June 13, 2026 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has announced an expanded partnership with Bitso, strengthening their efforts to enhance payments via DLT / blockchain technology. The collaboration focuses on integrating Bitso’s MXN-backed stablecoin, known as MXNB, into the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) permissioned decentralized exchange (DEX) framework. This development aims to enhance… Read More

 Tagged bitso, digital assets, latam, ripple

June 12, 2026 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to integrate its payment infrastructure into AI-powered shopping environments. Announced on June 10, 2026, during the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco, the collaboration aims to make transactions smoother, safer, and more reliable as artificial… Read More

 Tagged ai, openai, payments, visa

June 12, 2026 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), a leading consulting and data group that supports online capital formation, has launched a new series of “Crowdfinance Indices.” The benchmarks are updated daily and cover Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), the smallest securities exemption that enables online capital formation. These Indices… Read More

 Tagged cca, crowdfund capital advisors, reg cf, regulation cf

June 12, 2026 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citigroup (NYSE: C) is rolling out a blockchain-powered platform enabling wealthy individuals and institutional clients to trade tokenized shares of privately held firms. This initiative comes at a pivotal moment, as anticipation builds around massive public debuts from key industry players like SpaceX and Anthropic,… Read More

 Tagged anthopic, citigroup, ipos, spacex, tokenized securities

June 12, 2026 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has indicated that lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK surged in early 2026, marking a notable recovery in business finance activity. According to the latest Business Finance Review from UK Finance, gross lending to SMEs climbed 16 percent compared… Read More

 Tagged credit, lending, sme's, uk, united kingdom

June 12, 2026 @ 2:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which remains Latin America’s largest digital banking / Fintech platform, has shared details of its ambitious artificial intelligence roadmap. During a recent Nu Videocast session, Chief Technology Officer Eric Young and Rohan Ramanath, General Manager of AI Core, explained how the bank’s… Read More

 Tagged ai, brazil, digital banking, latam, nubank

June 12, 2026 @ 1:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has recently introduced a payment solution designed specifically for the emerging ecosystem of AI-driven commerce. The offering, known as Agent Pay for Machines or AP4M, aims to facilitate seamless, high-speed transactions between intelligent software agents operating independently.The advancement of artificial intelligence is reshaping… Read More

 Tagged agentic ai, commerce, mastercard, payments

June 11, 2026 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) has teamed up with Brale to test private stablecoin settlement options for institutional payments. Announced on June 4, 2026, the proof-of-concept leverages SBC—a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Brale—on the Canton Network. This initiative evaluates privacy-enhanced blockchain infrastructure to enable faster, more… Read More

 Tagged brale, privacy, stablecoins, visa

June 11, 2026 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the Visa Payments Forum 2026, the global payments providers revealed a suite of technologies centered on artificial intelligence, stablecoins, and enhanced digital tokens. According to the update from Visa (NYSE: V), these developments aim to support the rise of intelligent and programmable commerce while… Read More

 Tagged digital tokens, openai, stablecoins, visa

June 11, 2026 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the recent Stripe Tour London event, the payments and financial infrastructure Fintech unveiled a suite of features designed to help UK enterprises reach international user-bases and capitalize on emerging artificial intelligence opportunities. Held at ExCel London, the session drew more than 1,500 founders, executives,… Read More

 Tagged payments, stripe, uk, united kingdom