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The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has renewed its multi‑year strategic partnership with Ant International, extending the Alipay+ unified wallet gateway across the island. The expanded deal adds joint marketing campaigns for key source markets and introduces new digital tools such as the Alipay+ Voyager AI travel assistant. Data from Alipay+ shows Singapore ranked among the top five global travel destinations in 2025, with tourist transaction volume rising 36% year‑on‑year and SGQR spending nearly tripling. The collaboration aligns with STB’s Tourism 2040 roadmap to create a digitally‑enabled tourism ecosystem.
Germany's deposit token consortium CBMT evolves for pre-production trials - Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise https://t.co/IECyCEHhQs
The GENIUS Act rules just dropped 60 days for comments Digging in to this today
Emirates NBD has integrated a carbon‑tracking feature, the ENBD X Carbon Calculator, into its ENBD X mobile banking app, targeting roughly two million active users. The tool automatically analyses transaction data to estimate associated CO₂ emissions and presents monthly breakdowns,...
Meta is planning stablecoin comeback in the second half of this year: Meta sent out a request for product (RFP) to third-party firms to help administer stablecoin-based #payments. Sources via @CoinDesk. #Facebook #stablecoins #Libra #Diem https://t.co/T5nqMM3ze2
Australia is gradually aligning with the G20 Roadmap for cross‑border payments, having met the universal access target but still falling short on cost, speed and transparency goals. Bank‑based transfers to advanced economies cost about 4 % for a A$1,000 payment, while...
Hepsiburada reported a 57% year‑on‑year increase in gross merchandise volume (GMV) and 63% revenue growth for Q2 2022 on an unadjusted basis, but inflation‑adjusted figures showed a 10% GMV decline and a 6% revenue dip. The company posted positive free cash...
Payoneer reported a record 2025, processing $87 billion in volume across 190 markets and delivering $900‑$940 million revenue ex‑interest for 2026, reflecting 12% growth despite a 300‑basis‑point headwind from its Stripe checkout migration. B2B revenue surged 28% to represent 30% of revenue,...
Landbank and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) have signed a memorandum of agreement to digitise scholarship payouts for more than 335,000 scholars across the Philippines. The partnership uses Landbank’s ATM Payroll Facility to credit allowances directly into...
Amazon announced a global DD+7 payout rule effective March 5, 2026, with the German marketplace following on March 12. Under the new policy, seller funds are released seven days after delivery confirmation, extending the typical cash‑in cycle to eight or nine days. The...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warned that cyber‑enabled fraud is now a top money‑laundering threat in 90% of the jurisdictions it assessed. Singapore alone saw a 61% jump in scam cases over the past two years, while the United...
Crypto is re‑entering startup discussions, but the focus has shifted from hype to regulation and infrastructure. At ETH Denver, low attendance underscored a market pause, while Washington’s GENIUS and Clarity Acts promise clearer stablecoin rules. Stripe is quietly assembling a...
Mambu is rolling its API‑first payments hub out of Europe into additional EMEA markets, Latin America and Asia‑Pacific. The move responds to rising demand from banks and fintechs that need unified access to diverse payment schemes and jurisdictions. Built on...
The PCI Security Standards Council published its inaugural 2025 annual report, the first since its 2006 founding, outlining a surge in payment‑system threats and the council’s expanding role. The report highlights accelerated attacks leveraging AI, ransomware incidents such as BridgePay,...
Prediction markets are hot. Here's a new one, made with AI, that is more fun, less gambling. Get it on iPhone at https://t.co/YYZS6efkU5 It's called "Hunch?" on iPhone and here founder Daniel Buchner talks to me about what makes it different...
JPMorgan Chase disclosed a $19‑$20 billion annual technology budget, earmarked for AI, cloud infrastructure, and data integration. More than 80% of its applications now run on modern platforms, with over 70% in public or private clouds, enabling real‑time processing and automated...
Credit bureaus report a 24.1% year‑over‑year surge in unsecured consumer installment loans in December 2025, reaching 15 million loans worth $62.6 billion, with seven million classified as subprime. Meanwhile, credit‑card balances remain stable around $1.3 trillion, showing typical seasonal bumps but no comparable growth....
The Clearing House’s Real‑Time Payments (RTP) network set two historic milestones, processing 2.05 million transactions in a single day on Feb. 13 and reaching a daily value peak of $8.36 billion on Feb. 18. The surge reflects accelerating adoption among retail users, digital‑wallet transfers,...
Truist’s private‑wealth division is now offering spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded funds from Fidelity and BlackRock, both SEC‑registered. The ETFs give high‑net‑worth clients regulated crypto exposure through advisors or the self‑directed Truist Trade platform. The launch follows regulatory clarity from the GENIUS...
Blockfills co‑founder and CEO Nicholas Hammer stepped down, with Joseph Perry named interim chief executive. The crypto lender disclosed $75 million in losses and halted client deposits and withdrawals on Feb 11, 2026. The firm, which processed $60 billion in 2025 trading volume,...
We’ve crossed $1 trillion in lending volume, a historic milestone for Aave and DeFi as a whole. A decade ago, DeFi and Aave didn’t exist. They were just ideas. Today, Aave stands as the backbone of onchain lending, powering a new...
The guide outlines immediate steps—freezing accounts, documenting the transaction hash, and securing credentials—to halt further loss after a crypto theft. It explains how to use blockchain explorers to trace stolen funds to destination addresses, often ending at regulated exchanges. Professional...
CoinCraddle has launched private, non‑custodial swaps between Monero (XMR) and Bitcoin (BTC), allowing users to convert the privacy‑focused coin into the world’s most liquid cryptocurrency without any registration. The service offers instant execution, transparent fees starting at 0.3 % and supports...
CCLEAR, a unit of Crowdfund Capital Advisors, unveiled a Reg CF compliance dashboard that aggregates filing data for nearly 9,000 crowdfunding issuers. The tool reveals that 31.4% of issuers are non‑compliant and only 4.1% are fully up‑to‑date with mandatory annual...
Bloomberg Intelligence surveyed 100 senior CIOs and CTOs at leading asset managers and found a stark gap between AI hype and actual spend. While AI dominates boardroom discussions, roughly 70% of firms allocate less than 10% of operating expenses to...
Safe Labs announced that its Safe{Wallet} will now support EUR CoinVertible, a euro‑pegged stablecoin issued by Societe Generale‑FORGE, through a dedicated Morpho vault. Users can deposit the stablecoin, earn DeFi yield, and access a limited‑time campaign offering extra EURCV rewards. Steakhouse Financial will...
Quorix, a new private research platform, concentrates on the convergence of decentralized finance, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and physical intelligence. It delivers structured, forward‑looking analysis for venture capital funds, family offices, angel investors, and tech founders seeking cross‑sector insights. By mapping...
Tokenized US Treasury market grew to $10.8 billion, up $1.9 billion since the start of 2026. The sector has expanded 50× since 2024, propelled by BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), now worth over $1.2 billion. Growth persisted despite a broad crypto...
Fintech giant Revolut is weighing a secondary share sale in the second half of 2026, which could lift its valuation to roughly $100 bn, up from the $75 bn price set by last year’s secondary transactions. The move is being driven by...
Fintechs that embed strict data‑law compliance early turn regulatory costs into a durable competitive moat. By localizing data, building audit‑ready architectures, and showcasing trust signals, they raise switching costs for rivals and attract high‑value enterprise contracts. The resulting proprietary, regulator‑approved...
Verifone announced an expanded partnership with Germany‑based Unzer Group, embedding its Android‑based terminals and processing capabilities into Unzer's cloud‑native UnzerOne platform. The joint solution will let merchants run a single payment stack from checkout to payout across in‑store and online...
Meta is planning to introduce stablecoin‑based payments in the second half of 2026 by partnering with a third‑party provider, avoiding the need to issue its own token. The initiative leverages the 2025 GENIUS Act’s regulatory framework, positioning digital dollars as...
April has introduced an AI‑driven tax platform aimed at wealth managers and financial advisors, usable as a standalone solution or embedded within existing systems. The platform delivers a real‑time dashboard that surfaces client tax workflows, documents, and financial insights, while...
DUPAY, launched in May 2023, offers a subscription‑based income‑protection platform for creators, agencies, and small businesses. Leveraging AI‑generated demand letters and a three‑letter escalation protocol, the service reports an 81% success rate in recovering unpaid invoices across 16 countries. Beyond...
Payoneer has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a U.S. national trust bank charter, to be branded as PAYO Digital Bank. The charter would let the firm issue, send and receive stablecoins, provide...
The Internet is rebuilding the economic system; its being built on blockchains, stablecoins and agentic computing. 2025 was a milestone year for @Circle and our industry, and still just the outset of these megatrends that will drive enormous change...
Anthropic is taking its magic tricks to financial services.... Claude Cowork for banking. - Plugins tailored for investment banking, private equity, equity research, and wealth management. - Integrations with financial data providers like FactSet, MSCI, S&P Global, and LSEG. https://t.co/pRISD6broy
Rowspace, a San Francisco‑New York AI platform for institutional financial data, announced a combined $50 million raise across seed and Series A rounds. The Series A was co‑led by Sequoia and Emergence Capital, while the seed round was also led by Sequoia with...
"Ethereum has scalability challenges. And they are SO substantial that it can't be competitive on trading applications. And if you don't have those, you won't have borrow/lend markets. That's where Solana has an advantage" @tusharjain from Multicoin https://t.co/rV1yQXFQna
About 3 years ago @aleximm said to me, he believes long term fintech companies would apply for charters. At the height of ZIRP, I disagreed. It seemed all downside. Now the world is upside down. Every tech company wants a charter. How times have...
Recent regulatory developments across major economies highlight growing scrutiny of AI, cybersecurity, and operational resilience in finance. In the UK, the Treasury Committee criticised the FCA and BoE for a reactive stance, urging AI‑specific guidance and stress testing by 2026....
Interesting that Bank Policy Institute and Independent Community Bankers of America pushed back to the OCC on trust charter apps from @coinbase @Ripple @circle -- but *NOT* from World Liberty Financial 🤔
The future of banking: - Full transparency - Instant settlements - No fees - Incentives for early adopters But most importantly: A financial system that works for robots
Autonomous intelligence can drive speed and scale. What defines great financial institutions is how they balance innovation with responsibility. https://t.co/Ashs1ZyYcy
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Is Planning Stablecoin Comeback in the Second Half of This Year Stripe CEO Patrick Collison joined Meta board April 2025. Bridge (Stripe) got conditional OCC charter Feb 2026. All pieces aligning for 3B+ user stablecoin integration https://t.co/aSVtygrobm https://t.co/BUcPHl2zTM
Excited about the Aave App. - Easy way to track your earnings - Predict the future earnings with future mode - Link your bank account - Set recurring deposits directly from bank - Full control of assets DeFi for everyone.
The more reporting you put on banks, the more difficult it is to compete w/ digital assets. We report suspicious criminal activity & should be getting BSA relief not further requirements. The lift for small banks is extraordinary & we...
Standing room only to see @Puntored_CO, @sumsub, @AWSstartups, and @IMEFOficial kick off Day 3 of @mxfintechweek at the @twifintech House 🔥🔥 https://t.co/BDCOjLBL07
Fintech as a Service Market Forecasted to Reach USD 1.82 Trillion by 2035 Driven by Rising Demand for Embedded Finance, Digital Banking, and Scalable Cloud-Based Solutions https://t.co/i6QoyzAi7r https://t.co/HwNAWxpkN8
My keynote yesterday focused on Digital Credit and the emerging opportunity to create Digital Money and Digital Yield backed by $STRC.
