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Mastercard enlists Schmeichel to back Click to Pay
Surveillance

Mastercard enlists Schmeichel to back Click to Pay

Mastercard taps Peter Schmeichel to front a UK push for tokenised Click to Pay checkouts, aiming to end manual card entry by 2030.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
How five digital forces will redefine banking by 2026
Disaster Recovery

How five digital forces will redefine banking by 2026

Banks are shifting from product sellers to trusted digital infrastructure, fusing AI, mobile, embedded finance, identity and digital currencies.

By Dominik Wurzer • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Yaspa joins UNLV AI research hub for safer gambling
Gaming

Yaspa joins UNLV AI research hub for safer gambling

Yaspa joins UNLV's new AiR Hub as a founding member, aiming to harness AI and open banking data to bolster safer, more responsible gambling.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Airwallex unveils AI assistant to streamline finance tasks
Software-as-a-Service

Airwallex unveils AI assistant to streamline finance tasks

Airwallex launches an AI assistant in its web app, promising to simplify onboarding and day-to-day finance tasks for multi-currency businesses.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Feb 2026
Fragmented treasury pushes CFOs towards consolidation
Fintech

Fragmented treasury pushes CFOs towards consolidation

Adyen and Boston Consulting Group warn fragmented banking is sapping treasurers' time and cash visibility, urging consolidation of providers.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
Affirm wins exclusive Expedia buy now, pay later deal
Crypto

Affirm wins exclusive Expedia buy now, pay later deal

Affirm secures an exclusive multi-year deal to power Expedia's US instalment travel payments, with a Canadian rollout to follow on select stays.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
Mastercard unveils BIN Sponsor Plus scheme for UK fintechs
Disaster Recovery

Mastercard unveils BIN Sponsor Plus scheme for UK fintechs

Mastercard launches BIN Sponsor Plus in the UK, accrediting card sponsors to give fintechs a vetted route into issuing and payments at scale.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Ecommpay report warns checkout friction 'hits zero'
Fintech

Ecommpay report warns checkout friction 'hits zero'

Ecommpay warns shoppers now have zero tolerance for checkout friction, with failed payments driving cart abandonment and lost revenue.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Jan 2026
Why lenders need fintech-level payments
Disaster Recovery

Why lenders need fintech-level payments

Lenders clinging to legacy payment rails are losing borrowers to fintechs that can approve, fund and collect on loans in near real time.

By Skyler Nesheim • 5 min read • Wed, 28th Jan 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Open banking stories

Bank ABC migrates ila Bank to Temenos core on AWS cloud
Disaster Recovery

Bank ABC migrates ila Bank to Temenos core on AWS cloud

Bank ABC shifts ila Bank onto Temenos core on AWS in Bahrain, kicking off a wider cloud-led core banking transformation programme.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Cleo relaunches UK AI money app to ease cash anxiety
Fintech

Cleo relaunches UK AI money app to ease cash anxiety

AI fintech Cleo stages UK comeback with a waitlisted app, betting its chatty budgeting assistant can ease mounting money anxiety.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Dashr unveils Open Banking dashboard for Kiwis' cash
Data Protection

Dashr unveils Open Banking dashboard for Kiwis' cash

New Zealand startup Dashr has launched an Open Banking-based dashboard letting households see all their cash and investments in one place.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026
Dext launches integrated payments for UK Xero users
Software-as-a-Service

Dext launches integrated payments for UK Xero users

Dext debuts Payments, letting UK Xero users pay suppliers and expenses inside its platform after a beta that processed GBP £800,000.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2026
Revolut unveils unified merchant payments suite in Australia
Digital Transformation

Revolut unveils unified merchant payments suite in Australia

Revolut launches a unified merchant payments suite in Australia, tying in‑person, online and A2A payments directly to its business accounts.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2026
YouLend & Intuit embed SME funding in QuickBooks UK
Fintech

YouLend & Intuit embed SME funding in QuickBooks UK

YouLend partners with Intuit to embed fast SME funding of GBP £1,000-£2m directly inside QuickBooks as a new UK Capital Marketplace.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
HSBC & Sage launch digital tax tool for sole traders
Software-as-a-Service

HSBC & Sage launch digital tax tool for sole traders

HSBC UK and Sage unveil in-app tax tool for sole traders and landlords as Making Tax Digital for Income Tax rules loom from April.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Hnry & Volley launch QR open banking for sole traders
Fintech

Hnry & Volley launch QR open banking for sole traders

Hnry and Volley launch Scan to Pay using open banking, letting sole traders take QR code payments on the spot for a 35-cent flat fee.

By RNZ • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Jan 2026
Jelou raises USD $10m to scale WhatsApp AI across US
Data Protection

Jelou raises USD $10m to scale WhatsApp AI across US

Jelou lands USD $10m Series A to scale its WhatsApp-based transactional AI platform Brain across the US and wider Americas market.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Jan 2026