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PB Fintech's $3.3 Billion Rout Fuels Rush Into Leveraged Bets
Traders piled into leveraged bets on Temasek-backed PB Fintech Ltd. as the stock lost $3.3 billion in market value on Thursday after India's insurance regulator proposed caps on commissions and management expenses. Leveraged positions, or equity…
SoFi Falls 3% as Rising Yields Pressure Fintech; Affirm Drops 4%, Robinhood Slips 2%
Rising oil prices and renewed inflation fears are hammering rate-sensitive fintech stocks, and the pressure on SoFi, Affirm, and Robinhood may just be getting started. Published September 28, 2026, 1:02pm ET · 3 min read SoFi Technologies…
Citi pushes agentic AI take-up in HK finance, showcases Citi Sky
Citi is working closely with regulators and industry partners to boost AI adoption within Hong Kong's financial sector, the bank said at its annual fintech forum. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Under the theme 'Beyond AI-Ready: Shaping the Agentic…
Apollo raises specter of an AI agentic 'bank run' hitting financial industry
As if things couldn't get worse for banks, artificial intelligence could present a problem for the group. The Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB) fell 2.3% last week, marking its third straight weekly decline. That matches the fund's longest losing streak…
Speed And Security: What The Global Payments Conversation Is Missing
Afenifere Hammed Adewumi is the Co-Founder & CEO of Spark Tech Hub Ltd, the parent company of Oneremit. Recently, my company hosted more than 40 senior finance leaders from across Nigeria's automobile, import/export, distribution, banking, travel…
Bank of America Launches Payments Insights for CashPro Clients
Turning payments data into action Through proprietary peer benchmarking and dynamic visualizations, Payments Insights will help treasury teams explore trends and identify areas that may require attention. The new insights offering expands the AI…
Hong Kong Expands Financial Reporting Oversight to Crypto Firms
Cointelegraph is committed to providing independent, high-quality journalism across the crypto, blockchain, AI, and fintech industries. All news, reviews, and analyses are produced with full journalistic independence and integrity. For more details…
Saylor Outlines 'Bill Of Digital Rights' To Help Build Prosperity In Future Economy
Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy, said that an age of digital assets and intelligence needs a 'bill of digital rights,' rather than restrictions. An age of AI can increase production, but it needs better money and capital markets to realize…
ITWeb TV Biz: How Intellergy is fixing SA's broken payment reconciliation powered by AWS EEIP
Intellergy stopped by the ITWeb studio as part of the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Program - a business acceleration initiative designed to support the growth of black-owned technology businesses within the AWS Partner Network. #aws #awseeip…
AI agents helping people max out their cash could trigger a bank run, Apollo's top economist warns
The chief economist at the giant private equity firm Apollo says your AI assistant could trigger a deposit exodus in traditional banks. In a nutshell, Torsten Slok's theory goes like this: You ask an AI agent like Meta's Muse for ways to max out…
Banqup Group secures Peppol Corner 5 Access Point contract with the UAE Federal Tax Authority, supporting implementation under the UAE Ministry of Finance eInvoicing programme
LA HULPE, BELGIUM – 28 September 2026, 7:00 a.m. CEST – Banqup Group SA (Euronext: BANQ) (Banqup, Company), a European fintech provider that simplifies financial flows through an innovative secured platform for e-invoicing, e-payment…
17 Ways Wealth Firms Can Invest In The Client Experience
Today's wealth management firms are being asked to deliver a client experience that feels both highly personalized and easy to navigate digitally. That means leaning on technology alone is not enough; firms also need to strengthen the human…
Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation that includes the investment, according to a source with knowledge of the funding. The size of the round has not been…
Firms push to make private markets more like publics
Key insight: The bottleneck preventing wealth advisors from moving retail investors into private markets is not regulatory constraint but the absence of integrated financial technology. Expert quote: 'We're somewhere between $13 trillion and $15…
FP Markets Wins Forex Broker of the Year at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Sept. 28, 2026 /CNW/ -- Global multi-asset Forex and CFD broker FP Markets was named Forex Broker of the Year at Forex Expo Dubai 2026 last week. The award marks another major milestone for the Australia-founded broker, which has…
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