Europe

Edenred has entered a new partnership with Visa to build a stronger foothold in both commercial and consumer payment markets. The deal links Edenred’s experience in specific-purpose payment systems with Visa’s long-standing strength in digital payments. Under the agreement, Visa...

AXA Partners has formed a long-term partnership with bolttech, the global InsurTech company, to bring embedded insurance and assistance solutions to customers across the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The two firms are combining their strengths to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has laid out plans to back tokenisation in asset management, hoping to drive innovation and growth in the sector. Central to these plans is guidance that gives firms clearer direction and helps them adopt...

Deutsche Bank has announced the successful execution of its first euro-denominated cross-border payment on Partior's blockchain platform, a major milestone in the bank's digitalization with distributed ledger technology. The live transaction on blockchain was executed in collaboration with DBS,...

The Crisafulli Government in Australia’s Queensland is driving new opportunities when it comes to Queensland exporters by way of a major trade as well as an investment mission to the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and throughout Europe. ​The...

UBS, PostFinance and Sygnum have completed what is being described as a first for Switzerland’s banking industry: a legally binding interbank payment using tokenized bank deposits on a public blockchain. The pilot, supervised by the Swiss Bankers Association, explored...

European Union (EU) policymakers are accelerating efforts to advance the adoption of the digital euro across eurozone, according to reports, following the recent passage of a US stablecoin law that heightened concerns about the competitiveness of European digital currency. Earlier,...