Fintech

The Fintech section covers the technologies, business models and regulatory developments reshaping Europe’s financial sector. From digital banking and payments innovation to blockchain infrastructure, open finance, embedded financial services and AI-driven automation, this category tracks the companies and trends driving the next wave of financial transformation.

Here you’ll find reporting on funding rounds, M&A deals, partnerships and product launches from Europe’s leading fintech firms, challenger banks, software providers and global payment platforms. We analyse how digital-first institutions are competing with traditional banks, how incumbents are modernising their tech stacks, and how evolving customer behaviour is accelerating the shift toward faster, more transparent and more personalised financial services.

Our coverage includes developments in payments, digital wallets, cross-border transfers, regtech, lending, insurtech, wealthtech, neobanking, and the rapid adoption of open banking and open finance frameworks across the EU and UK. We also explore how new regulations — from PSD3 and instant payments mandates to data-sharing rules and crypto-related supervision — are shaping product design, scaling strategies and market consolidation.

The Fintech section brings deeper insight into how AI and automation are transforming risk management, fraud detection, underwriting, credit decisioning and compliance — as well as how fintech infrastructure providers are powering embedded finance inside e-commerce, mobility, real estate, hospitality and other sectors.

Whether you work in banking, technology, investment or policy, this category offers a clear view of how European financial services are evolving — and where the most significant innovation is happening. Scroll below for the latest fintech news, analysis and interviews.