Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the launch of USDC settlement in the United States, marking a key milestone in the company’s stablecoin settlement pilot program and strategy to “modernize its settlement layer underpinning commerce.” Now, U.S. issuer and acquirer partners can settle with Visa in… Read More
Tagged circle, settlement, stablecoins, visa
Backbase’s 2026 Banking Predictions Report reveals how artificial intelligence, unified platforms, and invisible payments will shift from pilot projects to production-scale transformation across retail, commercial, wealth, and private banking. Drawing on feedback from executives at McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, EY, EverBank, Nedbank… Read More
Tagged Adrian McPhee, ai, backbase, jouk pleiter, payments
A new report from Tipalti on AI in finance finds that trust and transparency are two key concerns as more companies adopt the emerging technology. The State of AI in Finance: Exploring the AI Trust Gap surveyed 500 companies from Canada, the United Kingdom, and… Read More
Tagged compliance, finance, tipalti
Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, announced the launch of its Agentic Product Protocol, which is described as being a new open standard that makes every product on the internet discoverable as well as more understandable by AI agents. As AI becomes… Read More
OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, has provided a $60.7m note-on-note facility to returning customer and New York-based lending platform, S3 Capital. Established back in 2013 by Joshua Crane and Robert Schwartz after they claimed to have recognized a significant lack of institutional quality, middle… Read More
Tagged brooklyn, digital banking, lending, new york, oaknorth, us
Griffin, a banking-as-a-service platform that focuses on Fintechs and platforms, says it had a banner year, experiencing 5X growth in revenue while processing over £3 billion in payments. Griffin is a regulated bank in the UK that offers a full-stack, API driven platform for embedded… Read More
Tagged banking, embedded finance, griffin, uk, united kingdom
CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, launched Spot-Quoted XRP and SOL futures. According to the announcement, spot-quoted XRP and SOL futures will now aim to complement the existing Spot-Quoted Bitcoin and Ether futures, and are also available to trade “across the four major U.S. equity… Read More
Tagged bitcoin, cme group, derivatives, ethereum, us
Ncontracts’ The Future of Compliance describes compliance’s transition from more of a mundane obligation into a strategic priority. However, that change, still ongoing, has been far from smooth. Compliance has become a strategic function, with 82% of respondents saying they are satisfied with board and… Read More
Tagged ai, compliance, Ncontracts
The American Fintech Council (AFC) has issued a statement in support of the Bank-Fintech Partnership Enhancement Act (HR 6552). The legislation requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study how… Read More
Tagged aft, american fintech council, banking, hr 6552, legislation
Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Revolve Group, Inc. (NYSE: RVLV), the fashion retailer for Millennial and Generation Z consumers, announced an expansion of their partnership that makes it easier for shoppers in Canada and the… Read More
Tagged affirm, bnpl, pay over time, payments
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