Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
Singapore-based Ant International has secured a payment institution licence from Brazil's central bank, formalising its regulated foothold in Latin America's largest economy.…
The US Treasury has sanctioned a Turkish bank for allegedly financing Iran's terror network, a move with major implications for US-Turkey relations and regional financial stability.…
Philippine regulators have approved Mynt Inc.'s IPO, which could raise up to $1.6 billion and rank among the country's largest-ever stock market listings.…
WhatsApp has launched in-app household bill payments in India, powered by the Bharat Connect network and covering 22,722 billers across 30 categories.…
Itaú, Nubank, and Banco do Brasil now each offer more than a dozen tokens to retail clients — without touching crypto on their own balance sheets.…
Hong Kong's monetary authority has alerted the public to a surge in phishing scams that allow fraudsters to bind victims' payment cards to contactless mobile services without authorisation.…
Denis Beau of the Bank of France addressed CCP overseers in Amsterdam, outlining the dual landscape of emerging opportunities and mounting risks facing central counterparties globally.…
Regulation Crowdfunding posted a 9% jump in financial commitments in August even as investor count declined, signaling a shift in how retail capital is being deployed.…
Goldman Sachs built its elite talent pipeline on human mentorship. Now artificial intelligence is forcing the bank to rethink what that means.…
Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa D. Cook delivered remarks on the US and Alaskan economic outlook at the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation's 2026 Economic Luncheon.…
The Deutsche Bundesbank's Representative Office in New York City marks four decades of operations, underscoring the enduring importance of German-American central banking cooperation.…
As major banks race to hire Chief AI Officers, a deeper institutional habit is laid bare: the tendency to delegate strategic transformation rather than embed it.…