News, analysis, and market updates on crypto payments, stablecoins, fintech, regulation, and digital assets from Radom.
On 30 July 2026, Ecommpay said it went live as a payment connector within PayControl’s enterprise orchestration platform. The move matters because merchants keep adding acquiring options to improve routing control, resilience, and coverage without rebuilding their checkout stack.
A Bank for International Settlements pilot with JPMorgan, Citi, UBS and other banks tested real cross-border payments in tokenized money, pointing to faster settlement and tighter payment tracking for international finance teams.
Embat has launched a new banking product on 27 July 2026 to bring cash management, international payments, collections, FX hedging and account reconciliation into one workflow for finance teams.
Luno is cutting about 20% of its global workforce after weaker retail trading and a year of automation changed how the exchange is staffed. The move underlines how crypto firms are shifting toward leaner operations and more B2B revenue.
Brale says its new ION Protocol is designed to move custom stablecoins across blockchains without pre-funding liquidity on every chain, a sign that stablecoin payments are becoming more fragmented and more operationally demanding.
The FCA says operational resilience is now a network problem, not just a firm-level one, because banks and payment firms rely on common third-party providers.
Morgan Stanley launched exchange-traded products tied to ether and solana on July 28, extending its crypto lineup after the early traction of its bitcoin fund and signaling that investor demand is moving beyond one asset.
The UK Open Banking ecosystem has crossed one billion payments and 100 billion API calls. For finance and payments teams, the milestone matters because bank-led payment flows are now a routine part of checkout, funding, and reconciliation design.
Mirae Asset says its newly acquired Korbit exchange will become an “intelligent investment platform,” a sign that exchanges are being repositioned around research, stablecoins, and connected asset workflows rather than only trading volumes.
MoonPay launched PayBox on July 29, 2026, a payment vault for AI agents that keeps the transaction inside the conversation. The move points to a new operational problem for payment teams: how to authorize, track, and control agent-led value movement.
