June 22, 2026 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Select Fintech investments and acquisitions this past week, beginning with a whopper from Deluxe. Deluxe acquires Celero for $625 million deal. Celero offers merchant solutions for small to mid-sized businesses and strategic partners, including an all-in-one suite of omnichannel payment solutions. Learn more here. Chronograph… Read More

 Tagged celero, Chronograph, Conjura, flagright, flutterwave, Interchecks, liberis, nordic capital, qred, ripple, wayflyer

June 22, 2026 @ 6:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) is teaming up with Cboe Global Markets to introduce a new suite of options contracts tied to the performance of the S&P 500 index. These products will let clients place straightforward yes-or-no wagers on whether the benchmark closes above or below predetermined… Read More

 Tagged cboe, charles schwab

June 22, 2026 @ 12:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have jointly announced the launch of a pilot project on 18 June 2026. This initiative explores an innovative digital payment option designed to support margin requirements during the after-hours trading (AHT)… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, hkex, hkma, hong kong, trading

June 21, 2026 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite Brazil’s already high level of digital payments maturity, a new assessment from Bain & Company indicates meaningful room for further expansion through the end of the decade. As of the end of 2025, digital payment methods had reached an 85% penetration rate across the… Read More

 Tagged bain, brazil, digital payments, latin america, South America

June 21, 2026 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Stripe has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to introduce new tools that allow content creators and publishers to earn revenue from interactions with autonomous AI systems. Announced on June 15, 2026, this collaboration integrates Stripe’s payment infrastructure into AWS’s Web Application Firewall… Read More

 Tagged agentic ai, amazon web services, aws, payments, stripe

June 21, 2026 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Starling Bank is reducing the size of its board of directors following multiple recent exits. The changes, which include no plans to fill every resulting vacancy, are expected to strengthen the influence of the bank’s largest shareholder, Harald McPike. According to company filings and… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, starling bank, uk, united kingdom

June 21, 2026 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Italian fintech company Conio has obtained a license to act as a crypto-asset service provider in accordance with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, known as MiCAR. This authorization was issued in Italy after a thorough review process conducted by the securities markets regulator… Read More

 Tagged conio, Crypto Adoption, europe, fintech, italy, mica

June 21, 2026 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mexico’s central bank, Banco de México (Banxico), released new regulations on June 18, 2026, aimed at making electronic transactions smoother and expanding access for small businesses. The measures introduce a new type of simplified deposit account and raise transaction limits, with the goal of reducing… Read More

 Tagged Banco de México, central bank, latam, mexico, payments

June 21, 2026 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Istanbul-based fintech company Midas has submitted an application to Turkey’s central bank for an electronic money institution license. The filing marks the start of its push into consumer payment services, with plans to introduce a digital wallet and prepaid card features. Founder Egem Eraslan outlined… Read More

 Tagged fintech, istanbul, midas, payments, turkey

June 21, 2026 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uzbekistan’s digital ecosystem company, Uzum, is preparing to raise new capital through a private investment round before the end of 2026. The move is intended to accelerate the company’s growth trajectory as it lays groundwork for a possible stock market debut in the medium term…. Read More

 Tagged asia, fintech, funding round, tencent, uzbekistan, uzum