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fool.com - Matt Frankel, CFP® - SoFi vs. PayPal: Two Beaten-Down Fintech Stocks. Which Is the Better Comeback Story?
SoFi vs. PayPal: Two Beaten-Down Fintech Stocks. Which Is the Better Comeback Story?
The Motley Fool

SoFi (SOFI 4.58%) and PayPal (PYPL 0.35%) are two of the most widely followed fintech stocks in the entire market, and both have been beaten down. SoFi has fallen by more than 45% from its 52-week high, despite reporting revenue growth of more than…

americanbanker.com - John Adams - Loans and phones: Block's post-layoff battle with banks, fintechs
Loans and phones: Block's post-layoff battle with banks, fintechs
American Banker

Key insights: Block has expanded its BNPL product and launched a mobile phone service. What's at stake: The company is maintaining a development schedule following a downsizing of about 40% of its employees. Forward look: Payment analysts say Block…

americanbanker.com - Jason Hardgrave - Are you a fintech seeking a bank charter? Consider these implications
Are you a fintech seeking a bank charter? Consider these implications
American Banker

Key insight: As fintechs rush to gain bank charters, their leaders are about to step into a very new compliance environment. They need to understand what they're getting themselves into. Supporting data: In 2025, there were as many bank charter…

newsanyway.com - News Team - What Fintech Operators are Reading in 2026: Fintechly and the Case for Practitioner Intelligence - News Anyway
What Fintech Operators are Reading in 2026: Fintechly and the Case for Practitioner Intelligence - News Anyway
Daily News Organization

The question of where fintech professionals get their intelligence has become more consequential as the industry matures. In the early years of the fintech boom, the information needs of builders and operators were largely met by general technology…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - FinTechs Face a Tougher Road on Cross-Border Deals
FinTechs Face a Tougher Road on Cross-Border Deals
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

The questions surrounding a cross-border acquisition don't stop with ownership or market share. Governments increasingly want to understand what technologies are changing hands, who controls them and whether those assets could affect economic…

bbc.co.uk - Abhishek Dey - Kunal Shah: The Indian entrepreneur taking charge of WhatsApp
Kunal Shah: The Indian entrepreneur taking charge of WhatsApp
BBC

Until recently, Kunal Shah was a familiar name mainly within India's startup and investor circles. The founder of fintech company Cred had steadily built a following beyond the businesses he created. His podcast appearances often ventured into…

forbes.com - Azeem Khan - The Rebundling Of Finance Is Really A Story About Digital Assets
The Rebundling Of Finance Is Really A Story About Digital Assets
Forbes

GERMANY - CIRCA 1900: Inflation in Weimar Germany has paper money stacked from Floor to Ceiling in a Berlin Bank; banker is counting sheaves of bundled notes. (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images) The Rebundling of Finance Is Really a Story About…

seekingalpha.com - Alpha Line - Why AMD's AI Position Is Expanding (NASDAQ:AMD)
Why AMD's AI Position Is Expanding (NASDAQ:AMD)
Seeking Alpha

AMD now expects AI server CPU demand to double, raising its 2030 server CPU TAM above $120 billion. Data Center revenue surged 57% to $5.8 billion as EPYC adoption expanded across cloud, enterprise, healthcare, and finance. Cloud instances running…

bloomberg.com - Takashi Mochizuki - Games Industry Faces More Painful Months Ahead
Games Industry Faces More Painful Months Ahead
Bloomberg

This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Takashi Mochizuki reflects on the games industry's painful readjustment.

decrypt.co - André Beganski - Mark Zuckerberg Wants a Prediction Market Too: NYT
Mark Zuckerberg Wants a Prediction Market Too: NYT
Decrypt

First it was stablecoins. Then it was the metaverse. Now it's prediction markets. Under Mark Zuckerberg, Meta has made a series of bets on crypto-adjacent tech, and now the social media giant could be preparing for its next one in light of…

itweb.co.za - Staff Writer - Take part: Mapping the future of digital payments in Africa
Take part: Mapping the future of digital payments in Africa
www.itweb.co.za

Take part in the survey and help shape an industry report on the future of digital payments in Africa. A snap survey among banks, fintechs, payment intermediaries and merchants reveals that 70% believe fraud risk has increased as digital payments…

digitaljournal.com - AFP - Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
Digital Journal

Meta has tapped Indian fintech founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp, as the US tech giant seeks ways to monetise the messaging app's massive user base. The announcement, made Monday night, was accompanied by news that Meta would also lead…

forbes.com - Jordan Glazier - What Banking Can Learn From Retail's First-Party Data Playbook
What Banking Can Learn From Retail's First-Party Data Playbook
Forbes

Jordan Glazier, Founder and CEO of Wildfire Systems. ​Banks see the swipe, but retail sees the basket. That gap is the difference between a relevant offer and a forgotten one. Retailers have spent the past decade refining how first-party…

afaqs.com - afaqs! news bureau - NPCI appoints Gaurav Kochhar as Chief of Business
NPCI appoints Gaurav Kochhar as Chief of Business
afaqs!

NPCI BHIM Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has announced the appointment of Gaurav Kochhar as chief of business. At NBSL, Gaurav will lead initiatives to strengthen digital payments…

forbes.com - Justin Hertzberg - Scaling A Prop Firm: Three Technology Challenges No One Talks About
Scaling A Prop Firm: Three Technology Challenges No One Talks About
Forbes

Justin Hertzberg is CEO of FPFX Tech, PropAccount and BullRush, leading prop firm technology and white-label solutions. ​Many proprietary trading firms that I've seen collapse, pause or falter in recent years did not fail due to a lack of…

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