September 2, 2026 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins told Fox Business that he expects the CLARITY Act will be approved in the Senate. The last update indicated that the Senate would hold a vote on September 15th. While industry insiders and Congressional supporters had hope… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has launched derivative contracts in Canada. Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM) is said to be the first major crypto native platform to offer direct native crypto futures in the country. CFM is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission operating under an international exemption…. Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal authorities have issued a new warning about a sophisticated online scheme that lets criminals quietly seize control of email and cloud accounts without ever stealing a password. The alert, released through the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center on September 1, 2026, describes an operation… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Block (NYSE: XYZ) has taken a notable step toward broadening access to credit by making its Cash App Score available to outside lenders for the first time. The company is working with Nova Credit as its distribution partner so that the proprietary, cash-flow-based measure can… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry & Associates (Nasdaq: JKHY), a US financial technology firm that supplies core banking platforms and related services to more than 7,200 banks and credit unions, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that began with a voice-phishing scheme. The company said the event was confined to… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Later this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a Roundtable on 24-hour trading. The gathering is timely as round the clock trading is already taking place in the crypto-sphere and some platforms are enabling 24 hour trading with tokenized shares. The three panel… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Félix, the Miami-based fintech that helps Latin Americans send money home through WhatsApp, has raised $200 million in new capital as it moves beyond remittances into a broader set of financial products. The round, described by the company and several investors as a Series C,… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

TabaPay, a platform that provides a single point of management for money movement for banks and Fintechs, says it intends to acquire Denver-based Transact Bank, a federally chartered entity. At the same time, TabaPay has received a $155 million investement from FTV Capital a growth… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s central bank has taken a further step toward turning its long-planned stablecoin regime into law. On 1 September 2026 the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published a consultation on proposed changes to the Payment Services Act 2019. The package would give legal force to… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed the first real update of its transfer-agent rules since the late 1970s and early 1980s. The move would facilitate new rules that enable tokenized assets and blockchain technology. Transfer agents are regulated entities that perform an important… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A synchronized drop in government bond prices has pushed borrowing costs across major economies toward levels last seen around the 2008 crisis. A Bloomberg gauge of global sovereign yields climbed to about 3.72 percent, its highest reading since mid-2008, as investors demanded more compensation to… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XRP advanced sharply in late August, rising from about $0.99 on August 17 to roughly $1.38 by August 31. That gain of nearly 40 percent arrived alongside a contraction in overall futures exposure, a combination that often signals traders were taking risk off rather than… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) and OKX have announced a collaboration aimed at deepening the role of USDC across the exchange’s trading products. In a Sept. 1, 2026 post, Circle said the two companies are working together to increase USDC liquidity and trading utility on OKX, giving… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

1789 Capital, the venture firm in which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, is heading a large new financing for Polymarket that would put the prediction-market company at a $21 billion valuation. A spokesperson for the firm said the platform is seeking $1 billion in… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has taken another step toward becoming a full multi-asset venue by introducing options on more than 1,000 selected U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds. The product went live on September 1, 2026, and is available only to eligible customers outside the United States. The contracts… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 3:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Five years on from Asia-Pacific’s venture capital surge, most startups funded at the peak remain in business, but far fewer have kept advancing through new rounds, later stages or exits. A PitchBook resaerch study published in late August 2026 tracks the 24,602 unique APAC-headquartered companies… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 2:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swivel, a fintech unit of SWBC, has confirmed that its payment and engagement technology is now available inside Temenos Digital Collector, a self-service collections tool within Temenos’ Lifecycle Management Suite. The connection is designed so banks and credit unions can offer more tailored, data-informed support… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 1:07 am By Michael Wong  |  

Ant International’s Alipay+ has connected with the Philippines’ national QR payment system, allowing international visitors to pay merchants through supported overseas e-wallets and banking apps. The integration with QR Ph means participating merchants can accept payments from Alipay+ partner users through their existing QR codes… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Europe has announced an opportunity to own shares in Mercury, a San Francisco-based neobank, through a secondary offering listed on its platform. Secondaries, or issued shares in private firms, have become an important revenue generator for securities crowdfunding platforms. Shares of more mature private… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Payward (Kraken’s parent company) announced a partnership today to begin tokenizing shares, with more digital asset innovation in the pipeline. Indicating its interest in pursuing tokenization or digital securities, the LSE stated: “The London Stock Exchange is assessing a… Read More