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What FinTech Earnings Tell Us About Funding's Impact on Lending
And a deeper dive into executives' comments and the platform metrics reveal, too, a shift in funding and business models. Management teams spent time discussing access to borrowers and more time discussing access to capital. But they talked about…
Fintech firm Saris secures $28.8m in Series A
Fintech firm Saris has secured $28.8m in Series A funding round to support the expansion of its workflow software for banks and credit unions. The financing was led by 8VC. Audacious Ventures, Homebrew, Btech Consortium, and Service Ventures also…
SoFi Technologies vs. Nu: Which Financial Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?
Are you looking to add a digital banking disruptor to your portfolio? Choosing between SoFi Technologies (SOFI +6.25%) and Nu Holdings (NU +0.23%) depends on whether you prefer a U.S. consumer specialist or a Latin American growth engine. Both…
Inside the Prediction Markets: DraftKings Bets on the CFTC Model
A Google employee was charged with using confidential company data to earn $1.2 million on Polymarket. The gambling industry says states have already lost more than $1 billion in tax revenue as event contracts continue to gain market share.
Why Almost Every Fintech is Thinking About a Bank Charter
Friday Q and A: Donald Trump 's regulators have rolled out the welcome mat for new entrants to the banking industry, and fintech and crypto firms are jumping at the opportunity. Both the OCC and FDIC have seen a surge of interest in specialized…
Will Compute Futures Compute?
CME, ICE, and Architect Financial Technologies are launching compute futures, driven by surging AI demand and rising compute costs. Most of the recent angst about compute cost is its direction, not its volatility: Compute costs have been increasing…
The Newest AI Unicorn Is Coming For The Retail Industry
Think this is nice? It's a version of the weekly Under 30 newsletter and would be even better in your inbox. A new Under 30 unicorn has been born. Radar, a retail technology startup founded by Under 30 lister Spencer Hewett, announced a $170…
Weekly Snapshot: Prediction Markets Appeal to Young Men; IG Australia Opens Trading to ChatGPT
Jefferies is reportedly weighing an exit from FXCM's parent Stratos, potentially reshaping who controls one of retail trading's best‑known brands. Instant Funding has acquired proprietary trading firm Funded Trading Plus. In one of the…
Class Action Claims Administrator Agrees To Stop Taking Vendor Rebates After Kickback Scrutiny
Over the past year, scrutiny of class action claims administrators has risen sharply. L ast year, reports surfaced that class action claims administrators were secretly pocketing vendor rebates tied to consumer payouts. A new court filing shows…
Successful Entrepreneur Turns to UCF to Amplify His Impact
When corporate finance executive and entrepreneur Alex Hubenthal '13 senses change on the horizon, he doesn't shy away — he leans in. At 16, he opened his first brokerage account in 2008, with his grandmother's help, during the Great…
Crypto's Next Legislative Debate Is Tax Policy And It Is Bipartisan
Representative Steven Horsford, a Democrat from Nevada, center, and Representative Max Miller, a Republican from Ohio, during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg © 2026…
What American crypto asset perpetuals mean for the future of crypto
This morning, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took historic action to permit the listing of a true bitcoin perpetual contract by a CFTC-registered exchange. In doing so, the Commission charted a path for one of the most liquid…
Burt outlines next phase of digital finance strategy
3d5151f0-ff72-4703-a99b-c79214cbf289 Created: May 29, 2026 02:21 PM (Updated: May 29, 2026 02:21 PM) David Burt, Premier of Bermuda, and Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer of the Stellar Development Foundation, at the Digital Finance Forum…
What prediction markets and crypto have in common
“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” – Groucho Marx || Hi all, and happy Friday! I hope you've got some good things planned for the last weekend of May – I plan to enjoy the early summer vibes, before…
Why HOOD Stock Is Surging Even as Bitcoin Struggles
Robinhood is suddenly breaking the crypto playbook. While Bitcoin price struggles to regain momentum and broader digital asset sentiment cools, HOOD stock price surged more than 11%, catching Wall Street's attention for an unusual reason: crypto is…
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