Anthropic raises US$10 billion at a US$350 billion valuation, led by Coatue and Singapore’s GIC, as it competes with OpenAI ...

Soaring investment in voice AI, M&A consolidation, and advances in AI agent commerce and payments will be among the top ...

Rain raises US$250 million in Series C funding to expand its stablecoin payments platform and support global enterprise ...

Danske Bank appoints Dr Fiona Browne as Head of AI to lead its AI centre in Belfast and advance the bank’s AI and data ...

Stablecoin Trends 2026, Stablecoins are no longer just for a tool for cryptocurrency traders, and are now increasingly being ...

Finshape, a Prague-based provider of digital banking solutions, has appointed Neil Budd as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Ripple has received FCA approval for its EMI license and cryptoasset registration to operate a digital asset payments ...

Norges Bank finds no current need for a central bank digital currency but will continue research on CBDCs and tokenisation.

PayPal is partnering with Microsoft to support Copilot Checkout, enabling in-app product discovery and payments within the ...

In 2025, online fraud continued to proliferate, driven by identity fraud, advances in artificial intelligence (AI), and ...

Chase will become the new issuer of Apple Card over 24 months, with users keeping existing features and Mastercard benefits.

AI, invisible payments, and open finance will be among the defining themes in the banking sector in 2026, say industry ...