Press release: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today issued an interpretation clarifying how the federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and transactions involving crypto assets. This is a major step in the Commission’s efforts to provide greater clarity regarding the Commission’s treatment of crypto assets, and complements Congressional endeavors to codify a comprehensive market structure framework into statute. The Commodity Futures Trading Comm

Press release: The Account on File innovation makes Pay by Bank payments as effortless as Card on File, while maintaining the security, speed and cost benefits associated with Account-to-Account (A2A) payments. Token.io , the leading Pay by Bank infrastructure provider, today announces the launch of ‘Account on File’, a new feature that significantly enhances the convenience of Pay by Bank. The feature enables Payment Service Providers (PSPs) and merchants across the UK and

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its media partnership with Cybersec Europe 2026 , taking place on 20 - 21 May 2026 at Brussels Expo in Brussels, Belgium. The organizers describe the event as the Benelux’s largest cybersecurity event, bringing together thousands of professionals around the trends, technologies and challenges shaping the sector. This year’s edition is set to spotlight the issues shaping the next phase of enterprise and public-sector security strategy.

Press release: Cleafy , an Italian provider of fraud prevention technology for digital banking, has raised €12 million in a Series B round co-led by United Ventures and eCAPITAL , bringing total funding to €22 million. The Milan-based company serves more than 150 financial institutions across Europe and Latin America and protects over 250 million end users; clients include ING , BCC Iccrea Group , Illimity Bank , and BPS (Suisse) . Founded in 2014, Cleafy's technology proact

Press release: Now accessible to millions of PayPal consumers and merchants, PayPal USD helps provide stable purchasing power and enable lower-cost global commerce. PayPal today announced it is making PayPal USD (PYUSD) available in 70 markets worldwide in the PayPal account. This dollar-backed stablecoin enables users to send funds globally, with faster settlement and lower cost than traditional payment methods. As global commerce becomes increasingly digital, individuals

Press release: Mastercard today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BVNK , a leader in stablecoin infrastructure, for up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments. The deal further expands Mastercard’s end-to-end support of digital assets and value movement across currencies, rails and regions. Technology continuously evolves how value is exchanged between people and businesses. Digital assets powered by blockchain technology have the potential t

Press release: Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities across the financial services industry, helping institutions improve efficiency, insight, and decision-making. At Finastra , AI initiatives are already underway across engineering and product development to internal operations and customer-facing initiatives, helping teams work smarter and enabling new ways to support financial institutions around the world. As these efforts continue to expand, Finastra is t

Press release: In a breakthrough for global money movement, banks can now deliver instant payments to stablecoin wallets with their existing Swift connectivity, using Thunes’ Pay-to-Stablecoin-Wallets solution Thunes , the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today unveils a major breakthrough in cross-border payments by offering its Pay-to-Stablecoin-Wallets solution to banks globally through their existing Swift connectivity. This innovation unlocks a new er

Press release: Combination creates industry’s first AI-native operations and analytics platform for institutional digital-asset portfolios, uniting MG Stover’s reconciled data foundation with Asymmetric’s portfolio intelligence and engineering team MG Stover LLC , a pioneer in institutional digital-asset technology and services, today announced it has acquired Asymmetric Information, Inc. , an AI-powered portfolio and risk analytics firm serving institutional crypto investors