June 19, 2025 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As tariffs and the potential for rising cost of goods have dominated the news cycle since early April, a new TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) Q2 2025 Consumer Pulse study found that 27% of U.S. consumers are now pessimistic about their household finances over the next 12… Read More

June 19, 2025 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On June 16, 2025, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced its decision to dual-list its shares on NYSE Texas, effective June 17, 2025. This strategic move underscores ICE’s commitment to capitalizing on Texas’ pro-business environment while… Read More

 Tagged ice, intercontinental exchange, nyse, texas

June 19, 2025 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken and Alpaca have partnered to expand crypto trading access through a single integration. Alpaca — a U.S.-based brokerage infrastructure platform with more than 200 enterprise partners and over five million end user accounts — has “integrated Kraken Embed to enhance Alpaca’s existing crypto capabilities… Read More

 Tagged alpaca, infrastructure, kraken, trading

June 19, 2025 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, the firm behind the Ad-Subsidised Payment Network (ASPN), has officially joined The Affiliate & Partner Marketing Association (APMA) – a move that underscores its long-term commitment to driving innovation in the affiliate and partner marketing space. This membership is a marker of intent with… Read More

 Tagged payments, uk, united kingdom, zilch

June 19, 2025 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Openbank, Grupo Santander’s fully digital bank, announced today that it has reached 110,000 customers in Mexico in less than four months. Since landing on Mexican shores in February, Openbank has grown strongly, which confirms “that more Mexicans are seeking digital financial solutions that fit their… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, mexico, openbank, santander

June 19, 2025 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stake, one of the digital and global real estate investment platforms, has launched Pay to Card, a withdrawal feature powered by global digital payments company, Checkout.com. The new solution enables investors to “receive their dividends and returns directly to their bank cards, often in just… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, digital payments, digital transactions, stake

June 19, 2025 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Open banking enabler Salt Edge and Tuum have been selected by LHV Bank to support their endeavors. Tuum partnered with Salt Edge in 2022 as part of an effort to expand services across Europe. Tuum is a cloud-based, banking-as-a-service platform that offers core banking while… Read More

 Tagged estonia, lhv bank, open banking, salt edge, tuum, uk

June 19, 2025 @ 1:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), the digital payments firm, and Pismo jointly announced that the Nordic challenger bank Lunar will start Visa card processing with Pismo’s platform as the first bank in the Nordics. The move to Pismo enables Lunar to develop and “launch new products and solutions… Read More

 Tagged challenger bank, digital payments, lunar, nordics, pismo, visa

June 19, 2025 @ 12:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is entering the mobile market with an unlimited phone plan, paired with Klarna’s signature seamless experience directly in the Klarna app. Klarna’s unlimited mobile plan launches “first in the U.S. in the coming weeks (join the… Read More

 Tagged bnpl, klarna, mobile plans, pay later, payments

June 18, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gold and cryptoassets gain favor as safe haven plays for retail investors according to the latest quarterly Retail Investor Beat from trading and investing platform eToro. The study, which surveyed “1,000 retail investors across the US, revealed that when faced with the prospect of a… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, etoro, gold, insights, investing, israel, survey