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Payments, neobanks, and the future of money.
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Madrid-based Talky Labs secured €1.5 million in pre-Seed funding, joining a wave of 2026 European investments in AI-driven accounting tools.
Tether's USDT still leads on global supply, but EU compliance rules under MiCA are reshaping where each stablecoin can operate.
Intuit has bought London- and New York-based Sequence, an AI startup automating billing and revenue management, in a sale reported to be worth around $200m.
The startup secured a $20M seed round led by Base10 Partners just three months after a $10M pre-seed, bringing total funding to $30M.
Barcelona-based ID Finance has secured €545 million in debt and equity to expand its consumer finance app Plazo, in one of Spain's larger recent fintech deals.
Ecobank plans to sign an agreement to join China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System on October 17 2026, joining a growing list of African lenders settling trade in yuan.
Airtel Money will list in London without SmartCash after a Nigerian central bank directive forced a stake transfer completed for $3 million.
The Paris- and London-based fintech secured roughly €80 million in a round led by NEA, bringing its total funding to about €106.7 million.
Pesa has launched an Australia corridor, allowing customers to send money between Australia, Nigeria, and other markets under AUSTRAC authorisation.
The Paris- and London-based tokenised cash fund platform closed a $90 million Series B led by NEA, lifting its total funding to around $120 million.
The Romania-founded, London-headquartered fintech will use the funds to expand in the US, win European clients, and scale its AI technology.
The Romania-founded, London-headquartered B2B software firm says it reached profitability in the first half of 2026, driven by US growth.
The UK digital bank is rolling out an AI-powered assistant that lets customers make payments and manage money by voice or chat.
The Ghanaian arm of Uruguayan payments firm dLocal has secured an Enhanced Payment Service Provider licence from the Bank of Ghana, allowing it to run more of its business locally.
The London-based growth debt manager exceeded its €500 million target, raising capital to back technology, life sciences and impact companies across Europe.
The South African digital distribution group is expanding into the power market through its energy unit, following the resolution of its Cell C write downs.
The fintech's new division, Revolut Research, will centre its proprietary AI work around PRAGMA, a finance model built with Nvidia.
The Swedish startup plans to expand insurer partnerships and launch in the Netherlands and the UK after closing a pre-Seed round led by Spintop Ventures.
The Dutch startup plans to launch a research unit, expand its accounting and tax teams, and enter new European markets in 2027.
The CBN says it intends to run observer nodes on blockchain networks carrying approved stablecoins, giving regulators a direct view of transactions.
Central Bank data shows ATM transaction volumes and values rising while Point-of-Sale usage declined year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026.
London-based payments firm Cashflows has taken a stake in Blackpool startup Tap & Go, uniting two female-led UK fintechs. The amount was not disclosed.
ECB board member Piero Cipollone described a three-layer threat to banks from digital payments and positioned the digital euro as the structural response.
Regional central bank governors have recommitted to a common East African currency by 2031, but member states remain far from meeting the required convergence criteria.
The fintech has won approval from France's ACPR and the European Central Bank as it expands its regulated presence across Western Europe.
Berlin's Moss reached a valuation above €1 billion with a €30 million Series C, while Washington DC-based Ordway raised $20 million to expand its AI billing platform.
South Africa's Nedbank has appointed Nikos Angelopoulos, formerly group CIO at MTN, as its new chief information officer, effective September 1.
As products and payments converge across operators, player trust is increasingly seen as the differentiator driving retention in Europe's growing online gambling sector.
The London-based digital bank has confirmed a fresh secondary share sale, letting staff cash in shares at a reported $115bn valuation.
A consortium of Stripe and Advent International has offered more than $53 billion for PayPal, one of the largest proposed fintech deals on record.
