Tagged: europe

September 27, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymarket is intensifying talks with policymakers in London, Brussels and other European capitals in an effort to have its event contracts treated as financial instruments rather than wagers. The New York-based prediction market, now raising capital at a valuation above $20 billion, argues that a… Read More

September 26, 2026 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has formally begun work on whether its pan-European instant settlement platform can be joined to Brazil’s public real-time payment network. On 24 September 2026 the ECB Governing Council authorised a feasibility assessment of an interconnection between TARGET Instant Payment Settlement… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has called on EU policymakers to consider bringing crypto-asset lending within the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation as part of a wider review of the bloc’s digital asset rulebook. In its response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation, published on 24… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech founders who built one of Europe’s open banking platforms Tink have stepped back into the startup arena with a very different problem in mind: the constant work of staying compliant. Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg founded Stockholm-based Tink in 2012 and spent a… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether’s refusal to seek authorization under Europe’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework was driven by one reserve rule rather than a general objection to oversight. MiCA requires issuers of significant stablecoins to keep at least 60 percent of backing assets as deposits with commercial banks. Chief… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Eurosystem has taken a concrete step toward digital wholesale markets by launching Pontes, a service that lets tokenised asset trades settle in central bank money. The rollout is the first operational piece of a broader plan to keep official reserves at the centre of… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FintechOS has closed a $28 million package of equity and senior debt as it shifts from a period of operational tightening into a more aggressive expansion phase, with the United States as the main priority. The capital came from existing shareholders Bek Ventures, IFC, Cipio… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-based ETF data specialist ETFBook has closed a €4 million Series A round led by BlackFin Capital Partners, with participation from former Amundi ETF head Arnaud Llinas. The capital is intended to support product development, talent hiring, and geographic growth into the United States and… Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European payments group Nexi and Agentic Commerce Optimization specialist ReFiBuy have joined forces to help merchants stay visible as shoppers lean more heavily on AI assistants. Announced on 17 September 2026 from Milan and Raleigh, the collaboration aims to keep product catalogues ready for evaluation,… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Deutsche Bank says it will begin offering digital asset custody to institutional customers. In a corporate statement, the bank said that it would launch its digital asset custody solution this year. European clients will gain access to regulated custody services for “selected digital assets.” At… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuanian electronic money institution ConnectPay has turned the proprietary core banking stack it built for its own operations into a standalone commercial product. The platform, now branded Serdis, is being offered to other European EMIs and financial institutions that want cloud-native infrastructure they can run… Read More

September 15, 2026 @ 1:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brussels fintech Chift has closed a €10.5 million Series A round to expand the software “plumbing” that links Europe’s fragmented financial tools — and to make that plumbing usable by artificial intelligence as well as by traditional applications. The financing was led by BlackFin Capital… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US Bank (NYSE: USB) has completed a live internal pilot that moved value between its North American and European operations using USBDC, a dollar-backed stablecoin issued by the bank itself. The transfer was an intra-group payment rather than a customer transaction, and it ran on… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BVNK and Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) have joined forces to give companies a simpler way to turn stablecoins into everyday spending tools. The two firms announced a partnership that will let Marqeta clients add digital-dollar functionality to cards, wallets, and other financial products used by both… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 6:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rogue agents emanating from OpenAI hijacked a German website this last spring. According to Reuters, OpenAI filed a report with the European Commission about the incident, in another scary example of AI acting on its own. OECD.AI says the rogue agents gained control of the… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI has closed a major new financing that underscores Europe’s push for greater technological independence in the sector. The Paris-based firm said it has secured €3 billion in a Series D round that values the company at more than €21… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European wealth technology startups faced a steeper funding winter in the second quarter of 2026. Capital flowing into the sector contracted sharply from the $343.2 million raised in the opening three months of the year to $185.5 million between April and June, according to data… Read More

September 5, 2026 @ 1:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear and HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) have unveiled a partnership to introduce AutoFX, an automated foreign-exchange service aimed at helping securities-market participants handle the shift to shorter settlement cycles in Europe and the United Kingdom. The two organisations said the offering will fold currency conversion and… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Belgium’s National Bank has publicly identified Wise Europe SA, part of Wise Group PLC (NASDAQ: WSE), as the first firm named under a strengthened policy for disclosing anti-money laundering enforcement actions. The publications, dated 25 August 2026, mark the start of a more transparent approach… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut has introduced EURR, a digital asset designed to track the euro on a one-to-one basis. This euro-denominated stablecoin marks a significant step for the fintech company as it expands its offerings into regulated blockchain-based money. Aimed at bridging traditional finance with digital assets, EURR… Read More