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Mastercard says it will expand network settlement options so issuers and acquirers can choose how and when they settle transactions. The planned capabilities include stablecoin settlement and timing options such as intraday, weekend and holiday settlement across both fiat and on-chain rails.
12:01 AMPYMNTSA House of Lords committee is urging the Bank of England to loosen proposed stablecoin rules. It warns the UK is falling behind the US and EU in building a workable stablecoin regime.
2:16 PMFinextraRevolut plans to add stablecoin access to its prospective US banking offering. It also aims to offer FDIC-backed products such as high-yield and checking accounts.
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Mastercard says it will expand network settlement options so issuers and acquirers can choose how and when they settle transactions. The planned capabilities include stablecoin settlement and timing options such as intraday, weekend and holiday settlement across both fiat and on-chain rails.
Why it matters
Faster and more flexible settlement changes liquidity needs, risk management, and economics across the card stack, and brings stablecoins closer to mainstream payment plumbing.
Summary
A House of Lords committee is urging the Bank of England to loosen proposed stablecoin rules. It warns the UK is falling behind the US and EU in building a workable stablecoin regime.
Why it matters
The UK’s stablecoin rulebook will determine whether regulated digital dollars scale through British payments rails or migrate to the US and EU.
Summary
Revolut plans to add stablecoin access to its prospective US banking offering. It also aims to offer FDIC-backed products such as high-yield and checking accounts.
Why it matters
If a major neobank bundles stablecoins with mainstream US accounts, it accelerates stablecoins from niche rails into everyday consumer finance.
A curated list of other prominent stories from this day.
The piece argues that stablecoins are not a novel monetary breakthrough but a modern replay of US-era wildcat banking: privately issued money that looks stable until confidence breaks. It frames current claims about programmable dollars and faster payments against familiar risks of runs, uneven reserves, and shadow-bank style maturity and liquidity mismatch.
5:11 PMPYMNTSPayments Canada approved 15 new members, including credit unions and fintechs like Ebury, Shaype, and Newton Crypto. The additions expand the range of institutions that can participate in Canada’s payments ecosystem.
9:57 AMFinextraStandard Chartered appointed Shebani Baweja as Group Chief Data Officer, effective immediately. She will lead the bank's group-level data agenda and governance.
9:35 AMFinextraING will extend Wero support to enable online shopping payments for its roughly 10 million customers in Germany. The move broadens Wero beyond person to person use into ecommerce checkout.
7:51 AMFinextraOpenFX agreed to acquire Dutch payment processor Embed. The deal gives OpenFX its first regulated footprint in the European Economic Area and the UK.
6:10 AMFinextraA new AppsFlyer report says UK finance app user acquisition is flattening while fraud is increasingly skewing marketing attribution and performance metrics. It finds competition is shifting from installs to keeping users active, with retention becoming the main battleground across banking and fintech apps.
5:33 AMFinextraPaypercut, a Bulgaria-based payments platform focused on Central and Eastern Europe, raised EUR5 million in a seed round co-led by Concentric, Passion Capital, and Araya Ventures. The funding positions the company to build out its product and expand regional coverage.
5:00 AMFinextraSummary
The piece argues that stablecoins are not a novel monetary breakthrough but a modern replay of US-era wildcat banking: privately issued money that looks stable until confidence breaks. It frames current claims about programmable dollars and faster payments against familiar risks of runs, uneven reserves, and shadow-bank style maturity and liquidity mismatch.
Why it matters
If regulators and markets treat stablecoins as private money prone to runs, the sector’s growth will hinge on bank-like safeguards rather than crypto-native innovation narratives.
Summary
Payments Canada approved 15 new members, including credit unions and fintechs like Ebury, Shaype, and Newton Crypto. The additions expand the range of institutions that can participate in Canada’s payments ecosystem.
Why it matters
Broader membership changes who can innovate on Canadian payment rails and who captures the next wave of payment and treasury revenue.
Summary
Standard Chartered appointed Shebani Baweja as Group Chief Data Officer, effective immediately. She will lead the bank's group-level data agenda and governance.
Why it matters
Banks that centralize data authority can move faster on AI and controls, but only if the CDO can force adoption across silos.
Summary
ING will extend Wero support to enable online shopping payments for its roughly 10 million customers in Germany. The move broadens Wero beyond person to person use into ecommerce checkout.
Why it matters
If Wero can win ecommerce acceptance through banks like ING, Europe gains a credible homegrown alternative for everyday online payments.
Summary
OpenFX agreed to acquire Dutch payment processor Embed. The deal gives OpenFX its first regulated footprint in the European Economic Area and the UK.
Why it matters
Regulated status in EEA and the UK can turn an FX infrastructure vendor into a full-stack cross-border payments competitor.
Summary
A new AppsFlyer report says UK finance app user acquisition is flattening while fraud is increasingly skewing marketing attribution and performance metrics. It finds competition is shifting from installs to keeping users active, with retention becoming the main battleground across banking and fintech apps.
Why it matters
When installs plateau and fraud muddies measurement, the firms with the best retention and cleanest data capture the next leg of UK fintech growth.
Summary
Paypercut, a Bulgaria-based payments platform focused on Central and Eastern Europe, raised EUR5 million in a seed round co-led by Concentric, Passion Capital, and Araya Ventures. The funding positions the company to build out its product and expand regional coverage.
Why it matters
Seed investors are still underwriting payments infrastructure plays when they offer clear regional wedge and expansion path into larger European flows.
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