Church International https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Trump asks Fed to explore giving fintechs access to payment rails Chase launches digital bank in Germany Santander’s Getnet highlights ‘invisible’ payments as strategic growth driver Euro stablecoin joint venture Qivalis adds 25 new banks Mastercard fires shots at fake online storefronts Primer raises $100 million to bring AI to every payment Bank of England uncovers significant trade‑offs in use of DLT for wholesale settlement Home Mercury raises $200 million Dark web traders selling stolen UK payment cards for just £9 TSB reports spike in impersonation scams BBVA and Goldman Sachs back new OpenAI company Revolut rolls out crypto debit card Deutsche Bank applies AI to third party vendor risks NMI acquires Dwolla Standard Chartered to cut 7800 jobs as AI takes over the back office Private markets fintech bunch lands $35 million Series B Lloyds and BankiFi partner on free Making Tax Digital tool for SMEs Monzo reports bumper jump in profits Non-profit fintech Legacy aims to upend charitable giving HSBC automates remortgages RBA moves from experimentation to commercial realisation of tokenized asset markets Bank of England lays down roadmap for near 24×7 Chaps settlement hours OpenAI begins roll out of personal finance suite Nationwide gives abuse survivors the power to block harmful payment messages UK regulators warn of new threats from frontier AI models SQL Server DBA Sygnum delivers AI agent-driven digital asset transactions UK Payments Association names CEO Fiserv unveils agentic AI operating system Bunq applies for Mexican banking license Deutsche Bank joins $120m funding round for crypto analytics firm Elliptic London fintech Adfin raises $18 million NAB buys A2A payments platform Banked US banking committee advances Clarity Act to Senate US banks hurry to patch vulnerabilities uncovered by Mythos nsave to offer Syrians international USD accounts BofE to soften plans for stablecoin restrictions NYC Mayor Mamdani calls on regulator to block Western Union takeover of rival US fintech Parker files for bankruptcy UK fintech funding falls by 43% in Q1 Revolut primed for wealth management push after FCA approval Klarna breaks even first time after IPO listing Fasset raises $51m for stablecoin-powered digital banking Fasset raises $51 for stablecoin-powered digital banking BaFin preps IT spotlight inspections amidst growing AI cybersecurity risks Zopa and ClearScore sign up 22 members for GenAI upskilling push Google adds Affirm and Klarna BNPL options for AI shopping Palm payments startup Five ID raises $6 million 9 in 10 social media posts by finfluencers are low quality – research