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Payward Expands Banking Reach by Acquiring Finland’s Saldo

October 14, 2026
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Tokenization’s Faster Markets Could Come With a Liquidity Squeeze
Digital Payments // October 06, 2026

Watch more: TechReg Talks With Beatrice Fares of DG FISMA and Peter Kerstens of European Commission Tokenization promises to eliminate financial market friction, but it may take new friction to get there. The transition introduces a consequential trade-off. Removing intermediaries and settlement delays could also...

European Financial Groups Warn EU Caps Will Stifle Tokenized Assets
Cryptocurrency // September 11, 2026

The Association for the Development of Digital Assets (ADAN) and 27 partners across Europe are calling on European Union policymakers to authorize higher transaction volumes under the DLT Pilot Regime (DLTPR) within the European Commission’s Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP), ADAN said in a...

ChatGPT Faces Greater Regulatory Oversight by EU
Legal & Regulation // August 31, 2026

  The European Union said ChatGPT qualifies for greater oversight by its antitrust regulator. OpenAI’s chatbot has been designated a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE) under Europe’s Digital Services Act, the European Commission said in a Monday (Aug. 31) press release. The commission also...

UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade
Investments // August 24, 2026

U.K. FinTech investments have reached a 10-year low amid an overall jump in funding. British financial technology firms took in around $2.5 billion during the first six months of 2026, a two-thirds decline from the previous year, according to the latest edition of KPMG’s Pulse...

Interviews & Exclusives
Tokenization’s Faster Markets Could Come With a Liquidity Squeeze

October 06, 2026
Watch more: TechReg Talks With Beatrice Fares of DG FISMA and Peter Kerstens of European Commission Tokenization promises to eliminate financial market friction, but it may take new friction to get there. The transition introduces a consequential trade-off. Removing intermediaries and settlement delays could also eliminate mechanisms that financial institutions rely on to manage liquidity, […]

Europe’s Banks Get a Real-Time Reality Check

May 25, 2026
Europe’s instant payments agenda has crossed a threshold. The rails are largely in place. Now institutions face the harder task of rewiring everything around them. That’s the central finding of...

Virtual Cards Target Europe’s Business Payments Bottleneck

March 11, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Boost Payment Solutions’ Rene Stynen At first glance, Europe appears to have solved one of modern finance’s most stubborn problems: moving money. Compared with...

Meta, Klarna and Spotify Join Call for EU Regulations for AI

September 25, 2024
As European tech leaders urge regulatory clarity to stay competitive in artificial intelligence, New York lawmakers contemplate stricter controls, highlighting the global struggle to balance innovation and oversight. Meanwhile, industry...

Quick Reads
Payward Expands Banking Reach by Acquiring Finland’s Saldo

October 14, 2026
Kraken parent company Payward is expanding its banking efforts by acquiring Finland-based Saldo Bank. Payward says the deal, announced Wednesday (Oct. 14), marks the next step in the development of Payward Banking, which it calls the “money layer” of the company’s financial infrastructure platform.  “Payward Banking is not a new ambition — it is a […]

European Financial Groups Warn EU Caps Will Stifle Tokenized Assets

September 11, 2026
The Association for the Development of Digital Assets (ADAN) and 27 partners across Europe are calling on European Union policymakers to authorize higher transaction volumes under the DLT Pilot Regime...

ChatGPT Faces Greater Regulatory Oversight by EU

August 31, 2026
  The European Union said ChatGPT qualifies for greater oversight by its antitrust regulator. OpenAI’s chatbot has been designated a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE) under Europe’s Digital Services...

UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade

August 24, 2026
U.K. FinTech investments have reached a 10-year low amid an overall jump in funding. British financial technology firms took in around $2.5 billion during the first six months of 2026,...