/crypto
Card issuance and embedded finance platform Highnote has enlisted BVNK to launch real-time 24/7 stablecoin-based funding for card programmes.
19 June 2025
/payments
Nordic challenger bank Lunar is to begin processing Visa cards over a cloud-native core banking platform provided by Pismo.
Tensec, a startup founded by ex-Rapyd, Meta, and Goldman Sachs executives, has raised $12 million in seed funding to take on the $190 trillion B2B cross-border payments market.
18 June 2025
Klarna is the latest financial services provider to enter the mobile market, working with Telecom-as-a-Service platform Gigs to launch a phone plan in a host of major markets, beginning with the US.
/security
Swiss bank UBS has fallen victim to a cyberattack at a vendor that leaked the personal details of tens of thousands of employees.
JPmorgan's response to the rising interest in stablecoins is to launch its own rival token, called JPMD.
Embedded payments platform Payabli has closed on a $28 million Series B funding round.
The Bank of England has been castigated for losing hundreds of laptops and phones amid an escalating cyber threat.
/retail
Gen Z-focused social finance app Frich has rolled out an AI-powered "financial reality check" feature that claims to reveal what people earn based on their Instagram profiles.
Berlin-based payments platform for SMEs Unzer has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) to support the roll out of the Wero digital wallet.
/regulation
UK Fintech Paddle will pay $5 million to settle US allegations of unfair payment processing practices.
17 June 2025
Expense management startup Ramp is in discussions to raise around $200 million in a round of funding that would lift its valuation to about $16 billion.
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