Chime Workday Deal Steers Paychecks Toward the $590 Million Bank Chime Is Buying
Workday's payroll screen now offers Chime as a one-tap direct deposit choice. The money lands at a partner bank Chime has agreed to own.
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The latest payments, banking, lending, digital asset and AI in finance news from every region, reported from the primary source and read with a sceptical eye.
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Panacea PlexPay Puts Card Processing and Patient Financing Next to Doctors' Bank Accounts
Panacea Financial wants doctors' card payments on the same platform as their bank accounts and loans, and says its volume has doubled in a year.
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Banking and lending news
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Turned down by investors and short of cash, Chime's co-founder refused a sale and kept going. Nine years later his company is listed, profitable and waiting for approval to own a bank.
November 3, 2026
AI, identity and wealth news
Generative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
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Glia Prospect Snapshot Moves Glia's Banking AI Into Business Banking Sales
Glia's newest tool points its banking AI at businesses that are not customers, a shift from the service-desk controls it launched in August.
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Digital assets news
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
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Animoca Brands ADGM Permission Clears It to Manage Investment Funds in Abu Dhabi
Animoca Brands has a full fund management permission in Abu Dhabi, a step further than the in-principle approvals other crypto firms have announced there.
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Funding and deals
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
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Birch Hill raises $4 million to bring US credit onchain, starting from a small vault base
New York's Birch Hill has raised a $4 million seed round to structure and distribute US credit on public blockchains. Its live vault business is still tiny, which is what the money is for.
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