Businesses have long relied on Paxos for trusted custodial infrastructure as they enter the on-chain financial economy.  Digital asset market adoption continues to accelerate and customers now require secure and modular custody solutions. This acquisition combines Paxos' decade-long expertise in regulated infrastructure and qualified custody with Fordefi's multi-party computation (MPC) wallet architecture, policy engine and deep decentralized finance integrations.

Public opinion on the future of pension tax relief is sharply divided, according to new research from PensionBee - with views split along age and income lines, and even unexpected support for reform among the highest earners.

With just six months until new UK payment safeguarding regulations take effect, more than three-quarters of financial firms remain in the early stages of preparation – or have yet to begin at all.

Napier AI, the London-based financial crime compliance technology provider, has extended its partnership with international payments firm FreemarketFX to help shape global money movement, while protecting it against money laundering.

Paysend, the global fintech innovator, and JetBlue, Dominican Republic’s largest airline, have joined forces to make remittances from the United States to the Dominican Republic even more rewarding. Through a new partnership with JetBlue’s TrueBlue loyalty program, customers who send money to the Dominican Republic using Paysend will earn 5,000 TrueBlue points when they transfer $100 or more between today, November 20, 2025, and March 30, 2026 - a one-time offer available to the US customers.

The days where payment tokenisation simply provides a tokenised, domain-controlled version of a payment account number appear to be diminishing fast. With international payment schemes now announcing advanced features such as agentic commerce based on verifiable credential standards, are we now on the brink of a golden age of payment tokenisation?  What are the implications of these new initiatives for the payment ecosystem? 

What has been announced?

For years, the payments industry has been on a seemingly unstoppable path toward global harmonisation, integration and alignment. The most recent poster child of this trend was the shift to the ISO 20022 messaging standard, which promised to unlock interoperability and seamless value movement across borders.

U.S. Bank, PwC, and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) unveiled a major step forward in making programmable money bank-grade: U.S. Bank is testing custom stablecoin issuance on the Stellar network.

The announcement was made on the U.S. Bank Money 20/20 podcast “The Tokenized Future of Banking.”

Denmark has long been recognised as one of Europe’s most forward-thinking insurance markets, combining a culture of innovation with a commitment to efficiency and customer experience. Building on this reputation, global no-code InsurTech INSTANDA has partnered with Copenhagen-based consultancy Process Factory. This collaboration brings together global technology leadership and local expertise to help Danish insurers and MGAs accelerate their digital ambitions.

The Agentic AI & Automation in Finance Summit brings together senior leaders across banking, payments, and financial services to explore how next-generation AI is transforming operational workflows, decision-making intelligence, and customer experience.

The discussion focuses on real-world applications of autonomous agents, generative intelligence, workflow orchestration, risk scoring automation, adaptive fraud controls, and fully digitized service models.