News about FinTech
The payment company Stripe, in partnership with the investment fund Advent International, has made an offer to acquire PayPal Holdings for more than $53 billion.
Endava, a leader in the IT market, ended 2025 with a net profit of 45.2 million lei, which is half the previous year’s figure. The decline in financial performance was driven by a drop in sales and currency fluctuations.
The digital euro will complement cash rather than replace it, and its purpose is not to track payments, said European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. She refuted claims that the project is designed to spy on citizens.
Wars have traditionally destroyed ports, power grids, and railroads. Today, however, their target is increasingly less visible, even though it is much harder to restore. We’re talking about digital public infrastructure (DPI for short), on which modern society depends: identification platforms, payment systems, and data exchange.
Since it will be possible to pay local fees using a QR code starting next year, the code will be included on seven types of relevant payment notices. The authors of the amendments emphasize that this will simplify the tax payment process.
The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) has launched public consultations on a draft EU regulation for payment systems. These consultations concern data exchange between competent authorities and the freedom to provide services in the financial sector. This initiative is directly linked to the large-scale modernization of Moldova’s payments market.
Insurance brokers account for more than half of insurance premiums in Moldova (about 60%), but they receive only a portion of the sales amount as commissions. As of the end of the first quarter of 2026, the use of intermediaries peaked in the life insurance sector, with 94% of policies being sold through insurance agents.
Turkey has submitted an official application to the European Payments Council (EPC) expressing its intention to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). The document emphasizes that Ankara’s participation in this area will enable faster, safer, and cheaper cross-border transfers, which will give a powerful boost to mutual trade and investment with European Union countries.
A consortium involving Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase has launched a new joint stablecoin as part of an initiative to expand the use of digital tokens, Reuters reports.
Bitcoin rebounded above the $60,000 mark on Thursday as investors await U.S. employment data, which could provide new clues regarding the Federal Reserve’s policy. This comes after one of the cryptocurrency’s weakest first-half performances in recent years.
The European Union is once again attempting to create a single capital market. The idea is simple: to make it easier for European companies to raise funds for growth at home rather than in the U.S. But despite Brussels’s bold statements, EU countries have been unable to agree on the rules of the game for many years.
The focus of crypto exchanges and users has shifted to traditional finance. According to a report by a major data aggregator, crypto exchanges have added hundreds of instruments for traditional assets over the past year.
According to the financial report, the U.S. president received nearly $800 million from the World Liberty Financial crypto project and $635 million from the sale of meme coins. This was his largest source of income last year.
Authorities in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine dismantled a network suspected of investment fraud as a result of a joint operation on June 25, 2026. A total of 25 searches were conducted: 8 in Romania and 17 in Ukraine. The operations also targeted call centers used by the group. EUROJUST and EUROPOL participated in the operation, which involved prosecutors and police officers from the three countries.
Up to 80% of cryptocurrency platforms will suspend operations in Europe due to the entry into force of the MiCA regulation on crypto-assets.
Moldova is required to transpose the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on crypto-asset markets and amending Regulations (EU) No. 1093/2010 and (EU) No. 1095/2010, as well as the MiCA Regulation, by December 2026.
Current “stablecoins” do not possess the key properties of money, and their continued growth could exacerbate the fragmentation of the financial system and increase risks for countries with weaker currencies. This is stated in the annual report of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
The investigators will operate within the framework of the Service for the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering. A special status for financial intelligence officers is being established within this agency. A mandatory certification procedure has been developed for them.
The European Parliament has approved its position on legislation regarding the digital euro, removing one of the key obstacles to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) project.
President Donald Trump claims that the election of “socialist” Democrats will set the U.S. on a path toward becoming like Venezuela or Cuba. But Trump’s own actions—as is often the case with him—completely contradict his statements and everything his Republican Party supposedly stands for.
