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Griffin begins build of agentic bank

UK Banking-as-a-Service bank Griffin is opening up access to a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, providing a way for AI agents to autonomously perform tasks on behalf of customers.

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EBAday 2025: How can banks achieve excellence in payments?

Big banks are facing challenges in innovating payments strategizing while keeping up with the pace of the industry. In an EBAday 2025 panel, leaders in banking explored what avenues incumbents are pursuing to revolutionise payments services.

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Palla raises $14.5m for cross-border payments

Palla, a fintech that enables instant cross-border payments for global financial institutions and fintech firms, has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Revolution Ventures.

/security

LexisNexis data breach exposes personal information

LexisNexis Risk Solutions says a data breach at a third-party provider has exposed the personal information of more than 364,000 people.

/crypto

Conduit raises $36m to take on Swift with stablecoin-based cross-border payments

Stablecoin-based cross-border payments platform Conduit has raised $36 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Dragonfly and Altos Ventures.

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Block rolls out bitcoin payments on Square

Block is adding real-time bitcoin payments to its Square point-of-sale terminals.

/retail

Lloyds adds travel booking feature to app

UK bank Lloyds has teamed up with travel technology platform Hopper to let customers book flights and accommodation directly from its app.

/people

Checkout.com billionaire founder quits London for Monaco

The billionaire CEO of payments processor Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz has switched his country of residence from the UK to tax haven Monaco.

/crypto

Trump Media raises $2.5bn to buy bitcoin

Donald Trump's media company says it is raising $2.5 billion from institutional investors to build a bitcoin reserve.

/startups

EBAday 2025: Authologic wins the Fintech Zone

EBAday 2025 hosted 16 pioneering startups to present their proof of concepts to a panel of judges in Paris, France.

/crypto

The FCA bundles stablecoins into new crypto regime

The FCA has published proposals for ensuring financial resilience in the face of upcoming regulations governing cryptoasset firms, with an added focus on stablecoins.

/payments

UK fintech Dojo raises $190 million

UK payments technology provider Dojo has secured its first equity raise of $190 million from Vitruvian Partners.