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Deals•Feb 26, 2026
Brink's to Acquire NCR Atleos in $6.6 Billion Deal
The Brink's Company announced a cash-and-stock acquisition of NCR Atleos for $6.6 billion, creating a leading financial‑technology infrastructure firm. The definitive agreement was signed on Feb. 26, 2026, with closing expected in the first quarter of 2027. The combined entity will generate about $10 billion in revenue and target $200 million in annual synergies.
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Deals•Feb 11, 2026
Bedrock Robotics Raises $270M to Scale Autonomous Construction Systems
Bedrock Robotics announced a $270 million fundraising round to expand its AI-driven autonomous construction equipment, aiming to address labor shortages and improve safety. The capital will be used to retrofit traditional machinery with AI systems for earthwork tasks. The raise...
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Deals•Feb 10, 2026
Equal Parts Secures $23M Series A Funding Led by Inspired Capital
Equal Parts, a platform that acquires independent insurance agencies, announced a $23 million Series A round led by Inspired Capital. The funding will fuel its growth network, supporting plans to acquire 25 agencies this year and target $1 billion in premiums within two...
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Deals•Feb 10, 2026
Agibank Slashes IPO Share Count and Price Range to $12-$13 Amid PicPay Share Drop
Brazilian fintech Agibank announced on Feb. 10 that it is reducing its U.S. IPO size from 43.6 million to 20 million shares and lowering the price range to $12‑$13, down from $15‑$18. The adjustment follows a 20% decline in competitor PicPay’s shares after...
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
Beast Industries Acquires FinTech Step to Expand Financial Wellness
Creator-driven platform Beast Industries announced the acquisition of financial‑literacy app Step on Feb. 9, 2026. The deal combines Step’s technology and 7 million‑user base with Beast Industries’ audience reach to deliver financial wellness solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Deals•Feb 9, 2026
NatWest Pays $3.6 Billion for Wealth Manager Evelyn Partners
U.K. banking group NatWest announced it will acquire wealth manager Evelyn Partners for about $3.6 billion (£2.7 billion). The acquisition, disclosed on Feb. 9, 2026, aims to expand NatWest's savings and investment services. Evelyn Partners is being bought from private-equity...
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Deals•Feb 7, 2026
Databricks Secures $7B in New Funding to Power AI Agent Database
Databricks announced a $7 billion financing round on Feb 7, 2026, comprising $5 billion in equity and $2 billion in debt, lifting its valuation to $134 billion. The capital will be used to expand its Lakebase serverless Postgres database for AI agents and its Genie conversational...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
Resolve AI Raises $125 Million for AI Agents That Maintain Software
Resolve AI announced a $125 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, taking its total funding above $150 million and valuing the startup at $1 billion. The capital will accelerate development of its AI agents that act as site‑reliability engineers, helping enterprises...
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Deals•Feb 4, 2026
EnFi Raises $15M to Expand AI Agents for Bank Credit Decisions
Boston-based fintech EnFi announced a $15 million fundraising round led by Fintop, with participation from Patriot Financial Partners, Commerce Ventures, Unusual Ventures and Boston Seed Capital. The capital will be used to deploy AI agents that automate credit analysis and...
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Deals•Feb 3, 2026
Experian to Acquire AI-Powered Mortgage Shopping Platform Own Up
Experian announced it will acquire Own Up, an AI-powered mortgage shopping platform, to expand its mortgage offerings within the Experian Marketplace. The acquisition was announced in a Feb. 3 press release and is expected to close within 90 days pending...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Loop AI Secures $14M Series A Funding to Expand AI Platform for Restaurant Back Offices
Loop AI announced a $14 million Series A round led by Nyca Partners to expand its AI-driven platform for restaurant and retail back offices. The funding will be used to broaden its product suite and increase headcount, as detailed in...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Varo Bank Secures $123.9M Series G Funding Led by Warburg Pincus and Coliseum Capital
Varo Bank, the all‑digital nationally chartered bank, announced a $123.9 million Series G round led by existing investor Warburg Pincus and new investor Coliseum Capital Management. The funding will support Varo’s next growth phase, including expansion of its AI‑driven lending products. The round...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
TransUnion to Acquire Mobile Division of RealNetworks
TransUnion announced a definitive agreement to acquire the mobile division of RealNetworks, aiming to boost its communications solutions and fraud‑prevention portfolio. The deal, disclosed in a Feb. 2 press release, will bring AI, machine‑learning and real‑time analytics capabilities to TransUnion, with...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Waymo Raises $16B in Funding Round, Valuation Climbs to $110B
Google-owned autonomous vehicle startup Waymo is close to finalizing a $16 billion funding round that would value the company at $110 billion. Google will contribute more than 75% of the capital, and the round is reported to be three times oversubscribed, underscoring...
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Deals•Feb 2, 2026
Fifth Third Bancorp Completes Merger with Comerica, Forming $294B Regional Bank
Fifth Third Bancorp and Comerica Incorporated closed their merger on Feb. 2, creating a $294 billion institution that becomes the ninth‑largest U.S. bank. The deal combines Fifth Third’s consumer digital platform with Comerica’s commercial franchise, expanding digital banking and embedded‑finance capabilities across...
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
Anthropic Nears $20B Fundraising at $350B Valuation
Anthropic, the AI startup, is close to finalizing a new fundraising round that would raise $20B and value the company at $350B, according to the Financial Times on Jan. 27, 2026. The round follows a $13B Series F raise in...
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Deals•Jan 27, 2026
Mesh Raises $75M in New Funding Round, Hitting $1B Valuation
Crypto payments network Mesh announced a $75 million funding round that values the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Dragonfly Capital and will fund Mesh’s expansion into Asian, European and Latin American FinTech markets. The company previously raised...
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Deals•Jan 22, 2026
TikTok and ByteDance Form Joint Venture with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX
TikTok and its parent ByteDance have signed agreements with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to create a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, slated to close on Jan. 22, 2026. The partnership will secure TikTok’s continued operations in the United States and...
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Deals•Jan 20, 2026
Walmart’s PhonePe Gets Regulatory OK for Indian IPO
India’s largest digital payments firm PhonePe, backed by Walmart, has received SEBI approval for its upcoming Indian IPO. The offering could raise up to $1.5 billion, valuing the company at roughly $15 billion, with existing shareholders Walmart, Microsoft and Tiger Global expected...
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News•Jan 16, 2026
Only 24% of Americans Saved More in 2025
PYMNTS Intelligence’s September Paycheck‑to‑Paycheck Report finds only 24% of Americans increased savings in the first half of 2025, while 68% remain living paycheck to paycheck. Liquid buffers are sharply uneven: struggling households hold just $2,336 versus a national average of...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
BlackRock Says AI Partnership Raises $12.5 Billion Toward $30 Billion Goal
BlackRock and Microsoft have secured $12.5 billion for their AI partnership, moving the joint venture closer to its $30 billion private‑equity target. The collaboration, launched in 2024, also brings Nvidia, xAI and UAE‑based MGX into the fold. A $40 billion acquisition of Aligned...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Kroger Teams With Uber as Food Prices Pressure Consumers
Kroger is extending its grocery delivery footprint by integrating nearly 2,700 of its stores into Uber's ecosystem, including Uber Eats and Postmates, for same‑day service. The move mirrors its existing DoorDash partnership and aims to capture shoppers seeking convenience amid...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Consumer AI App
Alibaba has equipped its consumer AI platform, the Qwen App, with agentic functions that let users order food, book travel, and make payments directly within the chat interface. The new capabilities are powered by deep integration with Alibaba’s ecosystem, including...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Stripe Completes Purchase of Billing Firm Metronome
Stripe has completed its acquisition of Metronome, a billing firm known for a powerful usage‑based metering engine used by AI leaders such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia. The deal, announced on Jan. 14, positions Stripe to embed Metronome’s capabilities into...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Thredd and Paywith Team to Launch Australian Card Programs
Thredd has partnered with Australian payment‑orchestration platform Paywith to launch flexible, customer‑centric card programs. The joint solution leverages Thredd’s API suite, tokenization, 3DS, push provisioning, and fraud monitoring to deliver prepaid cards with earn‑and‑redeem capabilities. Paywith can now bring these...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Central Banks Hit Next Stage in Agora Cross-Border Payment Project
Central banks and commercial banks have entered the next testing phase of Project Agora, a BIS‑led initiative to build a multicurrency unified ledger that tokenizes commercial bank deposits alongside wholesale central bank money. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Insurance Policyholders Now Rate Insurers by How Fast They Pay
Insurers are shifting focus to claim‑payout speed as a core loyalty driver. A PYMNTS Intelligence and Ingo Payments study finds half of claimants rank speed above cost or choice, and 23% would pay a fee for instant access to $500‑$1,000...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Critical Moment: The AI Imperative for Credit Unions
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from novelty to necessity for credit unions as younger members increasingly expect AI-driven budgeting, planning and transaction tools. While 55% of members already rely on AI for financial planning and 42% feel comfortable using it...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Tariffs Force Firms to Rethink Technology as a Survival Tool
Tariff volatility has become a daily operational risk, prompting product leaders at goods firms to confront peak uncertainty. Nearly half view tariffs as a financial drag, while 88% plan supply‑chain reconfiguration and 70% anticipate higher costs. Mid‑sized companies ($100‑$400 million revenue)...
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News•Jan 15, 2026
44% of Consumers Hit a Wall When Paying Medical Bills
A PYMNTS Intelligence survey of 2,021 U.S. consumers shows that 44% encountered at least one problem paying for their most recent healthcare service. The issue is especially acute for younger generations, with nearly 70% of Gen Z patients reporting billing...
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Deals•Jan 15, 2026
BlackRock and Microsoft Raise $12.5B for AI Partnership
BlackRock announced that its AI partnership with Microsoft has raised $12.5 billion, bringing the collaboration closer to its $30 billion target. The partnership, which also includes Nvidia, xAi and UAE‑based MGX, aims to fund data‑center infrastructure for AI workloads. The capital raise...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Lawsuit Alleges Oracle Made Misleading Statements Around Debt Sale for AI Infrastructure
Oracle faces a class‑action lawsuit alleging it misled bond investors in the offering documents for an $18 billion debt sale. The suit claims the company overstated its financial position after announcing a $300 billion, five‑year AI infrastructure contract with OpenAI. Seven weeks...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
AI and Embedded Finance Are New Medicine for Healthcare Supply Chains
Healthcare procurement, long dominated by static forecasts and delayed payments, is being reshaped by artificial intelligence and embedded finance. AI-driven platforms now analyze consumption data to fine‑tune inventory buffers, prioritizing life‑critical items and moving toward just‑in‑time replenishment. Embedded finance integrates...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Bank of America CEO Says AI Paying Off as Bank Cuts Costs
Bank of America reported that its AI-driven platforms, especially the Erica virtual assistant, are delivering measurable cost and productivity gains in Q4 2025. Erica logged 169 million interactions with 20.6 million users, while Zelle transaction volume rose to $144 billion, underscoring the bank’s...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Affirm Adds Account Balances and Cash Flow Trends to Underwriting
Affirm is enhancing its underwriting engine by incorporating real‑time account balances and cash‑flow trends from linked bank accounts and its own Money Account. The new data layer is already live for Affirm Card users and will soon roll out to...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Visa Moves to Fix What Consumers Hate About Subscriptions
Visa is launching a subscription management hub that gives consumers real‑time visibility into their recurring payments and automatically transfers credentials when cards change. The platform leverages AI‑driven decisioning and near‑real‑time data to alert users to price changes, upcoming charges, and...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Legal Expert Says Bank Charters Are Crypto’s Credibility Play
FinTech and cryptocurrency firms are accelerating their pursuit of bank charters, favoring national trust bank charters as the most practical route to scale and credibility. The OCC’s recent openness to innovative activities has made federal charters attractive, offering nationwide reach...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Walmart’s Closing the Amazon Online Sales Gap
Walmart’s e‑commerce business is rapidly closing the distance with Amazon, though the gap remains wide. In Q3 2025 Amazon captured 56% of U.S. online retail spend while Walmart held 9.6%, but Walmart’s sales grew 27.2% year‑over‑year, nearly three times Amazon’s rate....
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Card Program Complexity Puts Scale-or-Stall Pressure on Issuers
Card programs are evolving into intricate, multi‑party financial products that require coordination among banks, networks, processors, compliance, fraud and support teams. PYMNTS Intelligence’s December Embedded Finance Tracker highlights two primary build strategies—owning program management in‑house or outsourcing to specialist partners,...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Visa Turns to BVNK to Power Stablecoin Payments
Visa announced a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK to integrate stablecoin capabilities into its Visa Direct network. The collaboration will enable select business customers to pre‑fund payouts and receive payments in stablecoins, expanding beyond traditional fiat. BVNK, backed by...
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News•Jan 14, 2026
Klarna App Enables Peer-to-Peer Payments in Europe
Klarna’s app now supports peer‑to‑peer payments across 13 European markets, letting users send money via phone number, email, QR code or saved contacts. The feature is initially limited to transfers between existing Klarna users, with plans to open it to...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
France Reminds Crypto Companies of MiCA Licensing Deadline
France's financial regulator warned that only 30% of crypto firms without a MiCA licence have applied for one, while 40% are not seeking a licence and another 30% have not disclosed their plans. The EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation requires...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Amazon Brings Just Walk Out Tech to Pop-Up Stores
Amazon announced on Jan. 13 that its next‑generation Just Walk Out RFID lanes are now ready for pop‑up shops, festivals and other temporary venues. The upgraded lanes add in‑lane screens, motorized gates and dynamic pre‑authorization to speed the checkout experience....
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News•Jan 13, 2026
LSEG Debuts Trade Surveillance to Help Spot Financial Crime
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) unveiled Trade Surveillance, a new analytics platform designed to detect market abuse and financial crime. The service leverages LSEG’s proprietary technology to process billions of trade and order messages across its venues each day. It...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
U.S. Bancorp Aims to Grow Capital Markets Business With BTIG Acquisition
U.S. Bancorp announced a $725 million acquisition of BTIG, a boutique investment‑banking firm, with an additional earn‑out of up to $275 million tied to performance targets. The deal, slated to close in the second quarter of 2026, expands U.S. Bancorp’s capital‑markets footprint...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Revolut Adds Call Identification Feature to Combat Impersonation Scams
Revolut has launched a call identification feature that alerts users when they are on a phone call with the app, indicating whether the caller is a legitimate Revolut agent. The tool displays a banner in real time, offering guidance to...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
The article highlights a demographic shift as Americans 80 and older are set to increase 28% by 2030, while advances in AI‑driven health care are extending both lifespan and healthspan. This longevity boom is reshaping inheritance patterns, pushing the timing...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Citi Links Regulation and Reality in the Next Phase of Digital Assets
Citi’s global head of digital assets, Ryan Rugg, discussed how the GENIUS Act and a presidential executive order are turning regulatory clarity into actionable pathways for banks. He argued that the real breakthrough is not stablecoins but the ability to...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
A PYMNTS Intelligence report, based on a survey of over 15,000 U.S. consumers, finds that nearly one‑in‑five adults have fallen victim to a financial scam in the past five years. Contrary to conventional wisdom, millennials and Gen Z experience the highest...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
State regulators are increasingly imposing their own licensing, fee‑cap and disclosure rules on fintech products such as buy‑now‑pay‑later (BNPL), earned‑wage access (EWA) and AI‑driven credit tools. The resulting patchwork forces firms to redesign a single national offering into dozens of...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
HSBC Establishes Asset Management Business in UAE
HSBC has launched an asset‑management business in the United Arab Emirates, registering ten new on‑shore investment funds with the Securities and Commodities Authority. The platform will serve both retail and institutional clients, offering globally diversified strategies managed by HSBC’s investment...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Citigroup to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Ongoing Restructuring Effort
Citigroup announced it will eliminate 1,000 positions this week, accelerating a restructuring plan that targets 20,000 job cuts by the end of 2026. The bank says the reductions align staffing levels, locations and expertise with current business needs and technology‑driven...
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News•Jan 13, 2026
Capital One Gains Preliminary Approval for Revised Settlement in Class Action
Capital One secured preliminary judicial approval for a revised class‑action settlement that combines a $425 million cash payment with higher interest rates for 360 Savings account holders. The revised deal is projected to deliver roughly $530 million in total value to depositors,...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
B2B Payments Make the Leap to Real Time in Latin America
Instant‑payment rails such as Brazil’s Pix and Mexico’s CoDi, originally built for consumers, are now powering B2B transactions across Latin America. December 2025 saw Pix handle over 263 million business transfers worth 1.5 trillion reais, a 50% jump from the previous year....
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News•Jan 12, 2026
WEX and Health-E Commerce Team to Ease HSA and FSA Reimbursements
WEX has partnered with Health‑E Commerce to embed its FSA Store and HSA Store directly into the WEX benefits portal, allowing users to purchase IRS‑eligible health products and telehealth services with a single click. The integration eliminates the need to...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Route Acquires Frate Returns to Bolster Package Protection
Route, the post‑purchase eCommerce platform, announced the acquisition of Frate Returns, a specialist in exchange‑first returns technology. The integration will merge Route’s package protection and visual order tracking with Frate’s AI‑driven image verification, flexible shipping options, and exchange‑first optimization. By...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Samsung, Ingenico and Talus Team on Mobile Payments
Samsung, Ingenico and Talus have formed a partnership to launch a mobile‑first business operating solution in North America. The offering leverages Ingenico’s SoftPOS tap‑to‑pay software and Talus’s mobile app to turn NFC‑enabled Samsung phones into secure payment terminals, eliminating the...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
CFPB and DOJ Say Creditors Can Consider Borrowers’ Immigration or Citizenship Status
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice withdrew their 2023 joint statement that warned lenders against using a borrower’s immigration or citizenship status in credit decisions. In a new press release, the agencies clarified that the Equal...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Fiserv and Synchrony Enable Healthcare Providers to Offer Patient Financing Solution
Fiserv’s Clover platform now fully integrates Synchrony’s CareCredit, allowing health and wellness providers to accept CareCredit cards and process financing applications at the point of sale. The expansion adds roughly 40,000 new providers to CareCredit’s network, joining the 2,000 already...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
AI Rewrites Lending for Borrowers FICO Scores Miss
Traditional credit scores leave roughly 25 million U.S. adults unscored, limiting their access to mainstream loans. Lenders are turning to AI‑driven alternative data, especially cash‑flow analysis, to evaluate repayment capacity in real time. Major banks and fintechs, such as Chase and...
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News•Jan 12, 2026
Robinhood Takes On Coinbase as Stock and Crypto Overlap
Robinhood is rapidly outpacing Coinbase as the two firms converge on both stock and crypto trading. Robinhood’s shares jumped 186% in 2025 while Coinbase fell 12%, despite a crypto‑friendly U.S. administration. Crypto now accounts for roughly one‑fifth of Robinhood’s Q3...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
Anthropic Targets $10B Funding Round at $350B Valuation
Anthropic announced plans to raise $10 billion in a new funding round that would value the AI startup at $350 billion, nearly double its September 2025 valuation. The round is separate from its partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia, who have pledged a combined...
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Deals•Jan 7, 2026
Zilch to Acquire Fjord Bank to Accelerate European Expansion
Consumer payments platform Zilch announced plans to acquire Lithuanian challenger bank Fjord Bank, securing a European banking licence and establishing a new headquarters in Lithuania. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory...
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Deals•Jan 6, 2026
GTreasury Acquires Solvexia to Expand Financial Automation Capabilities
Ripple’s GTreasury announced the acquisition of Solvexia, a no‑code financial automation platform, to broaden its treasury management suite with end‑to‑end reconciliation and regulatory reporting. The deal, disclosed on Jan. 6 2026, adds analytics and compliance tools for both fiat and digital‑asset transactions....
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