Wirex and Chimera Wallet Bring Bitcoin spending to 80M+ Merchants
February 4, 20266 min
Wirex BaaS delivers non-custodial card issuance, IBAN banking rails, and DeFi yield infrastructure — enabling Chimera to launch globally in weeks, not months
Coinbax Raises $4.2M to Bring Institutional Controls to Stablecoin Payments
December 29, 20254 min
Coinbax, the programmable trust layer for stablecoin payments, today announced $4.2 million in seed funding to bring escrow, policy enforcement, and programmable settlement to digital assets. The round was led by BankTech Ventures, with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Paxos, SpringTime Ventures, and industry leaders across banking, payments, and digital asset infrastructure. While traditional instant payment rails like RTP and FedNow have improved settlement speed, financial institutions still lack the programmable control layer necessary to deploy...
Crossmint Powers Wirex’s Next-Generation Global Wallet Infrastructure
November 26, 20255 min
Crossmint, the all-in-one stablecoin and wallet infrastructure provider, today announced that its programmable wallet stack is powering Wirex Pay’s next generation of crypto and stablecoin products. Wirex is a major global fintech company serving over 66 million customers and processing more than $20 billion annually across 130 countries. Through this partnership, Wirex is using Crossmint to accelerate its product roadmap, expand to new chains, and introduce advanced programmable financial capabilities. Wirex is integrating Crossmint’s programmable smart wallets to support global onboarding, cross-border money movement, stablecoin flows, and new card-linked financial...
bunq Expands with Premium Rewards Powered by Ascenda
October 15, 20254 min
Neobank elevates customer value and deepens engagement through Ascenda's global rewards network
Rodney Hood Rejoins SRM’s International Advisory Board
October 9, 20254 min
SRM, a trusted advisory firm serving financial institutions globally, announced that the Honorable Rodney E. Hood, former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), has rejoined the company’s International Advisory Board, reprising a role he played prior to his appointment at the OCC. Mr. Hood is a distinguished financial services executive and board director with nearly three decades of leadership in banking, regulation, risk management, and financial inclusion....
Alloy Wins 2025 Fraud & AML Award for KYC Innovation
August 26, 20255 min
Alloy for Embedded Finance recognized as Best Know Your Customer/Business (KYC/KYB) Innovation
Kasisto Launches KAIgentic: AI That Thinks Like Banker
August 20, 20255 min
Kasisto, the market leader for AI in banking, today launched KAIgentic, an agentic AI platform purpose built for banking and now available to banks and credit unions. KAIgentic delivers AI that thinks like a bank's best banker, combining intelligence, compliance, and bank grade performance in one platform across customer experience, employee experience, and AI operations.
Temenos Named Among World’s Top Fintechs by CNBC
July 28, 20254 min
Temenos joins elite list of enterprise fintech companies for the second year in a row
Margarita Finance Launches AI ‘Bartender’ for DeFi Investing
April 18, 20253 min
Margarita Finance, a next-gen DeFi platform, is proud to introduce the AI Bartender — a smart, conversational trading assistant designed to make decentralized finance (DeFi) radically easier and more accessible for everyone. Built natively on Solana and powered by Wormhole, the AI Bartender allows users to seamlessly trade, swap, and earn across chains without complexity. What is the Margarita AI Bartender? The AI Bartender is a powerful yet intuitive DeFi assistant that allows users to: Request an investment...
Mark Wiedman Joins PNC As President
April 8, 20256 min
Finance Executive to Accelerate Growth and Extend Strong Leadership Team