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Tidal Ventures pours into Mastercard-backed fintech RedOwl's seed round
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
Cyprus banking and fintech future takes centre stage at Limassol summit
The future of banking, artificial intelligence and financial technology in Cyprus will come under discussion on Tuesday at the first Forbes Cyprus Next Generation Banking & Fintech Summit, bringing together more than 250 participants at the Four…
Upgrade is latest fintech to seek ILC charter
Key insight: Upgrade says its application would give the fintech its own FDIC-insured bank while preserving its existing relationships with partner banks and loan purchasers. Supporting data: The neobank says it has provided more than $53 billion…
Traditional banks beat fintechs in first battle but face new threats
Traditional banks have won the first battle with fintech companies, but Cyprus must speed up regulatory procedures, cut bureaucracy and attract skilled workers if it wants to compete in digital finance, the Forbes Cyprus Next Gen Banking & Fintech…
Fintech Stocks To Consider - October 12th
3 Stocks Built for Higher Rates—And 2 That Could Break Rocket Companies, Netcapital, Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz, OLB Group, and IDT are the five Fintech stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Fintech stocks…
Fintech funding rises 14% to $2.2 billion in Jan-Sep; deal count falls 41%: Tracxn
Indian fintech companies raised $2.2 billion in January-September 2026, up 14 per cent from a year earlier, even as the number of funding rounds fell 41 per cent, with five deals of $100 million or more making up nearly half the total, according to…
The Future Of Finance AI May Depend On Bridging Generational Strengths
Dean M. Leavitt, CEO and Founder of Boost Payment Solutions, has over 30 years of experience in the electronic payments industry. In the B2B payments industry, a significant amount of time is spent talking about data. Organizations collect…
Blockchain.com seeks US licences for prediction markets
The Paypers is a global hub for market insights, real-time news, expert interviews, and in-depth analyses and resources across payments, fintech, and the digital economy. We deliver reports, webinars, and commentary on key topics, including…
Startup Causa Prima raises $20 million to tackle billing disputes with AI agents
Artificial intelligence is becoming a fixture in the workplace. Soon, many firms will have agents that don't just operate within a business—but also interact with agents at other companies. One startup is trying to jump-start that future…
'Future of leadership is abilityto be a boundary-less leader'
The future of leadership for students is the ability to be a boundary-less leader, said Sai Sudha Chandrasekaran, Alpha Alternatives and former CEO of India Fintech Foundation, at the 25th Madras Management Association (MMA) All-India Management…
Morgan Stanley Predicts $10 Trillion RWA Market by 2030
Morgan Stanley expects the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market to grow to between $3 trillion and $10 trillion by 2030, driven by increasing institutional adoption of blockchain technology and tokenized financial products. Amy Oldenburg, Morgan…
Where The Next Generation Of Super Apps Will Be Built
You have likely never heard of Tosin Eniolorunda. You should have. Over the past decade, Tosin and his team built Moniepoint into the operating system for more than 6 million Nigerian businesses, processing over $300 billion a year, or 39% of…
The Most Important AI In Finance May Be The AI Customers Never Meet
Dr. Ozan Özerk is a fintech entrepreneur and the founder of leading BaaS & payment infrastructure platform OpenPayd, EMBank, Bitpace, MSB.us Finance has been one of the frontiers for applying AI. The first wave largely consisted of chatbots…
Moving Past XRP: Standard Chartered's RLUSD Launch Signals New Ripple Era
Ripple's expansion on Wall Street calls into question the market link between the company and the token historically associated with it. In October 2026, Standard Chartered's launch of a custody service for Ripple's stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD)…
PayJoy Acquires Mexico's Finia to Gain Deeper Credit Insights
The deal is designed to let PayJoy apply Finia's technology and expertise to its platform, enhancing its underwriting capabilities and expanding its services for customers with limited access to formal credit, the company announced in a news…
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