November 10, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

United Fintech, the digital transformation group for financial institutions, has acquired Trade Ledger, the tech firm behind an AI-enhanced solution that automates commercial and business lending. Trade Ledger brings to United Fintech a user-base that reportedly includes Barclays and Bank of Queensland, along with expertise in… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has published a consultation on possible regulations for pound-based stablecoins. The consultation proposes that stablecoins would be allowed to hold 60% of backing assets in short-term UK government debt. The balance would be held in unremunerated accounts at the Bank of… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be ubiquitous in the corporate sector today. While many anticipate AI will drive job losses, others see a productivity boost that will enable human capital to be focused on new endeavors. Citing research from The Chartered Institute for Personnel and… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

A deal has been reached in the US Senate to sign a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the federal government. The US government essentially shut down on October 1st after Congress failed to pass a CR on September 30th. This is the longest period the… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 10:36 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Proptech firm Roam is partnering with Opendoor, an e-commerce platform for residential real estate transactions. The collaboration will introduce Roam’s assumable mortgage tools and transaction support to buyers shopping homes on Opendoor’s platform, expanding access to existing 2 – 3% mortgage rates where eligible. With… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Today (November 10, 2025), credit card company Visa (NYSE:V) has issued a statement a potential legal settlement in the Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. The settlement includes rival Mastercard. Visa states that the proposed settlement with US merchants of all sizes… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Are prediction markets gambling or investing/trading? Well, some believe stock markets are more akin to gambling than to investing, yet public markets are subject to federal oversight – not state control like gambling. Kalshi, a top prediction marketplace, has issued a statement today pushing back… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 8:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

UKG, a leading global AI platform unifying HR, pay, and workforce management used by 80,000 organizations globally, has made Chime Workplace available in its UKG Marketplace. Chime’s no-cost financial wellness suite will integrate with UKG’s Workforce Operating Platform. Maxwell Group, a senior living provider and a UKG customer, said… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Injective, the blockchain built for finance, has launched iBuild, a Web3 platform that enables anyone to build and deploy blockchain applications without writing code. Powered by Injective’s MultiVM infrastructure, iBuild allows users to design, configure, and launch decentralized applications within minutes through intuitive, AI-assisted workflows. iBuild empowers creators to… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is reportedly planning to secure more funding, probably by 2026. This, as the overall demand for crypto-assets security devices has led to the firm experiencing its best financial performance to date (as revealed in a recent update from the… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 5:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Upward, a fintech infrastructure platform provider, this week announced its $8 million Series Seed-plus round. It was co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater Ventures Fund, with participation from Techstars, Altari Ventures, Cascade Seed Fund, and Outside Ventures. The company also announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard to provide its embedded financial technology solutions… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 3:49 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Billtrust, a provider of B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software, this week announced the launch of Collections Agentic Procedures, a capability within its Collections solution. Collections Agentic Procedures replaces static playbooks with adaptive methods that learn from every customer interaction and recommend the most… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 2:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) as well as the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have recently released an updated implementation monitoring report on general business risks along with a consultative report on financial market infrastructures‘ (FMIs) management of “general business… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has recently released its Market Pulse Third Quarter U.S. Consumer Credit Trends, which now reportedly includes U.S. national consumer credit data and trends through September 2025 sourced from Equifax data. According to Equifax, delinquency on total U.S. consumer debt inched up to… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 12:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pi Squared, the team building an infinitely scalable network for internet-speed payments, this week announced the launch of its Devnet 2.0, a major upgrade to its FastSet protocol. With this launch, Pi Squared is building towards a future where payments and all forms of transactions… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 11:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has debuted Bybit Pay in Sri Lanka. The initial rollout covers 50 physical point-of-sale and 50 digital merchant activations. With mobile penetration exceeding 130% and ever-growing digital adoption, Sri Lanka has a vibrant payment ecosystem with significant opportunities for innovation and demands for… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 11:43 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore’s Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) and US payments company Ripple said they are launching a capacity-building programme to help policymakers and regulators navigate digital assets, starting in Asia Pacific before expanding globally. The “Decoding Digital Assets” initiative plans to train more than 200… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week, Eurojust announced the results of an international operation that has been credited with dismantling a transnational criminal network, which is said to have been behind one of the largest crypto investment fraud schemes uncovered to date. TRM Labs noted in an extensive… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of largest companies in the digital asset industry, announced the signing of an MoU with the People’s Committee of Da Nang City in order to enable the development of digital infrastructure and various governance models in one of Vietnam’s… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic noted that government agencies have more digital asset data than they ever had before. The growth in crypto adoption means that agencies now encounter digital assets across a broader range of their ongoing work, from various fraud investigations that involve blockchain / DLT transactions… Read More