/payments
Work on the digital euro is gaining momentum, with a launch possible by the middle of 2029, according to European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone.
54 mins
/crypto
Coinbase is adding Singapore dollar stablecoins to its platform through a tie-up with licenced issuer StraitsX.
4 hours
Morgan Stanley is preparing to offer crypto trading to retail customers through its E-Trade platform, according to reports. The Wall Street giant is working with zerohash on the plans after joining a $104 million funding round for the crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform.
14 hours
Ripple has joined forces with Securitize on a smart contract that allows holders of BlackRock and VanEck tokenised funds to exchange their shares to Ripple for the firm's stablecoin.
/regulation
Deutsche Börse has integrated social media monitoring services from Stockpulse into its market surveillance technology.
Shield, a neobank startup using stablecoin payments to make life easier for global trade businesses, has raised $5 million in seed funding.
/retail
As it opens its new global headquarters in Canary Wharf, fintech giant Revolut has pledged to invest £3 billion in the UK, creating 1000 new high-skilled jobs over the next five years.
20 hours
/startups
Circuit & Chisel, developer of a web-wide protocol for agent-initiated commerce and founded by two former Stripe employees, has raised $19.2 million in Seed funding.
23 hours
Fnality, the international consortium of global banks focused on building a blockchain-based payment system to support the adoption of tokenised assets and marketplaces, has raised $136 million in a significant vote of confidence from backers.
23 September 2025
/wholesale
French embedded ending platform Defacto has raised €16 million in a Series B funding round led by Citi Venture and La Maison Partners.
CommBank's venture-scaling arm x15ventures has struck a talent-sharing and investment deal with fintech fund Tiple Bubble.
Scotland has unveiled a "Fintech Gateway" with North America in an effort to accelerate international growth for the country's fintechs while attracting a wave of foreign direct investment.
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