October 22, 2026 @ 1:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto payments network Mesh announced a strategic collaboration with Visa that aims to let consumers spend cryptocurrency and stablecoin balances directly at Visa (NYSE: V) accepting merchants worldwide. The arrangement connects Mesh’s transaction orchestration capabilities with Visa’s acceptance network, which covers more than 175 million… Read More

 Tagged mesh, payments, research, spending, visa

October 21, 2026 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Evidence continues to mount on both sides of the Atlantic that banks are limiting services available to cryptocurrency users. A newly released report from Stand With Crypto UK, titled Blocked: Britain’s Crypto Access Problem, details the scale of difficulties faced by customers in the United… Read More

 Tagged banking, barclays, crypto-assets, fca, lloyds, uk, united kingdom

October 21, 2026 @ 4:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United States closed fiscal year 2026 with interest payments on the national debt climbing at a pace that outstripped growth in overall spending, tax collections, and the broader economy. Treasury Department figures show net interest outlays rose 8 percent to $1.05 trillion, up from… Read More

 Tagged data, debt, inflation, interest payments, research, us

October 20, 2026 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has launched a new service designed to help banks and other financial institutions better evaluate the risks associated with stablecoin payments. Announced on October 19, 2026, during the Money20/20 USA conference in Las Vegas, the offering—called Stablecoin Security—combines traditional payment insights with… Read More

 Tagged mastercard, payments, security, stablecoins

October 20, 2026 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cross River has announced an agreement to acquire Accrue, a Fintech company that offers a branded wallet that supports rewards and loyalty programs. The acquisition is described as another milestone in Cross River’s efforts to grow its embedded finance offerings. Terms of the deal were… Read More

 Tagged Accrue, cross river, wallet

October 20, 2026 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech funding for private ventures remains robust, but it is not immune to market shifts, especially as dollars compete for the hot artificial intelligence (AI) sector. So far, several reports indicate that global Fintech funding has dropped in 2026, and Crunchbase is now throwing its hat in… Read More

 Tagged crunchbase, Fintech funding

October 20, 2026 @ 1:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong police have recently documented more than 110 complaints of unauthorized credit card charges tied to pre-orders of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new foldable iPhone Duo. The reports began arriving after online reservations opened on Friday evening at 8 p.m., with the single largest transaction… Read More

 Tagged apple, hong kong

October 19, 2026 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Data released by Borderless.xyz in its second-quarter 2026 Benchmark Report demonstrate that stablecoin-based delivery of cross-border payments has produced meaningful overall savings relative to conventional banking channels, while also enabling far quicker settlement than typical global bank wires. The report, built from nearly three million… Read More

 Tagged Cross-Border Transactions, payments, research, stablecoins

October 19, 2026 @ 12:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

AMEX unveils Intelligence Framework The Intelligence Framework is AMEX’s recommended approach to capturing and authenticating a customer’s purchase intent before an AI agent completes a transaction. The framework then preserves that intent as a control throughout the transaction lifecycle. American Express aims to help advance… Read More

 Tagged AI Agents, amex, Episode 6, marqeta, payments, paypal, stablecoins, visa

October 19, 2026 @ 9:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ramp raises $1.85B Ramp’s raise values it at $60 billion. Dragoneer Investment Group led the round, along with Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, Sands Capital, and Avenir Growth. Participants included Capital International, Fidelity Management & Research Company, T. Rowe Price, D1 Capital Partners, Greenoaks, ICONIQ, GIC,… Read More

 Tagged AI Agents, Carbon AI, catalyst, Causa Prima, compliance, funding round, insurtech, mogul, ramp, real estate, Vest, Zippy