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UK payments regulation is tightening, with FCA rules now requiring payment and e-money firms to reconcile customer funds every working day, report monthly and face annual audits, as the first audit cycle approaches. Card networks are also testing agentic payments: Visa and Mastercard programmes already let AI agents complete real card purchases, but liability for mistaken authorised purchases remains unresolved. Operational changes remain a risk for fintechs, as sponsor bank exits and processor changes reshape cases involving Mercury, Chime and the Apple Card.
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Panacea Financial wants doctors' card payments on the same platform as their bank accounts and loans, and says its volume has doubled in a year.
Marvin EvansNovember 3, 2026
Adyen's survey makes the case for paying small firms faster, and one of the platforms it names announced a Klarna payments partnership on the same day.
Marvin EvansNovember 3, 2026
FedNow and the RTP network both posted record quarters in 2026. The numbers show two very different rails, and a US market where instant payments are growing fast but remain small next to Pix in Brazil.
Charitarth SindhuNovember 1, 2026
Since 7 May 2026, UK payment and e-money firms have had to reconcile customer funds every working day, report monthly and face annual audits. Six months in, the first audit cycle is about to test whether firms are ready.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 31, 2026
AI agents can now complete real card purchases through Visa and Mastercard programmes. The harder question is who pays when an authorised agent buys the wrong thing.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 31, 2026
Sponsor bank exits and processor changes are reshaping fintech in 2026. The cases of Mercury, Chime and the Apple Card show where migrations break and how to plan an exit before you need one
Charitarth SindhuOctober 31, 2026
Paysafe has added Croatia, Bulgaria and Estonia to its PaysafeWallet rollout, completing coverage of the euro area. The wallet's real advantage is cash top-ups through the paysafecard network.
Marvin EvansOctober 30, 2026
A Censuswide survey for Payroc finds almost every software provider has lost revenue to payment integration friction. The vendor that paid for it sells the fix, which is worth keeping in mind.
Marvin EvansOctober 30, 2026
Adyen's third-quarter net revenue grew faster than in the first half, and platforms revenue rose 46%. In the same update, the payments company scrapped the margin target it had reaffirmed about eleven weeks earlier.
Marvin EvansOctober 29, 2026
PayPal raised its full-year profit outlook after a third quarter that beat its own July forecast, while growth in payment volume slowed sharply.
Marvin EvansOctober 28, 2026
Stripe launched Stripe pay for free, instant business-to-business transfers by profile handle. The fine print in Stripe's own docs narrows who can use it.
Marvin EvansOctober 28, 2026
Cross-border expansion rarely fails at the API. Three industry voices explain how licensing, settlement, FX and local payment methods catch payments companies out in a second country.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 27, 2026
Sales teams at Stripe and Toast, a graduate intake at Wise and a London spike: a week of Finjobsly's fintech hiring data, with the employers that just joined the tracker kept out of the count.
Marvin EvansOctober 27, 2026
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