/markets
Trading app Robinhood is launching a fund designed to give retail investors access to private markets.
17 September 2025
/crime
Fraud prevention and AML compliance specialist Seon has raised $80 million in a series C funding round led by Sixth Street Growth.
16 September 2025
/ai
Google has unveiled an open protocol designed to serve as the foundation needed to enable AI agents to transact payments on behalf of users and merchants.
/payments
As it faces up to a lawsuit from New York's attorney general for allegedly failing to protect users from "massive amounts of fraud," bank-backed P2P payments service Zelle has gone on the offensive, insisting that just 0.02% of all transactions result in a report of fraud or scam.
Klarna is to provide Apple Pay users with access to BNPL loans at instore checkouts in the UK and US.
Plaid has caved into demands by JPMorgan to pay for access to customer data, after the US bank accused aggregator firms of ‘massively taxing’ its systems with unnecessary pings.
Customers of Lloyds bank have deposited over £1 million with PayPoint's BankLocal service within a month of the app-based cash deposit feature going live.
/crypto
Crypto payments firm MoonPay has acquired Meso, a startup founded by former PayPal executives to bridge traditional finance and digital assets. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
PayPal users can now send and receive money through a personalised, one-time link sent over text, email, direct message, or chat.
/retail
Hala, a Saudi Arabian fintech that provides embedded financial services to micro, small and medium enterprises, has raised $157 million in a Series B funding round.
UK card reader SumUp has reportedly called in investment bankers to measure demand for a potential IPO that could value it at £15 billion.
15 September 2025
/regulation
The Bank of England has come under fire for proposals to impose strict caps on the value of stablecoins that individuals and companies can hold.
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