Issue 629 · Oct 7, 2026 Weekly edition · 2 min read

Agentic Commerce Had Its Biggest Launch Month. Nobody Wants the Risk.

New look, same signalWe've rebuilt FinTech Weekly from the ground up — new design, same job: the developments that actually move Europe's fintech market, with context where it matters. Here's the first issue in the new

Share in X

THE LEAD · AGENTIC COMMERCE

Agentic Commerce Had Its Biggest Launch Month. Nobody Wants to Own the Risk.

Agentic commerce just had its busiest launch month. The data says agents research a lot but still buy very little — and liability, not technology, is the reason the biggest launches stall at checkout.

Read the full analysis ↗

REGULATION · EU

Europe Agreed on Its New Payment Rules Ten Months Ago. Not One of Them Applies Yet.

2026 was supposed to be the year fintech got its new rulebook. Most of it is agreed, delayed or stuck — while the rules already in force quietly do the work.

Read the full story ↗

THIS WEEK · RECAP

No Big Law Passed This Week. The Rulebook Changed Anyway.

This week’s key fintech rules came from supervisors, not parliaments: ESMA’s MiCA wish list, a $10bn US stablecoin line, uncapped Pix and no more card surcharges.

Read the full story ↗

Also worth reading · 3 items

BANKING The ECB just answered tokenisation's hardest question: what do you pay with? FinTech Weekly — Pontes went live on 21 September: central bank money for tokenised settlement, years before the digital euro has a law. Open story ↗ REGULATION Europe's central banks want stablecoin reserves out of bank deposits. Here is why. FinTech Weekly — The ESCB used the MiCA review to go after the 60% deposit rule. If it falls, every euro issuer has to rebuild its treasury. Open story ↗ INFRASTRUCTURE Europe's fintechs talk about sovereignty. Most of them still run on American cloud. FinTech Weekly — DORA turned concentration risk into a board topic. The migration maths explains why almost nobody has actually moved. Open story ↗

Want to reach this audience? 15,000+ fintech operators, founders and investors read FinTech Weekly every issue. Clearly labelled formats, transparent pricing, editorial independence. See formats and book a placement →

← Previous issue The Market Priced It In - FTW Clarity Circle

Agentic Commerce Had Its Biggest Launch Month. Nobody Wants to Own the Risk.

Europe Agreed on Its New Payment Rules Ten Months Ago. Not One of Them Applies Yet.

No Big Law Passed This Week. The Rulebook Changed Anyway.

Finance intelligence, minus the noise.

Good questions. Clear answers.

Imprint