August 25, 2025 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Nubank (NYSE: NU), which now claims over 122 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, continues to drive transformation in the financial industry through innovative products and strategic leadership changes. The company recently announced several significant updates, including the launch of a Bitcoin… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca, an API-first platform for stock, options, and crypto trading, has introduced a set of tools designed to elevate the trading experience for sophisticated algorithmic traders. Recently, Alpaca announced the launch of its Direct Market Access (DMA) Gateway and an enhanced suite of advanced order… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 1:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

UPay’s 2025 Global Digital Payments Report provides a concise summary of virtual card and digital wallet use. It also offers a prescription for future growth. Digital wallet spending growth over the past decade is essentially tenfold, growing from $1.6 trillion in 2014 to $15.7 trillion… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital assets ecosystem is undergoing a transformation, with tokenization often considered to be a useful technological breakthrough for digital finance. A recent column argues that tokenization, rather than blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), is the most transformative development in the financial sector today…. Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck has referred to Ethereum “the Wall Street token,” signaling a potential shift in how traditional finance perceives the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency (and the largest smart contract platform in terms of overall adoption and market cap). This characterization underscores Ethereum’s growing… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank and crypto platform Anchorage Digital is getting into the venture capital business with the launch of Anchorage Digital Ventures. In a blog post, the company stated that it aims to provide early and strategic support to promising protocols. ADV is seeking to support… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 10:30 am By David J. Tucker  |  

For Fintech startups and their investors, getting a foothold in today’s marketplace is especially daunting. For every fintech startup, there are three that don’t succeed. At both the state and federal levels, there is increasing government scrutiny of fintech platforms, products, and services. Differences in… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 9:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Crypto Council for Innovation led a series of industry associations this week that supported President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brian Quintenz as chairman of the CFTC. The Council said his prompt confirmation “is essential to accomplishing the proactive agenda your Administration has established to… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SBI Group, one of Japan’s financial conglomerates with the USD equivalent of over $200 billion in total assets, and Chainlink, the so-called “industry-standard” oracle platform, announced a partnership focused on accelerating blockchain and digital asset adoption across global markets. Japan’s financial market and evolving digital… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Old Glory Bank, a conservative affiliated financial institution, is raising growth capital online under the Reg A+ exemption, which opens up the sale of securities to non-accredited investors. Old Glory Bank, based in Oklahoma but offering digital banking services nationwide, is described as “pro-American” and… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 8:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) and infrastructure provider Lightspark are teaming up to deliver the former’s upcoming international money transfer service. It enables members to send funds abroad directly from the SoFi app. Lightspark, an enterprise infrastructure provider that uses the Bitcoin Lightning Network, will enable the… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency ecosystem is undergoing a maturation phase, marked by increasing regulatory clarity, growing governmental adoption of Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, and significant market dynamics. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong has emerged as an active voice in the web3 space, offering insights into Bitcoin’s… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 6:57 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zum Rails – an instant payments ecosystem and embedded finance provider, has launched its new suite of Mastercard–powered prepaid card programs across most of Canada, save for British Columbia.   These reloadable cards will enable businesses to offer expense management, wage access, consumer rewards, and… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 6:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The annual Jackson Hole gathering closed with what may well prove to be Jerome Powell’s last major act before the September meeting — and while he resisted committing to a cut, the stage remains set for one, predicts Nigel Green, CEO of global financial advisor… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 2:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ten UK regions have recorded a rise in startup activity in the first half of 2025, signaling renewed confidence in the country’s entrepreneurial sector. According to the New Startup Index from NatWest and Beauhurst, the North East saw the fastest relative growth, with over 10,000… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 1:56 am By Michael Wong  |  

Turkish investment platform Midas has secured $80 million in a Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to more than $140 million as it expands offerings and strengthens security infrastructure. The round, which the company claimed as the largest fundraising by a fintech in… Read More

August 25, 2025 @ 1:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler’s Chief of Markets, Ruslan Lienkha, discusses recent crypto movements in this Q&A. Bitcoin has corrected only 8% after its latest ATH, compared to 30% in January. Does this signal a more mature, resilient market structure? “I would be cautious about calling this increased resilience. The current… Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and the world’s largest smart contract platform (in terms of overall adoption), has reached a key milestone, surpassing $4,869 for the first time. The breakthrough seemingly marks a key moment for the blockchain platform, which has seen a… Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 10:37 pm By Michael Wong  |  

London-listed TBC Bank Group said it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in OLX Uzbekistan, one of the country’s most visited online classifieds platforms, in a move that expands its fast-growing digital banking ecosystem in Central Asia. The acquisition, from OLX Group, the classifieds… Read More

August 24, 2025 @ 8:39 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The UAE Central Bank’s Emirates Institute of Finance (EIF) has partnered with HSBC Bank, Al Maryah Community Bank and technology firms Presight and Core42 to explore artificial intelligence applications in financial services, the central bank said. The collaboration aims to enhance operational efficiency, strengthen cybersecurity… Read More