Finix Integrates ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Into Payments API
Finix announced today that its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server now integrates with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini. The move lets developers query the Finix API, generate code and prototype payment workflows inside these generative‑AI environments, accelerating the path from concept to production.
UK’s Reforms Could Be a Game-Changer for the Fintech Sector
The United Kingdom unveiled a sweeping fintech reform package during London FinTech Week, aiming to modernise payments regulation and integrate emerging technologies such as stablecoins, AI‑driven payments, and tokenisation. The Financial Conduct Authority will gain broader oversight of open‑banking and...
Kalshi’s Legal Victory Paves Way for Predictive Markets
I sat down with the co-founder and CEO of Kalshi (@mansourtarek_), a prediction market reportedly worth over $20 billion. After years of struggle, Kalshi won a regulatory battle, culminating with their successful suit to overturn a CFTC decision, giving them the...
GENIUS and CLARITY Acts: What Firms Must Know Now
The U.S. Congress has enacted the GENIUS Act and is poised to pass the CLARITY Act, ending years of regulatory uncertainty for digital assets. The GENIUS Act creates a federal framework for payment stablecoins, requiring 1:1 reserves and limiting issuers...
100,000 Polymarket Wallets Lost at Least $1,000, Bloomberg Analysis Shows
Bloomberg’s on‑chain review of every active Polymarket wallet since early 2025 reveals that more than 100,000 accounts lost at least $1,000, nearly twice the number that earned the same amount. Profits are heavily skewed toward a small cohort of high‑volume,...
April Global Regulatory Brief: Digital Finance
In April 2026 regulators across Japan, Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom released new guidance targeting digital‑finance risks. Japan’s Financial Services Agency issued a comprehensive cybersecurity policy for crypto‑asset exchanges, while Switzerland’s FINMA published a digital‑fraud risk‑management guide for...
Eye on Point of Sale: MoneyGram Adopts Stripe for Retail Locations; Lightspeed Divests Upserve
MoneyGram will modernize its roughly 500,000 global retail locations by adopting Stripe’s point‑of‑sale hardware and digital payment options, including tap‑to‑pay, pay‑by‑link and QR codes. The partnership gives MoneyGram’s cash‑first customers more ways to fund transfers and promises faster, more connected...
2026 Top 10 Digital Financial Services Growth Opportunities Report: Creating Monetization Models and Enhancing Customer Experiences in B2B and Consumer...
ResearchAndMarkets.com released its 2026 Top 10 Growth Opportunities in Digital Financial Services report, highlighting the fusion of real‑time payments, embedded finance and banking‑as‑a‑service as a catalyst for new monetization models. API‑driven ecosystems now allow non‑financial apps to embed lending, KYC and...
Nubank Invests $7.9B to Boost AI and Inclusion
Nubank Doubles Down: R$45 Billion (~$7.9B USD) to Scale AI, Products and Financial Inclusion in Brazil 2026 investment = nearly double commitment over two years. Funds target: AI-driven platforms, credit models, new products, hiring, office expansion + R$2.5B infrastructure (over 5...
Polymarket & Kalshi - Prediction Markets Move Into Perpetual Futures
Polymarket and Kalshi, the two dominant prediction‑market platforms, announced early‑access perpetual futures (perps) programs in April 2024. Kalshi will launch crypto perps under a CFTC‑approved margin‑trading license, while Polymarket’s beta perps product is still navigating U.S. regulatory clearance. Combined monthly...
Glass Joins Mastercard Start Path to Advance Modern Infrastructure for Public Sector Finance
Silicon Valley GovTech firm Glass was accepted into Mastercard Start Path’s inaugural Corporate Solutions program, positioning it to scale its AI‑driven public‑finance infrastructure. The partnership grants Glass access to Mastercard’s global network of banks, merchants, and technology partners, accelerating deployment...
Visa Looks to Expansion in Stablecoins And Agentic Commerce
Visa announced a major expansion of its stablecoin and agentic commerce initiatives. The network added five new blockchains—Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon and Tempo—bringing its supported platforms to nine, after its stablecoin pilot reached a $7 billion annualized settlement run rate, a...
Marloo Raises $10m Seed to Transform Financial Advice
Marloo, a London‑based AI partner for financial advisers, announced a $10 million seed round, bringing its total capital to $12.7 million. The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, the early backer of Canva, which sees Marloo as a potential industry disruptor. The...
Rogo Raises $160m Series D to Scale Finance AI Platform
Rogo, a generative AI platform built for financial services, closed a $160 million Series D round, pushing total capital raised above $300 million. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity and...
Cellular POS Terminals to Reach 247 Million by 2029 as Retail IoT Expands
The global installed base of cellular‑connected point‑of‑sale (POS) terminals is projected to grow from 184 million units in 2025 to 247 million by 2029, driven by a 7.6% CAGR, according to Berg Insight. In 2025, 53 % of all POS shipments already included...
Amex Pushes for Agentic Standards
American Express announced it will lead the payments industry toward a shared standard for agentic commerce, introducing the first consumer‑protective framework for AI‑driven transactions. The company’s new policy shields cardholders from charges caused by erroneous AI agents, while emphasizing authenticated...
Visa Should Win Big on FIFA World Cup Windfall, Wolfe Research Says
Visa is poised to capture a sizable revenue boost from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, prompting Wolfe Research to lift its price target to $395, a 28% upside from the current price. The payments giant posted better‑than‑expected fiscal Q2 results,...
Transcript: ‘How Stripe Is Building for an Agent-Native World’
Stripe’s head of data and AI, Emily Sands, explained how the internet economy is shifting from human‑centric transactions to an agent‑native model where AI agents act on behalf of users and other software. This transition is driving new fraud vectors,...
Visa CEO Envisions Stablecoin, Agentic Benefit
Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said the company will treat stablecoin and emerging agentic commerce transactions with the same unit economics as its traditional card business. By building a "bridge layer" through Visa‑as‑a‑Service, Visa aims to capture revenue from digital wallets...
Financial Leakage in Digital Operations
Digital businesses are losing revenue through a series of small, often invisible leaks in payment and reconciliation processes. Missed refunds, duplicate charges, failed retries, and fragmented data across multiple tools collectively erode margins and increase support workloads. The article outlines...
BrightSpire Posts $1M GAAP Profit in Q3 2025 as Loan Origination Gains Momentum
BrightSpire (BRSP) posted a GAAP net income of $1 million in Q3 2025, driven by $224 million of new loan originations and a reduced watch‑list exposure. Management said the company is on track to hit a $3.5 billion loan book by 2026, signaling...
UK Unveils Unified Payment Services Framework for Stablecoins, AI Agents and Open Banking
On 21 April 2026 the UK government revealed a package of measures to merge payment services and electronic‑money rules into a single framework, covering stablecoins, AI‑driven payment agents and Open Banking. The move, announced at the Innovate Finance Global Summit, seeks to...
Analysts Flag Viability Risks for Hyperliquid as Market Share Slips
Crypto analysts warn that Hyperliquid, once a fast‑growing decentralized exchange, may struggle to survive. The platform has lost roughly 30% of its value since September 2025, faces eroding market share to rivals like Aster, EdgeX and Coinbase, and is under...
Zeller Enters UK Market to Challenge Legacy SME Payments and Save Merchants £5.2bn
Australian fintech Zeller has entered the UK market, offering an integrated payments and financial services platform to the country’s 5.7 million SMEs. The launch follows a study indicating £22.7 billion (≈$28 billion) of payments are at risk due to legacy checkout friction, and...
Black Ore's Tax Autopilot Now Generally Available
Black Ore has moved its Tax Autopilot AI platform from early access to general availability, promising end‑to‑end automation of complex tax returns with little to no human intervention. The system ingests a wide range of documents—W‑2s, 1099s, K‑1s, brokerage and bank statements—classifies...
Deluxe Named MRI Partner and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/29/26
Deluxe Corp. has been appointed the official processing partner for MRI Software’s rent‑payment platform, expanding its footprint in real‑estate fintech. Commerce.com integrated PayPal’s Store Sync into BigCommerce, boosting AI‑driven product visibility for merchants. Lightspark teamed with Visa to launch Visa‑debit...
Tips on a Prepaid Card: A Practical Solution with Broad Industry Impacts
In this episode of Payments Journal, host Rima Katz talks with Ben Osmond of U.S. Bank and Jordan Hirshfield of Javelin about how prepaid cards are reshaping tip distribution, payroll, and off‑cycle payments in hospitality and the gig economy. They...
Visa Adopts Polygon for Instant Global Stablecoin Settlements
And now @Visa. The world's largest payment network has turned on Polygon rails for its global stablecoin settlement program. Visa's partners can now move money instantly on @0xPolygon. $2.4 trillion in volume already moves through these rails. The names settling here: @Mastercard,...
Delegate Economy Stack Accelerates; Adoption Remains the Next Frontier
The Delegate Economy stack is maturing faster than anyone expected. Version 1 of the stack: protocol war, authentication-only trust layer, limited UCP capabilities. Version 2: UCP as the emerging industry standard, Verifiable Intent as the authorization layer, real-time product data as the...
DTCC, SSImple Partner to Automate Standing Settlement Instructions for Custodians
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has teamed up with fintech firm SSImple to automate the flow of Standing Settlement Instructions (SSIs) into DTCC’s ALERT database. The partnership leverages SSImple’s SSI Comply platform to validate, normalize and transmit SSI data...
DeFi Raises $300M, Questions Yield Risk Pricing
DeFi just pulled together $300M+ to make Kelp's rsETH holders whole after the April 18 exploit. The harder question on Uneasy Money this week: were DeFi yields ever actually pricing this kind of risk? Plus: the Polymarket soldier, USDT vs. Iran,...
Human Signatures Lag as AI Finance Scales $100M
Banks are still asking for human signatures Meanwhile: AI DAOs are managing $100M+ treasuries Autonomous protocols are generating real revenue Agent swarms are optimizing portfolio allocations The gap between legacy finance and zero human finance is a chasm And it's widening every day
What Block’s $200 Billion Credit Operation Teaches Banks About First-Party Data
Block has deployed more than $200 billion in credit across its Cash App Borrow, Square Loans, and Afterpay platforms. The company relies exclusively on first‑party data gathered within its own ecosystems, bypassing traditional credit‑bureau feeds. Its three products operate under a...
Dream Hire Joins Forces to Scale DeFi Credit Markets
Been waiting for this moment and has been a dream hire for me. I've been working with Luigi since early DeFi days, and finally now on the same team. We're going to build credit markets at internet scale.
PayPal Says AI Shopping Agents Are Creating an Invisible Storefront Economy
PayPal’s first U.S. Agentic Commerce Pulse Survey of 498 merchants reveals that while 95% can detect AI agent traffic, only about 20% have structured, machine‑readable product catalogs needed for real‑time purchases. The majority—86% to 94%—anticipate agentic commerce will positively impact...
Ripple Expands RLUSD Access with Bullish and OKX
NEW: Bullish expands its Ripple Prime partnership to give institutions $BTC options access via $RLUSD, while Ripple also partners with OKX to scale $RLUSD across 300+ spot pairs with futures and margin support https://t.co/9albCeiofj
Auction Markets on Kite
Zerodha’s Kite platform opened retail participation in Indian stock‑exchange auction markets in 2023, allowing investors to buy shares during short‑delivery events at a premium. About 25,000 of the broker’s roughly 17 million clients have used the feature in the past year,...
How Google Pay Is Using UPI Circle To Reach Young Banking Customers In India
Google Pay has introduced Pocket Money, a UPI Circle‑based feature that lets parents give children controlled digital payment access without opening a bank account. The product offers real‑time transaction monitoring, monthly limits and instant pausing, aligning with families’ desire for...
Koho Users Can Now Buy, Hold, and Manage Crypto
Toronto‑based fintech Koho has launched an in‑app crypto offering through a partnership with regulated exchange NDAX. Users can now buy, hold, sell and manage more than 20 digital assets—including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana—directly from their Koho balance. The service features...
Kenya’s WapiPay Expands Into Jamaica to Tap $2.5 Billion Remittance Market
WapiPay, the Nairobi‑based remittance platform, secured regulatory approval from the Bank of Jamaica to operate in Jamaica through a partnership with local payments firm JN Money Services. The launch aims to tap the island’s $2.5 billion annual remittance inflows, which represent...
Bloomberg Unveils AskB, a Generative AI Agent Redefining the Terminal
Bloomberg announced AskB, an internal generative‑AI agent that can create investment screens, full research reports and real‑time financial models through natural‑language prompts. The launch, highlighted at the AI in Finance Summit in London, signals a strategic shift as the data‑rich...
Airtel Africa to Raise up to $2B in Money Unit IPO
Airtel Africa is preparing an IPO for its mobile‑money arm, Airtel Money, targeting a raise of $1.5‑$2 billion, with London the leading venue. The offering would value the unit at up to $10 billion. By the end of 2025 the service counted...
Robinhood Shares Tumble 11% as Crypto Revenue Plunges 47% in Q1
Robinhood (HOOD) fell more than 11% after reporting Q1 2026 revenue of $1.07 billion, missing the $1.17 billion consensus, and a 47% plunge in cryptocurrency revenue to $134 million. The miss highlights the platform’s exposure to volatile digital‑asset markets despite strong growth in...
Citi Launches AI‑powered Wealth Advisor “Citi Sky” To Boost Client Service
Citi introduced “Citi Sky,” a generative‑AI wealth advisor that will be rolled out to select clients this summer. Developed with Google Cloud and DeepMind, the tool promises 24‑hour personalized advice while highlighting memory challenges that could limit its long‑term usefulness.
Robinhood Just Got Smacked with Its First Real Crypto Bear Market
Robinhood reported a sharp 47% year‑on‑year drop in crypto trading revenue to $134 million for Q1 2026, with trading volume falling 48% to $24 billion. The decline coincided with Bitcoin sliding from its $120,000 peak to roughly $76,000, prompting a near‑10% after‑hours share...
Bloxley Neobank Teams with Equals Money | Railsr to Launch EU Multi‑currency Payments Platform
Bloxley announced a strategic partnership with FCA‑regulated Equals Money | Railsr to embed multi‑currency accounts and cross‑border payment rails into its platform. The deal leverages Equals Money’s 18‑year track record, 38+ currency support and service to over 50,000 businesses, coming...
FNB Bolsters Its Solopreneur Offering
FNB has launched Solopreneur, a unified banking platform that lets freelancers, gig workers and other self‑employed South Africans manage personal and business finances in a single profile. The service bundles a personal account, credit card, business account, invoicing, tax tools...
What Blockchain Does the Digital Yuan Use?
China’s digital yuan runs on a purpose‑built, permissioned blockchain rather than a public network like Bitcoin. The system prioritizes transaction speed, scalability and central‑bank oversight, allowing near‑instant retail payments while preserving user privacy. By distributing the ledger across numerous nodes...
Press Release: Ebury Launches Local German IBANs, Expanding Private Market Offering
Ebury announced the launch of local German accounts with dedicated IBANs, enabling businesses to collect payments in 19 currencies. The new offering integrates with ERP and accounting systems like DATEV and SAP via the EBICS standard, allowing daily turnover data...
Press Release: ION and KPMG Bring EU Payee Verification Live at Scale, Preventing Disruptions to Critical Payment Flows
ION Treasury announced that its treasury management suite now includes Verification of Payee (VoP) capabilities, meeting the EU Instant Payments Regulation’s mandatory requirements. The company launched VoP in its ITS platform, making it the first ION solution live in production...