From Sovereign Strength to Smart Regulation, FIDA Makes Abu Dhabi the Natural Home for $100 Trillion in New Wealth
At Abu Dhabi Finance Week this year, I watched the
Britain’s fast-track fintech licences: can speed alone save the UK’s edge?
The UK government wants to let start-ups operate under “provisional
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
Why Wall Street just wrote Ripple a $500m check — and what it says about stablecoins in 2026
Citadel Securities and Fortress led a half-billion dollar investment that
PayPal plugs into ChatGPT: what “agentic checkout” really changes
On October 28, 2025 (Pacific Time), PayPal said it will
HTTP 402 is back: Coinbase’s “Payments MCP” gives AI agents wallets — and puts fintech on notice
Coinbase has shipped a developer tool that lets popular AI
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,
Revolut comes to UPI. Can a foreign super-app really win on India’s domestic rails?
Standfirst: Revolut will roll out UPI payments and Visa prepaid
PhonePe’s IPO tests the economics of India’s ‘free’ payments rail
Walmart-backed PhonePe has filed confidentially for a domestic IPO of
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
From lender to network: Klarna’s $26bn forward-flow gambit
If you only read the headlines, you’d think Klarna’s story
Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Go Public: Amdax Bets on Euronext
Amsterdam’s Amdax wants to list a dedicated bitcoin treasury company
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
