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Offline card payments soon to be possible in Switzerland

When making an offline card payment, the card reader records the transaction and transmits it once the connection is restored.

What makes or breaks the digital euro

These details look prosaic next to the future of public money.

UK fintech funding plummets to decade low, latest KPMG data finds

Total funding dropped to £1.8 billion in the first half of the year, though local AI and cybersecurity verticals outpace European rivals.

Banco Económico S.A. Bolivia Awarded the Best Bank Digital Transformation Bolivia 2026 by Global Banking & Finance Review

The award recognizes Banco Económico S.A.'s sustained efforts to modernize banking services through digital transformation initiatives that improve accessibility operational efficiency, and customer engagement.

Revolut applies for Finnish banking licence to support European expansion

If approved, the step would allow its 250,000 customers in Finland to use IBANs and access services including paying domestic bills and receiving wages.

Mobile payments on the rise but cash decline slows

While cash use continues to decline, the data suggests that the fall is slowing and that notes and coins will remain an important payment option for many people a decade from now.

TerraPay and Deutsche Bank Expand Global Payment Connectivity

Through this collaboration, TerraPay gains access to Deutsche Bank's correspondent banking network, payments capabilities and foreign exchange services.

Mobile wallets gain traction in the UK

Users who adopt wallets typically become frequent users, and mobile contactless is increasingly replacing physical card contactless.

Second AI data centre planned for North Lanarkshire as growth zone gains £300m investment

Backed with more than £8 billion of private investment, the UK Government has said it could bring 3,400 jobs to the area over the coming years.

Advisers open to back-office AI but cautious on client money, finds GBST

Comfort falls when AI moves closer to decisions that directly affect client money, though even here more advisers are comfortable or undecided than opposed.

The regulator is ready. The board is not.

Maylis L'Hotellier looks at AI oversight in asset management

From Distribution to Anticipation: How Agentic AI Turns Bancassurance Into An Embedded Ecosystem

Agentic AI and personal financial agents could change that dynamic, shifting bancassurance from a transactional cross-sell channel to a proactive, embedded ecosystem that anticipates customer needs, simplifies execution, and creates value.

Powering AI Through Grid-Positive Data Centers

How flexible data center connections and operations accelerate energization and lower total system costs — a Northwest Europe perspective

How AI is transforming EU public procurement transparency

Yet for decades, this vast expenditure has been managed through fragmented, localised systems that often lack transparency, leaving the process vulnerable to inefficiency, fraud, and corruption.

EU Crypto Regulation Crackdown Fuels Surge in Scams—Regulator Impersonation Alerts Issued

This large-scale migration process itself became an attack surface for scammers.

The AI boom: rational enthusiasm or the next dot-com bubble?

A sharp stock market correction would have severe consequences for the euro area, through two channels.

Ingenico secures €150 million in fresh capital

The investment will be used to accelerate product innovation and raise the bar on customer excellence, in line with the company’s long-standing reputation for quality, durability, trusted local service, and support.

Digital platform and unlisted assets: What Mirabaud upgraded

Louis Fauchier-Magnan reveals private assets and Western expansion are hot topics at Mirabaud.

Investing in the UK’s innovation hubs

While the investment world is focused on backing leading US innovators, the UK hosts a plethora of lesser-known players, particularly in the healthtech sector

UK parliamentarians question banks over refusal to provide services to crypto firms

The letter says that "we have heard of repeated instances where crypto and digital asset firms have struggled to open accounts with UK banks.

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