Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
Nine in ten U.S. health providers now require or encourage patients to prepay for medical procedures, up sharply from 81% in 2025, reshaping the economics of care delivery.…
ByteDance secures a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 banks, ranking as Asia's second-largest financing deal of 2026, as lenders race to back the AI ambitions of the TikTok owner.…
The ECB's latest findings confirm cash remains the most widely accepted payment method across the euro area, defying digital payment momentum.…
ECB Executive Board Member Philip Lane addressed the closing ChaMP conference in Rome, signalling that artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering the landscape of monetary policy transmission.…
Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras addressed the 30th Annual Economist Government Roundtable in Athens, framing the debate on financing Europe and Greece's economic future.…
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Rohit Jain has outlined a vision for deep, resilient financial markets as a cornerstone of India's long-term development ambitions.…
Toronto-Dominion Bank has completed a live tokenized payment trial on Project Agorá, marking a pivotal step toward atomic settlement in regulated wholesale cross-border finance.…
A FATF report drawing on 45 countries finds informal hawala money networks have gone digital, exploiting crypto and fintech to conceal billions in illicit funds.…
American banks face mounting pressure to identify and block Iran-linked transactions as Tehran's front-company networks make compliance enforcement increasingly complex.…
A crypto trading downturn is shrinking stablecoin demand, and with it a growing source of buyers for U.S. government debt — complicating Treasury's debt strategy.…
Chilean crypto exchange Orionx has frozen customer withdrawals and announced a permanent shutdown following the discovery of a $7 million custody shortfall.…
A white hat hacker removed approximately 4,200 BTC worth $320M from the Liquid Network, exposing deep vulnerabilities in federated sidechain architecture.…