October 25, 2026 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Dorsey’s Fintech and Bitcoin focused company Block (NYSE: XYZ) has released Dessa, a research preview of a speech model that produces conversation so lifelike it has prompted both admiration and warnings about potential misuse. The work comes from a compact internal lab that answers… Read More

 Tagged ai adoption, block, dessa, fintech, product update

October 25, 2026 @ 12:43 pm By Michael Wong  |  

SoftBank-backed OPay Limited is seeking to raise up to $336 million in a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), as the digital financial services group capitalizes on rapid growth in its payments and lending businesses. The Singapore-headquartered company plans to offer 16 million American depositary shares… Read More

 Tagged funding round, ipo, opay

October 25, 2026 @ 3:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is extending its utility well past cryptocurrency trading into institutional settlement and machine-driven commerce. Financial institutions are increasingly turning to the network for cross-currency transfers, while autonomous software agents now handle substantial volumes of automated payments. Developments involving tokenized investment vehicles,… Read More

 Tagged apis, infrastructure, ripple, xrp, xrp ledger, xrpl

October 24, 2026 @ 11:23 am By Barry James  |  

As the UK House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee kickoff the first evidence session of their inquiry into Regulatory Sandboxes this week (with written submissions closing Friday) in this, the first of a short series, in which we will map, diagnose, and work out… Read More

 Tagged barry james, fca, Noakes, perspective, sandbox, uk, united kingdom

October 24, 2026 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays (LON: BARC) has disclosed plans to eliminate roughly 5,000 positions across its global operations by the close of 2026, equivalent to about 5 percent of its total workforce. The lender reported a headcount of approximately 93,000 employees at the end of 2025. Of the… Read More

 Tagged barclays, europe, layoffs, uk, united kingdom

October 24, 2026 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe has introduced Treasury for agents, a new capability that lets startups run key financial tasks through AI agents such as ChatGPT and Claude. Announced on October 21, 2026, from San Francisco and Dublin, the feature builds on Stripe Treasury, which already lets companies manage… Read More

 Tagged agentic ai, fintech, infrastructure, stripe

October 24, 2026 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay and DunPay’s parent company Dunamu are exploring a strategic partnership focused on stablecoin-powered payments, corporate treasury tools, and broader global reach for Dunamu’s GIWA blockchain. On October 20, 2026, the New York-based crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure firm MoonPay said it is moving forward… Read More

 Tagged dunamo, moonpay, payments, stablecoins

October 23, 2026 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI), the digital financial services company operating as an all-in-one app, announced on October 22, 2026, the debut of SoFi Earn, or SOFIE. The firm describes it as the first tokenized deposit made available to consumers by a nationally chartered U.S. bank…. Read More

 Tagged banking, cryptocurrency, deposits, digital bank, sofi, SoFiUSD

October 22, 2026 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the issuer of stablecoin USDT, announced that it had led a pre-seed funding round for Peso, a Bolivian fintech startup focused on delivering payments, savings, and investment tools throughout Latin America. The capital injection is designed to broaden access to rapid and affordable stablecoin-based… Read More

 Tagged latam, peso, stablecoins, tether, usdt

October 22, 2026 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish banking group BBVA (BME: BBVA) has entered a collaboration with semiconductor leader Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to examine ways of incorporating robust security and governance measures into artificial intelligence agents starting at the earliest stages of their development. The partnership focuses on assessing the potential… Read More

 Tagged $nvda, agentic ai, bbva, nvidia