SumUp Launches Its Simplest And Most Durable Card Reader Yet - Solo Lite Now Available In The UK
- 3 days 52 min ago
- Infrastructure
Global fintech SumUp has launched its latest innovation in the UK, the Solo Lite card reader, now available to merchants across Europe. Solo Lite empowers small businesses and entrepreneurs with a cost effective, portable, reliable, and easy-to-use payment solution. A one time device cost of £25 and a small fee for every transaction makes it an ideal starter device for entrepreneurs.
Vault Selects Thredd as Strategic Issuer Processing Partner for Australia and UK Expansion
- 3 days 1 hour ago
- Payments
Thredd, the leading next-generation global payments processor, today announced that Vault Payment Solutions, Australia’s leading provider of secure card payments, has selected Thredd to power its expansion into new regions on Mastercard’s global network. The partnership will support Vault’s launch of new prepaid, debit, and private-label card programmes in Australia and the United Kingdom.
PayPal Appoints Enrique Lores as Chief Executive Officer and David W. Dorman as Independent Board Chair
- 3 days 2 hours ago
- People Moves
PayPal Holdings Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Enrique Lores as President and CEO, effective March 1, 2026. Lores, who has served on the PayPal Board for nearly five years and as Board Chair since July 2024, succeeds Alex Chriss. To ensure a seamless transition, Jamie Miller, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, will serve as Interim CEO until Lores assumes the role. David W. Dorman has been appointed as...
Volante Technologies Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms
- 3 days 2 hours ago
- Payments
Volante Technologies, the global leader in Payments as a Service (PaaS), today announced its recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Banking Payment Hub Platforms, which evaluates vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. In Volante’s view, Gartner positioned them as a Leader based on their capacity to support enterprise-scale payment processing in banks and financial institutions across multiple...
Capco and Taurus Partner to Accelerate Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets across Continental Europe
- 3 days 2 hours ago
- Asset Management
Global management and technology consultancy Capco, a Wipro company, today announced a strategic partnership with Taurus SA, a leader in enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure. The new partnership will see Capco acting as Taurus’ implementation and integration partner in Continental Europe, supporting financial institutions as they deploy and integrate Taurus’ digital asset infrastructure within existing banking and capital markets...
myTU and Intrepid Fox Partner to Bring AI Agents to Business Banking Onboarding
- 3 days 3 hours ago
- Banking
myTU, an AI-native, cloud-first digital bank headquartered in Lithuania, has partnered with Intrepid Fox, a London-based AI-powered Know Your Business platform, to accelerate and simplify business onboarding for companies operating across the European Economic Area.
BBVA Joins Qivalis Banking Consortium to Advance Launch of Regulated Euro Stablecoin
- 3 days 3 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) has officially joined Qivalis, a consortium of leading European banks working to establish a MiCAR-compliant euro-stablecoin issuer, currently progressing towards authorisation by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). The consortium now comprises twelve European banks: Banca Sella, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit.
Supermicro Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results
- 3 days 3 hours ago
- Infrastructure
Super Micro Computer, Inc., a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced unaudited financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended December 31, 2025. Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Highlights
Bolt Expands Its SuperApp With Embedded Investing Through Atomic
- 3 days 3 hours ago
- Investment
Bolt, the checkout, identity and payments leader powering faster, smarter commerce, today announced a multi-year partnership with Atomic to bring embedded investing capabilities to the Bolt SuperApp. Through the partnership, Bolt will offer consumers the ability to open brokerage accounts, trade stocks and ETFs and invest through automated managed portfolios directly within the Bolt experience.
Visa Acceptance Platform Now Supports Tap to Pay on iPhone, Boosting Contactless Acceptance for Merchants
- 3 days 4 hours ago
- Payments
Visa, a world leader in payments, has introduced a software development kit (SDK) that enables Visa Acceptance Platform clients to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone.
Cytora and Altitude Intelligence Partner to Embed Advanced Geospatial and Climate Risk Intelligence into Insurance Workflows
- 3 days 4 hours ago
- Insurtech
Cytora, the digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Altitude Intelligence, a provider of specialized intelligence-as-a-service capabilities. This collaboration integrates Altitude Intelligence’s advanced geospatial (GEOINT) and multi-source fusion data directly into the Cytora platform, allowing commercial insurers to automatically enrich submissions with granular climate and location-based insights at the...
8 in 10 British Muslims Suffer “Financial Faith Penalty”: Offa National Survey Report
- 3 days 4 hours ago
- Personal Finance
A new report by Islamic home finance fintech firm Offa, based on a national survey of 3,000 people, reveals that British Muslims are suffering a “financial faith penalty”, with 8 in 10 saying their home finance choices are restricted due to their faith.
Backbase Appoints Jodi Slomp as Chief People Officer as it Transitions to AI-native Operations
- 3 days 4 hours ago
- People Moves
Backbase, the global leader in AI-powered banking technology, announces the appointment of Jodi Slomp as Chief People Officer (CPO). Slomp brings deep people and culture leadership experience from high-growth technology companies. She joins Backbase at a pivotal moment as the company accelerates its mission to put bankers in the driver's seat of the AI revolution.
Bitso Business Announces Second Edition of “The Push,” the First Global Stablecoin Startup Accelerator
- 3 days 4 hours ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Building on the success of its inaugural cohort, Bitso Business, the B2B arm of Bitso that provides infrastructure for efficient and transparent local and cross-border payments, today announced the launch of the second edition of The Push, its global stablecoin-focused startup accelerator designed to support founders building the next generation of financial infrastructure for Latin America.
One Inc Unveils Model Context Protocol to Accelerate Insurance Payments Integration and Secure AI Data Access
- 3 days 4 hours ago
- Insurtech
One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced new AI-driven capabilities designed to accelerate how insurance carriers integrate with One Inc and securely analyze and manage payments data. Central to this innovation is Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open protocol that leverages a client’s own corporate LLM-based AI assistants, including Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, and others, to...
