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Is Your Fintech Brand Missing Its Biggest Marketing Opportunity of the Year?
While others focus on product and pricing, the brands that win and keep clients, focus on something just as important: trust. Awards are one of the strongest ways to show that trust in the fintech industry. Industry awards are one of the most…
Fintechs asking for, and receiving, bank charters in 2026
2026 is shaping up to be the year of fintechs becoming banks. So far this year nearly 20 neobanks, digital asset companies, lenders and payments providers have applied for or conditionally received bank charters from the Office of the Comptroller…
Airtel eyes fintech IPO spin off in $10bn boost for London market
British telecommunications giant Airtel is mulling listing its mobile money business on the London Stock Market in what could be one of the largest public debuts on a European exchange in years. Airtel Money – a digital commerce service that…
Global fintech sector set to triple to $2 trillion by 2030 amid AI push: McKinsey
The global fintech sector is entering a new phase of measured growth driven by artificial intelligence, digital assets, and evolving business models, according to the latest report by McKinsey & Company. Titled “The next age of fintech: AI…
Chief regulator vows bold deregulation to enhance financial innovation
The chief of the country's financial regulator said Wednesday that his agency will take bold steps to help the financial sector further develop innovative services. In an event to promote fintech services, Lee Eog-weon, chairman of the Financial…
Indian fintech funding holds steady at $513 million in Q1 2026; deal volume halves
Funding in India's financial technology (fintech) sector remained largely flat at $513 million in the first quarter of 2026, but the number of deals plummeted by 54 per cent year-on-year, signalling a structural shift towards fewer, larger…
Data Centre LIVE Launches Industrial AI Strategies Panel
London, 28 April 2026 – Data Centre LIVE: The London Summit explores how industrial AI is transforming hyperscale operations when it returns to Exhibition White City on 20-21 May 2026. As AI infrastructure booms and data centre operators…
FINX: AI Is A Boon, X Money's 6% APY Is A Threat (NASDAQ:FINX)
Global X FinTech ETF receives a soft buy rating, driven by AI's disruptive potential in fintech and solid portfolio fundamentals. FINX offers diversification with 75 holdings, low concentration risk, a 14.5 PE ratio, and a 1.88 Price/Sales ratio…
Investment Advisor Exits $47.5 Million MercadoLibre Position, According to Latest SEC Filing
RWC Asset Advisors (U.S.) LLC disclosed a full exit from MercadoLibre (MELI +0.32%)in its April 27, 2026, SEC filing, selling 24,608 shares for an estimated $47.47 million based on the quarterly average price. According to an SEC filing dated April…
TSMC Sold Remaining Stake in Arm Holdings
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s unit has sold its remaining stake in Arm Holdings. TSMC Partners sold 1.1 million Arm shares for a total of US$231 million, at US$207.65 a share, the world's largest contract chip maker said in an exchange…
Prudential PLC 1Q New Business Profit $686.0M, Up 10% on Year
Prudential PLC's new business profit rose 10% in the first quarter supported by strong growth in mainland China, Hong Kong and Malaysia. At a constant exchange rate, the new business profit was $686.0 million compared to $625 million a year…
Ultra Clean CFO Savage to Retire
Ultra Clean Holdings' chief financial officer, Sheri Savage, is retiring after a 17-year career at the company. The company said its board has initiated a search for the next CFO, and is considering both internal and external candidates. Write to…
UMB Financial Gets Stock Buyback Authorization for 2M Shares
UMB Financial's board boosted the company's stock buyback authorization by 2 million shares. The authorization is valid until immediately after the company's 2027 shareholder meeting. Write to Elias Schisgall at elias.schisgall@wsj.com Dow Jones…
Pershing Square Prices Combined IPOs of Pershing Square USA, Pershing Square Inc.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has priced a combined initial public offering of Pershing Square USA and its hedge-fund management company, Pershing Square Inc., in a dual listing expected to raise $5 billion. The two securities…
Stocks to Watch: Robinhood, Visa, Seagate Technology, NXP Semiconductors
Robinhood Markets reported a quarterly profit below Wall Street expectations. Shares fell 9.3% to $74.44 in after-hours trading Tuesday. Visa reported higher revenue and resilient consumer spending in the fiscal second quarter. The stock rose 4.8%…
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