Openbank and Santander Consumer Finance announced that they will integrate in Europe, expanding their range of products and services to customers. Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) noted that it will merge Openbank and Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) into a single legal entity and will gradually operate its... Read More
Bricklayer AI has raised $5 million in seed financing, according to a company statement. Bricklayer AI is an agentic cybersecurity platform that aims to enable teams of AI agents that work like security analysts, automating actions from alert triage to incident response and working together... Read More
Volatility is heating up across Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as markets deal with fears of a renewed U.S.-China trade war as well as a potentially bursting AI bubble. Derive.xyz noted that the 30-day implied volatility for BTC has surged to 45%, up considerably from... Read More
In yet another powerful reminder of China’s unyielding control over financial tech innovation, two of its technology firms—Alibaba (NYSE:BABA)-affiliated Ant Group and online retail behemoth JD.com—have abruptly suspended their plans to launch stablecoins in Hong Kong. This development, revealed over the weekend, underscores Beijing’s deepening... Read More
Digital bank Revolut, which enables a global fintech platform with over 65 million retail customers today announced it has received final authorisation from the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), with approval of the Bank of Mexico, to commence operations as a Multiple Banking Institution... Read More
TrueLayer says it has signed an agreement to acquire Zimpler, a Pay by Bank network in the Nordics. The acquisition will now aim bring together two of Europe’s Pay by Bank providers, further strengthening TrueLayer as a key player in the crowded European payments industry.... Read More
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller stated that the reserve bank plan is beginning a new phase and crypto will no longer have to be on the fringes while introducing another prototype in order to enhance reserve bank services. Waller added that they intended to send... Read More
Bitwage, an international payroll platform that gives workers the flexibility to receive their earnings in various currencies, is reporting that service disruption caused by the AWS outage have now been resolved. According to the update from Bitwage, most payment processes are now “back to normal.” Still,... Read More
Zach Burks, CEO of Mintable, which aims to make the most of Ethereum’s blockchain tech to allow users to create, manage, and sell digital files with the benefits of provable ownership, has commented on why Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is being unnecessarily “inflammatory”... Read More
Six national payment networks from five Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a common standards body for non-card instant retail payments, aiming to make cross-border transactions faster and safer while preserving national control. The George Town... Read More