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The Bank of England is considering shelving plans for the creation of a digital pound amid growing scepticism over the project’s benefits.
22 July 2025
The Serious Fraud Office has frozen equivalent to £10,865.76 in Bitcoin and £289.30 USDC belonging to Richard Yeowart, a suspect in its ongoing investigation into collapsed outside broadcast company Arena TV.
Shares in Block rose on Monday as the Jack Dorsey-founded fintech joined the benchmark S&P 500 index.
21 July 2025
The European Central Bank is accelerating work on a digital euro to keep up with the "ambitious pace" set by EU leaders as the project's urgency increases in the face of geopolitical challenges including an increasingly hostile United States under Donald Trump.
Crypto platform Coinbase has rebranded its Wallet app as Base, consolidating payments, trading, chat and social features into a single, blockchain-based 'superapp'.
18 July 2025
Visa and Mastercard are facing another multi-billion pound UK class action lawsuit for allegedly unlawful interchange fees.
This week, the US House of Representatives also passed the Clarity Act and Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has provided details of its plans to bolster protections for buy now, pay later borrowers from next year.
OpenAI is planning to integrate a payment checkout system into ChatGPT in a bid to boost revenues, according to the Financial Times.
17 July 2025
UK fintech Wise is counting the cost of falling short of analysts' expectations after its latest quarterly results triggered a sharp fall in its share price despite a solid financial performance that saw most metrics increase.
Global Payments shares rose on Wednesday after media reports that activist investor Elliott Management has built up a stake in the fintech.
16 July 2025
Italian bank UniCredit has partnered Wise to develop an international payment service for retail customers.
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