/payments
Visa and Mastercard are bidding to close a long running battle with US retailers over interchange fees with a promise to trim charges and let merchants have freedom of choice over which cards they have to accept.
6 hours
/regulation
The Bank of England has published a consultation paper (CP) setting out its proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins, including a cap on holdings for individuals and businesses.
9 hours
/crypto
Blockchain-enabled B2B payments company Paystand has acquired cross-border stablecoin payments network Bitwage
10 hours
/security
Meta estimated that ten percent of its 2024 revenue could come from ads and scammed goods, document seen by Reuters show.
/startups
Andrew Smith, ClearBank founder and former CTO, has launched his next venture, Sporta. Its first Crowdcube funding round values the startup at £35 million pre-money.
11 hours
/retail
UK’s Atom bank has announced the launch of its Easy Access Cash Individual Savings Account (ISA).
07 November 2025
/sustainable
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released eight recommendations to upgrading the nature data value chain for market participants.
Italian payment network Bancomat announced its EUR-BANK stablecoin during the Salone dei Pagamenti event in Milan on Thursday.
/markets
Led by financial industry titan Prime Minister Mark Carney, Canada’s 2025 budget outlines ambitions to tackle cybercrime, embrace digital payments innovation, and encourage competition within financial services.
Monzo leads in customer satisfaction rankings for UK banking consumers according to a 2025 survey by data analytics firm YouGov.
The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into possible collusion between Deutsche Börse and Nasdaq in listing, trading and clearing of financial derivatives.
06 November 2025
/ai
Lloyds Bank is to launch a new multi-purpose AI financial assistant to help customers manage their finances via the UK bank's mobile app.
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