Fintech

As nbkc's Melissa Eggleston takes home Finovate's top executive honor, the spotlight turns to how regional banks are rewriting the rules of global fintech.

eToro's acquisition of LB Finanzas caps a four-deal M&A blitz in 2026, signaling a calculated strategy to conquer the Latin American super-app market.

James Kehoe steps down as FIS CFO amid a 24% stock drop triggered by a bleak 2027 outlook. Alexandra Brooks takes the helm during a critical strategic reset.

PrimeXBT’s new MCP integration bridges generative AI and live brokerage execution, allowing retail traders to prepare orders via natural-language interactions.

With a $250 million investment and a new digital bank on the horizon, VEON’s Banglalink takes aim at bKash and Nagad in South Asia.

A Denver firm just announced a massive "all-in-one" crypto platform featuring AI, futures, and staking. But a look under the hood reveals missing licenses, corporate ghosts, and the dangerous illusion of modern fintech PR.

At Hong Kong FinTech Week 2026, D2 Intelligence showcased a new era of AI—moving beyond text generation to verifiable, autonomous enterprise decision-making.

Marqeta crossed a $500 billion processing run rate in Q3 2026, but a deeper look at its $115 million net income reveals a looming take-rate squeeze.

As the battle for modular DeFi lending heats up, Onlend's new no-code platform lets fintechs and AI agents spin up custom credit markets without writing code.

Mortgage giant Newrez appoints Jay Jones to helm its $879 billion portfolio and transition 4 million homeowners to ValonOS, a groundbreaking AI-native system.

A new $48 million agreement highlights a hidden economic current: the race to capture the billions flowing through neighborhood convenience stores.

CPayant and Seekr are tackling Africa's $74 billion trade finance gap by replacing opaque algorithms with explainable AI, boosting SME approvals past 75%.

Simplicity Group's acquisition of Alta Montclair signals a strategic shift to fix the notorious administrative friction in public sector retirement plans.

A century-old Canadian investment firm partners with Mako Financial Technologies to solve one of wealth management's toughest back-office bottlenecks.

Celerant and Worldpay's latest integration signals a massive shift in vertical SaaS, turning point-of-sale systems into comprehensive financial hubs.

As SBA loan funding timelines stretch to 21 days, FileInvite’s rebuilt platform introduces multi-party collaboration to streamline complex commercial lending.

Quartz and Finimize are partnering to tackle AI hallucinations in wealthtech, proving that algorithms need human journalism to offer safe financial guidance.

By leveraging shared tech ecosystems, mid-sized credit unions are deploying behavioral AI to rival the digital dominance of national mega-banks.

As the FCA's 2027 digital asset regime looms, Wirex's appointment of Lord Ranger highlights the high-stakes intersection of crypto infrastructure and policy.

Honey Badger HQ's new Risk Playbooks empowers risk teams to bypass engineering bottlenecks, deploying live fraud defense APIs in minutes with a no-code builder.