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Fintech Funding, M&A & Startups
Processors
134
Regulation
102
Acquiring
84
Funding & M&A
83
Crypto
60
Fraud & Security
50
Wallets
46
Cross-Border
32
Issuing
29
Reports
27
Open Banking
21
BNPL
10
1.
Anthropic Missed Fourth Claude Network Breakout
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
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3h ago
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Funding & M&A
10
2.
Salesforce Eyes $2 Billion Acquisition of AI-Powered Platform Listen Labs
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
4h ago
·
Funding & M&A
70
3.
Tether Enters Private Credit Space With Fasanara Partnership
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
8h ago
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Funding & M&A
70
4.
MercadoLibre Taps Global Investors to Fuel Logistics and FinTech Growth
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
9h ago
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Funding & M&A
Issuing
70
5.
US Bank Intros Stablecoin and Touts Successful X-Border Transaction
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
11h ago
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Crypto
Cross-Border
70
6.
Chime Could Bypass Bank Charter Process with Stride Acquisition
(paymentsjournal.com)
PaymentsJournal
·
11h ago
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Funding & M&A
Issuing
70
7.
Harvey Raises $550 Million to Bring AI to Law Firms
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
12h ago
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Funding & M&A
70
8.
Huntington Bank Names Truist Vet Brant Standridge as Preside…
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
12h ago
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Funding & M&A
30
9.
Visa’s Stablecoin Strategy Turns Settlement Data Into Working Capital Infrastructure
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
13h ago
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Crypto
Processors
70
10.
Visa builds business abroad
(paymentsdive.com)
Payments Dive
·
14h ago
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Acquiring
Wallets
70
11.
dLocal Ghana Secures Enhanced Payments License to Deepen Local Operations
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
15h ago
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Acquiring
Funding & M&A
70
12.
Rain Expands Global Payouts to More than 80 Countries in 50 Currencies
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
15h ago
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Cross-Border
Funding & M&A
70
13.
India’s First Tokenized Bond: What Happened?
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
17h ago
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Funding & M&A
Regulation
70
14.
Venture banking 3.0: How Stifel is rebuilding trust after Silicon Valley Bank
(tearsheet.co)
Tearsheet
·
17h ago
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Funding & M&A
Regulation
70
15.
L&T Finance adopts Pine Labs Payments Protocol for agentic commerce
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
17h ago
·
Processors
Acquiring
70
16.
Tillo acquires Italian gift card firm Amilon
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
19h ago
·
Funding & M&A
Issuing
70
17.
Eftsure acquires Relish
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
19h ago
·
Funding & M&A
70
18.
The Issuer Investment Playbook: Investing Forward, Building the Edge
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
20h ago
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Issuing
Funding & M&A
40
19.
Surprise Bills Test the Value of Subprime Credit
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
20h ago
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BNPL
Funding & M&A
60
20.
Zimbabwe: Fintech Develops Alongside a Changing Currency
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
21h ago
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Funding & M&A
Crypto
40
21.
Australia launches Financial Innovation Strategy for fintech
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
21h ago
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Regulation
Funding & M&A
70
22.
Prague-based SME lender Flowpay tops latest Sifted ranking
(sifted.eu)
Sifted Fintech
·
23h ago
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Funding & M&A
40
23.
This startup acquired four companies in its first eight months. Now it’s raised €36m to buy more
(sifted.eu)
Sifted Fintech
·
23h ago
·
Funding & M&A
70
24.
Ramp Eyes $60 Billion Valuation Just Months After Series F
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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Funding & M&A
70
25.
Chime Inks $590 Million Deal to Buy Longtime Bank Partner Stride
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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2 sources
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Funding & M&A
Issuing
85
26.
Cognition Secures $48 Billion Valuation as Demand for AI Coding Surges
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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Funding & M&A
70
27.
Block Applies to Establish Builders Bank, a National Trust Bank
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
1d ago
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Funding & M&A
Regulation
70
28.
VastAdvisor’s Ian Karnell on Why Advisers Fail at Organic Growth
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
1d ago
·
Funding & M&A
30
29.
Mistral Raises $3.5 Billion for AI Research in Record EU Funding Round
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
·
Funding & M&A
70
30.
Binance rolls out US stock options and ETFs
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1d ago
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Crypto
Funding & M&A
70
31.
Slice raises USD 100 million at USD 450 million valuation
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1d ago
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Funding & M&A
70
32.
State owned India company REC issues first tokenized corporate bond
(ledgerinsights.com)
Ledger Insights
·
1d ago
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Crypto
Regulation
70
33.
Circle Expands Global Payments Infrastructure with Agreement to Acquire Singapore-based Cross-Border Payments Platform, Tazapay
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
1d ago
·
2 sources
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Cross-Border
Funding & M&A
80
34.
Circle agrees to acquire Tazapay in cross-border deal
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1d ago
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Cross-Border
Funding & M&A
70
35.
Circle Acquires Tazapay to Accelerate Stablecoin Payment Adoption
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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Crypto
Funding & M&A
80
36.
Wise joins Mena Fintech Association
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
1d ago
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Cross-Border
Funding & M&A
40
37.
The Quarterly Review: BNY’s Carl Slabicki is pushing toward practical innovation
(tearsheet.co)
Tearsheet
·
1d ago
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Processors
Acquiring
40
38.
Mistral raises EUR 3 billion, reaches EUR 21 billion valuation
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1d ago
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Funding & M&A
70
39.
Anthropic Scuttles Plans to Acquire AI Company Decart
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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Funding & M&A
40
40.
WaFd Merges With Digital Lender EverBank in $3.9 Billion Deal
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
·
2 sources
·
Funding & M&A
70
41.
Ukraine: Building the Future of Finance During a War
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
1d ago
·
Funding & M&A
Regulation
40
42.
Flex for Good: The Rent Rails that Became Emergency Aid Rails
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Reports
40
43.
DNA Payments links up with iwoca
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Acquiring
70
44.
Ramp, AWS sign deal for AI-enabled finance platform
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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Processors
Funding & M&A
70
45.
Sberbank plans crypto loan collateral
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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Crypto
Funding & M&A
70
46.
PayTabs Group acquires Amazon Payment Services MENA
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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4 sources
·
Acquiring
Funding & M&A
85
47.
Uruguay: Small Country, Big Fintech Ambitions
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Reports
40
48.
EMEA fintech funding declined in H1
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
2d ago
·
Funding & M&A
70
49.
From challengers to giants: how fintechs are becoming the new disruptors in banking
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Regulation
70
50.
OpenReserve gains OCC approval to charter national bank
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Regulation
80
51.
Coinbase files for SEC approval on equity perpetuals
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Regulation
70
52.
ByteDance Lands $29.6 Billion Loan to Fuel AI Advances
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
3d ago
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Funding & M&A
70
53.
Vietnam: From the Factory Floor to a Fintech Future
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
3d ago
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Funding & M&A
Reports
40
54.
Zambia: Mobile Money Opened Doors. Fintech Has to Go Further
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
4d ago
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Wallets
Funding & M&A
40
55.
PayPal Pauses Venture Capital Portfolio Sale After Lowball Offers
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
5d ago
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Funding & M&A
40
56.
Finovate Global: Meet the International Alums of FinovateFall 2026
(finovate.com)
Finovate
·
5d ago
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Funding & M&A
10
57.
The $1.5tn Wealth Shift: Capgemini on the Personalisation Gap
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
5d ago
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Funding & M&A
Reports
70
58.
Behind the Idea: Fuels Capital
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
5d ago
·
Funding & M&A
40
59.
Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event
(techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Fintech
·
5d ago
·
Funding & M&A
10
60.
Tuvalu: Fintech Begins With Getting Connected
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
5d ago
·
Funding & M&A
Reports
40