/retail
Swedbank has acquired Stabelo, a tech-led mortgage business with a focus on younger, more digitally-aware customers.
01 July 2025
/payments
British credit card rewards startup Yonder has launched its first premium debit cards.
The first Pan-African card scheme has launched in a move designed to bolster the continent's financial sovereignty.
Greek core banking vendor Natech has completed a Series B capital increase, securing over $33 million in growth funding.
30 June 2025
/ai
An AI agent running a small vending machine company tried to fire its workers, became convinced it was a real person, and then lied about it in an experiment at Anthropic.
/security
Australia's CommBank is turning the table on scammers, launching a fleet of thousands of AI-generated bot profiles to engage with and disrupt criminal networks fleecing consumers.
Argentinian payments processor tapi has acquired the utility payments and cash handling operations of Mastercard's Mexican business Arcus.
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled that Visa and Mastercard's multilateral interchange fees charged to retailers breach European competition law.
27 June 2025
/regulation
In the wake of allegations about payments processor Worldline earlier this week, Belgian prosecutors have opened an investigation into potential money laundering activities at the firm's local unit.
Lesaka Technologies, the South African fintech firm formerly known as , is set to buy South African digital-only institution Bank Zero Mutual Bank in a deal worth R1.1bn (US$62m).
UK challenger bank Starling Bank is reportedly considering the acquisition of a US lender as part of its expansion plans.
/crypto
Crypto exchange Kraken has become the first company to be awarded a Markets in Crypto Assets (Mica) licence from Ireland's central bank.
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.