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December 19, 2025 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Once again, the Women in Fintech Powerlist is accepting applications to be included on the list.  Created by Innovate Finance ten years ago, a private-public partnership in the UK, the list aims to “recognise the pioneering women championing financial innovation, spotlighting remarkable individuals across eight… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will lift the contactless payments limit starting in March. In a statement posted today, the FCA said this will remove red tape and provide greater flexibility. Payments providers, including banks, with strong fraud controls, will be… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus Movement, Inc. (NYSE American: EXOD), a self-custodial digital asset platform, announced a partnership with MoonPay in order to launch a fully reserved, USD-backed dollar stablecoin that will power digital dollar experiences across the Exodus ecosystem. The asset will reportedly be “issued and managed by… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dune and Keyrock teamed up to release a study of prediction markets. As explained in the detailed update shared by Dune, prediction markets may feel like somewhat of a modern invention or fairly recent development, but their roots stretch back for a long time actually…. Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo has announced the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network directly from its qualified custody platform. As one of the solutions to enable Lightning access directly from qualified custody, this expansion builds on BitGo’s Lightning Network offering. The service delivers institutions a way to “leverage… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 3:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear has noted in a recent update that the global financial industry is undergoing a transformation. As stated in the report, digital assets are no longer simply a theoretical concept – they are actually on their way to becoming a cornerstone of modern capital markets. … Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 2:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital Markets Gateway (CMG), a fintech modernizing the equity capital markets (ECM), announced that TD Securities joined its global underwriter network as an investor and a client. TD Securities becomes part of CMG’s initiative to modernize global ECM workflows, “joining existing investors that include Bank… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 1:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lynq, a real-time interest-bearing settlement network, today announced that Phase 1 of its integration with Fireblocks is live. It gives institutional clients the ability to connect their Lynq accounts directly to Fireblocks and perform settlement and collateral management activities through the Fireblocks’ platform. This integration simplifies funding operations,… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

MangoPay and InstaXchange are partnering on multi-currency onramps. InstaXchange is a crypto exchange that works with Google Pay, PayPal, Apple Pay, cards, etc. A regulated virtual asset service provider (VASP), it also offers a plug-and-play API for Fintechs, merchants, and payment providers to incorporate crypto…. Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

xStocks says it is bringing tokenized securities to Telegram’s one billion users. According to a statement issued by the firm, tokenized securities will be available on the TON Blockchain, accessible via the non-custodial wallet in Telegram. Max Crown, President and CEO of TON Foundation, said… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) noted that for several decades, the path to building wealth in America has looked basically the same: get a good job, acquire a home, invest in various stocks, and let time take care of the rest (hopefully). Coinbase‘s State of Crypto report suggests… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitvavo, Europe’s EUR-spot cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced a partnership with Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE), the crypto-assets subsidiary of Societe Generale Group and a European stablecoin issuer. Via this collab, Bitvavo will list EUR CoinVertible and USD CoinVertible, two MiCA-compliant stablecoins issued by SG-FORGE, on its… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An EBA-ECB report on payment fraud indicates that strong authentication remains effective but fraudsters are adapting. There are a wide range of fraudulent activities and tactics now being employed to take advantage of unsuspecting consumers, especially those who might not be as tech-savvy. Some key… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Octopus Energy customers are now able to get their account credit back faster because of a new tie-up with fintech company GoCardless. Octopus has completed one of the Direct Debit migrations in the UK, “moving 5.5 million accounts and £12 billion of payments to GoCardless… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital bank bunq announced the launch of Term Deposits, a new savings option with some of the market’s highest returns, as well as ways to track and invest in crypto. With Term Deposits, bunq users can lock in their money for a fixed period… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack McDonald, SVP Stablecoins at Ripple, has said that they are pleased to mark the 1-year since the launch of $RLUSD. They have gone from 0 to trying to become a top 5 USD stablecoin in a short period of time. According to McDonald, here… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 3:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iProov, the world’s provider of “science-based” biometric identity verification solutions, announced a partnership with HYPR, which is the enabler of identity assurance. This delivers a layered defense against one of the most critical organizational security problems: the infiltration of “enterprise systems by fraudulent workers, sophisticated… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 2:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com and international investment company Galapagos Capital announced a partnership that will see Galapagos Capital leverage Crypto.com Exchange services and capabilities to establish a new digital asset offering for its clients. Galapagos Capital will now reportedly aim to leverage Crypto.com Exchange for its trading infrastructure… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 1:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, announced the successful completion of its $107 million Series B round, bringing the total capital raised in 2025 to US$194 million. This round is said to be a signal of investor confidence in RedotPay’s growth momentum and its market… Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 12:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Asia-Pacific deal ecosystem has reportedly experienced a slowdown in activity during January-November 2025, reflecting a “broader trend of cautious deal-making.” The total number of deals (comprising mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture financing deals) announced in the APAC region “decreased by 5%… Read More