April 25, 2026 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook’s Q1 2026 Fintech VC Trends update indicated that venture capital investment in the fintech sector reached $11.5 billion across 563 deals. While this marked a 24 percent sequential decline from the previous quarter, it represented a steady 46.3 percent increase year-over-year, signaling sustained momentum… Read More

 Tagged Fintech funding, research, vc, venture capital

April 25, 2026 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) has outlined a measured yet optimistic outlook on tokenization’s role in reshaping the asset management landscape. According to the banking services provider, converting traditional financial assets into digital tokens on blockchain networks holds the potential to fundamentally alter operations across the entire… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, etfs, jpmorgan, tokenization

April 25, 2026 @ 10:25 am By Michael Wong  |  

For South Korean travelers in Vietnam, paying for coffee, taxis, or hotel bills may soon feel much more like paying at home. BIDV, Vietnam National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank, and GLN International have launched a cross-border QR code payment service linking… Read More

 Tagged BIDV, GLN International, KEB Hana Bank, payments, qr payments, south korea, vietnam, Vietnam National Payment Corporation

April 24, 2026 @ 5:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week’s Web3 Thoughts of the Week tackles DoorDash and stablecoins, spot Bitcoin ETFs, and DeFi’s tattered image. DoorDash stablecoin use “It hasn’t ever been about DoorDash adopting crypto. It’s about the fact that money is finally starting to behave like the Internet. “Stablecoins are… Read More

 Tagged acheron trading, bima labs, bitcoin, BOLTS Technologies, Coin Bureau, doordash, etf, Jonathan Yark, Joshua Kim, naoris protocol, Nathaniel Szerezla, Sid Sridhar, stablecoins

April 24, 2026 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI enabler Anthropic has again ignited global attention with its latest technological breakthrough and a shift in how it manages investor access. The AI focused company recently unveiled Claude Mythos Preview, an advanced AI system designed to identify and address potentialy hidden weaknesses in the… Read More

 Tagged Anthropic, cyber, mythos

April 24, 2026 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca has finalized the purchase of WealthKernel, a specialized European fintech provider. The acquired entity will now run as Alpaca Europe, granting the company a fully compliant operational base across the United Kingdom and the broader European Union. Alpaca has also rolled out initial support… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, alpaca, stocks, trading, wealthkernel

April 24, 2026 @ 2:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Derivative Path, a derivatives and risk management platform serving financial institutions, is collaborating with Baton Systems, a real-time risk, liquidity, collateral and settlement orchestration platform, to deliver a fully integrated FX payments and nostro management solution for regional and mid-market financial institutions. Many regional and… Read More

 Tagged arjun jayaram, baton systems, derivative path, Zack Nagelberg

April 24, 2026 @ 6:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has joined forces with Connells Group and LMS to roll out a pioneering digital platform that promises to overhaul the homebuying experience across England and Wales. Launched recently this month, the initiative aims to create a seamless, end-to-end online process for residential… Read More

 Tagged Connells Group, lloyds bank, uk, united kingdom

April 24, 2026 @ 4:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has introduced a specialized government money market fund engineered to support the reserve requirements of stablecoin issuers, marking another step in the growing convergence between digital assets and conventional banking. The new vehicle, dubbed the MSILF Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio and trading under… Read More

 Tagged $ms, money markets, morgan stanley, stablecoins, tradfi

April 24, 2026 @ 3:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent analysis from Citi Research, part of Citi (NYSE: C), underscores a pivotal shift in artificial intelligence usage, particularly in high-engagement markets like China. A survey of 1,800 consumers who had interacted with AI tools in the prior month found that about 70% engage with… Read More

 Tagged ai adoption, china, citi