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.
Q2 Holdings beat its own guidance, raised its 2026 outlook and promoted its finance chief to co-chief executive. Its new AI fraud product is selling, by Q2's account, but without numbers attached.
October 30, 2026
October 29, 2026
October 29, 2026
October 29, 2026
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
More paymentsAdyen's third-quarter net revenue grew faster than in the first half, and platforms revenue rose 46%. In the same update, the payments company scrapped the margin target it had reaffirmed about eleven weeks earlier.
October 29, 2026
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
More banking and lendingLaunching a card or account inside a non-financial app is the easy part. Two industry voices explain what comes next, and the record since Synapse shows what sponsor banks now expect from their partners.
October 28, 2026
Generative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
More ai, identity and wealthIntuit used its Intuit Connect event to extend Intuit Intelligence to accounting firms, with an automated monthly close and a partner programme.
October 29, 2026
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
More digital assetsDTC switched on tokenized securities for 20 signed participants on 28 October. The SEC relief underneath carries an expiry date and a reversal switch that the launch announcement leaves out.
October 29, 2026
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
More funding and dealsCognitive Credit raised $40 million to expand its corporate credit data and AI tools. On the same day, LSEG agreed to pay $3.535 billion for Octus, a credit data rival.
October 26, 2026
October 26, 2026
