Payments

The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment service providers, including Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas, to participate in its digital euro pilot —...

JP Morgan’s securities services business posted 17% revenue growth in the second quarter.It comes as the bank pushes deeper into tokenised assets through Kinexys,...

The world's biggest banks have lined up behind SWIFT's new blockchain-based ledger, with pilot participants highlighting a common theme: the need for real-time, 24/7...

Swift has activated its new blockchain-based ledger for live cross-border payment trials with 17 global banks. It comes as financial institutions increasingly modernize systems to...

BNY has launched enhanced stablecoin services allowing institutional clients to store and manage USDC. It comes as traditional financial institutions continue to use new technologies...

Archax has rolled out real‑time, second‑by‑second cash‑flow streaming for tokenised securities issued on the Hedera network, introducing automated interest payments in USDC that update...

Improving access to financial services has long been the goal of institutions across the digital assets industry. One of the main selling points of...

ClearBank Europe has launched its digital asset rails, a new capability enabling programmable liquidity for cross-border settlement. Now live, the service is being used by clients for cross-border payment flows,...

Mastercard Transaction Services has been granted a BitLicense by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The license introduces requirements regarding consumer protection, cybersecurity, financial...

Project Agorá has successfully demonstrated that a shared ledger can address many of the pain points it was set up to overcome, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which led the project.  A report published by BIS today confirmed that...

Visa has added five blockchains to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, expanding how issuers and acquirers can settle with the network.  The five new networks: Arc: An...

Last night, something remarkable happened at Shakespeare’s Globe.For the first time under the Capital Pioneer banner, we brought together the builders, innovators and visionaries...

For this week’s Pioneering Conversation, you’ll read the key takeaways from an insightful panel on building a ‘multi-moneyverse’ at the Innovate Finance Global Summit, the flagship event of UK FinTech Week.The...

The head of the Bank for International Settlements has said tokenisation, not today’s stablecoins, is the development most likely to reshape cross‑border payments and...

BCB Group has announced its integration with Circle Payments Network (CPN) to support fiat on- and off-ramp services for cross-border stablecoin transactions.  CPN, which is operated by Circle...

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...