April 10, 2026 @ 5:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Securitize this week announced that Brett Redfearn, former Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets, has been appointed president of the company. He also joins Securitize’s board of directors. Redfearn will work with Securitize’s leadership team to scale the… Read More

 Tagged brett redfearn, carlos domingo, coinbase, sec, securitize

April 10, 2026 @ 5:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Persistent Systems has launched Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection, powered by Databricks Data Intelligence platform. The solution helps financial institutions reduce fraud losses, improve detection accuracy and lower manual review effort through real-time, intelligence-driven decisions. As digital payments scale, financial institutions, payment service providers, digital… Read More

 Tagged Barath Narayanan, databricks, fraud, Josh Meyer, Persistent Systems

April 10, 2026 @ 5:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Aspire, a finance stack for global founders, has launched in the United States. Its AI-driven financial command center unites multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, yield, global payroll infrastructure, spend management and real-time financial controls into a single platform. “As the world’s largest startup ecosystem and a… Read More

 Tagged andrea baronchelli, Anuvrat Jain, aspire, dan westgarth, David Harris, Paul Harapin

April 10, 2026 @ 2:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoonPay, a provider of crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure, is now powering crypto payments inside Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a global payments platform that processed $167 billion in transactions in 2025. The integration embeds stablecoin rails directly into Paysafe’s platform, giving merchants crypto payment capability alongside… Read More

 Tagged ivan soto-wright, moonpay, Pay With Crypto, paysafe, zak cutler

April 10, 2026 @ 6:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the news update that the United Kingdom government’s £100m entrepreneur tax relief package has now officially come into effect, CI received commentary from Leo Labeis, CEO and Founder of REGnosys, on just how sustained policy clarity and consistency is vital in effectively translating investments… Read More

 Tagged regulation, uk, united kingdom

April 10, 2026 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has introduced a new AI assistant in order to assist clients with money management related tasks, allowing customers to get timely spending insights, check up on their portfolio investments, effectively manage subscriptions or plan out a trip via a single, all-in-one Fintech… Read More

 Tagged ai, digital banking, digital tools, revolut

April 10, 2026 @ 2:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A cybersecurity expert suggests a burner email address can help protect people from online fraud. According to the latest data from threat exposure management platform NordStellar, 501 million unique email addresses ended up in breached databases on the dark web in 2025. Although no user… Read More

 Tagged Domininkas Virbickas, fraud, NordVPN

April 10, 2026 @ 12:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cash App has introduced a new capability that lets customers transform their peer-to-peer money transfers into structured installment plans. Rather than settling the full amount in a single transaction, users can now spread the payment over several weeks or months, turning what was once an… Read More

 Tagged cash app, fintech, installment plans, p2p, payments

April 9, 2026 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment at Work has reinforced its 401(k) platform for small and growing businesses by reaffirming a strong compliance commitment and introducing several operational upgrades. Announced in late March 2026, the updates aim to minimize administrative headaches for plan sponsors, allowing employers to focus more on… Read More

 Tagged betterment, product update, retirement, us

April 9, 2026 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has indicated that over 1 million online banking accounts have now been compromised by so-called infostealers during the past year, as global cyberthreats shifted toward credential theft as well as data reuse. Kaspersky pointed out that attackers are moving away from traditional… Read More

 Tagged banking, malware, phishing, research, security