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Open Banking, APIs & Embedded Finance
Processors
204
Regulation
136
Acquiring
130
Funding & M&A
125
Crypto
82
Fraud & Security
73
Wallets
61
Issuing
49
Reports
49
Cross-Border
36
Open Banking
33
BNPL
13
1.
TEG’s SmartPay Passes £478m as Same-Day Pay Hits UK Hauliers
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
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3h ago
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Open Banking
Funding & M&A
70
2.
Capsafa Launches Free Financial Life Organiser for UK Households
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
1d ago
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Open Banking
40
3.
Who You Gonna Call? The Librarian.
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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Open Banking
10
4.
TD Bank Taps Akoya to Power Secure Open Banking API Access
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1d ago
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Open Banking
Processors
70
5.
Ondato, Trinsic enable EUDI wallet checks
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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Fraud & Security
Open Banking
70
6.
Stripe launches Treasury for AI agents
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
2d ago
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Processors
Open Banking
70
7.
7X Launches ADEED Finance to Link UAE SME Supply Chains to Banks
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
2d ago
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Funding & M&A
Open Banking
70
8.
Hours After the GENIUS Act is Finalized, SoFi Launches Interest-Bearing Tokenized Deposit
(finovate.com)
Finovate
·
2d ago
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Issuing
Open Banking
70
9.
Finom launches read-only MCP connection for Claude and ChatGPT
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
3d ago
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Open Banking
70
10.
LendingTree wants to own an earlier step in the loan shopping journey
(tearsheet.co)
Tearsheet
·
3d ago
·
Funding & M&A
Open Banking
60
11.
Trends from Money20/20 2026: The rise of “hidden” financial services
(stripe.com)
Stripe Blog
·
3d ago
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2 sources
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Open Banking
Crypto
70
12.
AI Agents Face a Long Road, Despite Muse’s Strong Downloads
(paymentsjournal.com)
PaymentsJournal
·
3d ago
·
Processors
Open Banking
70
13.
Can Nubank Really Crack the US Market?
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
3d ago
·
Funding & M&A
Open Banking
70
14.
Equifax adds Mastercard Open Finance data
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
3d ago
·
Open Banking
Processors
70
15.
Finton taps Enable Banking for open banking
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
3d ago
·
Open Banking
70
16.
Embedded Finance: Why Infrastructure and Data Dominate Corporate Banking
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
4d ago
·
Open Banking
Processors
70
17.
Google Offers Gemini Agent to Government Workers
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
4d ago
·
Fraud & Security
Open Banking
70
18.
Reading payment data versus acting on it: why affordability belongs to account information
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
5d ago
·
Open Banking
Reports
40
19.
EPC Moves to Standardise Digital Identity Wallet Authentication for Payments
(paymentsindustryintelligence.com)
Payments Cards & Mobile
·
5d ago
·
Fraud & Security
Regulation
70
20.
Tokenization and digital assets: BNY at Sibos
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
5d ago
·
Processors
Regulation
70
21.
Mox Bank Adds Home Insurance to its Mox Insure Digital Suite
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
5d ago
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Open Banking
40
22.
From Opening to Ongoing: How Modern Payments Unlock Community Banks’ Deposit Growth
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
5d ago
·
Processors
Acquiring
70
23.
Circle and Proof Help Businesses Trust AI Agent Transactions
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
5d ago
·
Crypto
Fraud & Security
70
24.
Blue Language Labs Launches MyOS Business for AI Agents to Conduct Business Across Companies
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
5d ago
·
Processors
Open Banking
70
25.
Episode Six launches backing checks for bank-issued tokens
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
5d ago
·
Processors
Open Banking
70
26.
FinTechs Want In: How Credit Unions Can Turn Partnerships Into Growth
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
5d ago
·
Funding & M&A
Acquiring
60
27.
JPMorgan Expands JPM Coin to Ethereum for Tokenized Transfers
(paymentsjournal.com)
PaymentsJournal
·
5d ago
·
Crypto
Open Banking
70
28.
Google Helps Huntington Bank Deploy AI-Powered Operating System
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
5d ago
·
Processors
Issuing
70
29.
Utah forms digital ID consortium
(paymentsdive.com)
Payments Dive
·
5d ago
·
Fraud & Security
Regulation
70
30.
Jane Fraser sees a future in tokenized deposits. Coinbase shows why Citi needs stablecoins, too.
(tearsheet.co)
Tearsheet
·
6d ago
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Crypto
Open Banking
70
31.
Updation adds U.S. Bank embedded payments for dealers
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
6d ago
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Open Banking
Acquiring
70
32.
Santander Turns to Nvidia to Build New AI Banking Capabilities
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
6d ago
·
2 sources
·
Processors
Fraud & Security
70
33.
Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
6d ago
·
Fraud & Security
Regulation
70
34.
Deep Dive: Ant International’s Agentic Mobile Protocol
(fintechwrapup.com)
Fintech Wrapup
·
1w ago
·
2 sources
·
Processors
Open Banking
70
35.
Enso Brings xStocks Tokenized Equities to Arbitrum via Single API
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
1w ago
·
Crypto
Open Banking
70
36.
Shares Acquires Treezor from Société Générale in BaaS Expansion
(thefintechtimes.com)
The Fintech Times
·
1w ago
·
Processors
Acquiring
70
37.
Finovate Global Scandinavia: Funding Innovations in Open Banking and Personal Finance
(finovate.com)
Finovate
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
Funding & M&A
40
38.
Canton Foundation and Meritz sign Korea tokenisation MoU
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
70
39.
Matera Launches Matera Workspace, Giving Banks and Credit Unions the Shortest Path to Offer Digital Assets Alongside Fiat
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
1w ago
·
Crypto
Open Banking
70
40.
Open Banking was the beginning: long live Agentic Finance
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
40
41.
Meta and Apple Bring Open-Weight Frontier Model to Desktops
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
60
42.
Amazon, Shopify, and Meta Muse: Who Controls AI Shopping?
(news.google.com)
Glenbrook Payments News
·
1w ago
·
Acquiring
Wallets
70
43.
Cross River embeds Ripple stablecoin into operating system
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
1w ago
·
Crypto
Processors
80
44.
Neonomics secures EUR 3.6 mln after strategic refocus
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Funding & M&A
Open Banking
70
45.
Coinbase is taking stablecoin rails into banking, expanding the market for both
(tearsheet.co)
Tearsheet
·
1w ago
·
Crypto
Open Banking
70
46.
TreasurUp and Apideck bring bank services into ERPs
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
Processors
70
47.
‘Customers are happier if we provide the full suite’: Why startups are embracing all-in-one finance platforms
(sifted.eu)
Sifted Fintech
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
40
48.
Starling, NVIDIA build AI model on UK sovereign cloud
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Processors
Open Banking
70
49.
Neonomics secures $4m for open banking
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
Funding & M&A
70
50.
BBVA joins Meta-backed Personal Agent Protocol initiative
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
70
51.
Prismm helps banks keep inherited money in-house
(techcrunch.com)
TechCrunch Fintech
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
Acquiring
50
52.
Rain launches embedded stablecoin wallets for partner apps
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Crypto
Open Banking
70
53.
From Single Rails to Full Ecosystems: How Payments Have Transformed
(finextra.com)
Finextra Payments
·
1w ago
·
Processors
Open Banking
70
54.
The Next Evolution in Payments: Diagonal Thinking
(paymentsjournal.com)
PaymentsJournal
·
1w ago
·
Processors
Acquiring
60
55.
Financial companies are building closer to the customer
(tearsheet.co)
Tearsheet
·
1w ago
·
Acquiring
Open Banking
70
56.
Universal brings USDU stablecoin to Solana
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Crypto
Open Banking
70
57.
Owlting and Decaf open USD accounts to non-US firms via OwlPay Harbor
(news.google.com)
The Paypers
·
1w ago
·
Cross-Border
Open Banking
70
58.
AI is turning finance from reactive to proactive
(sifted.eu)
Sifted Fintech
·
1w ago
·
Fraud & Security
Open Banking
60
59.
Credit Unions Could Land More FinTech Partners by Simplifying Onboarding
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1w ago
·
Open Banking
Funding & M&A
60
60.
Wells Fargo Enhances Banking Capabilities Using AI and Digital Assets
(news.google.com)
PYMNTS
·
1w ago
·
Processors
Open Banking
70