April 20, 2026 @ 8:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gr4vy, the cloud-native payment orchestration platform, is now fully ready to support agentic payment transactions through its orchestration layer, allowing merchants to manage and process transactions within AI-driven environments. In addition, Gr4vy is launching its Agentic Development Kit (ADK), designed to equip and guide merchants… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 7:59 am By Michael Wong  |  

Financial institutions are moving further into blockchain-based settlement infrastructure, with Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) launching a stablecoin minting and redemption service aimed at corporate and high-net-worth clients. The Bahrain-based lender said the new offering enables clients to convert fiat currencies into digital tokens, and vice… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced a major expansion of its flagship financial education initiative, extending it deeper into workplaces and community settings across the UK to help bridge a widespread gap in financial confidence. The move forms part of the bank’s broader commitment to strengthening economic… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 3:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) April 2026 report, titled Growth in the New Economy: Towards a Blueprint, identifies accelerating AI adoption as a primary force shaping global growth amid geostrategic competition, high debt, environmental pressures, and demographic shifts. Drawing on dialogues with nearly 200 industry… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 3:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG has noted that UK financial services companies are preparing for a notable expansion in their workforce this year, with artificial intelligence and advanced technology skills emerging as the primary drivers of recruitment. This optimistic shift is detailed in KPMG’s latest UK Financial Services Sentiment… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 2:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boerse Stuttgart Group has rolled out BISON Select, a new premium loyalty program tailored for committed retail investors on its BISON trading app. The initiative aims to deliver enhanced services, personalized benefits, community access, and practical tools to users pursuing more advanced investment strategies in… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 1:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published a detailed review concluding that the United Kingdom maintains a robust and largely compliant framework for overseeing two critical categories of financial… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 1:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Polymath, a provider of institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure, is working with Africa123, a pan-African land and infrastructure platform, to explore the tokenization of large-scale land assets across Africa. Africa123 controls a strategic landbank exceeding 400 million square meters across multiple jurisdictions, with a 25-year pipeline… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Paxos Labs, the financial utility stack for digital assets incubated within Paxos, has closed a $12 million strategic funding round, led by Blockchain Capital, an early investor in Paxos, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom and Uniswap. Paxos Labs provides platforms the tools to turn… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 12:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear noted that a recent breakthrough in the evolution of digital finance occurred when marketable securities issued through distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms at European central securities depositories gained eligibility as collateral for Eurosystem operations. This decision by the European Central Bank places DLT-issued assets… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 12:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has taken significant steps so far in April 2026 to bolster consumer protection and regulatory standards across the island’s financial landscape. On 8 April, the regulator unveiled a public-private partnership designed to combat financial fraud more effectively, while just… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

World Network has recently unveiled its most recent upgrade to World ID, positioning it as a full-stack solution for cryptographic proof-of-human verification in the age of AI. Announced at the Lift Off event in San Francisco, the refreshed protocol shifts to an account-based architecture that… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBANX—an international technology firm known for its expertise in facilitating cross-border payment solutions tailored to developing regions—has announced plans to launch operations in five additional nations. These include Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Turkey, marking a strategic push to broaden its presence in dynamic markets… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 8:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

payabl. has launched Click to Pay with Visa, a card payment experience to help merchants reduce checkout friction, improve authorisation rates, and deliver a faster, more secure online payment journey. Click to Pay replaces manual card number entry with a token-based checkout experience. Once a… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 7:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payward, a unified financial infrastructure platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bitnomial, a CFTC-licensed derivatives company in the United States built for digital assets, for up to $550 million payable in cash and stock, in a transaction that values Payward’s equity at… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 5:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) appears to be quietly rewriting the rules of corporate expense management by agreeing to acquire Hyper, a specialist in agentic AI tools that automate everything from receipt categorization and policy checks to report filing and budget alerts. Financial terms of the… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 4:28 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Factory, an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup, has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures at a $1.5 billion valuation, underscoring continued investor appetite for enterprise AI platforms that promise to automate more of the software development process. The round… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Drift Protocol—the Solana-based perpetual futures exchange—has arranged substantial new capital to address losses from a recent security breach and prepare for a full operational restart. The platform, which experienced a sophisticated attack linked to North Korean actors earlier in April, saw approximately $270 million in… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dutch banking services provider ABN AMRO has rolled out new tools designed to let customers tap into the cryptocurrency sector without direct ownership. The bank is now offering Crypto Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) and Capital Protected Notes (CPNs) across the Netherlands and select European countries…. Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A seemingly high-potential fintech startup called Slash, which challenges more established players like Ramp and was created by young founders, has closed a $100 million Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to $1.4 billion. Launched roughly five years ago by Victor Cardenas and Kevin… Read More