August 30, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit is expanding its derivatives lineup with a new product aimed at traders who want equity-style options without the usual stock-market clock. The exchange said it will introduce “Perp Options,” contracts written on its existing stock perpetual futures rather than on listed shares themselves. The… Read More

 Tagged bybit, nvidia, perpetuals, spacex, trading

August 30, 2026 @ 1:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenPayd has gone live on the Circle Payments Network, giving business clients a way to send ordinary currencies across borders in seconds while settlement happens on regulated stablecoin rails in the background. The London-based infrastructure firm announced the connection on 25 August 2026. Companies that… Read More

 Tagged circle, openpayd, payments, settlement

August 29, 2026 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has expanded its AI-powered PayBox vault so eligible users can interact with Kamino, one of Solana’s largest lending protocols, through ordinary conversation in ChatGPT or Claude. The update, announced on August 27, 2026, does not invent a new credit product. It simply routes existing… Read More

 Tagged moonpay, online lending, sol, solana

August 29, 2026 @ 2:27 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Fintech investment in Singapore fell sharply in the first half of 2026 as investors became more selective and capital was concentrated in a smaller number of larger transactions, according to KPMG’s latest Pulse of Fintech report. Singapore fintech companies attracted more than $499 million across… Read More

 Tagged kpmg, pulse of fintech, singapore

August 28, 2026 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Stripe and Advent International have decided to halt their efforts to acquire PayPal (Nasdaq:PYPL). Advent International is a private equity firm active in the Fintech sector. The two partners had previously agreed to acquire the payments firm for around $53 billion, or $60.50 a… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, advent international, payments, paypal, stripe

August 28, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM) closed fiscal 2026 with another quarter of rapid scale and a sharp jump in reported profit, then pointed investors toward continued growth in the year ahead. The buy-now-pay-later company, which reports results after the US market close on August 27, 2026,… Read More

 Tagged affirm, bnpl

August 28, 2026 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) has broadened its open-source AI cybersecurity framework, moving the tool from finding weaknesses to proposing and checking fixes in a single governed workflow. The payment network said the latest Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness (VVAH) is meant to shrink the gap between spotting… Read More

 Tagged visa

August 28, 2026 @ 5:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swift has agreed to give the financial industry more time to complete a key part of the ISO 20022 payments upgrade: the shift from free-text postal addresses to structured ones. The decision follows formal requests from several market communities that said they could not meet… Read More

 Tagged banking, payments, swift

August 27, 2026 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Multiplier, an artificial intelligence firm focused on tools for investment professionals, has closed a $6 million seed round to advance its specialized platforms for asset management companies. The financing was led by Lux Capital, with additional backing from Y Combinator along with GoAhead Ventures, Rebel… Read More

 Tagged ai, asset management, funding round, multiplier

August 27, 2026 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vanguard has agreed to buy Altruist, an artificial-intelligence-focused wealth technology and custody firm that serves independent financial advisors. The companies announced a definitive agreement on August 26, 2026, framing the deal as a way to widen access to advice and strengthen the tools advisors use… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, Altruist, vanguard, wealthtech