April 26, 2026 @ 10:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

OS and AI technology company Banma Intelligence and Alipay this week launched a new AI cockpit solution integrating Alipay AI Pay, enabling drivers to complete purchases by voice command directly from their vehicle. “In the past two years, smart cockpits have achieved rapid advances in… Read More

 Tagged alipay, automobiles, Banma Intelligence, digital payments, Ming Cai

April 26, 2026 @ 5:51 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Southeast Asia is emerging as Asia’s most concentrated Fintech market, underscoring both the region’s maturity and the significant growth potential in less-developed ecosystems across the continent, according to a new study. The analysis by Singapore-based UnaFinancial found that Southeast Asia hosts an average of 14… Read More

 Tagged fintech, southeast asia, unafinancial

April 26, 2026 @ 2:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dutch digital banking provider bunq has announced a key milestone in its cryptocurrency services, exceeding (a very modest) €100 million in total trading volume within one year of launch. The achievement, revealed on the anniversary of bunq Crypto’s debut in April 2025, highlights the moderate… Read More

 Tagged amsterdam, bunq, crypto trading, digital banking, netherlands

April 26, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), the platform for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending, has introduced an online gateway tailored specifically for its broker network. Announced on 21 April 2026, the initiative marks a significant step forward in refining how brokers interact with the company’s… Read More

 Tagged funding circle, sme's, uk, united kingdom

April 26, 2026 @ 12:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Prove launched the Prove Identity Platform, a unified platform that transforms identity from a one-time verification event into a persistent foundation of trust, built for a world where people, businesses, and AI agents must all be verified and trusted in real time. AI… Read More

 Tagged ai, AI Agents, identity verification, prove, Prove Identity Platform, Richard Crone, Rodger Desai

April 25, 2026 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights indicated that Fintech funding activity in the first quarter of 2026 painted a picture of a maturing industry tightening its belt while directing capital toward proven players. According to CB Insights’ latest analysis, the sector closed the period with just 762 deals—a multi-year… Read More

 Tagged deal activity, Fintech funding, insights, research, venture capital

April 25, 2026 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook’s Q1 2026 Fintech VC Trends update indicated that venture capital investment in the fintech sector reached $11.5 billion across 563 deals. While this marked a 24 percent sequential decline from the previous quarter, it represented a steady 46.3 percent increase year-over-year, signaling sustained momentum… Read More

 Tagged Fintech funding, research, vc, venture capital

April 25, 2026 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) has outlined a measured yet optimistic outlook on tokenization’s role in reshaping the asset management landscape. According to the banking services provider, converting traditional financial assets into digital tokens on blockchain networks holds the potential to fundamentally alter operations across the entire… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, etfs, jpmorgan, tokenization

April 25, 2026 @ 10:25 am By Michael Wong  |  

For South Korean travelers in Vietnam, paying for coffee, taxis, or hotel bills may soon feel much more like paying at home. BIDV, Vietnam National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank, and GLN International have launched a cross-border QR code payment service linking… Read More

 Tagged BIDV, GLN International, KEB Hana Bank, payments, qr payments, south korea, vietnam, Vietnam National Payment Corporation

April 24, 2026 @ 5:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week’s Web3 Thoughts of the Week tackles DoorDash and stablecoins, spot Bitcoin ETFs, and DeFi’s tattered image. DoorDash stablecoin use “It hasn’t ever been about DoorDash adopting crypto. It’s about the fact that money is finally starting to behave like the Internet. “Stablecoins are… Read More

 Tagged acheron trading, bima labs, bitcoin, BOLTS Technologies, Coin Bureau, doordash, etf, Jonathan Yark, Joshua Kim, naoris protocol, Nathaniel Szerezla, Sid Sridhar, stablecoins