DBS (SGX: D05) and Citi (NYSE: C) have shown that commercial banks can move US dollars across the Pacific on a Saturday, without waiting for Monday morning clearing windows. On 5 September 2026, the two institutions completed a live dollar transfer between DBS in Singapore… Read More
Tagged citi, dbs, singapore, tokenization
The United Kingdom’s financial industry is entering a more demanding stage of market digitalization. Proof-of-concept work has already shown that distributed ledger technology can represent bonds, funds and other assets as tokens. The harder question now is whether Britain will help set the operating standards… Read More
Tagged uk, uk finance, united kingdom
European wealth technology startups faced a steeper funding winter in the second quarter of 2026. Capital flowing into the sector contracted sharply from the $343.2 million raised in the opening three months of the year to $185.5 million between April and June, according to data… Read More
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is positioning itself for a coming shift in how people and companies buy and sell online. According to the payments network, autonomous software agents will play a growing role in digital commerce, moving from helpful assistants to systems that can search, compare, decide… Read More
Tagged agentic ai, digital commerce, mastercard, payments
FTV leads TabaPay’s $155M round This financing includes both primary capital for the company and a secondary transaction. Alongside the transaction, TabaPay also announced its intent to acquire Transact Bank, N.A., an OCC-chartered and FDIC-insured bank based in Denver, Colorado. Through a single API, TabaPay… Read More
Tagged Autonomy, Cari, Fina Partner, Pluggy, tabapay
Singapore-based Ant International has received a payment institution licence from Brazil’s central bank, expanding its regulated presence as the financial technology company strengthens its local and cross-border payment capabilities in Latin America’s largest economy. The licence from Banco Central do Brasil builds on services Ant… Read More
Tagged ant international, brazil, payments, singapore
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an initial public offering (IPO) by Mynt Inc., operator of the GCash mobile wallet, that could raise up to 92.32 billion pesos ($1.6 billion), potentially making it one of the country’s largest-ever listings. The regulator approved… Read More
Tagged gcash, globe, mynt, Philippines
SoFi, Payward team up on multiple fronts Payward will leverage SoFi’s Big Business Banking capabilities, join the SoFi Exchange Network (SEN) and list SoFiUSD on its multi-asset trading platform. SoFi will also use Kraken Prime, Payward’s full-service prime brokerage solution, as an additional source of… Read More
Tagged aeropay, embedded banking, fis, payward, socure, sofi
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has warned the public to stay alert to phishing scams involving the unauthorised binding of payment cards, including ATM cards, to contactless mobile payment services. The HKMA said it recently received reports from banks of scams in which fraudsters… Read More
Tagged hkma, hong kong, hong kong monetary authority, payments, phising
The European Central Bank (ECB) is examining a possible connection between its TARGET Instant Payment Settlement platform, known as TIPS, and Brazil’s Pix system. If the work advances, the link would be the first major cross-border expansion of Pix and one of several corridors the… Read More
Tagged brazil, ecb, european central bank, pix, tips
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