Payments
OwlTing Group expands Visa collaboration
OwlTing Group has expanded its collaboration with Visa to support the use of Visa Direct within OwlPay’s payment infrastructure, enabling eligible US debit cardholders to acquire USDC stablecoin without...
Crypto Finance, AMINA and Incore Bank advance Google Cloud ledger pilot
Crypto Finance, AMINA and Incore Bank have completed the second stage of their payment‑infrastructure pilot on Google Cloud’s Universal Ledger.The development moves the initiative...
Ripple adds native digital asset tools to treasury platform
Ripple has added native digital asset functionality to its treasury management system (TMS), becoming the first provider to embed such capabilities directly into a...
Ripple to secure an Australian Financial Services License
Ripple has announced plans to obtain an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) through an acquisition to expand its regulated footprint in Asia Pacific.The license...
Euroclear debuts US Treasury service
Euroclear has launched a US Treasury Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) service for market participants operating in the US and settling USD transactions. The first trade was completed on 6 February...
Renew takes helm as BCB expands
BCB Group has appointed Tim Renew as chief executive, effective at the end of January 2026. Co-founder Oliver Tonkin will move into the role...
Archax partners with OpenPayd on institutional fiat settlement
Archax has entered a new partnership with financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd in a move designed to remove friction from fiat settlement across its global...
Ripple backs LMAX cross-asset strategy
LMAX Group, a cross-asset marketplace for FX and digital assets, and Ripple have partnered to accelerate the convergence of traditional and digital capital markets...
Ripple secures UK licences from FCA
Ripple has secured an EMI authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority, enabling it to scale its operations in the UK.The new regulatory permissions come...
Ripple lands first European bank deal with AMINA
Ripple has secured its first European bank adoption for its payments solution, with AMINA Bank announcing the integration of Ripple Payments as part of...
SWIFT, HSBC and Ant trial tokenised deposits over legacy network
Global finance is accelerating its shift towards a blockchain-enabled future after HSBC and Ant International successfully trialled cross-border payments using tokenised deposits over the...
ACI warns of industry illusion
The UK’s payments modernisation agenda is colliding with industry illusion, according to research by ACI Worldwide. ACI’s recent Payments in transition: Leadership in an era
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AMINA advances cloud payment infrastructure
AMINA Bank and Crypto Finance Group have completed a payment infrastructure pilot on the Google Cloud universal ledger (GCUL). The pilot programme demonstrates how...
Swift completes ISO 20022 migration
SWIFT has completed its migration to the ISO 20022 messaging standard, retiring the Message Type (MT) format for cross-border payments. The coexistence period for payment...
Citi and Swift trial digital currency settlement
Citi has completed a landmark trial with Swift to test fiat-to-digital currency settlement workflows, marking a pivotal step in bridging traditional finance with emerging...
DBS, JP Morgan Kinexys link tokenised deposits
DBS and Kinexys by JP Morgan have announced a landmark collaboration to develop an interoperability framework enabling interbank tokenised deposit transfers across multiple blockchains.The...