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.
October 11, 2026
October 10, 2026
October 10, 2026
October 10, 2026
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
More paymentsVenmo will pay an extra 1% on top of 3% cash back on dining and entertainment when cardholders split the bill in its app, from 15 October 2026.
October 8, 2026
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
More banking and lendingOn 6 October 2026, Affirm and Klarna both announced checkout distribution deals within 30 minutes of each other. One goes through a payment platform and the other through a single merchant.
October 9, 2026
October 9, 2026
Generative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
More ai, identity and wealthBrevan Howard, an investor in Ripple, has become a prime brokerage client of Ripple Prime. The relationship is circular, and the financing capacity behind it is the number to look for.
October 9, 2026
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
More digital assetsBron has added face-based recovery to its self-custody wallet, using iProov's liveness checks. It tackles crypto's worst user problem, but the release leaves the storage of the face data unexplained.
October 9, 2026
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
More funding and dealsOne bank issues the card and funds the lender behind it. The release gives no rates, limits or HELOC details, so the 6% cash-back headline is the only number a homeowner can check.
October 4, 2026
September 20, 2026
