Global fintech news and analysis

The week in figures

$650mPagaya ABS Count Reaches 100 With a $650 Million Auto Loan Deal $60bnRamp Valuation Reaches $60 Billion With a $1.85 Billion Raise $19mNavra Series A: Mike Cagney's $19 million bet on one app for on-chain finance $25bnOKX investment from Circle, Ripple and Standard Chartered keeps its $25 billion valuation 42%Plaid LendScore 2 claims 42% better credit prediction than bureau data alone $19mNavra Series A Gives Mike Cagney $19M to Bring Mainstream Money Onchain 0%Klarna Wayfair Partnership Renewal Brings Always-On 0% APR Financing 52.02%Better Board Control Shifts to Vishal Garg After a 52.02% Consent Result $90mSpiko Series B Brings $90M to Europe's Biggest Tokenized Cash Fund Issuer

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.

Lending

Pagaya ABS Count Reaches 100 With a $650 Million Auto Loan Deal

Pagaya's 100th securitization drew 35 investors, five of them new. The milestone matters less than how the company is balancing bond deals against committed capital.

October 13, 2026

Corporate Acquisitions

AvaTrade FXCM Deal Breaks Up One of Retail Forex's Oldest Brands

Jefferies is selling FXCM in pieces, with Trade Nation taking the UK clients and AvaTrade most of the rest. No price, no timetable, and a lot riding on client retention.

October 11, 2026

Payments

Linguard Labs Takes Over the Chivo Wallet and Promises Free Remittances

El Salvador has sold control of its bitcoin-era app to a Visa and JPMorgan alumni team. Free transfers are the hook, but lending and an unresolved custody role decide whether it works.

October 11, 2026

Digital Banking

U.S. Bank Protect 360 brings paid identity protection into the banking app

October 11, 2026

Payments news

Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.

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B2B Payments

Chase Payroll moves into Chase Business Online, with Gusto doing the work

Chase Payroll, powered by Gusto, now reaches eligible Chase business checking customers with next-day pay, putting JPMorgan in the small business payroll fight.

October 10, 2026

Payments
Viamericas Remittance Network Expands Payouts in Ethiopia and Morocco
October 10, 2026
B2B Payments
ConnexPay MIDOCO Integration Brings Supplier Virtual Cards Into Travel Back Offices
October 10, 2026
Payments
Venmo Credit Card Adds a Split-to-Earn Bonus From 15 October
October 8, 2026

Banking and lending news

Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.

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Lending

Affirm Antom deal and Klarna's Wayfair renewal show two routes to the BNPL checkout

On 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

Lending
Lumin Signal Brings Product Analytics Into Credit Union Digital Banking
October 9, 2026
Lending
PollyOS Puts Mortgage Pricing, Hedging and Loan Sales on One Engine
October 9, 2026
Technology Innovations
Plaid LendScore 2 claims 42% better credit prediction than bureau data alone
October 9, 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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AI in Finance

Morningstar Direct AI turns the Direct terminal into an agent platform

Morningstar has turned its flagship research terminal into an agent platform aimed at fund distribution and due diligence. What clients are paying for is the data behind the agents.

October 10, 2026

AI in Finance
Payroc for Developers Bets That AI Agents Will Build Payment Integrations
October 10, 2026
Wealthtech
Ripple Prime lands Brevan Howard as a multi-asset prime brokerage client
October 9, 2026
Wealthtech
Altruist Donor-Advised Funds Bring Charitable Accounts Into the Adviser Platform
October 9, 2026

Digital assets news

Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.

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Stablecoins

CADD stablecoin gets a global payout route through RemitBee's RPass

Canada's bank-trust-issued dollar token now has somewhere to go. RemitBee's RPass turns CADD into local-currency payouts abroad, skipping the usual detour through US dollar stablecoins.

October 10, 2026

Stablecoins
Tereina launches SAP Pay with Circle's USDC and EURC built in
October 10, 2026
Crypto and Blockchain
Coinbase Deribit integration puts US and offshore crypto options in one book
October 10, 2026
Crypto and Blockchain
Bron FaceScan Brings Face-Based Recovery to Self-Custody Crypto Wallets
October 9, 2026

Funding and deals

Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.

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Payments

GoodLeap Home Card Pairs a HELOC-Backed Visa With a $50 Million Cross River Facility

One 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

Lending
Elio Mortgage Raises $5.1 Million Pre-Seed to Run an AI-Native Brokerage
October 1, 2026
Startup News
Angle Health Raises $600M at a $2.7 Billion Valuation
September 22, 2026
Fintech
Luzern Risk Raises $45M to Sell Captive Insurance to Companies That Are Not the Fortune 500
September 20, 2026