Australia's primary securities exchange has been ordered to hold $150 million in additional net tangible assets and submit to a comprehensive governance restructure after a nine-month independent inquiry found t hat ASX compromised the resilience of critical market infrastructure to sustain high shareholder returns. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission published the Inquiry Panel's Final Report on April 2, 2026, following an interim report and a strategic r

Bitget has launched a Visa -branded debit card across the Asia-Pacific region, giving users in eligible APAC jurisdictions the ability to spend cryptocurrency directly from their exchange accounts at tens of millions of merchants worldwide, without manual conversion or withdrawal steps. The card, built in partnership with payments infrastructure provider DeCard , went live on April 2, 2026. The product arrives as crypto-linked spending cards become an increasingly contested

Merchants operating across multiple payment rails have long faced a stubborn trade-off: breadth of payment options or depth of transaction intelligence. A new integration between Yaspa , the UK-based open banking specialist that raised a $12M Series B in July 2025, and Paysecure , which connects merchants to more than 500 acquirers and alternative payment met hods globally, is designed to eliminate that choice entirely. The two companies announced the partnership on April 2,

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its official media partnership with Dublin Tech Summit 2026 (DTS26), Europe's premier technology conference, taking place on 27–28 May 2026 at the RDS, Dublin, Ireland. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, DTS26 promises to be the most ambitious edition yet, and FinanceX Magazine will be there to bring the highlights, insights, and analysis directly to our readers. Attracting 8,000 attendees from 70 countries, alongside 200 international s

Revolut has cleared a pivotal regulatory hurdle in Latin America's sixth-largest economy, receiving an Organisation Authorisation from Peru's Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS), the first of two formal approvals required to launch as a fully licensed bank in the countr y. The clearance positions the London-based fintech, which serves over 70 million customers globally, to become Peru's first entirely digital bank once a subsequent Functional Authorisation a

A ngola's Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) is replacing its legacy core banking infrastructure with Finastra Essence , a cloud-first, open-API platform, in one of the most significant banking modernisation moves in sub-Saharan Africa this year. The upgrade extends a partnership between the two institutions that stretches back more than 15 years, and signals a broader acceleration of digital transformation across Angola's banking sector. BAI, one of Angola's largest fin

Wise has launched a full UK current account, directly challenging traditional retail banks with a product that combines multi-currency functionality, a 3.26% variable return on GBP balances, and zero hidden fees. The move is backed by substantial existing scale: the London-listed company already serves over 3 million active UK customers, who collectively hold more than £8 billion in Wise accounts. The product launch is a strategic escalation. Wise built its reputation on int

Bank integration and payment automation platform AccessPay has secured a majority investment from Accel-KKR , the global pri vate equity firm with over $10 billion in assets under management focused exclusively on enterprise software. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, positions the Manchester-based SaaS company to scale enterprise operations, develop new product lines, and pursue acquisitions. The timing is deliberate. CFOs are navigating compounding pressure: ti

ECB's Eurosystem Payments Strategy Draws the Line on Stablecoins, Tokenisation and the Digital Euro The European Central Bank has published its most comprehensive payments policy document to date, setting out exactly where it will draw the line between central bank money and private digital instruments, and what conditions private players must meet to participate in the future of European settlement. Released on 31 March 2026, the Eurosystem's payments strategy covers the f