CMA CFTC Lawsuit Asks a Court to Undo Approval of Single-Stock Perpetuals
A Wall Street trade group wants a judge to undo the CFTC's approval of perpetual contracts on single US stocks. Exchanges racing to list them are watching.
November 4, 2026
€20mFourthline Veridas Merger Closes With a €20 Million Synergy Goal and an Undisclosed Price$590mChime Workday Deal Steers Paychecks Toward the $590 Million Bank Chime Is Buying$500bnMarqeta Q3 2026 Passes a $500 Billion Run Rate as Revenue Guidance Slips Again$775mJP Aubin Steps Back as BGC Co-CEO Two Days Before Results BGC Guided at $775 Million to $835 Million4.99%Klarna Mollie Deal Reaches 350,000 Merchants, but UK Sellers Pay 4.99% a Sale$260mUpstart Q3 2026 Brings Record Profit, but Full-Year EBITDA Guidance Falls to $260 Million64%Rasan Results Show Nine-Month Revenue Up 64% to SAR 819 Million41%Adyen Small Business Survey Finds 41% of US Firms Have Less Than a Month of Cash Cover$300mBilt LAVA Acquisition Values the Sports Loyalty Platform at $300 Million83%Zip BNPL Survey Says 83% of Loyal Users Would Abandon a Cart, From a Three-Day Poll
Global fintech news and analysis
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.
JP Aubin Steps Back as BGC Co-CEO Two Days Before Results BGC Guided at $775 Million to $835 Million
November 4, 2026
Toast Q3 2026 Raises Its Outlook, and Says Nothing About the FTC Suit Over Its Fees
November 4, 2026
Klarna Mollie Deal Reaches 350,000 Merchants, but UK Sellers Pay 4.99% a Sale
November 4, 2026
Payments news
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
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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.
November 3, 2026
Banking and lending news
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
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Upstart Q3 2026 Brings Record Profit, but Full-Year EBITDA Guidance Falls to $260 Million
Upstart printed record loan counts and contribution profit, and its secured products turned positive early. The full-year outlook tells a less comfortable story.
November 4, 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.
November 3, 2026
Digital assets news
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
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Block Q3 2026 Beats Guidance as Bitcoin Gross Profit Halves and a Custody Charter Waits
Block beat its own guidance and raised its outlook again. Its bitcoin business is shrinking on purpose, and the bank it wants for crypto custody is not in the letter.
November 4, 2026
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.
October 30, 2026
- Startup News
ScribeUp Series A Raises $13 Million to Put Bill Controls Inside Banking Apps
October 26, 2026
