FINTECH HIGHLIGHTS
THE MONTH IN FINTECH
Stories from the last month include Microsoft’ s AI strategy with Fiserv and Stripe, advances in agentic commerce and Monzo’ s banking licence
WRITTEN BY: NATALIA ELLIOT
COPILOT CHECKOUT: WHY HAS STRIPE PAIRED WITH MICROSOFT?
Kevin Miller, Head of Payments, Stripe
Microsoft Copilot users are now able to purchase products directly within AI conversations via a new Stripe-powered native checkout.
12 February 2026