Buy Now, Pay Later: Recent Developments and Implications
“Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) is a form of point-of-sale consumer financing that lets shoppers split a purchase…
Coinbase News: Coinbase Urges Federal Reserve to Open Payment Rails to Crypto Firms
Key Insights: Coinbase urges the Fed to grant crypto firms direct payment rail access through a limited special-purpose…
New reality calls for more EU debt – POLITICO
The European Central Bank’s policymakers, Nagel said in an interview on Friday, see “the benefits of creating a…
Quant Joins Bank of England Synchronisation Lab for Multi-Bank Treasury Testing
TLDR: Quant is testing synchronised multi-bank treasury operations in the Bank of England RT2 Lab. Treasury actions like…
Exclusive research: Big banks embrace the Fed, AI tools | PaymentsSource
American Banker’s 2026 Predictions Report For national bankers, while trust in the Federal Reserve and the promises of…
Fed’s Waller: ‘Everyone is yelling at me’ on skinny accounts
Key Insight: Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said fintechs want greater access to the Fed’s payment rails, while…
How a Brazilian digital bank is restructuring the fintech playbook – and why Wall Street is listening
From São Paulo to Wall Street… When a challenger bank born in São Paulo opts for Wall Street…
Payments in 2026 #5 – Agentic AI, Harry Eddis, Richard Hay, Frances Hodgkins, Olivia Murphy, Imran Bhaluani, Simon Treacy
This year firms will need to apply pre-AI regulation to their adoption of the latest technologies. Automating customer…
Universal launches first Central Bank approved USD stablecoin in UAE – Ledger Insights
Universal Digital has become the first foreign payment token issuer registered by the Central Bank of the UAE,…
FIS launches agentic AI suite to target banks | PaymentsSource
Key insights: FIS has completed its purchase of Global Payments’ card-issuing tech unit, while selling its merchant tech…
LG CNS demos deposit tokens for AI agentic payments in central bank trials – Ledger Insights
Korean IT service provider LG CNS has demonstrated an AI agentic payment system using deposit tokens. The demonstration…
Bundesbank’s Nagel: central bank business models are changing
Central bank business models are being forced to change as the economy digitalises, Joachim Nagel, Deutsche Bundesbank governor,…