/payments
UK card reader SumUp has reportedly called in investment bankers to measure demand for a potential IPO that could value it at £15 billion.
4 hours
/regulation
The Bank of England has come under fire for proposals to impose strict caps on the value of stablecoins that individuals and companies can hold.
5 hours
ANZ is facing $240 million in penalties over misreporting of bond trading data to the Australian government and 'widespread misconduct' across retail products and services.
6 hours
/retail
Starling Bank's SaaS arm,Engine, has named industry veteran Jody Bhagat to lead its expansion into North America.
7 hours
/security
Bank-to-bank messaging network Swift is hailing the results of tests that used a combination of AI and cross-border data sharing to double real time fraud detection in trials involving 13 top tier banks and ten million test transactionson.
Metro Bank has settled a a legal claim with US software company Arkeyo over allegations that it leaked the company's coin counting technology to a rival firm.
8 hours
/markets
The London Stock Exchange has launched a blockchain-based Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform for private funds and facilitated its first transaction.
UnionPay International (UPI) is piloting a cross-border QR payment linkage between China and Indonesia.
17 hours
/crypto
Tether has brought in former executive director of the White House Crypto Council Bo Hines to spearhead a new US-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin.
12 September 2025
Early Warning Services (EWS), the bank-owned outfit behind P2P payments service Zelle, could soon issue its own stablecoin, according to reports.
In July 2025, the US passed the GENIUS Act, making it the first federal regulatory system for stablecoins, and laying down groundwork for stablecoin innovation in the banking and retail sectors.
/wealth
The Children’s ISA (TCI) has completed the mass migration of 126,000 ISA and Junior ISA accounts from Embark to Quai Digital within seven months.
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