October 9, 2025 @ 8:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from CodeSignal and Legit finds that consumers grossly underestimate the frequency with which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to create the apps and tools they use daily. CodeSignal found that 81% of the developers it surveyed reported using AI-powered coding assistants; 49% used… Read More

 Tagged app design, gen z, Legit, millennials, privacy, research, Suzanne Ciccone

October 9, 2025 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21X, the operator of the EU-regulated on-chain trading and settlement system, and DekaBank, the securities services provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe), announced the  completion of an on-chain trade on the Polygon testnet. This marks a step forward in their collaboration “to… Read More

 Tagged 21x, dekabank, frankfurt, germany

October 9, 2025 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mike Cagney, Co-founder and current Executive Chairman of Figure (NASDAQ:FIGR), which aims to transform capital markets by leveraging blockchain technology, predicts that the era of megabank stablecoin is coming. Cagney noted that the GENIUS Act will usher in JP Coin, and it will “suck the liabilities (deposits) out… Read More

 Tagged blockchain adoption, figure, genius act, mike cagney, perspective

October 9, 2025 @ 12:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdcube is now allowing retail investors to acquire shares in Atom Bank. The UK based fintech firm is the latest in what has become a long line of startup initiatives that Crowdcube has enabled retail investors to invest in so far, including Revolut, Monzo Bank,… Read More

 Tagged atom bank, crowdcube, investing, retail investors, uk

October 8, 2025 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada reaches $12.2 trillion in payment transactions in 2024, with credit cards accounting for 1 in 3 transactions. This, according to a recent update shared by Payments Canada. Some of the main research report highlights are as follows: Digital payments represented 86 per cent of… Read More

 Tagged digital transactions, e-commerce, payments canada, research

October 8, 2025 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has released the State of Fintech Q3’25 Report as part of a collaborative effort with Money20/20. The quarterly breakdown of the trends shaping fintech’s next wave of growth have been unveiled in a comprehensive report. Some of the main takeaways from the CB… Read More

 Tagged ai, financial technology, Fintech funding, insights, research

October 8, 2025 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that U.S. customers will be able to earn cash back on their PayPal Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) purchases between now and the end of the 2025. As the majority of consumers tend to feel more financial stress heading into this… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, cashback, flexible payments, paypal

October 8, 2025 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TerraPay, the global money movement company, announced the launch of stablecoin-native flows in partnership with fipto, the regulated infrastructure layer that is enabling secure, compliant blockchain-powered treasury operations. TerraPay’s first implementation of stablecoins, carried out with assistance and participation of Fipto, began a  year ago… Read More

 Tagged infrastructure, money movement, stablecoins, terrapay

October 8, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) (NYSE: BK), which claims to be one of the world’s largest custodian bank with over $55.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration, is said to be actively piloting tokenized deposits in order to integrate DLT / blockchain technology… Read More

 Tagged bny, digital assets, tokenization, tokenized deposits

October 8, 2025 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, a Pay by Bank service, announced a partnership with Acres Manufacturing Company. This partnership includes implementing Trustly Scan & Pay, a “holistic” cashless gaming execution powered by Trustly’s Open Banking Payments, with Acres’ Universal Payment Adapter, allowing for instant funding to any gamine machine…. Read More

 Tagged fintech adoption, open banking, pay by bank, payments, trustly