/ai
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.
29 May 2025
/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.
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 Risk Solutions says a data breach at a third-party provider has exposed the personal information of more than 364,000 people.
/crypto
Stablecoin-based cross-border payments platform Conduit has raised $36 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Dragonfly and Altos Ventures.
Block is adding real-time bitcoin payments to its Square point-of-sale terminals.
/retail
UK bank Lloyds has teamed up with travel technology platform Hopper to let customers book flights and accommodation directly from its app.
/people
The billionaire CEO of payments processor Checkout.com Guillaume Pousaz has switched his country of residence from the UK to tax haven Monaco.
28 May 2025
Donald Trump's media company says it is raising $2.5 billion from institutional investors to build a bitcoin reserve.
/startups
EBAday 2025 hosted 16 pioneering startups to present their proof of concepts to a panel of judges in Paris, France.
The FCA has published proposals for ensuring financial resilience in the face of upcoming regulations governing cryptoasset firms, with an added focus on stablecoins.
UK payments technology provider Dojo has secured its first equity raise of $190 million from Vitruvian Partners.
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