Duetto Names Tripadvisor Vet Robert Matsuoka as New Tech Chief
Robert Matsuoka will focus on the Revenue and Profit Operating System launched by Duetto last year.
InsurTech Firm Sixfold Secures $30m to Advance AI Underwriting
Sixfold, a New York‑based InsurTech, closed a $30 million Series B round led by Brewer Lane with strategic participation from Guidewire. The funding will fuel development of its “AI Underwriter,” an autonomous system designed to handle end‑to‑end property and casualty underwriting. Sixfold’s...
Cardamon Partners Microsoft to Scale Secure AI in Compliance
Cardamon, a RegTech firm specializing in secure AI for compliance, has entered Microsoft’s AI Partnership Program to deliver enterprise‑grade, auditable AI solutions to highly regulated organizations. The collaboration combines Cardamon’s rapid delivery platform, which claims to automate up to 95%...
Why Manual Regulatory Lifecycle Management Is Failing
Financial institutions are spending up to 70% of compliance resources on manually tracking regulatory updates, with some changes taking eight weeks to move through the lifecycle. The lag creates gaps between regulator expectations and the firm’s documented controls, increasing audit...
Aon Teams up with DataRobot to Streamline Onboarding with Agentic AI
Aon and DataRobot have launched a partnership to embed agentic AI into insurance onboarding and servicing workflows. The collaboration will use DataRobot's Agent Workforce Platform to automate document consolidation, certificate generation, and invoice processing while keeping human experts in charge...
Large Deals Rose by 3.9x QoQ in Q4 2025 Pushing European FinTech Funding to Reach Its Peak
European FinTech funding surged to $5.5 bn in Q4 2025, an 87% increase QoQ and the highest‑funded quarter on record. The number of deals stayed flat at 176, but large transactions exploded, with deals over $100 m rising 3.9 times QoQ to $4 bn. Zilch...
Digital Wallet Use Still Lags in the Physical Store
The PYMNTS Intelligence study shows digital wallets are twice as likely to be used for online retail purchases (16%) than in physical stores (8%). Consumer payment preferences now align more with shopping channel than with age, as e‑commerce adoption converges...
Why Fraud Doesn’t Look Like Fraud to a Data Scientist
Fraud no longer looks like a discrete incident; data scientists see it as subtle behavioral deviations across a dynamic transaction ecosystem. Traditional rule‑based defenses create excessive false declines, eroding revenue and customer trust. Visa’s shift to deep‑learning models delivers 15‑20%...
EBAday Fintech Zone Winners: Where Are They Now?
EBAday’s Fintech Zone returned for its sixth year, showcasing early‑stage startups that aim to partner with banks. The accelerator highlighted a cohort of winners whose solutions span payments, compliance, and digital identity. Follow‑up reporting now tracks each winner’s progress, noting...
January 2026: Top Five Movers and Shakers Stories of the Month
January 2026 saw a wave of senior appointments across the financial sector, with JP Morgan Payments naming former NatWest CDAO Zachery Anderson as chief data and analytics officer. Hargreaves Lansdown announced Vanguard veteran Matt Benchener as its incoming CEO, while HSBC Private...
RWA Pioneer Punkvism’s PVT Token Confirms Listing on Global Top-Tier Exchange KuCoin
Punkvism’s native token PVT will debut on KuCoin on January 30, 2026, trading against USDT. The listing follows its August 2025 debut on MEXC and aims to boost global liquidity and market reach. KuCoin’s extensive user base across 200+ countries...
Can Enterprise Data Move Faster?—Insights From an Award-Winning Data Engineering Manager
Victoria’s Secret senior data engineering leader Venkatesh Gundu outlines how cloud migration, AI adoption, and disciplined cost management can accelerate enterprise‑scale transformation. Over sixteen years he delivered more than $5 million in savings, cut infrastructure spend by 30‑35 % and built an...
UK Private Capital Markets Surge Amid Economic Recovery : Research
PitchBook reports that the UK private‑capital market rebounded strongly in Q4 2025, driven by robust venture capital, private equity, and public‑market activity. Venture funding reached roughly $6.8 bn, highlighted by Revolut’s $3 bn round, the continent’s biggest deal of the year. Private‑equity...
Binance to Shift $1 Billion User Protection Fund Into Bitcoin Amid Market Rout
Binance announced it will convert the stablecoin assets in its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) into Bitcoin over the next 30 days, with ongoing audits. The exchange pledged to top up the fund back to $1 billion if Bitcoin...
Europe’s Digital Genesis Fund Targets Tokenization, Web3 and AI
The Digital Genesis Fund has launched as a Luxembourg SICAV‑RAIF aimed at marrying institutional capital with Web3, tokenization and AI-driven infrastructure. Its first compartment, MILC, brings €20 million of pre‑financing and a €35 million content library to tokenized media production and distribution....
Does Finance Need a Big Picture?
In a reflective piece, Dave Wallace argues that the finance sector has lost its big‑picture perspective, becoming fixated on profit extraction rather than serving people. He recounts his own agency’s shift from strategic consulting to polishing existing processes, a move...
The Future of Digital Asset Security: Institutional-Grade Strategies for Private Investors in 2026
Digital investors face escalating cyber threats, making traditional passwords obsolete. Bexalon’s guide advocates institutional‑grade defenses, including AES‑256 encryption, segregated accounts, and a blend of cold storage with limited hot wallets. It also recommends abandoning SMS‑2FA in favor of hardware keys,...
My Experience Working With Emlrn Limited as a Growing Digital Business
A rapidly scaling digital business turned to emlrn Limited to avoid the expense and management burden of an in‑house support team. emlrn delivered a structured onboarding process that captured product nuances, brand tone, and customer profiles, effectively extending the client’s...
Bitcoin Is Going Nuts with Biggest Implied Volatility Spike Since November
Bitcoin’s volatility index (DVOL) surged to above 44 on Thursday, the highest reading since November, jumping from around 37 as traders scrambled for downside protection during a massive sell‑off. The spike coincided with heightened macro uncertainty, including U.S. government‑shutdown risk...
Cpwrt Limited Positions Customer Support as a Strategic Growth Function
cpwrt Limited repositions customer support from a cost center to a strategic growth function by offering outsourced, multi‑channel assistance for e‑commerce, SaaS, fintech and tech firms. The company handles email, live chat, phone and social media interactions, allowing clients to...
Dan Eur Supports Business Continuity Through Reliable Outsourced Customer Care
dan eur limited offers outsourced, 24/7 customer support across email, chat, phone and social channels, targeting e‑commerce, SaaS, fintech and tech firms. The provider aligns agents with each client’s systems, policies and brand voice, reducing resolution times and friction. Flexible...
Billing Support Provides Scalable Billing Support for High-Growth E-Commerce Brands
Billing Support offers high‑growth e‑commerce brands a fully outsourced, 24/7 billing help desk that handles payments, refunds, and account queries across email, chat, phone and digital channels. The service scales with demand, allowing retailers to add support capacity during peak...
Rollercoaster Bitcoin Price Moves End up Liquidating $1.7 Billion in Bullish Crypto Bets
Over the past 24 hours the crypto market saw $1.68 billion in forced liquidations, with long positions absorbing roughly 93% of the damage. Bitcoin alone accounted for about $780 million of that total, while Ether contributed over $414 million. Perpetual‑heavy exchanges such as...
How Investors Approach Crypto Presales Differently in 2026
In 2026 crypto presale investors have moved beyond hype, focusing on concrete liquidity plans, genuine token utility, and robust tokenomics. Projects that outline market‑maker partnerships, realistic trading volume forecasts, and structured vesting attract capital, while those relying solely on marketing...
Hire Developers in Argentina and Build Faster, Smarter Product Teams
US tech firms are increasingly treating Argentine developer hires as a strategic near‑shore solution rather than a cost‑only tactic. The near‑identical time zones enable real‑time sprint activities, while the cost gap with traditional offshore hubs like India has narrowed, making...
Bybit Made ‘Slow but Steady Comeback’ in 2025 After Massive Hack: CoinGecko
Bybit posted the second‑largest trading volume among crypto exchanges in 2025, reaching $1.5 trillion and capturing an 8.1% market share despite a $1.5 billion hack earlier in the year. The exchange kept withdrawals open, honored all user transactions, and secured external liquidity,...
Yuno Teams Up with Crypto.com to Enable Crypto Payments at Checkout
Yuno has partnered with Crypto.com to embed Crypto.com Pay into its payment platform, which already supports more than 1,000 payment options. The integration gives merchants instant access to Crypto.com’s 140 million‑user network and automatically converts crypto to fiat, eliminating volatility risk....
BlackRock’s BUIDL Aids Avalanche Tokenization Value Boom in Q4
Avalanche’s real‑world asset (RWA) ecosystem surged in Q4, with total value locked climbing 68.6% QoQ to $1.3 billion, a 950% year‑over‑year gain. The jump was anchored by BlackRock’s $500 million USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) and new tokenized‑loan offerings from FIS...
Jack Henry Partners with Bud Financial to Enhance Transaction Clarity in Digital Banking
Jack Henry & Associates has integrated Bud Financial’s Enrich technology into its Banno Digital Platform, launching a transaction‑enrichment feature that delivers clearer, categorized transaction data to community banks and credit unions. The tool automatically tags merchant names, spending categories, and...
The Smarter Way to Get Paid in a Digital-First World
Digital payment requests are reshaping how businesses receive funds by offering instant, click‑to‑pay links that bypass traditional checkout hurdles. Platforms generate shareable links that can be sent via email, messaging or social media, letting customers complete transactions in seconds. The...
Top 5 PCI Compliant Hosting Providers
The article outlines the five leading PCI‑compliant hosting providers—AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Rackspace, and specialized PCI hosts—explaining how each aligns its infrastructure with PCI DSS requirements. It emphasizes the shared‑responsibility model, where providers manage the underlying hardware while...
The Long Patience Behind a Business That Finally Made Payments Make Sense
Sabeer Nelli, founder of Zil Money, grew frustrated with fragmented payment systems that delayed payroll, vendor payments, and cash flow for his own businesses. After a processor froze his account, he realized the root problem was cultural—financial tools lacked empathy...
Visa: Credit Card Competition Act Not Needed
Visa CEO Ryan McInerney reiterated that the Credit Card Competition Act is unnecessary and would harm the economy, weaken security, and reduce credit access and rewards. He emphasized Visa’s role in educating lawmakers about the bill’s negative consequences. The company...
Banks Reduce Reliance on OpenAI
Evident’s AI Index shows the world’s largest banks are cutting back on OpenAI, with its share of disclosed AI projects dropping from roughly 50% to about one‑third by the end of 2025. Banks are increasingly turning to Anthropic and Google...
Nationwide Tops UK Current Account Switching Table
Over a million Britons switched banks in the past year, with the Current Account Switch Service processing 1,054,521 transfers for the third consecutive million‑plus period. Nationwide led Q3 net gains, adding 41,450 accounts thanks to a £175 incentive and profit‑sharing...
El Salvador's Central Bank Buys $50 Million of Gold as Government Keeps Adding Bitcoin
El Salvador’s central bank announced a $50 million purchase of gold, adding 9,298 troy ounces to its reserves and bringing total gold holdings to about 67,403 ounces, valued near $360 million. The government also continued its daily bitcoin acquisition program, buying one...
21Shares Launches First Jito Staked Solana ETP in Europe
21Shares has introduced the JSOL exchange‑traded product, the first Europe‑listed ETP backed by JitoSOL, offering direct exposure to Solana with built‑in staking rewards. The ETP trades in USD and euros on Euronext Amsterdam and Paris and holds JitoSOL, a liquid‑staking...
Nubank Receives Conditional OCC Approval for US Charter
Nubank, Brazil’s leading neobank, received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate a de novo national bank. The approval, granted after a 121‑day review that aligns with the OCC’s 120‑day timeline, allows Nubank NA...
It Seems People Are Still Confused About How to Handle Our First Tax Season Without Checks
In March 2025 President Trump signed Executive Order 14247, mandating the elimination of paper checks for all federal payments by September 30 2025. The order, citing $657 million in annual Treasury costs and fraud risks, forces taxpayers, businesses, and vendors to transition to...
Paytm Rebounds From Regulatory Ruckus With Sales Up 20%
Paytm posted a net profit of 2.25 billion rupees in the latest quarter, surpassing analyst expectations, while revenue climbed 20% to 22 billion rupees. The fintech’s turnaround follows a series of cost‑cutting measures, the sale of its ticketing business, and a renewed...
Linking Payments Infrastructure Is a Key Component of India, EU Deal
The episode examines the newly signed India‑EU Free Trade Agreement, highlighting payments interoperability as a cornerstone, including real‑time cross‑border payments and remittances. It explains how the deal builds on the ECB’s plan to link its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement service...
GAO Chides OCC for Not Keeping Basel Records 'Confidential'
The Government Accountability Office issued a report warning the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) that it lacks a clear policy for treating Basel Committee documents as federal records, violating the Federal Records Act. The GAO highlighted inconsistencies...
SOL ETFs Outpace ETH’s Early Rollout, But BTC Still Dominates
U.S. spot Solana ETFs launched in October 2025 attracted roughly $750‑$766 million in early inflows, outpacing Ethereum’s debut but remaining far behind Bitcoin’s $12.1 billion first‑quarter surge. By December 2025 Solana ETFs held about $950 million, roughly 1.35 % of Solana’s market cap, while...
Bolt Partners with Aethir to Power Open-Web Checkout for Games
Bolt announced a partnership with Aethir, the leading distributed GPU cloud provider, to deliver open‑web checkout for games hosted outside traditional app stores. The deal makes Bolt the preferred payments provider for studios on Aethir’s platform, enabling one‑click, browser‑based purchases...
When and Why, You Should Consider a PAN Card Update?
India’s Permanent Account Number (PAN) is the core identity proof for tax, banking and investment activities. Changes such as marriage, address relocation, or data errors require a PAN update, which can be filed online or offline through NSDL or UTIITSL....
How Personal Loans Are Helping Individuals Manage Planned and Unexpected Costs?
Personal loans are increasingly used to smooth both planned and unexpected expenses, converting large one‑time outlays into manageable monthly installments. By offering fixed repayment schedules and transparent terms, they let borrowers preserve emergency savings and avoid high‑cost informal credit. The...
How Crypto Payments Will Change in 2026
Crypto payments are shifting from a marketing gimmick to a settlement‑focused infrastructure as 2026 approaches. Merchants increasingly prefer hybrid crypto‑to‑fiat processors that convert digital assets instantly, avoiding exposure to volatility. Three models dominate: wallet‑to‑wallet for crypto‑native businesses, hybrid processors that...
Crypto Stocks Sink as Spot Volume Plunges and Bitcoin Tumbles Below $84,000
Bitcoin slipped below $84,000, a 6% drop that pulled crypto‑related equities lower across the board. Coinbase led the decline, falling 7% and extending its losing streak to eight sessions, its longest since September 2024, while other exchanges such as Gemini,...
Banana Pro Expands on BNB Chain, Bringing High-Speed Execution to One of Crypto’s Most Active Trading Ecosystems
Banana Gun has extended its Banana Pro platform to fully support BNB Chain, adding a high‑performance execution engine to one of crypto’s busiest on‑chain markets. The upgrade lets traders run swaps, limit orders and DCA strategies on BNB assets from the same...
Saxo Bank Hit with Fine in Denmark Due to Money Laundering Claims
Saxo Bank, a Danish online trading firm with over €115 billion in client assets, was fined DKK 313 million (about $50 million) by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority for AML compliance failures. The regulator cited inadequate due‑diligence on customer purpose and insufficient monitoring of...