools have spread rapidly across financial services. Long gone are the days of purely manual workflows. A joint Bank of England and FCA survey in 2024 found that 85% of financial services surveyed were already using or planning to use AI - and just one year on, this figure is almost certainly higher. Source: Bank of England and FCA, Artifici
6 hours /ai /regulation Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
David King CTO at Flywire
As CTO of an international fintech and an advisory board member to the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, I often spend my free time reading all things payments and security related - don’t judge me 😀. Recently, I re-read the PCI DSS Scoping and Segmentation Guidance for Modern Network Architectures information supplement - a big...
18 November 2025 /payments /regulation
Why third-party software risks don’t end at deployment — and how banks and fintechs can stay ahead of them. Introduction: Third-Party Software — The Hidden Exposure That Never Sleeps In today’s financial ecosystem, banks and fintech firms are deeply dependent on third-party technology. Cloud-based solutions, fraud-detection engines, AML systems, o...
18 November 2025 /security Operational Risk Management
Dave Glaser CEO at Dwolla
Payment infrastructure is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. With the GENIUS Act now establishing the first comprehensive federal framework for payment stablecoins, and with new guidance emerging on the responsible use of AI, the United States is laying the foundation for the next phase of financial infrastructure. These sh...
Ben Mason Founder at My Compliance Centre
The FCA’s approach to payments has moved from principles-based to forensic oversight, which is a shift that changes everything. For years, payment and e-money institutions operated under what many would describe as “light touch” regulation. The sector was seen as low risk, and smaller firms thrived without the same level of scrutiny faced by banks....
18 November 2025 /payments /regulation RegTech
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