Plaid has introduced a series of product updates for August 2026, covering Open Finance, identity verification, credit underwriting, onboarding, and investment data enrichment.

Teya has been selected by the UK Financial Conduct Authority for its Scale-up Unit, providing tailored regulatory support.

Nvidia has partnered with Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR on a USD 500 billion AI infrastructure financing deal.

Revolut has obtained a full banking licence in France, granted by the European Central Bank following a joint review with the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

How Checkout.com and ACI Worldwide are helping merchants add acquiring capabilities faster, optimise authorisation rates, and reduce operational complexity.

Worldline and Lissi have partnered to launch a managed integration platform for EU digital identity wallets ahead of 2027 bank deadlines.

The OpenID Foundation has completed conformance test suites for OpenID4VP and OpenID4VCI under the HAIP for self-certification.

The SOLO Network has launched a bank reliance pilot with the US Treasury, FinCEN, OCC, and FDIC for reusable verification.

Stefan Sluijter, founder and CEO of Solance, argues banking swung from no scrutiny to months-long onboarding — the fix is judgement, not paperwork.

The Bank of England has launched Phase 2 of its Digital Pound Lab with NOBO Finance, Dun & Bradstreet, and Polygon Labs.

The EU has started reviewing its MiCA framework to address licensing barriers facing non-EU stablecoin issuers such as Tether and Circle.

Arthur Azizov, Founder of B2BROKER Group and B2BINPAY, analyses AI deployments in financial services and their impact on legacy fintech infrastructures.

Klarna has revamped its membership programme, removing service fees and increasing cashback and perks across four subscription tiers.

Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase have joined an initial group of around 60 banks adopting Swift's new cross-border payment framework.

N26 has integrated Wero, the digital wallet developed by the European Payments Initiative, into its app.

Credit Bank of Iraq has confirmed Apple Pay plans, while reports have pointed to an Apple Pay launch in India by October 2026.