WeLab, a pan-Asian fintech platform, has raised USD 220 million in its latest Series D funding round, marking one of the largest digital banking capital raise in Asia for 2025.

Nationwide Building Society has selected Moneyhub to provide transaction data enrichment and categorisation services for its UK customer base.

Teya has announced its partnership with YouLend in order to expand secure and efficient financing offers for merchants across the UK and Europe.

Agibank’s plans to access US public markets have been complicated by a regulatory intervention in Brazil that affects a core part of its lending operations.

The Paypers interviewed Kristian Gjerding, President Founder of CellPoint Digital, to discuss the major challenges in travel payments and which merchant strategies work best for ecommerce success.

Mastercard, Visa, and Revolut have failed to win a legal case against the UK’s payments regulator over its plans to introduce a cross-border card fees cap.

Revolut has introduced a new in-app capability developed to safeguard users from impersonation scams, further advancing its commitment to fighting fraud.

HSBC has agreed to pay a fine of nearly USD 312.9 million in connection with an investigation into accusations of tax fraud relating to dividend payments.

As card issuers seek to expand the range of benefits to their clients, recent research from CompoSecure and Capuchin Behavioural Science illustrates how metal cards increasingly align with premium financial services. By tapping into sensory cues and emotional drivers, issuers can optimise customer acquisition while fostering higher engagement and stronger brand awareness.  

European academics have warned Members of the European Parliament that ongoing political negotiations could weaken the proposed digital euro framework.

World Liberty Financial, the firm co-funded by Donald Trump, has applied for a US bank charter for one of its entities, allowing it to expand its USD1 stablecoin operations.

In this article, Oana Ifrim, Lead Editor at The Paypers, goes over the regulations expected to impact payments and fintech in 2026.

Europe-based payment services provider Worldline has released new capabilities to link AI agents to its global payment ecosystem and further advance agentic commerce.

The Payments Association has published the Payments Manifesto 2026, mentioning policy recommendations such as a call for social media companies to take on more responsibility in reducing fraud.