December 11, 2025 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) reports that it has now strengthened its liquid alternative platform with the recent roll-out of the iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF (Nasdaq:IALT), which is described as a multi-strategy alternative fund meant to deliver “differentiated” sources of return across market cycles via the “transparency”… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing investment holding companies in the MENA region, listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX: AlphaDhabi), and Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, have recently announced that their joint venture… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is making a big move into tokenization. Currently, DTCC is a vital part of the securities trading and tracking ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at US$3.7 quadrillion, and its depository subsidiary provided custody and… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 3:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

As the calendar flips to December, the fintech community is busy trying to figure out what’s coming in 2026. Read some of their best guesses below. Sanctions and financial risk  “As sanctions expand across more geographies, the risk isn’t limited to newly added entities—it increasingly… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 3:00 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

    Artificial intelligence is experiencing one of the most explosive investment booms in modern history. Billion-dollar seed rounds – once unthinkable – are now routine. But as former NASDAQ Vice Chair David Weild warns on the latest episode of ICAN’s Capital Ideas podcast, this… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Valora has noted that they are starting their next chapter of business growth and product development. The Valora team will be joining Stripe, marking a key milestone in their stated mission to effectively unlock access to financial opportunity for consumers across the… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

During the Biden Administration, policy was aligned against Fintech innovation, including digital assets. Banks were effectively warned not to engage in the crypto sector, something that led to some being debanked – a nefarious action of cutting out firms and individuals from the financial sector…. Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital will partner with OSL to issue a new dollar-based stablecoin – USDGO. OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is a Hong Kong-based stablecoin trading and payment platform for financial institutions and individuals. The company offers crypto trading, custody, payments, and tokenization services. Anchorage Digital and… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Cross River Bank has added an in-house card processing engine, adding to its bespoke Fintech offerings. Cross River now controls the complete card technology stack — from issuing to processing. Aion Financial Technologies has been selected as the pilot partner, supporting the Fintech’s checking account,… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) ThinkTECH Accelerator has invited InvestFi to participate in the program. InvestiFi, a digital investment platform designed to allow for trading to and from deposit accounts, enabling credit unions and community banks to retain more assets and attract new account… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Mollie has signed an agreement to acquire GoCardless, a UK-based bank payment company that offers solutions for businesses to collect recurring and one-off payments directly from customer bank accounts using direct debit and open banking. The terms of the deal were not revealed, but reports… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Space Station, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEMI) announced that Gemini Titan, LLC (Titan), an affiliate, reportedly received a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which will enable Gemini to start offering prediction markets to U.S. customers. Gemini had first applied for… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As major jurisdictions across the globe continue exploring the feasibility and effectiveness of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), 2025 has seen a notable shift in emphasis from relatively early retail-payment pilots toward broader infrastructure, cross-border initiatives as well as strategic policy objectives. For the United… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilch, a payments platform, says that it has secured a payments services license from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Zilch states that the licensing marks a key milestone for them, removing the reliance on third-parties and “enabling the business to build payments methods in-house, develop… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tempo, a payment-focused L1, is now supported by Blockaid to provide security across its network. By supporting the chain, Blockaid explains in a blog post that it helps create a “safer” environment for payment processors, stablecoin issuers, and other partners building on Tempo’s ecosystem. Blockaid… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 6:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has recently announced the launch of Income Qualify, which is described as being a new product that delivers income and employment insights from The Work Number in order to mortgage lenders during the prequalification and pre-approval phase as “a value add alongside… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 2:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko has noted that meme coins have again emerged as the most popular crypto narrative this year, capturing a total of 25.02% of global investor interest across the main meme coin category as well as 35 meme coin trends. According to the report from CoinGecko,… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender LoanTube (trading as Tiger Lion Financial Limited) says its credit marketplace is now available via ChatGPT. Of note, LoanTube’s ratings on TrustPilo are pretty good. According to a release, LoanTabe states that loan applications can be completed via chat in a “conversational interface…. Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 12:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper has announced the next phase of its multi-exchange strategy in partnership with FalconX, expanding ClearLoop’s integration ​​within​​​​ ​​ FalconX’s Prime Connect solution via the addition of Deribit, one of the world’s crypto options exchanges. Via this integration, FalconX DMA clients are reportedly able to… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 11:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DTCC, the market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the release of their latest research findings on 24×5 trading, entitled “The Shift to 24×5 Trading: What It Means for U.S. Equity Markets.” The report details the… Read More