The global fintech industry has entered a new era defined not by speculative exuberance but by a balanced…
Blockchain
By 2030, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will no longer be experimental concepts, but…
In 2026, global retail crypto activity continued to fall, driven primarily by macroeconomic tightening and reduced retail participation.…
Banking Circle has launched stablecoin settlement services after securing a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) licence from Luxembourg’s financial…
Qivalis, a consortium of twelve European banks, has selected Fireblocks as its infrastructure partner for a euro-backed stablecoin…
Deutsche Börse Group has announced a strategic investment of US$200 million in Payward, the infrastructure layer behind the…
Celsion Bank has started its operations under a license from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) and with…
UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, ZKB and BCV are working with Swiss Stablecoin to explore the potential of a…
Merge, a regulated fintech backed by Octopus Ventures and Coinbase, has launched Named EUR IBANs, an enhancement to…
DZ BANK, acting as issuer, and KfW, as investor, have completed a crypto security issuance under Germany’s Electronic…
As digital asset securities move from experimentation to scale, interoperability has emerged as one of the industry’s most…
Ripple has announced an expansion of its operations in Brazil, increasing its focus on institutional use of digital…
Mastercard has agreed to acquire BVNK for up to US$1.8 billion, including US$300 million in contingent payments. The…
In 2026, neobanks and buy now, pay later (BNPL) leaders will continue expanding into full-spectrum consumer banking firms,…
Nasdaq has entered a strategic partnership with Seturion, the pan-European settlement platform for tokenised assets launched by Boerse…
ClearToken, an FCA-authorised digital financial market infrastructure provider, has partnered with Canton Network to deploy three Daml-based Digital…
zerohash has applied for a National Trust Bank Charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…
TCS Blockchain, a transportation trade finance provider, and PayPal USD are working together to improve payment processes for…
Payward, the platform behind Kraken, said the Federal Reserve has granted Kraken Financial, its Wyoming-chartered bank, a master…
Clearstream, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and Euroclear, in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), have…
