April 3, 2026 @ 6:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Personetics and Atomic, a provider of embedded financial connectivity, are partnering to deliver a native, end-to-end solution for contextual direct deposit and bill payment switching within digital banking experiences. With this new capability, banks can identify the right customers and financial moments using transaction intelligence,… Read More

 Tagged atomic, banking, jordan wright, personetics, Udi Ziv

April 3, 2026 @ 6:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from the CPPO, the nonprofit organization fueling the growth of the $14 billion open-loop prepaid economy, shows Canadians are expanding how they manage, move, and grow their money by combining traditional and digital-first providers that better align with their lifestyles. The shift reflects… Read More

 Tagged banking, canada, CPPO, Jennifer Tramontana, neobanks

April 3, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nium, a payments and card issuance platform, has launched its stablecoin card issuance platform.  The solution enables companies holding stablecoins to issue spending cards on both the Visa and Mastercard networks through a single API integration, allowing stablecoins to be used at hundreds of millions… Read More

 Tagged nium, prajit nanu, stablecoins

April 3, 2026 @ 6:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa recently unveiled Enhanced Subscription Manager, a value‑added service within its Digital Issuer Solutions business. As the number of subscriptions worldwide is projected to reach 12 billion by 2030, consumers are seeking simple, transparent ways to track and manage recurring charges. In support of this,… Read More

 Tagged brian karimi-pashaki, Enhanced Subscription Manager, kathleen pierce-gilmore, pinwheel, visa

April 3, 2026 @ 6:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

OpenFX, the FX infrastructure company targeting the rails powering cross-border money movement, has raised $94 million in Series A funding from Accel, Atomico, Lightspeed Faction, M13, Northzone, & Pantera. Founded in 2024 by FalconX co-founder Prabhakar Reddy, OpenFX connects traditional banking systems with digital-native infrastructure,… Read More

 Tagged funding round, openfx, payments, Prabhakar Reddy

April 3, 2026 @ 3:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Results of a study from Billtrust find that rising costs, slowing customer payments, and ongoing tariff pressures are causing finance leaders are fundamentally reengineering their strategies to stay resilient. Navigating Economic Headwinds: Why Cash Generation Has Become the Ultimate Competitive Edge in 2026 surveyed 550… Read More

 Tagged billtrust, Grant Halloran, payments, tariffs

April 3, 2026 @ 3:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, is partnering with Episode Six, a payment technology company and card issuer processor. Episode Six will serve as a key processing partner for Rain’s credit, debit, and prepaid card programs. The initial focus is on Asia-Pacific (APAC), where… Read More

 Tagged apac, Charles Yoo-Naut, episode six, john mitchell, payments, rain, stablecoins

April 3, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Italy’s competition and consumer protection authority has imposed a total fine of €11.5 million on multiple entities within the Revolut fintech group, citing a series of unfair commercial practices that allegedly misled users and restricted their access to essential financial services. The Autorità Garante della… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, enforcement, europe, italy, revolt

April 3, 2026 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an era when financial pressures mount, a striking number of Americans are quietly turning to artificial intelligence for guidance. According to fresh research released by bunq, Europe’s neobanking focused Fintech, more than one in three U.S. adults have already consulted AI when facing a… Read More

 Tagged ai, bunq, financial stress, research, united states

April 3, 2026 @ 11:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Latitude, a global payments infrastructure company, has launched, alongside an $8 million seed round led by NEA with participation from Lightspeed Faction, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, Bitso, and Solana Foundation. Founded by former officials from Stripe, Coinbase, Uber, Zero Hash, and Facebook, Latitude is addressing one… Read More

 Tagged Brian Wrightson, Cyril Mathew, Latitude, rick yang, stablecoins, Vivek Morzaria