Latest Mobile & online banking News: Finextra Research

IFGS 2025: What’s next for challenger banks?

As challenger banks continue to mature, gain market share, and power increasingly larger portions of the SME community, the lines between traditional and new players have become blurred. The question ‘How will the challengers continue to challenge?’ was answered by industry experts today at IFGS 2025.

29 April 2025

News/ai

Commerzbank combines generative AI and avatar technology to create new digital assistant

Commerzbank is releasing an AI avatar called Ava to interact with the German lender's private and small business customers in "natural and engaging conversations".

29 April 2025

News/ai

Garanti BBVA virtual assistant gets GenAI boost

The Turkish unit of Spanish banking giant BBVA has given its mobile app's personal assistant a GenAI makeover.

28 April 2025

News/regulation

Nubank receives banking licence approval in Mexico

Brazilian fintech giant Nubank has secured approval from Mexican regulators to become a bank in the country.

28 April 2025

News/payments

The 150 leading organisations confirmed to attend NextGen Nordics 2025

The Nordic region has long stood at the forefront of digital payments, open banking, and financial technology. This legacy of innovation continues at full pace with the return of NextGen Nordics, a premier event gathering the most influential players in the financial services ecosystem. Set against the dynamic backdrop of the Nordic fintech scene, the 2025 edition of NextGen Nordics on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden promises to be the most impactful yet.

23 April 2025

News/payments

Bolt launches SuperApp combining one-click crypto and everyday payments

Bolt has released a new SuperApp combining one-click crypto and everyday payments to compete with the likes of Coinbase, Zelle and PayPal.

17 April 2025

News/regulation

Bunq files for US licence

As it reports a 65% surge in full-year profit, Dutch digital bank bunq has stepped up its effort to crack the US, filing for a broker-dealer licence in the country.

16 April 2025

News/payments

Inside the tech behind the transformation: Sponsors announced for NextGen Nordics

Ever wanted to be in the same room as the senior executives leading payments innovation across the Nordics and Europe? NextGen Nordics on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, is your chance to hear from the technology vendors that are supporting financial institutions expertly navigate a convoluted web of regulations, at a time when fraud is at an all-time high and consumer experience must be kept front of mind.

15 April 2025

News/wealth

EToro to launch UK and Europe stock lending programme

In order to identify borrowers and facilitate the stock lending process, eToro will partner with BNY, which will act as the custodian, and stock lending platform EquiLend. This stock lending launch showcases how eToro is currently leveraging BNY’s global clearing platform, offering integrated solutions across US and international clearing, custody, settlement, execution, and financing.

11 April 2025

News/payments

Meet the minds shaping the future of payments at NextGen Nordics

The rapidly evolving world of payments is being shaped by some of the brightest minds across industries, and this year’s NextGen Nordics event on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden is set to be a pivotal moment in exploring how the sector is advancing. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to engage with leading figures driving innovation, digital transformation, and the future of financial services in the Nordic region.

04 April 2025

News/payments

European payment schemes turn on instant cross-border money transfers

The European Payment Alliance is beginning the switch to instant cross-border payments between mobile transfer schemes Bancomat, Bizum, MB Way and Iberia's Sibs, enabling users in Italy, Portugal, Spain and Andorra to send and receive money instantly to mobile phone numbers.

31 March 2025

News/retail

Revolut staffs up and carries out testing ahead of UK banking switch

Having finally secured its UK banking licence, Revolut is hiring staff and testing its systems as it aims to move millions of customers to its new bank entity this summer.

19 March 2025

News/regulation

Verification of Payee: Prepare for October 2025 deadlines at NextGen Nordics

In March 2025, the Eurosystem completed exploratory work for offering a Verification of Payee (VoP) service for payment service providers (PSPs) in SEPA, helping them comply with the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation across credit transfers in Euro. NextGen Nordics 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 April 2025, will explore how VoP can reduce fraud and payment, and prepare for 5 October 2025, the effective date of the VOP scheme rulebook.

18 March 2025

News/retail

Mexican digital bank Plata raises $160m

Less than two years after launching, Mexican digital bank Plata has joined the unicorn club off the back of a $160 million Series A funding round.

13 March 2025

News/ai

Nubank partners OpenAI to smooth customer experience

Brazil's Nubank is working with OpenAI on a host of services and features for its 114 million customers.

11 March 2025

News/payments

Sweden's Riksbank works on offline payments in contingency planning for war outbreak

Sweden's central bank is working to improve the possibility of making offline payments by card to strengthen resilience at a time of geopolitical unease and the advance of Russian troops in Ukraine.

10 March 2025

News/payments

Google Wallet opened up for least-cost routing in Australia

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has worked with Google to roll out eftpos functionality and least-cost routing (LCR) on transactions made via Google Wallet, giving merchants the options to move away from costly card scheme networks.

06 March 2025

News/payments

Visa records spike in Tap to Phone uptake

Tap to Phone, Visa's technology that turns smart phones into payment terminals, has experienced a 200% increase in usage globally over the past year and a 300% surge among small business owners in the UK.

03 March 2025