Ripple Adds Digital Asset Support to Treasury Management Platform
Ripple has upgraded its treasury management platform to embed digital‑asset capabilities, letting corporate finance teams hold, track, and manage cryptocurrencies alongside fiat in a single interface. The new Digital Asset Accounts and unified dashboard provide real‑time visibility across bank accounts, custody providers, and on‑chain wallets, supporting assets such as XRP and Ripple USD. APIs connect external custodians, streamlining reconciliation and reporting. The feature, launched after Ripple’s $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury, is currently in beta for select customers.
IAMTN Partners With Next Generation NGPES to Bring Stablecoins Into Mainstream Cross-Border Payments
The International Association of Money Transfer Networks (IAMTN) has entered a strategic partnership with Next Generation NGPES to embed stablecoins into mainstream cross‑border payment flows. The collaboration aims to create a compliant, interoperable framework that lets banks and payment providers...
Finally. EToro Now Allows New York Residents to Trade Crypto
eToro has secured both a New York BitLicense and a Money Transmitter License, allowing the platform to offer cryptocurrency trading to New York residents for the first time. The approval follows a 2024 SEC settlement that forced the firm to pull most...
UPI Records Highest Monthly Transactions at 22.6 Bn in March
India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed a record 22.64 billion transactions in March 2026, the highest monthly volume since its 2016 launch. Volume grew 24% year‑on‑year, while total transaction value rose to ₹29.53 lakh crore (approximately $356 billion). Daily averages edged up to 730 million...
DTCC Launches Rapid Issuance
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) unveiled Rapid Issuance, a new service on its Underwriting Central platform that automates the full lifecycle of equity‑linked structured notes. The solution enables issuers to complete closings within an hour, promising faster time‑to‑market,...
Cross River Bank Raises $50M To Accelerate AI And Crypto Expansion
Cross River Bank’s parent, CRB Group, secured a $50 million capital raise backed by existing investors and T. Rowe Price. The funds will accelerate the bank’s embedded‑finance platform, expanding AI‑driven operations, cryptocurrency infrastructure, and global market reach. Cross River aims to...
Introducing KeshPay: A New Crypto-to-Naira Solution for West Africa
Nigerian entrepreneur Ndulue Kenechukwu has launched KeshPay, a crypto‑to‑naira conversion platform aimed at streamlining digital‑asset transactions across West Africa. The service tackles persistent peer‑to‑peer trading issues by offering a controlled environment that speeds up exchanges and reduces dispute risk. In...
What Banks Get Wrong About Small Business Credit Cards
Banks are underselling small‑business credit cards by focusing on rates and fees while neglecting the operational tools owners value, such as expense separation, cash‑flow integration, and employee spending controls. The Javelin Strategy report shows many merchants already hold personal accounts,...
Sars to Give Every Taxpayer a Digital Identity in Sweeping Tech Overhaul
South Africa's revenue agency SARS unveiled Modernisation 3.0, a digital overhaul that will issue every taxpayer a biometric, two‑factor digital identity. The programme adds AI‑driven case management, instant payments with the Reserve Bank, and automatic VAT assessments. In FY 2025/26...
Ghana’s National ID Cards Can Now Make Payments
Ghana’s National Identification Authority has embedded a digital wallet into the Ghana Card, allowing holders to withdraw cash from ATMs, pay in stores and online, and conduct international transactions in over 200 countries. Cardholders can activate the wallet through the...
El Salvador Central Bank Launches 24/7 Banking Platform
El Salvador’s central bank launched Pay, a free 24/7 digital payment platform aimed at informal workers and small businesses. The system, already serving about 10,000 users, enables QR‑code payments, interbank transfers, and records income for future credit access. Users must...
AI-Powered Home Finance Fintech Smartlayer Set to Close
Smartlayer, a London‑based AI fintech that built a white‑label data platform for residential lending, announced it will cease operations after three years. Founded in 2022, the company raised $835,000 in a 2024 seed round and launched HomeScore, a product co‑developed...
Businesses Struggle to Adapt as Late Payments Surge, Tariffs Reshape Costs, Report Reveals
Billtrust’s March 31 report reveals finance leaders grappling with longer invoice cycles, rising tariff costs, and economic uncertainty. Two‑thirds of respondents say customers are paying later, prompting nearly half of firms to tighten cash handling and 70% to delay or cancel...
Benchmark Starts Coverage on Digital Assets Firm Securitize
Benchmark has started analyst coverage of Miami‑based fintech Securitize, assigning a Buy rating and a $16 price target. The firm is set to list on Nasdaq via a merger with SPAC Cantor Equity Partners II. Securitize commands roughly 70% of the...
London Fintech Ecosystem Solidifies Through Rigorous Recognition Framework
The Fintech Awards London has cemented its role as the UK’s most rigorous fintech recognition platform, using a three‑day, face‑to‑face due‑diligence process rather than automated scoring. Since its 2022 launch, the awards have spotlighted winners such as Zopa, Allica Bank,...
Intellect Design Arena Secures Order From Major Middle Eastern Logistics Firm
Intellect Design Arena announced that a major Middle‑East logistics firm handling over 90 million container shipments annually has selected its Purple Fabric Accounts Payable platform. The solution will automate high‑volume invoice processing using AI and large language models (LLMs). By ingesting...
AI Driving Changes in Nordic Financial Services
Nordic banks and insurers are accelerating AI adoption as digital‑only challengers like Lunar capture market share. Lunar has raised €540 m (≈ $594 m) to turbo‑charge its AI‑driven expansion, while incumbents such as Tryg, Danske Bank and If Forsikring launch AI hubs and digitisation...
Press Release: AccessPay Accelerates Growth with Majority Investment From Leading Software Investor, Accel-KKR
AccessPay, a UK‑based bank integration and payment automation SaaS, has secured a majority investment from private‑equity firm Accel‑KKR. The capital infusion will fund product development, scale operations and enable strategic acquisitions, positioning AccessPay to meet rising demand for AI‑ready finance...
Kingfin Affiliate Program Review: Deep Dive Into the Olymptrade Partnership Experience
Kingfin runs the direct affiliate program for Olymptrade, a licensed online broker operating since 2014. The platform offers a low $10 minimum deposit, 250 tradable assets and 24/7 support, making it attractive for emerging‑market audiences. Affiliates can choose from four...
Press Release: Launch of New Global Acceptance Features for Virtual Cards
SAP Taulia unveiled its Supplier Acceptance suite, a set of global features that eliminate key obstacles to B2B virtual‑card adoption for suppliers. The toolkit automates reconciliation, enables instant payments on invoice approval, and supports multi‑use cards that bypass terminal limits....
Press Release: FIS Launches New Cleared Derivatives Solution for Prediction Markets
FIS announced its CD Prediction Clearing solution, delivering 24/7 real‑time post‑trade clearing for regulated prediction markets. The cloud‑native platform replaces batch processing with high‑volume, instant risk updates, handling millions of transactions daily. Built on the existing CD Books and Records...
Revolut Expands LATAM Presence with Peru Bank License
Revolut has been granted an Organisation Licence by Peru’s Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP, making it the first fully digital bank authorised in the country. The licence allows the UK‑based neobank to incorporate locally and move toward a functional...
The New Competitive Advantage
Regulatory maturity has become a differentiator for UK fintech firms, turning compliance into a growth catalyst. Companies that embed strong governance, operational resilience, and anti‑financial‑crime controls are scaling faster and attracting capital, with the UK capturing over a third of...
Your Platform Pays 50,000 Users But Your Payout Stack Was Built for 500. Payoro Sees This Problem Every Day.
Platforms often integrate a low‑volume payout solution to launch quickly, but as users grow from hundreds to tens of thousands the same stack becomes a bottleneck. Sequential batch processing stretches payout runs from minutes to hours, failure rates climb, and...
FinCode: 10 Years of Building the Infrastructure Behind Africa’s Fintech Growth
FinCode, a stealth fintech infrastructure firm in Africa, celebrates ten years and is now opening its full‑stack platform to a broader market. The company built core rails—including payment switching, remittance‑as‑a‑service, digital wallets, lending and identity management—through its Songhai Exchange API...
Agentic Commerce in 2026: Where We Stand and What Lies Ahead
Financial services firms are accelerating AI‑driven, autonomous decision‑making to overhaul checkout experiences, a trend dubbed agentic commerce. The model enables software agents to discover, evaluate, purchase, and manage post‑sale tasks within predefined guardrails, shifting the consumer role from shopper to...
CBN Begins Virtual Asset Anti-Money Laundering Supervision, Names Paystack, Flutterwave for Pilot
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched an anti‑money‑laundering, counter‑terrorism financing pilot targeting a select group of virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The pilot includes prominent fintechs such as Paystack, Flutterwave, KuCoin and others, and will require monthly AML/CFT...
Corum Advises Twikey in Majority Acquisition by Smile Sail
Corum Group announced that Smile Sail has taken a majority stake in Belgian fintech Twikey, a platform that streamlines recurring payments across Europe. The investment comes from Smile Sail’s €275 million (~$302 million) evergreen private‑equity fund and will finance Twikey’s next growth...
CBN Gives Banks 21 Days to Grade Their Cyber Defences
Nigeria's central bank has issued a circular requiring banks, fintechs and other financial institutions to complete a new Cybersecurity Self‑Assessment Tool (CSAT) within 21 days for deposit banks and five weeks for other entities. The move follows a surge in...
Square Launches Zero-Fee Bitcoin Payments for US Merchants Through 2026: Square
Square announced a zero‑fee Bitcoin point‑of‑sale program for U.S. merchants that will run through December 2026. The initiative eliminates processing charges, allowing small retailers and local vendors to accept Bitcoin without eroding margins. Payments are settled instantly in U.S. dollars, giving...
Six Months Out of Stealth, Credibur Hits €2B in Facility Volume
Credibur, a Berlin fintech that emerged from stealth six months ago, now supports €2 billion (about $2.16 billion) of structured debt facilities on its platform. The company raised $2.2 million in pre‑seed funding led by Redstone to build an API‑ and AI‑driven infrastructure...
NinjaTrader Implements Adclear AI Finprom Marketing Compliance Platform
London‑based Adclear has partnered with retail futures platform NinjaTrader to embed its AI‑driven financial promotions compliance engine into NinjaTrader’s marketing workflow. The integration will automatically scan both NinjaTrader‑produced content and influencer‑generated posts, flagging regulatory breaches and cutting review time by...
StanChart Among First Banks to Launch FPS Cross-Border Payment Service for Offshore Fin Institutions
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has become one of the first banks in Hong Kong to offer a Faster Payment System (FPS) cross‑border service for offshore financial institutions and PayTech firms. The service enables real‑time, 24‑hour settlement of payments up...
Airwallex Obtains E-Money and Class A Licences From Bank Negara Malaysia
Airwallex has secured both e‑money issuing and Class A licences from Bank Negara Malaysia, allowing it to offer a full suite of payment services in the country. The approvals expand its regulated footprint beyond its existing Class B Money Services Business licence...
SEBI Algo Trading Norms Kick in Today: 2FA, Audit Trails for Brokers Now Mandatory
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has activated new algorithmic trading regulations, requiring brokers to maintain comprehensive audit trails for every automated trade. Mandatory two‑factor authentication, password‑expiry policies, and daily auto‑logout must secure API access. The rules also...
TD Rolls Out Easy Trade App to Lower Barriers for New Self-Directed Investors
TD Bank has launched the Easy Trade mobile app to attract first‑time investors in Canada. The platform eliminates traditional barriers by offering zero account minimums, no monthly fees, and a generous allotment of commission‑free trades—50 free stock trades per year...
From Documents to Data: How AI Is Transforming the Future of Trade Finance
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping trade finance by automating document extraction, rule‑based decisioning, and real‑time error prevention. HSBC’s Trade Pulse Survey shows 38% of firms already use AI, with another 46% planning adoption, accelerating predictive, near‑instant execution. Parallel regulatory advances—UNCITRAL’s...
Fintech and Wider Digital Overview of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2026
By 2026 Bhutan has moved from early digital adoption to embedding fintech within a broader economic redesign led by the Royal Monetary Authority. The central bank’s Fintech Bhutan programme underpins a growing digital payment ecosystem, including the Bhutan Financial Switch,...
High Street Banks Could Learn From Revolut’s Fee Bonanza
Revolut has introduced a steep fee increase across its premium subscription tiers, raising charges by roughly 20% and projecting an additional $150 million in annual revenue. The move follows a broader strategy to monetize value‑added services such as crypto trading, travel...
USD-Backed Stablecoins Fuel Nigeria’s Trade Amid FX Uncertainty
Fintech Verto’s CEO Ola Oyetayo says Nigeria’s recent naira volatility has pushed businesses toward USD‑backed stablecoins for cross‑border trade. Traditional banking liquidity dried up, prompting payment providers to use mixed local and global pools and dynamic pricing. The Central Bank...
AI ‘Machine Customer’ Secures Home Loan in Under 10 Minutes in New Cloudcase Demo
Cloudcase, an Australian‑origin digital origination platform, demonstrated an AI assistant completing a full home‑loan application for two borrowers in under ten minutes. The AI handled document verification, identity checks, eligibility assessment and final submission without any human‑filled forms. The workflow,...
Revolut in Talks to Acquire Major Asian Bank
Revolut is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire an Asian bank to secure a full banking licence and accelerate its regional push. While a takeover of DBS Group is dismissed as financially impractical, analysts point to smaller digital‑only institutions as...
Endowus Rolls Out HKD Index Funds for Retail Clients- #Wealth #AssetManagement #AssetFinance
Asia‑focused digital wealth platform Endowus announced the launch of three Hong Kong‑dollar index funds from BlackRock’s iShares range for retail clients in Hong Kong. The funds give investors low‑cost exposure to both local equities and global markets, expanding Endowus’ product...
Fintech - March 2026
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to issue an interim final open‑banking rule in 2026, revisiting data‑access requirements after suspending its 2024 rule. Meanwhile, the House‑pending Bank‑Fintech Partnership Enhancement Act would empower the OCC and Federal Reserve to study...
Clipper 2.0 Is Still Seeing Hourslong Outages, and a Full Fix Is Months Away
The Bay Area’s Clipper 2.0 fare‑payment upgrade, overseen by Cubic Transportation Systems under a $461 million contract, continues to suffer prolonged outages and glitches. Since its Dec. 10 launch, only about 1.3 million of the roughly 15 million cards have been migrated, and Cubic...
Tech Disruptors: Mastercard on Stablecoins and Agentic Commerce
Mastercard is deepening its foray into stablecoin infrastructure, highlighted by a proposed acquisition of BVNK, a firm that provides fiat‑on‑ramp services for digital assets. The move aligns with the company’s broader strategy to embed its trust‑centric network into emerging payment...
Elavon and Liberis Expand Partnership Enabling Small Businesses to Access Fast Funding
Elavon and Liberis have extended their partnership to Canada, launching Quick Capital – a revenue‑based financing product embedded directly in the Elavon merchant portal. The solution targets more than 202,000 Canadian small‑to‑medium businesses, offering fast, flexible funding with minimal paperwork...
Irish Lawmaker Urges Stripe to Flout US Sanctions on UN Investigator Albanese
Irish MEP Barry Andrews has publicly urged Stripe co‑founders John and Patrick Collison to enable payments for UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese outside the United States, despite U.S. sanctions against her. The sanctions, imposed by the Trump administration after Albanese...
Comparative Analysis: Apple Wallet Vs. PayPal — Who Will Win the Stablecoin Money Race in 2026?
Apple Wallet has integrated USDC payments through Apple Pay merchant APIs, positioning its ecosystem for stablecoin adoption. PayPal is scaling its proprietary PYUSD stablecoin, now available in roughly 70 markets worldwide. Both firms are competing on fee structures, user experience,...
Creators Can Now Get Paid Instantly as Billion Dollar Boy Unveils New Payments Platform
Billion Dollar Boy launched Creator Payments, a new SaaS solution built into its Companion platform. The product consolidates invoicing, tax compliance, and onboarding, handling up to 14 administrative steps per creator. In partnership with Lumanu, it adds an Early Pay...