Affirm settles in the UK
Affirm, an American FinTech specializing in fractional payments, has just announced its arrival on the UK market. It has taken a year of preparat...
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Adyen and SumUp enter into partnership to speed up payments
Adyen and SumUp have announced the creation of a partnership aimed at optimizing payments for SMEs. This is important news for the payments ecosy...
CFPB to regulate BNPL, considered akin to credit cards
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal agency responsible for protecting the financial interests of consumers in the USA, a...
Sezzle encourages financial responsibility with Payment Streaks
Sezzle, a US BNPL company, is launching Payment Streaks, a programme designed to encourage financial responsibility among its users. The aim is t...
Card payment now mandatory at electric vehicle charging stations
The deadlines linked to the Regulation respecting the deployment of an infrastructure for alternative fuels (AFIR) are materializing. Since April...
BNPL still on the radar of European authorities
Given the popularity of the concept and the potential risk of over-indebtedness, several countries are now closely studying the regulations relat...
Zopa acquires BNPL company DivideBuy
The fintech specialising in business lending signs its first ever acquisition following a £75m fundraising round, with this UK fintech spec...
In brief: UK government speeds up BNPL regulation
The eight-week consultation, which began on Tuesday 14 February and was announced by the UK Treasury, comes two years after the government announ...
Cryptoassets: the framework is tightening up
The joint committee has reached a compromise on the legal framework that will apply to crypto players from 1 July 2023. They will now be required...
NOBID consortium chosen for the payment component of the European digital identity wallet
NOBID, un consortium multinational d'experts en identité numérique, initialement d'origine nordique, a été s&...
Europe agrees to better regulate fragmented payments
Under discussion since last July, the representatives of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of the European Union have reach...
Feedback: Revolut exceeds 25 million customers
As the successful app pursues a all-important UK licence to continue its expansion, the Lithuanian neo-bank is enjoying record customer numbers a...
In brief: The European Union wants to make instant transfers compulsory
Four years after its introduction in 2018, the European Commission regrets that the adoption of instant payments is too slow. It has therefore ju...
Europe adopts MiCA regulation
The Council of the European Union published a briefing note on 5 October on the progress made on the adoption of the MiCA (Market in Crypto-Asset...
Sweep brings environmental responsibility to investment portfolios
A new player is committed to more environmentally responsible finance. Called Sweep, its positioning is distinguished firstly by its target, sinc...
Libeo and Docaposte, partners in invoice dematerialization
Business-to-business payment specialist Libeo has just announced its partnership with the digital subsidiary of La Poste Group, Docaposte. Their ...
In brief: US CFPB calls for BNPL regulation
The regulation of BNPL's activities is definitely getting tougher all over the world. A recent initiative in the United States confirms this ...
US-made PTR service being rolled out
The US Federal Reserve has just taken a (big) step forward in the area of payment initiation. It has just announced the upcoming launch of its ow...
New step in the harmonisation of the regulation of crypto-assets
Expected for several months now, harmonised legislation at European level is now taking shape in Europe. Supported by the European Central Bank, ...
Tink presents its settlement account
Swedish open-banking start-up Tink, which will be taken over by Visa in June 2021, has just announced the launch of a new service aimed at comple...
