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The AI Race In Fintech Comes Down To One Thing: Trust
Dhivya Suryadevara, President of Fiserv, Inc. 'The winners of the AI revolution? Those companies haven't been determined yet,' said Jose Rasco, Chief Investment Officer at HSBC, at a press event in New York on Wednesday. 'Remember, Google didn't go…
How This New Fintech Billionaire Is Cashing In On Cross-Border Payments
It took Jack Zhang 10 startups to figure out what he truly wanted to do. His most recent one, Airwallex, turned him into a billionaire. Zhang launched the fintech payments company in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, and found a niche helping global…
Meta's investment in CRED: What the deal means for India's fintech sector
Meta, the parent company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, announced earlier this week that it has made a $900 million investment in Bengaluru-based startup Cred. Cred is a fintech startup founded by Kunal Shah, who now will take over as…
Uniswap and Spark aims to build the FX market for stablecoins as banks, fintechs enter
Uniswap (UNI) and Spark are betting that as the number of stablecoins grow, the market will need the equivalent of a foreign-exchange network to move liquidity between issuers. Spark, a decentralized-finance (DeFi) protocol focused on stablecoin…
US Fintech Charter Debate: Will new rules change the future of payments? | Dynamite News
Post Published By: Donika Singh Updated: 25 June 2026, 11:58 AM IST Washington: US lawmakers examined whether Congress should create a dedicated federal payments charter for financial technology companies, with industry leaders arguing that the…
WhatsApp's pick of Indian fintech founder signals scale of payment ambitions
MUMBAI, June 25: Kunal Shah, an Indian fintech founder with no engineering degree or Silicon Valley pedigree, has spent two decades building businesses around digital payments and consumer behaviour in India. He now takes charge of Meta's WhatsApp…
Industrials Up as Inflation Fears Subside -- Industrials Roundup
Shares of industrial and transportation companies rose as inflation fears subsided. Shares of Rheinmetall tumbled after Germany scrapped a $17.2 billion project to build its biggest warship since the end of World War II in the latest sign of the…
U.S. Futures Edge Up, European Stocks Mixed
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.8% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.3% in morning trading.
Canada's financial system enters a digital turning point
Canada's financial services sector, long characterised by stability and concentration among a handful of large banks, is undergoing a decisive digital transformation. Over the past 18 months, a confluence of regulatory reform, infrastructure…
Energy Down With Oil Futures -- Energy Roundup
Shares of energy companies fell alongside oil futures. New York-traded futures slid 3.9% to $70.34 a barrel, the lowest since Feb. 27, the day before the commencement of war in Iran. EG Group, operator of gas stations under brands such as…
Australia's Job Market Strengthens Despite Interest-Rate Rises
SYDNEY--Australia's unemployment rate fell in May, as the economy added more jobs than expected despite the central bank's recent interest-rate rises to tame inflation. Unemployment fell to 4.4% in May from 4.5% in April, with total employment…
AI Can't Build Brand Trust, But It Can Destroy It
Rory Holland, a pioneer in fintech and financial services marketing, and Founder & CEO of CSTMR Fintech Marketing Agency. When business leaders discover a good thing, we tend to go a little overboard. Whether it's an idea like the Yellow Pages…
CoinDesk 20 performance update: AAVE gains 10.1% as index rises
C oinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1646.0, up 2.7% (+42.96) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Eighteen of 20 assets…
US To Sell $79 Bln In 6-Month Bills Mon
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What Kunal Shah's appointment says about WhatsApp's ambitions in its biggest market, India
5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Meta's appointment of CRED founder Kunal Shah as WhatsApp global CEO and its $900-million (around Rs 8,500 crore) investment in the fintech app offer clues about its long-term ambitions in its…
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