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.
Thredd will process a planned stablecoin-settled credit card program for Bakkt. Fintechbits found the release names no partner bank, card network or settlement coin, and the first test is not due until 2027.
October 14, 2026
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October 12, 2026
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
More paymentsInvestors priced Ramp at roughly 40 times its June revenue run rate. The round sells about 3% of the company and looks like a war chest for acquisitions and the UK push.
October 11, 2026
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
More banking and lendingGenerative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
More ai, identity and wealthInstant payments leave seconds to stop a transfer, and the fastest-growing scams break no rules at all. Industry leaders explain what rules-based fraud systems miss and what is working instead.
October 12, 2026
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
More digital assetsCanada'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
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
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