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Ezequiel Canestrari reposted thisEzequiel Canestrari reposted thisIn the past months, I’ve been spending more time on stablecoins, and many of my conversations keep leading back to this topic. At FIBE Berlin, I had the opportunity to share the stage with Ezequiel Canestrari, former Chief Operating Officer at ClearBank Europe, Patrick Hansen, Senior Director EU Strategy & Policy at Circle, and Ramzi Amairi, Director Tech Coverage Fintech & Digital Assets at Natixis. https://lnkd.in/gBHGSTRM Takeaways: • Stablecoins have evolved from early crypto payments experiments into full-stack financial infrastructure, covering blockchain rails, issuance, and management rather than just a token layer. • Regulatory frameworks (MiCA in Europe, GENIUS in the US) are the main institutional trigger: they shift stablecoins from crypto experimentation into regulated finance and attract banks and traditional financial institutions. • A key structural issue under MiCA is dual classification (crypto asset + e-money token), which forces some players to hold both crypto and payments licences, creating regulatory duplication and operational friction. • Euro stablecoins remain small but are the only non-US segment showing consistent growth, with the strongest potential in cross-border payments and treasury operations rather than retail use. • Banks are not uniformly adopting; most are still in defensive mode. Approaches vary between consortium-building, internal stablecoin development, and technology exploration to protect deposits and fee-based models. • The current user experience gap is significant: stablecoins are still accessed via crypto exchanges or wallets, while the intended end-state is seamless integration into traditional payment rails (SEPA, SWIFT-like flows). • Real adoption today is concentrated in: cross-border payments corporate treasury and cash pooling early fintech and startup usage crypto capital markets (trading, DeFi, lending) • Usage pattern is bifurcated: store-of-value and capital markets in crypto-native ecosystems vs emerging B2B payment efficiency use cases in traditional finance. • Geographic inefficiencies (e.g., long settlement times and high costs in some corridors) are a key driver of adoption, making stablecoins functionally competitive with legacy rails. • Longer-term trajectory: stablecoins are positioned as settlement infrastructure for fiat money, with adoption likely accelerating once major global platforms and corporates integrate them at scale.
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Ezequiel Canestrari reposted thisEzequiel Canestrari reposted thisThe EU AI Act just got simplified. Bias detection just got stronger. The market read this week's Digital Omnibus as a retreat. It wasn't. While the deadline for high-risk AI obligations moved to December 2027, Brussels quietly did something else: expanded the legal basis for bias detection and mitigation across the entire AI Act. The mandate grew. Three things that are true right now: -High-risk AI obligations (credit, KYC, biometrics) move to December 2027. More runway, not less responsibility. -Transparency for consumer-facing AI — chatbots, AI disclosure — remains August 2, 2026. If your product talks to customers, that clock has not moved. -Bias detection obligations were extended, not weakened. This is now infrastructure-level regulation. And in the US, state enforcement isn't waiting for Washington. Massachusetts settled an AI fair lending case in 2025. NYDFS is active. The direction of travel is clear. Here is what no one is saying clearly enough: this regulation is pointing at a technical infrastructure problem. When certain users are underrepresented in your knowledge base, your model doesn't have the context to serve them accurately. It doesn't fail loudly. It just returns a worse answer, quietly, at scale. Our benchmark study found €30M to €47M in annual revenue leakage at a typical Tier 2 bank from this exact problem. I call it the Context Gap. Context is not a courtesy. It is the precondition for accuracy. The gap is not a values question. It is a yield question. Kindlee (Techstars '24) is the infrastructure that closes it. Zero PII. Compliance is how we find the problem. Revenue recovery is what happens when you fix it. I wrote the full regulatory and technical analysis - including what's actually happening at the retrieval layer and why this matters well beyond fintech- on Substack. Link in comments. If you are building RAG pipelines in regulated industries, deploying customer-facing AI, or investing in this infrastructure layer -where is the context gap in your AI system, and what would closing it be worth? #EUAIAct #AIInfrastructure #ContextGap #RAG #FintechAI #ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #ModelAccuracy #AIBias #USAIRegulation European Commission De Nederlandsche Bank Autoriteit Financiële Markten World Economic Forum
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Ezequiel Canestrari shared thisOver the past 8 years, I’ve had the privilege of being part of building and scaling two credit institutions at ClearBank. When I joined, ClearBank was still early in its journey. Titles mattered less than the opportunity to build something meaningful, and that’s exactly what drew me in. Most recently, I’ve been focused on launching and scaling ClearBank Europe from the ground up. From our very first interactions with De Nederlandsche Bank, to submitting the licence application, to processing our first transaction, it has been a journey defined by challenge, pace, and a lot of learning. Since launch, we’ve grown from zero to supporting 40 customers, including some impressive names, operating across more than 25 countries and processing millions of transactions within the first few months. Along the way, we built a team of 30+ talented people, opened our first branch in France, and became the first Dutch bank to secure MiCA authorisation as a CASP. I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together. Thank you! And even more grateful to everyone, past and present, across the UK and Europe who has been part of this journey. There were moments that tested us more than expected, but also moments that reminded me why I enjoy building in this space so much. I’ve had the chance to work alongside some of the best minds in the industry, and I’ve learned a great deal from all of you. Now, onto the next chapter. I’m looking forward to what’s ahead, continuing to build with the same focus on innovation and challenging the status quo. #banking #fintech #leadership #building #europe
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Ezequiel Canestrari reposted thisEzequiel Canestrari reposted thisThey say your network is your net worth, but I believe it’s the shared values within that network that truly matter. I first met Ezequiel Canestrari last year while moderating a panel for the #RiseUp #Amplify program at Money20/20. We were both there to mentor the next generation of leaders, but we quickly realized we shared a much deeper story. As Latin American immigrants, we both know the weight and the wonder of reinventing yourself in a new land. We understand that "excellence" isn’t just a goal—it is a necessity to break through. We share a drive fueled by resilience and a conviction that the best way to predict the future is to build it responsibly. That is why I am incredibly proud to announce that Ezequiel is joining Kindlee (Techstars '24) as a Strategic Advisor. 🚀 Ezequiel is a true master of his craft. He has spent almost two decades being the "scaling catalyst" for global firms. Most notably, as the COO of ClearBank, he didn't just manage growth; he architected the operational backbone that transformed it into a global fintech powerhouse and one of the world’s strongest clearing banks. From his leadership roles at Elavon to his work with Turner (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc), Ezequiel has consistently proven that he knows exactly how to navigate the intersection of complex regulation and hyper-growth. As a startup investor and advisor, he leads with exemplary integrity, clarity and velocity, precisely the values we strive for at Kindlee. Having him in our corner is a game-changer. Ezequiel is a deep believer in our mission: to ensure that AI adoption in Fintech and regulated industries is fair, profitable, and technically innovative. His expertise gives us a "clear map to success" as we scale Kindlee to meet the demands of the world's most rigorous financial environments. Ezequiel Canestrari, we are so lucky to have your brilliance, your grit, and your heart on this journey. Let’s show the world what happens when resilience meets responsible innovation. #FounderJourney #LatinosInTech #Kindlee #Techstars24 #ResponsibleAI #Fintech #Scaling #Advisors
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Ezequiel Canestrari reposted thisEzequiel Canestrari reposted thisThat’s a wrap on Money20/20 Asia! 🙌 What an incredible few days in Bangkok – packed with standout conversations, new connections and a real buzz around the future of payments. One of the highlights for us was announcing two new client partnerships with YeePay and Tazapay, strengthening connectivity between Asia and Europe and supporting businesses as they scale confidently across borders. 🚀 A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by. If you didn’t get the chance to speak with our team, get in touch with us at hello@clear.bank. Next up 👉 Money20/20 Europe, 2-4 June in Amsterdam! See you there.
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Ezequiel Canestrari reposted thisEzequiel Canestrari reposted thisThe second panel moderated by our colleague Oana Ifrim took a deep dive into stablecoins and infrastructure with this great lineup of speakers: Ezequiel Canestrari (ClearBank), Ramzi Amairi (Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking) and Patrick Hansen (Circle)
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Ezequiel Canestrari reposted thisEzequiel Canestrari reposted thisIs there a more trending topic than stablecoins right now? Gushed to see my colleague Oana Ifrim leading the deep dive into stablecoins and infrastructure with this great lineup of speakers: Ezequiel Canestrari (ClearBank Europe) Ramzi Amairi (Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking) and Patrick Hansen (Circle) #FIBE26 FIBE Berlin
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Ezequiel Canestrari shared thisGreat conversation with Fintech Garden on how fintech is evolving as part of Europe’s core financial infrastructure. We spoke about why regulation in Europe is no longer a barrier to innovation, but the foundation it’s built on. Frameworks like DORA and PSD3 make one thing clear: resilience, governance and trust are what unlock sustainable growth. At ClearBank, we see regulation not as friction, but as a foundation: embedded banking, open ecosystems and innovation only work when there’s a strong, regulated core underneath them. 🎧Thanks to Igor Tomych and his team team for the discussion 👇Ezequiel Canestrari shared thisWe just recorded episode 150 of Fintech Garden Podcast. And somewhere in the middle of the conversation, I had that familiar fintech feeling… “You don’t really understand your setup until it’s under pressure.” With Ezequiel Canestrari from ClearBank Europe, we didn’t talk about shiny launches. We talked about what happens after. When volume grows. When regulators start asking sharper questions. When investors look beyond the deck. ⚡ Speed gets you started 🧱 Infrastructure decides how long you last 🤝 A banking partner isn’t just a provider 🛡️ Resilience feels boring… until you need it If you’re building something serious in fintech, you’ll probably recognize parts of this conversation. It’s one of those episodes that feels less like content and more like a proper industry chat. Thanks for being part of the first 150 episodes. On to the next. Listen and watch now on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dACBKS33 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/d9WeTdfZ Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/dkrMF8cs #Fintech #EmbeddedBanking #DigitalBanking #Payments #FintechFounders #EuropeanFintech
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Ezequiel Canestrari shared thisA significant milestone for ClearBank as our first full year of ClearBank Europe is reflected in this Annual Report, while we also celebrate 10 years of ClearBank. Since fully launching in March 2025, we moved fast and delivered at scale: 21 new European clients, passported into 15 countries, and over a million payments a month by June. Personally proud of what the European team has achieved in such a short space of time. This was a genuinely collective effort across Europe and the UK. Can't thank everyone involved enough! Building a regulated bank and scaling it across Europe simultaneously is hard and this team did both, while contributing to a very strong year for ClearBank overall. This is just the beginning for ClearBank Europe!! 💪 Tristan Kirchner Pien Smeets Remco Maat Mark Fairless Emma HaganEzequiel Canestrari shared thisOur 2025 Group Annual Report and Accounts is now live - and what a year it was. 🎉 It’s been a period of real momentum: scaling our platform, expanding across Europe, and continuing to deliver innovative solutions that power our clients. Here are just a few highlights: 📈 Our third consecutive year of UK profitability 🤝 Strong growth at ClearBank Europe, with 21 new clients in its first full year 👏 Improving revenue quality driven by embedded banking ⭐ Launching services into the corporate sector and going live with our first client, PayCaptain The full report sets out how we’re building the banking and payments infrastructure that helps our clients scale, securely and at pace. Read more highlights and download the report today: https://lnkd.in/ehrixTeH
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Ezequiel Canestrari liked thisEzequiel Canestrari liked thisNice touch AccessPay this is cool and I am extremely grateful. See us Northerners are generous…. Many thanks Aimee Birch and I’m sure Jim Conning had a hand in this? Beer soon Jim…. Very nice suprise on a rainy Saturday.
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Ezequiel Canestrari reacted on thisEzequiel Canestrari reacted on thisOne of the strongest points from my conversation with David was that almost everything in fintech can eventually be replicated, but not everything can be replicated quickly, cheaply, or credibly. If a company has enough capital, enough engineers, and enough time, most product capabilities can be copied, and with AI now accelerating software development, the speed at which companies can build new features will only continue to increase. But that does not mean every moat disappears. In regulated financial services, the real defensibility often sits beneath the visible product layer, in the licenses that take years to obtain, the banking relationships that are built slowly, the trust earned through repeated execution, and the compliance and risk infrastructure that partners need to believe in before they allow you to move money at scale. This is an important distinction because fintech companies have spent years competing on user experience, onboarding speed, feature depth, and product design, all of which still matter, but may no longer be enough on their own when AI makes the act of building software dramatically faster. The harder question is not whether a competitor can copy your interface, but whether they can replicate your regulatory coverage, your partner network, your operational credibility, and the confidence that banks, regulators, and enterprise customers have in your ability to manage risk. AI may make the front end easier to build, but it does not instantly create trust. And in fintech, trust is still one of the hardest things to manufacture. #fintech Shiv PingPong Payments
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Ezequiel Canestrari reacted on thisEzequiel Canestrari reacted on thisDay 1 at BrightonSEO done. My first time here and it’s been a mixed bag. Some of the main sessions - or at least ones I attended - were generic and I’m surprised how many were thinly veiled product / service sells. Lots of problem statements but not so much in the way of answers. Of course AEO/GEO is still quite nascent but we have enough data now to get past the ‘what’s happening?’ and towards the ‘where’s is going?’ Turns out a high performing website with good content, structured logically gets you quite a long way. That said, lots to take away, noodle on, and implement. Some highlights: Kantar FS Breakout was insightful - practitioners openly discussing challenges, metrics…and Compliance. Shout out to Manisha Saggu Zoe Scott Stuart Ross and team at ClearBank for being such engaged collaborators. It makes such a difference. Rick Tousseyn for his expert YouTube breakdown, dissecting performance and impact on AI visibility in the real world. Also top notch Otter puns. I did know otters gift their favourite humans a rock! Finally, the Conductor team Fiona Nora McGovern and Keti Aptsiauri for another great lunch with so many other content and SEO professionals.
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Ezequiel Canestrari liked thisFor the curious….. In part an antidote to what has been a particularly challenging weekend in London, Dr Shereen offers up the opportunity to walk in her shoes and learn a thing or ten….. 👇🏽Ezequiel Canestrari liked thisYesterday I delivered a keynote at the Women in Policing conference called 30 Patterns of Harm: A Product of a Nervous System Shaped Under Pressure. It was the first time I had spoken publicly, and so personally, about the human being behind the work and what it cost me to produce it. Inspired by my keynote, this article explores an existential question: What if the very things that make someone exceptional in being able to examine organisations in a particular way are inseparable from what they had to become in order to survive them? Or, said more honestly, what if the things that allowed me to write 30 Patterns of Harm came from the skills I had to develop within environments, organisations and relationships where I never felt treated as a whole human being? Audio version available on all good podcasting platforms, but here is the Spotify link: https://lnkd.in/e7uV_en9 Thanks for reading.Black Women: Who Would You Have Become If Survival Wasn't Your Primary Training Ground?Black Women: Who Would You Have Become If Survival Wasn't Your Primary Training Ground?
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Ezequiel Canestrari liked thisEzequiel Canestrari liked thisThree years after landing in the Netherlands, Airwallex achieved a remarkable 199% year-on-year revenue growth in Q2 2025 for its Dutch operations. It's a testament to the unique strengths of the Netherlands as a premier European fintech hub. At a time when cross-border payments are surging, the Singapore-based payments innovator is leveraging those strengths with its base in Amsterdam to build the future of global banking for modern businesses. Read about Airwallex's growth in the Netherlands: https://lnkd.in/eEVBV9n8 #InvestInHolland
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Ezequiel Canestrari reacted on thisEzequiel Canestrari reacted on thisAnother brilliant DDD South West and another speaker's badge for my collection! Thanks to all those who came to my talk, it was packed. I did a reflective talk this time titled "Software engineering is dead. Long live software engineering! Surviving and thriving in the brave new agentic era" where we looked at the crazy changes we've been through recently as an industry, a few pointers to some useful concepts and tools, the cautionary tale of the Quebec bridge disaster and the iron rings and how we must use AI tools responsibly especially with the riskiest code: safety/health/financial etc, especially because we have no professional body and unregulated global capitalism certainly won't help us. Finally a case study from my team at Flagstone where recently we have had great success using Brady Gaster's excellent #squad to safely and successfully refactor a critical piece of complex legacy code. Might do a talk solely focussed on squad soon...🤔 Saw lots of great talks, caught up with many good friends and met some new ones too. Came back completely exhausted, so having a quiet no-computers-allowed day today to recover 🙂
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Ezequiel Canestrari reacted on thisEzequiel Canestrari reacted on thisCon todo lo que está pasando, ¿la #sostenibilidad no pasa a segundo plano? Una pregunta que escucho bastante seguido en conversaciones con clientes, empresas y colegas. Y que el jueves pasado, en el 4° Encuentro de #FinanzasSostenibles del IAEF - Instituto Argentino de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, se fue respondiendo a lo largo del día. Bajo el lema "El rol de la inversión en la construcción de prosperidad responsable", durante toda la jornada se habló de capital natural, competitividad, financiamiento, cadenas de valor, territorio, tecnología y transición, todas variables que empiezan a redefinir cómo se construye valor y qué significa hoy prosperar en el largo plazo. En lo personal, disfruté muchísimo moderar el panel "Competitividad en transición: la nueva licencia para prosperar" junto a Agustin del Castillo (Cerro Vanguardia), Gustavo Santarelli (Glycinemax) y Lucila Andrea Patti (BID Invest). Hablamos de #minería, #agro y #financiamiento, y también de licencia social, desarrollo territorial, suelo como activo estratégico, trazabilidad, #riesgos y del rol que empiezan a tener los bancos y organismos multilaterales para acompañar estos procesos también en las #pymes. Dimensiones que, cuando empiezan a moverse en la misma dirección, hacen que la transición deje de ser una agenda voluntaria y empiece a transformarse en una nueva lógica de competitividad y negocio. Gracias a #IAEF por seguir impulsando estos espacios y a Mariel Rotondaro por el enorme liderazgo detrás del Encuentro y la generosidad de convocarme a un comité organizador con personas de excelencia: Pablo Miedziak, Sigrid Tolaba, Mariano Tomatis, Maricel Lungarzo, María Rigou, Julian Costabile, Gustavo Macchi, Maria Cecilia Mas Baranowski, María Guadalupe Montero, Jesica Lores, DANIEL COLINAS, Melisa Santolini. También a Pablo Benavides por ayudarnos a hilvanar una agenda con muchísima coherencia entre paneles, a todos los speakers por la profundidad de las conversaciones: Rodrigo Rodriguez Tornquist, Christian Coone, Analia Canale, Guillermo Delgado, Sebastian Dicundo, Mariana Fernández Escobar, Yesica Marzano, Facundo Armas, Bautista Saubidet Birkner, Antonella Pellegrini y a cada una de las personas que se acercaron y participaron entendiendo que este camino, necesariamente, se construye juntos. Para quienes no pudieron participar, o simplemente quieran volver a escuchar algunas de las conversaciones, les dejo la grabación completa del Encuentro: https://lnkd.in/dbm7ZDTt #FinanzasSosteniblesIAEF #ProsperidadResponsable #FinanzasParaLaNaturaleza #CapitalNatural #Transición
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Ezequiel Canestrari liked thisEzequiel Canestrari liked thisMoonPay has acquired 4 companies in under 18 months - Helio, Iron (by MoonPay), Sodot, and Dawn Labs. Neeraj P., now Chief Engineer at MoonPay, explains the playbook behind the spree. "There are four moats in launching any product today. Technical talent, capital, regulatory licensing, and distribution." "OpenAI and Anthropic can subsume any business that only relies on the first moat, technical talent. Foundation models are now better technically than most people. But the latter three moats still meaningfully exist." "Regulatory moats take several years and a lot of trust to develop. On-ramping and off-ramping is an incredibly complicated thing to do despite seeming simple. It involves a number of regulatory licenses, complicated movements of money. You can't vibe-code this." "At MoonPay we have all four moats. We've continuously acquired companies to get that regulatory licensing. We genuinely are playing to win." The acquisition strategy isn't about scale for scale's sake. It's about assembling the moats that foundation model companies cannot replicate with code alone.
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Ezequiel Canestrari reacted on thisEzequiel Canestrari reacted on this🇳🇱 Honoured to be nominated for 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 at the 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 2026, recognised for 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬. 🧡 The Netherlands has one of the most dynamic crypto ecosystems in Europe. I'm proud to contribute through my roles at MoonPay Europe, one of the world's leading crypto infrastructure companies, and Verenigde Bitcoinbedrijven Nederland (VBNL), the Dutch crypto industry association. I've learned to not see regulation as an obstacle, but as something that moves the industry forward. The key is knowing how to navigate it and turn it into an advantage. That's what I work on every day. I'm lucky and very thankful to do it alongside some of the best people in the industry! Your support would mean a lot. Cast your vote by June 7 👉 https://lnkd.in/eYTapVJx. It just takes 1 minute. Dutch Blockchain Week #dutchblockchainawards #awards #DBW26
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Treasury Database
Design, build and implement a new Database for all Treasury investment, FX and cash management related items.
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Toonix Mobile
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Worked together with BOE and the different teams including Legal and IT to open a Reserve Account at Bank of England.
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The Fintech Times
💳📈 UK Bank Griffin Bags Uber and Marqeta as Payments Volumes hit £3billion UK-based API-first bank Griffin has reached a milestone year, reporting payments volumes of around £3billion and a fivefold increase in revenue. The bank has secured integrations with Uber and Marqeta, and works with over 50 platform customers, including Yonder and Prospe, supporting hundreds of thousands of end users. Additional integrations with The Access Group, Aspora, and Sidekick are live or in testing. David Jarvis, CEO and co-founder of Griffin, said: “2025 was the year we became the partner bank of choice for fast-moving technology companies in the UK… They’re building on proven infrastructure that scales.” Matthew Ford, co-founder and CEO at Sidekick Money, added: “Griffin represents the infrastructure layer that will enable the next generation of financial services… We went live in eight weeks, which speaks to the quality of their infrastructure and expertise.” Griffin’s API-based platform provides accounts, payments capabilities, and compliance tooling for fintechs and other platforms. The bank plans to expand its payments offerings in 2026, including a card programme and stablecoin services. 📄 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eaFPUARN #Griffin #Uber #Marqeta #SidekickMoney #Yonder #Prospe #Fintech #EmbeddedFinance #DigitalBanking #Payments #APIs #Stablecoin
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Libby James
So, Thursday is actually a pretty big moment for the UK payments ecosystem 👀💳 Some of our biggest banks are starting to talk seriously about building a UK owned payments network instead of relying almost entirely on Visa and Mastercard. Which, when you think about it, is kind of wild. Most of us tap, pay, move on with our lives and never think about what’s happening in the background. But right now, a huge chunk of how money moves in this country runs on infrastructure we don’t control. This feels like banks asking a bigger question 🙋🏻♀️ What does “resilient” actually look like in payments?! And how much should we be building ourselves… A UK system could mean more independence, more innovation, and maybe even better outcomes for merchants and consumers. Or… it could be expensive, slow, and really hard to get everyone aligned. Probs a bit of both 😅 What do you think? Brilliant idea OR overcomplicating something that already works and shouldn’t be a worry? 🖥️ Merchant Advice Service 🔗 https://lnkd.in/emUxdBtq.
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