A new interactive tool from NordVPN lets users calculate the value of their digital identities. And if you’re Canadian, it ain’t much. Working in collaboration with the threat exposure management platform NordStellar, NordVPN analyzed almost 75,000 dark web marketplace listings and found that Canadians’ personal… Read More
Tagged canada, dark web, digital identity, Marijus Briedis, NordVPN, stolen data
This week, Lise (Lightning Stock Exchange) announced the successful closing of what it claimed is the world’s first IPO executed on a fully regulated, natively tokenized market infrastructure. As the first exchange in history to achieve this, Lise demonstrates that DLT-native equity offerings can meet… Read More
Tagged france, Lightning Stock Exchange, Lise, Mark Kepeneghian, tokenization, tokenized IPO
DOJO AI, an AI marketing system, this week announced a $6 million seed round at a $30 million valuation. The round was led by Armilar, with participation from Heartfelt VC. The funding will support continued product development and accelerated expansion in the United States. DOJO… Read More
Tagged Antonio Alegria, DOJO AI, Duarte Garrido, marketing
KPMG has indicated that the European Central Bank (ECB) is advancing plans for the digital euro, a central bank digital currency designed to stand alongside traditional cash and strengthen the euro area’s financial independence. As a fully backed, “risk-free” form of public money, it will… Read More
Tagged analysis, digital euro, ecb, europe, european central bank
OS and AI technology company Banma Intelligence and Alipay this week launched a new AI cockpit solution integrating Alipay AI Pay, enabling drivers to complete purchases by voice command directly from their vehicle. “In the past two years, smart cockpits have achieved rapid advances in… Read More
Tagged alipay, automobiles, Banma Intelligence, digital payments, Ming Cai
Southeast Asia is emerging as Asia’s most concentrated Fintech market, underscoring both the region’s maturity and the significant growth potential in less-developed ecosystems across the continent, according to a new study. The analysis by Singapore-based UnaFinancial found that Southeast Asia hosts an average of 14… Read More
Tagged fintech, southeast asia, unafinancial
Dutch digital banking provider bunq has announced a key milestone in its cryptocurrency services, exceeding (a very modest) €100 million in total trading volume within one year of launch. The achievement, revealed on the anniversary of bunq Crypto’s debut in April 2025, highlights the moderate… Read More
Tagged amsterdam, bunq, crypto trading, digital banking, netherlands
UK’s Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), the platform for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending, has introduced an online gateway tailored specifically for its broker network. Announced on 21 April 2026, the initiative marks a significant step forward in refining how brokers interact with the company’s… Read More
Tagged funding circle, sme's, uk, united kingdom
This week, Prove launched the Prove Identity Platform, a unified platform that transforms identity from a one-time verification event into a persistent foundation of trust, built for a world where people, businesses, and AI agents must all be verified and trusted in real time. AI… Read More
Tagged ai, AI Agents, identity verification, prove, Prove Identity Platform, Richard Crone, Rodger Desai
CB Insights indicated that Fintech funding activity in the first quarter of 2026 painted a picture of a maturing industry tightening its belt while directing capital toward proven players. According to CB Insights’ latest analysis, the sector closed the period with just 762 deals—a multi-year… Read More
Tagged deal activity, Fintech funding, insights, research, venture capital
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