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eToro has signed a sponsorship deal with Swedish football club Djurgårdens IF, adding LED branding and exclusive hospitality for top clients. The partnership coincides with eToro’s rollout of real‑time trading data for over 210 Nasdaq Nordic stocks, now free for global retail investors. This makes eToro the first non‑Nordic broker to provide such data, as retail participation in Nordic markets climbs to 10.6% in Q1 2025. The move complements broader European sports sponsorships, positioning eToro amid shifting UK football sponsorship rules.
2025 saw a wave of high‑profile fintech launches, from Trump Media's Truth.Fi offering crypto‑linked ETFs to a nine‑bank European consortium unveiling a euro‑denominated stablecoin slated for H2 2026. Malaysia’s Bank Muamalat introduced Atlas, the nation’s first Islamic digital‑only bank powered by...
FinTech Futures highlighted five major 2025 payments developments: the UK government will dissolve the Payment Systems Regulator and fold its duties into the FCA, aiming to streamline oversight; Africa launched PAPSSCARD, its first pan‑African card scheme to enable cross‑border retail...
The two most important technologies shaping finance for the next decade are artificial intelligence and bitcoin.
Bloomberg’s latest Pro Tips video demonstrates how the GF function on the Bloomberg Terminal lets users graph segment data, key performance indicators, and fundamentals in a fully customizable view. The tool also supports building bespoke spreads and ratios, enabling deeper...
The episode explores why banks consistently miss growth opportunities, emphasizing that true expansion comes from dynamic co‑creation, AI‑driven marketing, and seamless digital experiences rather than size alone. Guests highlight how generative AI can boost efficiency, personalization, and fraud mitigation, while...
2025 saw a wave of high‑profile fintech partnerships reshaping payments across regions. Swift was chosen by the European Payments Council to run the EPC Directory Service, enhancing payee verification and interoperability for the VOP scheme. Stripe teamed with Paradigm to...
Fintech Futures highlighted five pivotal banking‑technology developments in 2025. Temenos named Takis Spiliopoulos CEO, reinforcing an execution‑focused strategy. Commonwealth Bank of Australia completed a massive migration of its SAP core‑banking system to AWS, supporting 90% of accounts and 40% of national...
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Finovate alumni secured more than $1.4 billion in Q4 2025, marking the strongest fourth‑quarter finish in over a decade. The 46 alums that raised capital this year amassed over $3.3 billion, the highest annual total since the 2021 boom. Notable deals included $500 million...
Darragh Buckley, former Stripe employee #1 and now CEO of Increase, explains how his experience scaling Stripe’s payments infrastructure inspired him to build a new fintech layer that connects directly to the Federal Reserve via its own banking core, exposing...
The 2025 Net Interest year‑in‑review recaps 46 posts and 15 interviews, highlighting AI’s expanding role in capital markets, the surge in private equity and credit, and the growing influence of retail investors who now account for about 21% of US...
AI models predict you can turn $100,000 into $600,000 over the next decade by simply allocating to indexes and bitcoin. Here is the logic 👇🏼 Everyone knows bonds are essentially guaranteed to lose value over the long run, so what would a...
In the intricate journey of digital transformation, achieving true operational clarity can be elusive. Process mining offers a data-driven lens, transforming event logs into a map of actual workflows. Microblog @antgrasso #ProcessMining #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/2kftm9S22w
FinTech Futures highlighted the five biggest fintech M&A deals of 2025, ranging from Global Payments’ $24.25 billion acquisition of Worldpay to Santander’s £2.65 billion purchase of TSB. The transactions collectively exceed $60 billion, signaling aggressive consolidation across payments processors and traditional banks. Each...
Revolut announced the closure of accounts for Ukrainian residents after the National Bank of Ukraine reminded the fintech that operating without a local licence violates Ukrainian law. The NBU clarified that any firm offering financial services must secure a domestic...
Ryan and David dissect the top 2026 crypto forecasts from major firms, highlighting a consensus that stablecoins will become genuine payment rails and tokenization will move beyond pilots to mainstream use. They anticipate a surge in crypto ETFs expanding institutional...
FinTech Futures highlighted five pivotal AI developments in 2025: the UK FCA launched an AI sandbox with Nvidia to safely test financial‑service models, while UBS hired JP Morgan’s Daniele Magazzeni as chief AI officer to steer its enterprise‑wide strategy. Grasshopper partnered with...
In December 2025, regulators across the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia unveiled coordinated steps to shape digital finance. The FCA emphasized that AI advances must be paired with human judgement and announced a forthcoming consultation on transaction reporting. Singapore’s MAS...
In December 2025 regulators across four jurisdictions unveiled major green‑finance initiatives. South Africa’s Treasury proposed classifying carbon credits as unlisted securities and linking its registry to the UN‑Article 6 framework to scale the domestic market. The European Commission introduced a streamlined...
The December Global Regulatory Brief highlights four major developments: the UK PRA confirmed Basel 3.1 market‑risk rules will take effect in January 2027 with the Internal Model Approach delayed to January 2028; Australia’s APRA announced a phased removal of Additional Tier 1 capital instruments...
The EU Commission unveiled a sweeping market‑integration package that revamps MiFID‑R, UCITS, EMIR and other rules, introducing a pan‑European market operator and expanding ESMA’s supervisory remit. In the United States, SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced a reform agenda to scale...
Bitso, the leading Latin American crypto platform, now handles over $80 billion in annualized transaction volume, with roughly 10 % of U.S.–Mexico remittances and the bulk coming from enterprise payment flows. CEO Daniel Vogel explains that stablecoins achieve scale not by cheapening...
Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) agreed to a $210 million settlement with investors alleging misleading statements about its 2019 $35 billion Worldpay acquisition. The deal offers roughly 42 cents per damaged share, reduced to about 32 cents after legal fees and expenses. Executives, including...
Nearly two dozen Democratic state attorneys general, led by New York AG Letitia James, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding shutdown. Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought refused to request money from...
The fintech sector is shifting small‑business finance from reactive bookkeeping to embedded accounting, where the ledger lives inside everyday banking apps. By linking real‑time transaction data with accounting platforms, solutions like the Xero‑Bluevine partnership give owners a unified dashboard and...
Banxware’s co‑founder and COO Fabian Heiß announced he will leave the Berlin‑based embedded lending provider at month‑end. Heiß, who helped scale the firm to serve more than 40 digital marketplaces and achieve 100% year‑over‑year loan‑origination growth, also led the integration...
The Federal Reserve’s biennial report shows debit‑card interchange fees climbed 3.9% annually, reaching $34.12 billion in 2023. Merchants argue the fees are excessive and have urged the Fed to lower the statutory cap, which remains at the 2011 level of 21 cents...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion declaring that employer‑partnered earned wage access (EWA) products are not loans under the Truth in Lending Act, and formally rescinded its July 2024 proposed rule that would have treated them as credit....
Payments firms closed the year with a series of senior hires aimed at strengthening brand, philanthropy, investor relations, and finance functions. DailyPay appointed former eBay executive Caitlin Allen as chief brand and communications officer, while Visa promoted Najada Kumbuli to...
Artificial intelligence and bitcoin are the future of finance. I joined @SquawkCNBC this morning to explain. https://t.co/yXlB1yb8hw
In this episode, Emilio Rivero Coello, a product manager at Aptos Labs, discusses how stablecoins are emerging as alternatives to traditional payment rails, highlighting Aptos' focus on institutional-grade applications and its competitive edge among L1 blockchains. He shares insights from...
Online retailers are becoming prime targets for sophisticated money‑laundering schemes that exploit refund processes, third‑party marketplace sellers, and cross‑border payment channels. Criminal networks use these digital pathways to shift illicit proceeds quickly, sidestepping traditional banking oversight. The rise of platform‑based...
In this episode, Niklas Kunkel, founder and CEO of Chronicle Labs, explains how robust oracle infrastructure is essential for tokenized finance, linking off‑chain market data to on‑chain protocols with institutional‑grade security and transparency. He recounts his role in designing the...
Ben Cowen argues that the current crypto cycle may already be in its post‑euphoria bear phase, with Bitcoin likely having peaked and a true alt‑season unlikely. He outlines how macro forces—Fed policy, labor market dynamics, and AI‑driven investor attention—will shape...
The Finanser’s 2025 roundup spotlights the year’s most‑read fintech and tech blogs, revealing a shift toward AI‑driven payments, corporate expansion, and crypto policy debates. Notable entries include Stripe’s GPT‑powered payment engine delivering a 15% conversion lift and 30% fraud reduction,...
Chris Skinner’s December 23 roundup highlights a wave of strategic moves across finance. The UK FCA launched a payments initiative to accelerate “Pay by Bank” adoption, while Mastercard forged Middle‑East alliances to push blockchain innovation. The list also spotlights 2025 fintech...
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PayPal announced its launch in Africa, signaling a major shift for digital payments on the continent. This week’s roundup also highlighted $150 million in fintech deals, a $205 million venture fund underscoring continued investor confidence, and Paystack’s revival after a $160 k regulatory...
Matthew McCown, executive director of data and analytics at J.P. Morgan Payments, will appear on the FinAi Banking Summit’s panel “AI strategy at scale: Lessons from global banks” on March 3, 2026 in Denver. He will discuss how major banks...
When digital security evolves from static protocols to understanding human patterns, a new layer of resilience becomes possible. This is the shift towards a more contextual and intelligent paradigm. Microblog @antgrasso #IOB https://t.co/9VD1xeXArC
The episode argues that "buy the dip" remains a reliable strategy because the Federal Reserve and government consistently intervene to support markets, making prolonged bear markets unlikely. It cites historical investing wisdom, recent data on strong retail inflows into S&P 500...
TruStage Ventures, the corporate venture arm of $5.5 billion insurer TruStage, has deployed $400 million into 50 fintech startups since 2016 and brokered more than 3,000 partnerships between those firms and U.S. credit unions, which serve roughly 140 million members. The fund’s hands‑on...
In 2025 artificial intelligence transitioned from a back‑office utility to a strategic decision‑making partner across the banking sector. Crypto assets rebounded, shedding much of the skepticism that plagued them in prior years and re‑establishing a foothold among institutional investors. Meanwhile,...
In this episode, Joey Krug examines whether the crypto‑native era is waning as institutions adopt blockchain infrastructure without its original culture, drawing on his experience with Augur and Founders Fund. He explains how prediction markets like Polymarket achieved product‑market fit,...
FinTech funding worldwide slipped 6% year‑over‑year in Q1‑Q3 2025, with deal count falling 27% to 2,654. Average deal size rose to $24.5 million, highlighting a shift toward larger, later‑stage rounds. While Europe’s funding plunged 42% and the United States saw a...
Chris Skinner’s "Things worth reading" roundup for December 22, 2025 curates seven high‑impact stories shaping finance. It highlights the Bank of England’s split decision to cut rates, British banks’ race to deploy agentic AI and the regulatory alarms it raises, and a...
Season six of the What the FinTech? podcast introduced its “Fintech Jail” segment, where guests either lock away overused fintech buzzwords or free previously incarcerated terms. Across 25 episodes, words such as “Cloud,” “Cheques,” and “Blockchain” were jailed, while “Agile,”...
