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Remitly announced that Tai-Hong Fung will become chief accounting officer on April 1, taking over from retiring Luke Tavis. The move follows a recent CEO transition and signals a focus on tighter financial oversight as the Seattle‑based remittance platform accelerates growth.
Muddy Waters Research issued a 28‑page short thesis on SoFi, alleging that the neobank’s fair‑value adjustments and loan‑sale structures inflate EBITDA by hundreds of millions. The report highlights $1.1 billion in personal‑loan fair‑value gains and a potentially understated charge‑off rate of...
Invesco has taken control of Superstate’s $900 million tokenized Treasury‑bill fund, USTB, expanding its digital‑asset lineup. The deal keeps Superstate as the technology partner and underscores a broader shift toward real‑world asset tokenization on blockchain.
TrueLayer has appointed Stefano De Lollis, a veteran who grew Satispay’s ecommerce arm and held senior roles at Klarna’s Sofort Banking, as Head of Ecommerce. The move comes as TrueLayer’s transaction volumes are nearly doubling year‑over‑year. Its Pay by Bank...
Insurtech startup Plum announced a $20.6 million Series B round, raising ₹193 crore led by Peak XV Ventures with participation from Tanglin and GMO Venture Partners. The funding will finance talent acquisition, AI‑driven claims processing, enterprise‑grade security, and deeper HR‑payroll integrations. Plum also plans...
Worth raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, with participation from Amex Ventures, to scale its AI‑powered platform that streamlines onboarding and underwriting for small‑business lenders. The funding will accelerate product development, including a new...
Something I wish more people knew before working with a bookkeeper — when I connect to your bank account, I get view-only access. That means I can see statements and activity but I genuinely cannot transfer money, pay anyone, or...
Isn’t this just a paraphrasing of @astrange’s “every company will be a fintech” thesis? Which not only didn’t come true, but saw thousands of consumers lose millions of dollars when Synapse, which Strange was a board member of, catastrophically collapsed.
Mastercard says stablecoins won’t threaten its core consumer payments, emphasizing its dispute‑resolution and fraud protection layers as non‑replicable. The firm sees the biggest growth potential in B2B cross‑border payments, remittances and the gig economy where card penetration is low. American Express...
Elon Musk’s X has appointed Benji Taylor, a veteran of crypto product design, as head of design for both X and its affiliated ventures xAI and SpaceX. Taylor previously founded the self‑custody wallet Family, which was acquired by Aave, and...
Robinhood has launched the Gold Card, a no‑annual‑fee credit card that delivers a flat 3% cash back, and expanded its banking suite with high‑yield savings accounts paying up to 4.25% APR. The premium Gold tier costs $5 per month and...
Fime’s EMEA laboratory has earned EMVCo recognition to test fingerprint sensors against the new Biometric Card Specification, enabling certified evaluation of reliability, liveness detection and user convenience. Fingerprint Cards AB became the first provider to have its complete fingerprint‑based payment...
You're in a cross-functional strategy meeting, exhausted from trying to get your architecture proposal taken seriously. The senior developer repeats your exact idea verbatim as if he just invented it. Peer: (Leans back, steepling his fingers) "I've been thinking, what we really...
BitGo and ZKsync have begun testing a full‑stack solution that lets banks issue and settle tokenized deposits on a permissioned, privacy‑preserving blockchain. The joint platform combines BitGo’s institutional custody services with ZKsync’s Prividium network, aiming to keep funds within existing...
ThriveCart unveiled ThrivePay Installments, a card‑linked financing option that places an authorization hold on a shopper’s existing credit‑card limit and splits payments over three, six or twelve months. The model targets high‑ticket digital products, offering merchants up‑front liquidity on sales...
U.S. regulators are drafting new bank capital rules that would lower the risk‑weight for certain securitization exposures from 20% to 15%. The change treats loans to special purpose entities holding private‑credit assets as less risky, encouraging banks to extend more...
Singapore’s Monetary Authority has invited Ripple to join its Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multicurrency initiative, using the XRP Ledger and Ripple’s USD‑linked stablecoin (RLUSD) to settle cross‑border trade. The pilot automates payment release the moment a shipment is verified, eliminating...
Payy Network announced a $6 million seed round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures and DBA Crypto. The private‑by‑default stablecoin platform uses zero‑knowledge proofs to conceal transaction details, addressing transparency concerns that deter enterprise adoption. Payy’s services, including...
Wealthsimple, the Toronto‑based fintech valued at roughly $10 billion, secured initial approval from the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) to launch prediction‑market contracts linked to economic indicators, financial markets and climate trends. The clearance permits binary “yes‑or‑no” forecast contracts, though the...
BOOM: Invesco to Acquire Superstate's USTB Tokenized MMF Management One of first acquisitions of a crypto-native fund by TradFi asset manager. TradFi now majority of top 10 tokenized MMFs $2.2T asset manager Invesco acquiring management of $USTB ($950M AUM, 5th largest tokenized...
Polymarket will begin charging taker fees on almost every trading category starting March 30, with rates that peak at 1.8 percent for crypto‑related contracts and lower tiers for sports, finance, culture, and other markets. Geopolitics remains the sole fee‑free category. Makers continue...
Coinbase has integrated Chainlink’s DataLink service to publish its premium exchange data on‑chain for the first time, giving DeFi protocols direct access to order‑book, spot and futures data across crypto, metals, energy and equity markets. The integration builds on Coinbase’s...
Varo Bank is offering a $150 cash bonus to new customers who receive at least $500 in qualifying direct deposits within 45 days, with the promotion running through March 31, 2026. The bonus is deposited into the account within 4‑7 business days...
Startale Group closed a $63 million Series A round, secured by SBI Group ($50 million) and Sony Innovation Fund ($13 million). The Singapore‑based firm builds blockchain infrastructure, including the Strium tokenized‑securities ledger, JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, and a consumer‑facing app. The capital will be...
iCapital has partnered with BlackRock to embed its alternative‑investment platform into Aladdin Wealth, the asset‑management technology suite used by wealth managers. The integration lets advisors browse, subscribe to, and redeem private‑market products directly within Aladdin’s workflow, while leveraging the same...
Zapier and Rillet have announced an integration that links Rillet’s AI‑native general ledger with Zapier’s workflow‑orchestration platform, giving finance teams access to more than 8,000 business applications. The partnership lets AI agents handle core accounting tasks while Zapier automates data...
M1X Global, a public‑private partnership with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, announced the public launch of its on‑chain sovereign finance platform and closed an oversubscribed $3 million angel round. The funding, sourced from prominent crypto‑finance figures and the Stellar Development...
B2 Bank, a Minnesota community lender owned by fintech entrepreneur Brian Barnes, has appointed three former Climate First Bank executives—Ryan Jaskiewicz as CEO, Chris Cucci as president, and Chris Van Buskirk as chief credit and risk officer. The new C‑suite brings...
Private banking firm LGT Wealth Management UK has chosen Addepar’s global data and AI platform to upgrade its front‑office capabilities and client reporting. The integration will provide a unified data foundation for managing complex, multi‑currency and private‑market portfolios, linking with...
The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) and the American Land Title Association (ALTA) have released two new digital datasets covering ALTA title policies and settlement statements. These standards convert traditional paper forms into structured data, enabling seamless exchange across...
A developer built a private AI financial analyst using Python, Streamlit, and local large language models (LLMs) to process bank CSV files entirely on‑device. The app auto‑detects column mappings, normalizes data, classifies transactions with rule‑based logic, and flags anomalies using...
World Liberty Financial International (WLFI) introduced USD1, a Treasury‑Bill‑backed stablecoin, after the One Big Beautiful Bill and the GENIUS Act created a federal framework for digital‑asset trust charters. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved national trust charters...
Liminal Custody and Swiss security firm Securosys announced Liminal HSM Vaults, a hardware security module solution that blends multi‑party computation with FIPS‑certified HSMs. The product targets banks, custodians and large enterprises as digital‑asset AUM is projected to exceed $10 trillion by...
Personal budgeting applications have evolved from simple expense logs to proactive financial planning tools. Modern apps automatically import transactions, categorize spending, and provide real‑time alerts, helping users identify hidden costs and adjust behavior instantly. Integrated savings trackers and visual reports...
Lyric, an AI‑powered payment accuracy firm, has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2026 in the Healthcare category. The company now reviews more than 50% of U.S. health‑care claims, covering roughly 190 million Americans. Its Lyric42...
Congrats to Trayd on their $10M Series A! Specialty trade contractors deal with union rules, multistate labor laws, and a ton of manual back-office work. Trayd automates payroll, HR, and compliance for them, cutting a 14-hour weekly process down to under...
Jumio passed Bank Negara Malaysia’s independent eKYC Breakthrough Assessment, meeting all criteria for ID verification, facial recognition and biometric liveness detection. The tests, which included detecting forged MyKad cards and spoofed selfies, returned zero findings of concern. This regulatory endorsement...
Circle's shares fell more than 15% after media reports suggested the U.S. Treasury could restrict yield‑generating stablecoin products. The plunge highlights regulatory risk for stablecoin issuers and investors seeking higher returns on digital assets.
Visa announced it will serve as the first payments‑industry Super Validator on the Canton Network, a privacy‑preserving blockchain built for regulated finance. As one of 40 Super Validators, Visa will help banks and financial institutions run secure, on‑chain payment flows...
WealthReach has unveiled Attract, an AI‑driven SEO and answer‑engine optimisation (AEO) platform built specifically for registered investment advisors. The tool continuously scans a firm’s website, local search trends and content gaps, then drafts locally‑targeted landing pages and refreshes existing material...
Flanks, a Barcelona‑based WealthTech firm, unveiled its AI Financial Advisor, a natural‑language co‑pilot that lets wealth managers interrogate complex, multi‑custodian portfolios instantly. The platform merges client wealth data with live market intelligence, delivering consolidated household views, real‑time sentiment, cash‑flow visibility,...
𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝗕𝘂𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿” 🇿🇦 South African fintech Happy Pay has raised $5 million in seed funding, in a round led by global venture capital firm Partech, 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀...
My friend @biancoresearch used to call it the bank walk from checking accounts to money market funds. From firsthand experience, paying all my bills via a tokenized money market fund, the bank walk is destined to continue IMO even if most...
With stablecoins, the banks aren't worried about deposit flight. They're worried about profit flight. These numbers are embarrassing. https://t.co/JZICGB5MWv
thank you to everyone who came out yesterday to the @getjustpaid and @RilletHQ event. great room, great conversations, and a lot of strong thinking around finance, ai, and where things are headed. more to come soon, including our upcoming integration with rillet....
"Anyone who's running a lending protocol needs to think about the assets you are onboarding and whitelisting." https://t.co/P1vIs3eM4Z
“Why we chose ZEC as the payment layer for Silo, our private AI platform”—https://t.co/UFPqM53FCq https://t.co/wxZxEWbopF
Supposedly 100M x402 transactions for $30M in payments volume Where can I try this myself?
The two tracks of the Agentic Economy: 🔹 Delegate Economy — humans delegating to agents 🔹 Machine Economy — machines transacting autonomously Coinbase is giving AI agents stablecoin wallets. The primitives are being built right now. Full breakdown 👇 https://t.co/kcWeUzPy7R https://t.co/oyrkNzRW6b
Whop Treasury is live. Powered by @aave @plasma and @veda. Millions of users can now earn directly onchain directly from @whop. DeFi is supercharging fintechs.
