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Fintech Is Femme, Fiat Growth, and Ecosystem Partners Launch FTW: San Francisco, A Three-Day Summit Series for the Leaders Shaping the Agentic AI Era in Fintech
The Thesis: Fintech Owns the Agentic AI Narrative The agentic AI era is reshaping how money moves, how wealth transfers, and how financial decisions get made — not just by humans, but by the systems we're still learning to trust. For the…
Fintech Unicorn Is Said to Tap Citi and EFG for Cairo Listing
Fintech MNT-Halan is planning an initial public offering of its Egyptian business in Cairo as soon as this year, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest firm preparing a share sale in the Middle East's most populous nation. It is…
A fintech company said its employee burned through $80,000 in tokens making a 'brainrot shooter game
Fintech company Slash is touting a new product that doesn't quite fit in line with its usual offerings — an AI-coded shooter game. In an X post on Tuesday, the San Francisco-based company wrote that one of its employees racked up a hefty AI…
SA fintech targets SME protection gap with digital risk solutions
Anthony Miller, CEO of Simply Financial Services. Cape-based insurtech Simply Financial Services, a Hollard Group company, believes business leaders in the SME market do not adequately consider the value of providing risk benefits to their staff.
Business equipment fintech funder Equipal secures more than £16m
The funding will go towards the organisation's growth plans, including its hiring operations in areas such as business development, marketing, operations, credit and data. Equipal, a fintech funder of business equipment, has secured £16.25m…
Green Dot Bank-FinTech Split Moves Closer to the Finish Line
The company announced Tuesday (June 23) that its shareholders had approved the sale of Green Dot Bank to CommerceOne. That sale is part of a larger process that involves CommerceOne forming a new publicly traded bank holding company that owns…
How the housing bill quietly helps out fintech, crypto
Key insight: The housing package includes a custodial deposit bill that some experts say could make bank-fintech partnerships cheaper. Forward look: President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill into law. Expert quote: 'It seems when it comes…
Loans and phones: Block's post-layoff battle with banks, fintechs
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…
U.S. Futures, European Stocks Mixed
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading.
Tradeweb Markets Launches Kalshi Page for Institutional Investors
Tradeweb Markets is launching a dedicated page to feature pricing from the prediction markets platform Kalshi. The page is meant to give institutional clients access to event contract data, the electronic trading marketplace said Wednesday. The…
Industrials Down on Fears About Data-Center Boom -- Industrials Roundup
Shares of industrial and transportation companies fell amid fears that a semiconductor equities selloff foreshadowed a slowdown in the data-center boom. Losses for the Dow Jones Transportation Average were more muted as traders weighed the…
Core Banking: A Critical Strategic Decision
The mandate for financial institutions is clear: to keep pace with market evolution, banks will need to move beyond decades-old, batch-based core banking systems. Once the backbone of stability, legacy cores now lag behind the pace of FinTech…
Trading At 52-Week Lows, Q2 Holdings (QTWO) Stock Could Nearly Double According To Analysts
Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: QTWO) is one of the 10 Best 52-Week Low Technology Stocks to Buy According to Analysts. On June 1, DA Davidson reiterated its Buy rating on Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE:QTWO) and set a target price of $82. The firm's target price…
Energy Up as Oil Futures Level Off -- Energy Roundup
Shares of energy companies rose as oil futures levelled off. New York-traded oil futures fell 65 cents, or 0.9%, to $73.21 a barrel after the U.S. lifted sanctions on Iranian oil. Iran and Oman said in a joint statement they were working on an…
Kunal Shah: The Indian entrepreneur taking charge of WhatsApp
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…
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