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.
Klarna and Mollie widened their deal to cover disputes and currency conversion. Mollie's public price list shows what a UK merchant pays for the privilege.
November 4, 2026
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November 3, 2026
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
More paymentsAdyen's survey makes the case for paying small firms faster, and one of the platforms it names announced a Klarna payments partnership on the same day.
November 3, 2026
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
More banking and lendingA model can be consistent and still decline people for reasons nobody chose. Three industry voices explain how lenders turn an AI credit decision into a reason a customer and a regulator will accept.
November 3, 2026
Generative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
More ai, identity and wealthDeepfakes now feature in one in five biometric fraud attempts, and the best attacks never show anything to the camera. Three industry voices explain what changed at onboarding, and the data shows which controls hold up.
November 3, 2026
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
More digital assetsBinance says users will not bear the losses from the largest crypto theft on record. The FBI's own address list shows how far the stolen money has already spread.
November 3, 2026
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
More funding and dealsNew 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
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