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Image for Pix at five years: how Brazil built one of the world’s most advanced public payments infrastructures - and why other countries are paying attention
Banking

Pix at five years: how Brazil built one of the world’s most advanced public payments infrastructures - and why other countries are paying attention

São Paulo, Brazil - 3rd February 2026:  A new report released today by financial innovation consulta...

5th February, 2026

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Finance

Building a Digital Firewall Against Invoice Fraud and Duplicate Payments

Finance teams know that payment errors are more than operational noise. A single duplicate payment,...

3rd February, 2026

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Banking

Idle Stablecoins Are Becoming a Systemic Efficiency Problem — and Banks Should Pay Attention

By Betsabe Botaitis, CFO at P2P.org

3rd February, 2026

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Finance

UK watchdog reports consumer savings of $215 million in premium finance

Feb 3 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said on Tuesday that consumers who pay monthly for th...

3rd February, 2026

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Finance

Bank of England to consult on alternatives to debit and credit cards

By David Milliken LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Monday that it will launch a...

2nd February, 2026

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Banking

Banking Without Boundaries: A More Practical Approach to Global Banking

As people’s lives become increasingly global, expectations of banking are changing too. Customers wa...

2nd February, 2026

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Finance

CAB Payments rejects sweetened takeover bid from Helios consortium

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Investment firm Helios Consortium has raised its take-private offer for CAB Paymen...

2nd February, 2026

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Finance

Digital euro to provide retail payments backbone Europe needs, ECB's Cipollone says

MILAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The euro zone needs to be self-sufficient in handling payments and the dig...

29th January, 2026

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Finance

Ukraine working with SpaceX to stop Russia from using Starlink to guide drones

By Max Hunder KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine is working with U.S. satellite firm SpaceX to resolve...

29th January, 2026

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Finance

EU needs digital euro to become independent from US, says EU's Dombrovskis

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The European Union needs to quickly create a digita...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

Spotify says it made record payout of more than $11 billion to music industry in 2025

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Spotify said on Wednesday it had paid out more than $11 billion to the music indu...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

Ryanair expects to offer free Wi-Fi in 3-5 years as technology improves

By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ryanair expects to offer free Wi-F...

28th January, 2026