Upvest Secures $125M to Upgrade European Banking Infrastructure
Upvest Raises US$125 Million to Modernise European Banking Infrastructure - Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News - FintechNewsCH https://t.co/OLsvn5pOuF https://t.co/WwYH1vY8PH
KLAR's Fundamentals Shine Despite 70% Drop
$KLAR -70% since the IPO It's starting to look interesting: - $128B GMV - 118M Total Customers +28% Y/Y - 15.8M Banking Customers +101% Y/Y - FWD Growth of 26% Yes, credit losses are a growing, but that is natural when non-BNPL loans grow 165% Y/Y....
S&P 500 Now on Hyperliquid, yet Sentiment Stays Bearish
You can now trade the official S&P 500 on Hyperliquid and @kaiynne says its not priced in 👀 Sentiment certainly doesn't feel bullish enough if you ask me What do you think? 👇 https://t.co/OqmjxHjSdQ
Tokenizing Securities to Modernize Capital Markets
Tokenization and the Future of Securities: Modernizing Our Capital Markets | U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Democrats https://t.co/DIllwrCy1U
First Mover Builds Agentic Finance, Eclipses Neobanks
Neobanks disrupted banks Agentic finance disrupts neobanks Every category gets eaten by the next abstraction layer The question isn't whether this happens The question is who builds it first
Digital Banking Is Now the Default Channel
If customers can open an account, get support, and manage their finances digitally, why would they do it any other way? Digital is no longer an add on. It is the primary channel. https://t.co/BlcvLGvFUp
Agentic Finance: Autonomous, Invisible Future Beyond Neobanks
Here's what people miss about agentic finance: Neobanks optimized for human decisions Agents optimize for removing decisions entirely Different paradigm Different infrastructure Different winners The future is ambient, autonomous, invisible
Immigrant's Billion‑Dollar Rent‑to‑Credit Empire Exposes Housing Scam
This Nigerian immigrant exposed America's biggest scam. When he discovered millions of renters aren't allowed to buy homes... He built a $1+ BILLION empire that turns rent into credit scores. Here's why banks across America are nervous:
Google Finance Adds Prediction Markets for Economic Insights
Prediction markets come to @Google Finance: @Kalshi and @Polymarket probabilities now appear alongside stocks and bonds, giving advisors new intelligence on Fed decisions, inflation and economic events. @Wealth_Mgmt: https://t.co/hgCa8n7V1g #WealthManagement #investing https://t.co/7I1LGj0GUx
Middle East Conflict Risks Disrupting Crucial Remittance Streams
Middle East conflict threatens to disrupt vital remittance flows: As Iranian strikes on Gulf energy and finance targets enter their fourth week, attention is shifting to how a protracted conflict may impace remittance flows from the region. @TheBanker: https://t.co/4x3Ae5yVhD https://t.co/vPgl44Nolf
Incumbents and Fintechs Yield Same Profit Margins
Schwab pays ~20 bps on cash. Wealthfront pays 330 bps. Schwab keeps 290 bps. Wealthfront keeps 60 bps. Craziest part -- both have ~36% net income margins. The ops heavy, extractive incumbent model and the tech powered client-aligned model converge at the same...
Mastercard Acquisition Sparks Fresh Stablecoin Outlook
Right off the back of their acquisition announcement, @Mastercard's @raj_dhamodharan and @BVNKFinance's Julia Morrongiello sat down with @chuk_xyz and @rparekh to talk about what it means for the future of stablecoins, only at @MoneyCodePod. https://t.co/HKCa7Hod0H
Simple Digital Onboarding Is No Longer Optional
Digital isn’t optional anymore. If your onboarding experience doesn’t match the simplicity customers get elsewhere, they won’t wait. They’ll move on to someone who makes it easy. https://t.co/ov1HBogOPj
Learn to Move Money & Maximize Apple Card Rewards
Just joining the complex Apple Card ecosystem? It's smart to learn how to move your money around, including funding your Apple Cash. Here's a primer that explains how everything interrelates and how to maximize your rewards: https://t.co/ZPP9OBmIZw #applecard #applecash #banking...
PayPal Expands PYUSD Stablecoin to 70 Countries, Paying Creators
PayPal Scales PYUSD Stablecoin to Reach 70 Countries | https://t.co/ApQ8VoYEl2 https://t.co/RGyJzshUXi YouTube creators can get paid in PYUSD (rolled out for US users)
Keeping Our Digital Bank Inside FDIC Insured Institution Pays Off
Not all fintechs are created equal. So grateful that we started our digital bank, @bankonroger, within our FDIC insured bank @citizensedmond rather than give into the temptation to spin it out.
AI Agents Will Require New Machine‑Centric Financial Rails
Great to be on @SquawkCNBC with @andrewrsorkin. My take: --> AI will drive increased financial activity --> AI agents will eventually transact and exchange value on our behalf This means we'll need new financial rails designed for machines. The future of finance will...
Stablecoins Remain Niche, Fit Only Specific Markets
Stablecoin market fit depends on the market https://t.co/wMsS3MtMEO "Takeaway: Stablecoins are today a niche product for a narrow population." https://t.co/xdseacqiH9
Join Canada FinTech Symposium for Open Banking, AI, Digital Finance
Excited to be heading to #Toronto in May for the Canada FinTech Symposium 2026! If Open Banking, AI, and digital finance are part of your 2026 strategy, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. Register Now 👉 https://t.co/oUHyKvkGkx @chyppings @CanadaSymp70327...
Inside Tempo Mainnet & Machine Payments with Liam Horn
Exclusive chat with @tempo product lead @liamihorne We cover the Tempo mainnet and Machine Payments Protocol Search for the Tokenized Podcast @TokenizedPod and subscribe so you don't miss it Drops Monday 👇 https://t.co/vQE3be52gF
Fintech Must Prioritize Precision Over Speed in Emerging Markets
Fintech strategies that work in developed markets often break in emerging ones. Volatile currencies, fragmented identity systems and shifting regulations force a completely different level of precision in how products are built and operated. What looks like speed in one market...
Public Ethereum Beats Consortia Chains, Yet Commercial Blockchains Thrive
A market needs many actors Having been at @Consensys when we ran a dozen consortia chains and concluded that nothing matches public @ethereum this essay is re energizing Fintech and corporate chains will be massively commercial, just like @AnthropicAI and @OpenAI But...
Finance Bots Are Now Negotiating for Customers
#FlashbackFriday In 2020, I suggested the future of finance would be bots negotiating with bots on behalf of customers. That future feels rather closer now. https://t.co/aAxDaqNeF0 Yesterday’s future. Progress optional.
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EU and UK Listings Now Live on Fiscal AI API
I am thrilled to announce all EU and UK listings are now live in the @fiscal_ai API. They roll into the Terminal shortly. The complexities of making this happen, the edge cases, the quality control, the source material ... extremely hard. So proud...
Hackers Breach Firewall Provider, Exposing 672k Personal Records
Every day, in every way, it gets worse. Marquis says 672,075 people had their names, dates of birth, postal addresses, social security numbers, bank account and card details stolen after hackers got in to their firewall provider’s system. https://t.co/Wes13lLF1N https://t.co/vnLfmf8HsP
Klarna: Potential 5x Upside Amid Subprime Risks
Klarna: 5x Opportunity or a Subprime Lender? $KLAR offers a uniquely asymmetrical profile: - Beat Down Stock - Expanding into Banking - Strong Growth - Potential for improving profits https://www.globalequitybriefing.com/p/klarna-5x-opportunity-or-a-subprime?r=39awso&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Permissioned Data Turns Noise Into Relevant Messaging
The difference between noise and relevance is data. Understanding customer preferences allows financial institutions to deliver the right message at the right moment. Download The Power of Customer Permissioned Data for free: https://t.co/2JDFLgM4mB https://t.co/SsGg8LpUyu
Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential for Lending and Yield
Bitcoin is a $1T+ asset — but barely used in finance. Can that change? On Unchained, @EmanAbio joins me to discuss a new approach to using BTC for lending, credit, and yield — and why previous attempts haven’t worked. https://t.co/oU2EeDw6Mf
AI Agent Now Thrives in Real Markets with Structured Memory
This AI agent can now survive real markets. @overdotcomputer built the execution layer that changes that. Every decision becomes structured memory that sharpens the next one. Arena is live → https://t.co/LE78hfbP3D
Predictive Analytics Flagged BVNKFinance Before Mastercard Deal
Crunchbase called it. Three months ago, we flagged @BVNKFinance as a likely acquisition target, & @Mastercard just announced plans to acquire it for up to $1.8B. That’s the power of predictions — you can spot opportunities early & move before competitors....
SEC, CFTC Unveil Taxonomy Ending Crypto Grey Zone
🚀 The End of the "Grey Zone"? SEC & CFTC’s Landmark Crypto Taxonomy Explained The "Securities and Everything Commission" era is officially over. The SEC and CFTC released a joint 5-category taxonomy that finally brings a "common language" to digital finance. The...
From Coffee Shop Grievances to $12B Payments Giant
Just learned that Airwallex started because the founders were running a coffee shop in Melbourne and kept getting ripped off on cross-border payment fees. They got so annoyed they built a whole payments platform. That company is now worth $12B. All because...
Airwallex Invests $1.1B to Expand Across Europe
European fintech News: Airwallex commits $1.1 billion to European expansion, with Spain and Sweden in its sights. The cross-border payments company plans to invest significantly in Europe over the next five years, marking its most substantial push outside the Asia-Pacific...
Ant's Profit Drops 91% Amid AI, Healthcare Spending
Ant’s quarterly profit plunged 91% after the Chinese digital payments firm ramped up spending to compete in artificial intelligence and health care, while a decline in the fair value of certain investments weighed on results https://t.co/vLZUkRt8gW
Stablecoin Stability Depends on Hidden Infrastructure, Not Just Assets
Stablecoin's Biggest Risks Hide in the Plumbing – The Infrastructure No One Talks About MIT looks at the risks hiding in stablecoins’ plumbing to show how holding a dollar peg depends not only on the quality of assets, the focus of...
Quantum-Ready Infrastructure Secures Future Payments
Today at #MPE2026 with my @chyppings hat on: Future-proofing Payments with Quantum-Ready Infrastructure' examining what quantum means for payments security, and what needs to happen next. 📍 19 March | 12:45–13:45 | Main Stage (Potsdam I) @mpecosystem #MPEBerlin #ILoveMPE https://t.co/bxOPVlv53L
Early Paper Predicted Today’s Ambient Financial Accountability
Wow. Ten years ago. Birch, D., Brown, R. G., and Parulava, S. (2016). "Towards ambient accountability in financial services", Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems 10(2). https://t.co/HQRpD3fj8A https://t.co/Hpv4NOqOgE
Opus 4.5 Beats Qwen 35B in Stripe Tempo Build
I set up a race today between two robots. ...
Tempo Mainnet Launches with AI and Finance Giants
Tempo mainnet is live. Anthropic, OpenAI, Shopify, Mastercard, and Visa are already on it. 🏦 https://lnkd.in/eiRhP6rS
Retail Traders
That wealth transfer is from people who trades on platforms like Vlad's, to Vlad and his payment-for-order-flow partners and private equity bagholders
AI Agents Need Money Rails: Choose Stripe or Ethereum
Crypto is Internet money, and the Internet is increasingly run by robots. The question isn't whether AI agents need financial rails. It's whether those rails look like Stripe or Ethereum.
Switch to Fiscal AI—A No‑Brainer Solution
If this is happening to you as well... Switching to @fiscal_ai is a no brainer.
AI Agents Poised to Capture Up to 25% E‑Commerce
J.P. Morgan & Mirakl Nexus Unveil AI Agent Checkout A first-of-its-kind solution designed to enable secure AI agent checkouts for enterprise merchants. J.P. Morgan’s tokenization and fraud protection to allow agents to move from "browsing" to "buying" within a regulated framework....
Enterprises Settling Billions On‑Chain via Polygon
CT loves pitting chain vs chain when it comes to payments. We are all building this new gen infra for global finance to come onchain. The enterprises aren't debating, they're settling billions onchain... A lot of money is moving onchain...
TransFi Secures $14M Series A From Tether’s Arm
Big congratulations to @thefintechfund portfolio co @getTransFi, who just raised their $14M Series A from @Tether's investment arm, Turing Financial. https://t.co/YnhLl63Gau
Hanover Park Raises $27M to Power $100T Infrastructure
Chris, Nick, and @hanoverpark have been on a tear the past 20 months. Have never seen a company build so much trust with customers so quickly. They just raised $27M to continue assembling the dream team to build the financial infrastructure...
Agent-Driven Micro‑payments Will Unlock New Digital Revenue Models
Agents will outnumber human users on the web by orders of magnitude. Just like people, they will need a way to pay for services they use. They may run into propriety health or finance data they need to pay for...
Open, Extensible Protocol Enables Universal Streaming Payments
A few things I like about MPP (machine payments protocol) Payment-method agnostic (supports stablecoins on Tempo, Stripe, cards, Bitcoin lightning, etc) Open and extensible (without our permission) Streaming payments (via state channels) Minimal and efficient
Robot Money Will Redefine All Financial Services
The Marchine Payments Protocol @mpp shows you again, and again, where the world is going Everyone, from @stripe to @coinbase to @Shopify to @Mastercard and @Visa and @ethereum wants to be robot money Assume we arrive there. What do financial services look...
