Britons are being held back from investing by a lack of financial education, according to new research by high-growth retail trading platform, Capital.com.  The research, titled Fear or Fortune? , found that eight in 10 adults feel too nervous to invest, with confusion and misinformation emerging as the biggest barriers to participation.

Mastercard and Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, have teamed up to accelerate global money movement for banks, payment service providers and end-users by expanding stablecoin wallet payout capabilities. Through this strategic collaboration, announced at the Singapore Fintech Festival, Mastercard Move will enable near-instant payouts to stablecoin wallets via Thunes’ Direct Global Network, harnessing the speed, liquidity, and 24/7 availability of regulated stablecoins. 

Kyriba, the global leader in liquidity performance, is expanding operations in Brazil as part of its increased focus on Latin America to meet the urgent call from CFOs for strengthened cash visibility amid continued currency volatility.

The Cincinnati Bengals have selected Shift4 , the leader in integrated payments and commerce technology, to modernize and streamline transactions across Paycor Stadium.

Clay Technologies (Clay), a platform that helps tech-enabled businesses set up and fund own-label lending programmes, and Pepper Advantage, a global credit management and technology company, announced the launch of Paydown.com – a mobile‑first lending platform that enables borrowers to consolidate their existing credit cards, overdrafts, and other high‑interest debt into a single, lower rate personal loan – helping them save on interest and pay down debt faster.

Instantly settling a restaurant bill with friends from Portugal, Spain, Italy or the Nordic countries? Soon, this will be possible. During the Web Summit 2025 conference in Lisbon, the very first test peer-to-peer (P2P) transaction involving BLIK users was presented. A transfer was sent from the Portuguese system MB WAY to a Santander Bank Polska customer whose phone number is registered with the BLIK service.

Eurobank, in strategic partnership with Fairfax Digital Services (a Fairfax company), today announced a landmark AI initiative, supported by EY and Microsoft, to accelerate its AI-powered transformation. This initiative brings together global technology leaders and financial services experts to position Eurobank as a first mover in agentic AI adoption across the banking sector. Agentic AI refers to systems that act with autonomy, learning and adapting to deliver intelligent outcomes — a leap beyond traditional automation.

TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service (IaaS), has today announced it has been granted a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Saxo UK, the leading global platform for online trading and investing, has partnered with Female Invest to mark 50 years since women in the UK gained the right to open a bank account without a man’s permission.

The collaboration forms part of “A Seat at the Table”, a powerful new public installation in London that celebrates progress towards financial equality while underlining how much further there is to go.

One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced that the Mutual Benefit Group (MBG) has successfully implemented One Inc’s ClaimsPay® platform to enhance outbound disbursements. The adoption of ClaimsPay is MBG’s latest step forward in providing its policyholders with the optimal tools for the critical moments when fast and seamless claims payments are needed.