June 3, 2026 @ 11:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech industry participants weighed in on Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents this past week. “There’s a huge opportunity for Robinhood to reshape trading behavior again through AI agents. As these systems become more deeply embedded in investing platforms, users will increasingly stop viewing… Read More

 Tagged AI agent, Chandler Fang, DonaFi, Dylan Dewdney, Joshua Kim, Kuvi.ai, robinhood, t54

June 3, 2026 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Bybit EU has agreed to utilize ClearBank Europe’s banking tech stack to support cloud based banking services including digital assets Bybit EU is an Austrian Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorized under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) in Austria. Bybit EU serves customers across the… Read More

 Tagged austria, banking, bybit, casp, clearbank, EU, europe, mica, netherlands

June 3, 2026 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Colombia, part of Nubank (NYSE: NU), is marking its fifth year of business operations with impressive milestones that highlight its rapid rise in the local market. The digital financial services provider has now attracted 5 million customers and announced significant new investments, underscoring its… Read More

 Tagged colombia, digital banking, latam, nubank

June 3, 2026 @ 2:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A research report released recently by global Fintech firm Thunes with assistance from Juniper Research has introduced a Cross-Border Payments Interoperability Index which reveals that while domestic payment systems have achieved remarkable speed and efficiency, these advancements often halt abruptly at national boundaries, leaving cross-border… Read More

 Tagged cross-border payments, juniper research, research, thunes

June 3, 2026 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has recently taken a significant step toward transforming international money transfers by joining a pilot project focused on instant cross-currency payments. The initiative, led by the Eurosystem in partnership with Denmark’s and Sweden’s central banks, uses the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform… Read More

 Tagged mastercard, payments, pilot, real-time transactions

June 3, 2026 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is now sharply focused on fundamentally improving how consumers complete transactions online throughout Europe, as it works toward an tentative target set for 2030. The company aims to eliminate the need for manual entry of card details and move away from traditional fixed… Read More

 Tagged europe, mastercard, payments, security

June 3, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based DBS Group (SGX:D05) is set to significantly strengthen its wealth management operations by launching 18 new wealth centres and upgrading 36 existing ones across key Asia-Pacific markets by the end of 2027. This initiative represents the largest physical expansion in the bank’s wealth franchise… Read More

 Tagged apac, dbs, singapore, wealth

June 2, 2026 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which remains the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume and its general scope of business operations, has rolled out extended-hours trading for US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new offering, enabled via a collab with Alpaca—which serves as a provider… Read More

 Tagged alpaca, binance, digital assets, investing, stocks

June 2, 2026 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global economic environment remains quite uncertain and unpredictable, as it faces escalating geopolitical tensions and the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Chief Economists’ Outlook. Surveyed experts express heightened concerns over disruptions, yet they highlight AI as… Read More

 Tagged ai adoption, research, wef

June 2, 2026 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Payments Initiative (UKPI) has announced the launch of “the next generation of open banking payments. The UKPI garnered a long list of both traditional finance firms and Fintechs. UKPI said that open banking payments in the UK had grown to more than 37 million… Read More

 Tagged form3, open banking, payments, transfers, uk, UK Payments Initiative, ukpi, united kingdom