The Fintech Pulse report has provided a data-driven look at Latvia’s financial technology sector. The research report offers insights from Riga Technical University’s Riga Business School Fintech Observatory, covering sector — wide turnover, taxes, profit, as well as overall employment trends. According to the research… Read More
The Australian fintech ecosystem has remained broadly stable during this year, according to an extensive update from KPMG, which also noted that with 801 independent Australian owned fintech companies, “marking a slight 2% decline year-on-year change from 2024.” The research report from KPMG also mentioned… Read More
Conduit is pleased to announce a partnership with Tempo, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. This partnership will now offer Tempo’s ecosystem with “performant” as well as “production-ready” RPC infrastructure to build the so-called next generation of finance. As Tempo continues its mission to “upgrade” the… Read More
Tagged conduit, digitalization, finance, infrastructure, tempo
Germany’s regulatory authority BaFin has reportedly imposed stricter oversight on digital bank N26, which now includes certain limits on new business based in the Netherlands along with the appointment of a special monitor. As widely reported, this is not the first time that N26 has… Read More
Tagged bafin, compliance, digital bank, europe, n26, netherlands
The world’s most loved big tech firm, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), is under scrutiny by the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) for possible transgressions of Swiss competition laws. The Secretariat launched a preliminary investigation on December 10, 2025, to determine whether other mobile payment app providers can effectively… Read More
Tagged apple, payments, Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission, switzerland
United Fintech, the fintech infrastructure and ecosystem for financial institutions, asset managers & wealth managers reportedly secured an investment from Barclays, strengthening its shareholder base of “global banks, including BNP Paribas, Citi and Danske Bank and most recently Standard Chartered, which have all joined in… Read More
Tagged barclays, investment, uk, united fintech
The Web3 and Web2 communities have plenty to say about AI’s development in 2026. Read on to find out what. “Massive capacity partnerships across the value chain were what surprised me most in 2025 – AI Labs, hyperscalers, neoclouds, memory and hardware providers, real estate… Read More
Tagged AI Agents, Guillaume Bouvard, helen child, Ismael Wrixen, max levchin, Michael Stewart, Peter Lenke
Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has signed a research partnership with Privy, the wallet infrastructure platform and a Stripe company, to explore, research and co-design potential wallet solutions to power a new generation of crypto products for Klarna users. The… Read More
Tagged Crypto Adoption, digital assets, klarna, privy
Bank of Ireland reportedly invested more than €370m in its Retail Ireland division over its current 3 year strategic cycle (2023 – 2025). The investment spans the following key areas : fraud protection, technology and telephony, mortgage services, App investment, payments and CRM. Bank of… Read More
Tagged bank of ireland, digital banking, digitalization, product update
Enova International, Inc. (NYSE: ENVA), a financial services company powered by machine learning and analytics, announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grasshopper Bancorp, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary Grasshopper Bank N.A., in a cash and stock transaction “valued at approximately $369 million.”… Read More
Tagged acquisition, banking, digital bank, Enova, grasshopper bank
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