Docupace Names Mike Conlon Chief Revenue Officer to Accelerate Wealth‑Tech Growth
Docupace announced the appointment of Mike Conlon as Chief Revenue Officer. The veteran SaaS leader will steer a unified go‑to‑market strategy as the firm expands its AI‑driven back‑office suite for wealth‑management firms. The hire signals a push to scale revenue operations amid rapid adoption of automation tools in the sector.
Robinhood's Massive Revenue, Profit, and Diversified Business
Everyone sold $HOOD on crypto. Here's what they missed: $4.47B revenue (+52%) $1.88B net income (42% margin) Rule of 40: 108 — Hyper-Elite 11 revenue streams over $100M each 4.2M Gold subscribers (+58%) Trump Accounts: govt contract for 25M families This isn't a trading app anymore. Full breakdown: https://open.substack.com/pub/dralexkoh/p/hood-deep-dive-i-called-this-stock
Cellulant Names Anthony Hernandez COO to Accelerate AI‑Powered Payments Ops
Cellulant announced the appointment of Anthony Hernandez as chief operating officer, tasking him with building an AI‑enabled, data‑driven operating model for its pan‑African payment platform. The move signals a strategic push toward real‑time compliance, operational transparency and scalable growth for...
Addepar Launches Singapore Office, Designating City as Asia‑Pacific Hub
Addepar announced the opening of a Singapore office at Marina Bay Financial Centre, formalising the city as its Asia‑Pacific hub. The move follows a 130% rise in APAC client numbers and builds on an investment from Singapore’s EDBI in the...
X Launches New Cashtags Format on iOS in the US and Canada
X has rolled out a new Cashtags format to all iOS users in the United States and Canada, extending the feature globally shortly thereafter. The update embeds real‑time market data, price charts and related posts directly into a tweet‑like stream,...
UK FCA Unveils Open‑Finance Framework to Boost Credit Access
The Financial Conduct Authority announced an open‑finance framework that will let consumers and businesses share financial data with a wider range of providers, aiming to speed up loan approvals and broaden credit access. The regulator projects the combined impact of...
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Unveils New Securities‑Risk Framework for FinTech Platforms
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance rolled out a new risk‑assessment framework that maps every security to its ultimate owners, letting fintech platforms flag “inadvertent transactions” tied to sanctioned entities. The system, built on BIGTXN technology, targets the surge in regulatory...
Pakistan Ends 8‑Year Bank Ban on Crypto, Allows VASP Accounts for 40 Million Users
The State Bank of Pakistan revoked its 2018 prohibition on banks dealing with cryptocurrencies, allowing licensed virtual asset service providers to open segregated client‑money accounts. The move targets roughly 40 million Pakistanis active in crypto and backs a $2 billion tokenisation partnership...
Rising Gas Prices Remind Why Earned Wage Access Is so Important
Rising gas prices are exposing the fragility of paycheck‑to‑paycheck households, especially hourly workers who face immediate cost spikes for commuting and daily needs. The article argues that traditional bi‑weekly payroll cycles no longer match real‑life cash‑flow demands, highlighting that 86%...
Slash, a Ramp Competitor Founded by Teenagers, Raises $100M at $1.4B Valuation
Slash Financial announced a $100 million Series C round that lifts its valuation to $1.4 billion. The fintech, founded by 19‑year‑old Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai, now 24, offers business‑banking, corporate cards, transfers and crypto services. It reports $300 million in annualized revenue and...
EBANX Targets Southeast Asia in New Cross-Border Payments Push
Brazilian fintech EBANX, a key partner behind the Pix instant‑payment system, is expanding its cross‑border payment platform into Southeast Asia. The firm has launched operations in Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey, with Malaysia and Vietnam slated for later in the year....
Backbase and Ninth Wave Team Up to Bring Open Finance to Commercial Banking
Backbase, the Amsterdam‑based banking‑software platform, announced a strategic partnership with New York‑based open‑finance specialist Ninth Wave to give commercial banks direct, permissioned connectivity between corporate clients’ ERP and accounting systems and their banking data. The joint solution provides real‑time data...
SWIFT: Belgium’s Banking Network as Economic Weapon
The most powerful weapon in America's arsenal isn't a nuke. It's not even in the military. It's a banking cooperative in Belgium that can destroy entire economies in days. In 2022, they used it on Russia, and the results were devastating. Here's the untold...
Today’s Podcast Episode: “True Lender” Doctrine Back in the Spotlight: Key Takeaways on OppFi V. Hewlett Tentative California Superior Opinion
The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a tentative ruling in OppFi v. Hewlett, granting summary judgment to fintech lender OppFi and rejecting the California DFPI’s claim that OppFi, not its partner FinWise Bank, is the true lender. The court emphasized...
Agilysys and FreedomPay Extend Partnership to Modernize US Hotel Payments
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS) and payments‑technology leader FreedomPay announced an expanded partnership that will roll out a more open, integrated payment architecture across U.S. hotels, resorts, and gaming venues. The collaboration promises greater flexibility for operators and a seamless, secure...
Bitunix Gains ISO 27001:2022 Certification, Boosting Crypto Exchange Security
Bitunix, a crypto derivatives platform with over 5 million users, secured ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, confirming its formal information‑security management system. The move adds a globally recognized seal of trust to its proof‑of‑reserves model and $30 million USDC care fund, signaling heightened compliance for...
PayPal Adds Native Payment Links to Canva, Turning Designs Into Instant Checkout Pages
PayPal launched a native Payment Links integration inside Canva, allowing users to attach PayPal checkout URLs or QR codes to any design. The move taps Canva’s 265 million monthly users and PayPal’s 439 million accounts, aiming to capture a slice of the...
Airwallex Launches Global POS Platform, Directly Targeting Stripe, Square and Adyen
Airwallex introduced a unified point‑of‑sale product that lets merchants accept in‑person payments in dozens of countries without separate local acquirers, positioning the $8 billion‑valued fintech against Stripe, Square and Adyen. The move leverages its network of 90 regulatory licences and $100 billion...
Mixin Wallet Adds Coinbase Onramp, Enables 60-Second Fiat-to-Crypto Purchases
Mixin, the self‑custodial privacy wallet, has integrated Coinbase Onramp, allowing users to purchase cryptocurrency with fiat in as little as 60 seconds. The partnership brings Apple Pay‑enabled, fee‑transparent buying to over 10 million users and more than $1 billion in on‑chain assets,...
U.S. Bank Eyes Amazon Tie-Up for Small-Biz Boost
U.S. Bank announced a co‑brand credit‑card partnership with Amazon, slated to launch in Q3 2026. The deal will replace American Express as the issuer and target roughly 700,000 Amazon small‑business customers. U.S. Bank expects the program to generate about $1.6 billion in new loans...
U.S. Bank Eyes Amazon Tie-Up for Small-Biz Boost
U.S. Bank announced a co‑brand credit‑card partnership with Amazon aimed at 700,000 small‑business owners, slated to launch in Q3 2026. The deal is expected to generate roughly $1.6 billion in new loans and $75‑85 million in quarterly net‑interest revenue. Leveraging a digital...
AI Could Automate $13T Mortgage Market, Ditch Advisors
Wealthfront runs 45% EBITDA margins without a single advisor. Now David Fortunato wants to automate the $13 trillion mortgage market. (0:00) Can AI Replace Your Financial Advisor? (1:47) How Close Is Self-Driving Money? (3:59) What Happens to 400K Financial Advisors? (4:43) Is the 1%...
Blackhawk Debuts a Consolidated Stored Value Platform for Brands
Blackhawk Network launched a consolidated stored‑value platform that aggregates gift‑card balances, refunds, promotional credits, loyalty points and appeasement funds into a single view via its Digital Wallet API. The solution handles accounting, compliance and expiration rules, allowing brands to display...
UK’s Top Finance Leaders Sound the Alarm: Manual Payment Processes Are Costing Businesses Their Competitive Edge
New Corpay research reveals that UK finance chiefs recognize their manual payment workflows are a hidden cost driver, inflating transaction overhead by roughly 15% and generating an estimated $2.5 billion in annual inefficiencies. CFOs acknowledge that rivals are already shifting to...
Polymarket - Rebuilding the Trading Stack
Polymarket, the leading prediction‑market platform by volume, is overhauling its entire trading stack over the next two to three weeks. The upgrade introduces CLOB v2, CTF Exchange v2, and a native collateral token called Polymarket USD, which is backed 1:1 by...
Adyen Expands Giving Program Worldwide
Adyen is scaling its free checkout‑donation platform, Adyen Giving, beyond Canada and the United States by partnering with adidas to launch the feature in Europe, Brazil and Mexico. The program helped shoppers at 216 adidas stores in Canada and the...
Visa, Mastercard Settle Merchant Claims
Visa and Mastercard have settled interchange‑fee claims from about 65 merchants in New York, ending a decade‑long antitrust dispute that was headed for trial. The settlements include payments of $4.2 billion from Visa’s escrow account, covering roughly 90% of its transaction...
MobileMoney Fintech Ghana Runs Security Checks on MoMo Agent Platform
MobileMoney Fintech Ghana, recently spun off from MTN Ghana, has initiated routine security checks on its MoMo Agent platform to verify regulatory compliance. The audit temporarily restricts certain agent accounts while verification proceeds. Agents with minor infractions will receive warnings,...
The Real Story Behind Stablecoin Growth: Beyond Hype to Actual Usage
Stablecoins are shifting from speculative assets to core payment infrastructure, with market capitalization tripling and holder addresses expanding thirty‑fold. Transfer velocity has surged sixteen times, indicating real economic activity rather than mere speculation. Roughly 80% of stablecoin transactions now involve...
OCC Plans to Preempt Illinois Interchange Law
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has submitted a draft executive order to preempt Illinois' Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, which is slated to take effect in July 2025. The Illinois law caps swipe fees for merchants and...
Institutions Bet Early on Digital Finance Infrastructure
The real money comes from institutional investment, and it's flowing into the infrastructure will supports the whole financial system. The smart bets are being placed on the utility layer, the backbone of digital finance. The biggest moves happen long before...
AI Accelerates Change in Insurance and Finance
How #ArtificialIntelligence Is Rapidly Transforming The Insurance And #FinancialServices Sector https://t.co/QdW6v0o3DR #fintech #Data @SpirosMargaris @Khulood_Almani @BetaMoroney @AkwyZ @JimMarous @efipm @dinisguarda
BtcDana Unveils Integrated Crypto CFD Platform with 1:500 Leverage for Volatility‑Driven Traders
BtcDana has launched an all‑in‑one CFD platform that consolidates crypto, forex, index, metals and stock contracts under a single interface, offering leverage up to 1:500. The solution aims to cut friction for traders who shift between markets amid heightened volatility,...
Machine-to-M
Agentic commerce isn’t priced in yet. Machine-to-machine payments will increase demand for the digital dollar beyond current estimates. The agentic economy could be larger than the human economy. We're building the infrastructure for both at Coinbase.
Slash Raises $100M Series C, Hits $1.4B Valuation
🚨 JUST IN: @slashapp raised $100M Series C at $1.4B to build a Ramp competitor $250M ARR. 60 employees. Valuation quadrupled since May. The headline is the round. The story is everything else 🧵 https://t.co/SzLfFk3ZuB
Institutional Tokenization Expands Across Chains
Asset managers are extending tokenized treasury funds beyond Ethereum to include Solana and Avalanche, marking a rapid multi‑chain rollout. The move seeks deeper liquidity pools and substantially lower transaction costs for institutional investors. It signals a shift from experimental pilots...
Trump Jr.’s Advisory Role Sparks 22x Valuation Surge
"To put numbers on it: when Trump Jr. joined Kalshi as a paid adviser in January 2025, Kalshi was valued at roughly $500 million. By December 2025, it was valued at $11 billion — a 22x increase in under a...
CFTC Inaction Keeps Prediction Markets Legal—Future Risk
Robinhood's lawyers argued today that the CFTC can take action against prediction markets, and because it hasn't, means they are legal. The problem, again, is that if (and, realistically, when) the CFTC has a less favorable makeup, they could simply end...
Ohio Finfluencer Sentenced to Six Years for $23 Million Real‑Estate Ponzi Scheme
Columbus‑based social‑media promoter Tyler Bossetti received a six‑year federal prison term and more than $12.5 million in restitution after pleading guilty to wire and tax fraud. Prosecutors say his “Boss Lifestyle” scheme raised over $23 million and left investors with losses exceeding...
Judges Question Kalshi's Roulette Betting; CFTC Likely Blocks It
Federal judges push Kalshi lawyers on what would stop them from offering event contracts on the outcome of a roulette wheel; Kalshi says the CFTC likely wouldn't allow it, without giving an explanation why
FundOS Leads Tokenization of Private Funds, ETFs
For the past two years, we’ve been in “testing mode”, tokenizing our own Superstate-managed funds. The world’s best asset managers constantly asked when we could tokenize their private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs. The answer is FundOS. More tokenized funds coming soon...
Early Warning’s Certos Launches and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/16/26
Early Warning Services launched Certos, a suite aimed at reducing fraud while widening financial access for U.S. banks. Binance introduced Binance Chat, adding crypto transfers, messaging and other in‑app functions. MegPrime rolled out a consumer app that rewards homebuyers with...
Tempo's Zones: Private, Liquid, Fast Transactions for Institutions
Zones are a bespoke privacy solution from @tempo It balances the need for confidential transactions where needed With the benefits of liquidity, and fast settlement across the wider Tempo network Designed in partnership with some of the world's largest institutions...
Banks Favor Tokenized Deposits, Not Just Deposit Tokens
Why banks like tokenized deposits https://t.co/fGVaoqeM4U "The big attraction for deposit tokens..." I hate to be that guy, but are tokenised deposits and deposit tokens the same thing James? https://t.co/6qhvH3vUY5
Chargebacks911 Refines UDMS Suite with Smarter AI Dispute Detection
Chargebacks911 has upgraded its Unified Dispute Management System (UDMS) with a more sophisticated artificial‑intelligence engine designed to spot chargeback risks earlier. The enhancement responds to surging chargeback volumes and the growing complexity of transaction data across the payments ecosystem. By...
Kalshi Launches Commodity Markets, Deepening Finance Foothold
while all the legal fights continue, kalshi is really doing everything it can to entrench itself in the financial industry
Nigerian Founder Sells Dubai Business to Fund Keepaza, a Payment Identity Platform Built for How Nigerians Actually Transact
Nigerian fintech founder Akindele Liasu sold a portion of his Dubai‑based business to inject founder capital into Keepaza, a payment‑identity platform that assigns each user a single verified username linking bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. Keepaza enables Nigerians to share...
Platnova Celebrates Third Anniversary with over 100,000 Users and a Bold Bet on Zero Fees
Platnova marks its third anniversary with more than 100,000 verified users spanning 50+ countries and 15 currencies. The Lagos‑based fintech has broadened its suite to include multi‑currency wallets, a high‑yield Vault savings product, debit cards and a USD account for...
ABHI Partners with GCC Exchange to Enable Instant Wage Access and Seamless Remittances Across the UAE
ABHI, a digital payroll platform, has teamed up with GCC Exchange to launch instant wage access and real‑time remittance services across the United Arab Emirates. The integration leverages GCC Exchange’s API and blockchain‑based settlement to deliver salaries directly to employee...
FinTech Fund Helps CarryHQ Secure AngelList Sale
Big congrats to @ankurnagpal and the team at @carryhq_ on the sale to @AngelList. Glad that we could support you from @thefintechfund 🙌 https://t.co/ToMKqLpS99