



Europe’s digital euro gets real: online and offline, by design
On paper, Europe still looks like a cash continent. In

Europe’s digital euro is a sovereignty project disguised as a payment product
On January 28, 2026 (Pacific Time), Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU’s

SoFiUSD: When a bank turns “digital dollars” into infrastructure
SoFi’s new stablecoin looks, sounds, and (almost) behaves like a

The Valuation Gap: Why Traditional Credit Scoring Fails the Fintech NPL Market
By Jeffery Hartman, Managing Partner of Fitzgerald Advisors The Fintech

AI agents, stablecoins and the quiet reset in fintech funding
Global investors aren’t walking away from fintech. They’re rotating into

When the Bot Says No: How Agentic AI Could Kill Junk-Fee Finance
When Max Levchin says the bots are coming for junk

Singapore Just Turned Itself Into the World’s Testnet for Tokenised Money
If you want to see what “money on-chain” actually looks

The Missing Link in FinTech: Why EqoFlow Is Building a Privacy-First Financial Infrastructure for the Creator Economy
By Trevor Henry, Co-CEO, EqoFlow Technologies LLC We talk a

OCC’s conditional charter for Erebor Bank hints at a new template for digital‑asset banking
Inside the fine print: what the approval implies for compliance,

After the U.S. Stablecoin Law: Who Issues First – Banks, Big Tech, or Merchants?
A New Era of Regulated Stablecoins In July 2025, the

How a 97-year-old Missouri bank became fintech’s $1.47bn “bank of record”
Lead Bank’s fresh $70m round isn’t just another fintech raise.

Licence, code, carry: inside Kapital’s $1.3bn push into regulated banking
The headline news is simple enough: Mexico City–based Kapital says

A Quiet Fix with Big Implications: How the FDIC’s Appeals Office Could Unblock Bank-Fintech Innovation
Banking regulators aren’t usually associated with innovation-friendly policies. But in

From Paper to Algorithm: How Conpend Is Rewiring Trade Finance Compliance
In the arcane world of trade finance, paperwork and compliance

Finmo’s FCA Green Light: How a UK EMI Licence Turbo-Charges the Embedded-Treasury Race
Finmo, a fintech startup offering a next-generation treasury management platform,

Circle vs Tether vs Wall Street: Inside the Stablecoin Race for Digital Dollars
Stablecoins – digital tokens pegged to fiat currency – have

Too Slow to Click: Why U.S. Open Banking Must Learn from the U.K.’s Pay by Bank Stall
When the United Kingdom launched its open banking initiative in

Stablecoins and Uncle Sam’s Debt: Why the GENIUS Act Is Treasury’s Secret Weapon
It’s not often that a crypto innovation gets mentioned in

Inside Stripe’s Foundation Model: The Next AI Arms Race in Online Payments
Stripe’s latest move is a bold bet on artificial intelligence.

The GENIUS Act: Stablecoin Regulation and Fintech’s Next Chapter
The U.S. fintech sector is buzzing over a rare bipartisan

Zero-Fee PYUSD: Coinbase and PayPal Aim to Gut Card Fees and Fast-Track Stablecoin Payments
In a bold bid to reshape the digital payments landscape,

Meta’s Fintech Second Act: Why Stripe’s CEO Is Joining Mark Zuckerberg’s Board
Dressed in his signature hoodie or not, Mark Zuckerberg just

Banks Are Going Blockchain—and It’s Not Just a Pilot Anymore
The past year has seen a quiet but profound shift

From Watchdog to Risk Hawk: Why FINMA’s Structural Shake-Up Signals a New Era in Global Finance
FINMA headquarters in Bern. Switzerland’s financial regulator, FINMA, is embarking




































