Open banking stories
The service gives banks single-account access to instant cross-border transfers in four currencies, reducing the need for local banking ties and infrastructure.
The move puts AI agents at the heart of the bank software group's strategy as it targets faster service and more automated customer operations.
Corporate treasurers in Asia can now access cash, payments and lending data inside their own workflows as HSBC rolls out HSBCnio across multiple markets.
The acquisition broadens Stripe's financial services offering as demand for platform-based lending grows and small firms struggle to secure bank credit.
Banks could add faster, more transparent overseas transfers to digital apps without costly from-scratch integrations under the tie-up.
Banks in Asia Pacific can now send cross-border payments into retail wallets, as BNY taps rising demand for faster consumer payouts.
The finding highlights a trust gap that could slow AI adoption in payments, with only 22% of UK consumers willing to use it there.
The tie-up could help small firms spot cash-flow risks and growth opportunities faster, while keeping owners in control of any action.
It aims to cut app switching for British users by linking messaging, events, social content and peer-to-peer payments in one place.
Renters could keep earning card rewards as surcharges and platform changes push more landlords to drop credit card payments.
The no-code tool could speed up cash flow for tradespeople and sole traders who usually invoice after a job, with funds often arriving within one business day.
For many owners, routine finance tasks are now eating into hiring, investment and growth plans as fragmented tools add to stress.
The rollout broadens Apple's reach into India's fast-growing cashless market, but only Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit card holders can use it at first.
The surcharge ban could squeeze merchants' margins unless they shift customers towards cheaper account-to-account payments, Hello Clever says.
Banks and payment firms could gain tighter onboarding checks as the pair combine mobile network signals with identity datasets to spot fraud.
Canadian merchants will gain a lower-cost bank-based checkout option as Global Payments broadens payments choice across thousands of sites nationwide.
UK merchants can now offer bank-based checkout across 27 European markets, as Brite enters one of the region's most mature open banking hubs.
Customers will soon get a new mobile-first current and savings account option, as DingoBlu lines up MVB to provide the regulated banking rails.
Canadians juggling travel and overseas payments may get lower-fee, everyday banking-style services as Wise adds chequing and local transfers.
Canada's payment overhaul could give remittance firms a route into domestic rails as Payments Canada opens membership to more providers.
