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

December 10, 2025 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NYSE: VRTS), which operates a multi-manager asset management business, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Keystone National Group, an investment manager specializing in asset-centric private credit and a pioneer in providing such strategies… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce an expansion of its index portfolio with the launch of the HKEX Tech 100 Index (HKEX Tech 100), the Group’s first Hong Kong equity index that underscores its ongoing investment in building further on… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Setu by Pine Labs has recently announced the launch of India’s agentic bill-payments experience, designed to address key challenges in bill payments: the fear of incorrect charges and the burden of missing important due dates. Although actually paying a bill takes minutes, keeping track of… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moca Network, a project by Animoca Brands to build the world’s largest chain-agnostic decentralized digital identity network, announced the beta launch of MocaProof, a so-called gamified digital identity verification and reward platform that leverages blockchain in order to simplify and advance data privacy and self-sovereignty…. Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 7:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Mortgage Servicer Digital Experience Study, slower industry-wide adoption of mobile apps produces a decidedly uneven digital user experience across different mortgage servicers. While some mortgage servicing apps are delivering on industry best practices, others are lagging significantly behind… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 7:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DUAL Group announced a partnership with CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics, to enhance its cyber underwriting capabilities and deliver value to brokers and clients. With cyber risk as one of the key challenges facing businesses right now, DUAL is taking a stance by… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 7:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global enabler of business banking products, has recently announced that it acquired majority ownership of PT Skye Sab Indonesia, a PJP (Penyedia Jasa Pembayaran) Category 1 license holder. The acquisition allows Indonesian merchants aiming to expand overseas “to tap into Airwallex’s financial infrastructure.”… Read More