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Citi and Coinbase Move to Bring Stablecoin Payments to Checkout
Although institutional adoption of stablecoin technology is at an all-time high, business adoption remains one of the barriers to bringing...
Australia’s Ban on Debit and Credit Card Surcharges Takes Effect
For Australian shoppers, the extra charge for paying by card is about to disappear. Starting October 1, businesses across the...
Beyond the Hype: Where Stablecoins Deliver Real Value in Banking and Payments
Stablecoins are accelerating the shift toward instant, digital financial services. For community and regional banks, the key question is not...
Revolut Pilots Facial Recognition Payments at UK Coffee Shops
Facial recognition is moving from smartphone screens to the checkout counter, with UK fintech Revolut now trialing biometric payments at...
Sony Patents Tap-to-Pay for PlayStation
Sony has patented a PlayStation feature that would allow players to use a credit card to make purchases through the...
The First Privacy Coin ETP Launches in Europe
Privacy coins are making their way into mainstream investment markets. This week, 21Shares launched a Zcash exchange-traded product on Euronext...
Canada’s Banks Explore Tokenized Deposits for Greater Efficiency
Compliance concerns have been a major factor int the cautious approach many traditional financial institutions have taken toward crypto. At...
Global Banks Align to Map Out Agentic Commerce Principles
Even if broad consumer use of agentic shopping is not yet prevalent, much of the infrastructure needed to support it...
The K-Curve Hits Household Finance
A new Philadelphia Federal Reserve review points to two pressure points in consumer finance: mortgages are drifting further out of...
The Evolution of 3D Secure Puts it at the Center of Fraud Prevention
Today, consumers can buy almost anything with a few taps on a phone. But there was a time when entering...
New Central Data-Sharing Unit Takes Aim at Fraud
Fraudsters rarely operate within the boundaries of a single agency or jurisdiction, but the information needed to stop them often...
Apple Pay Inches Closer to India Launch with Axis Bank as Issuer
Differences of opinion with regulators have kept Apple Pay out of one of the world’s largest payments markets, but all...
