Credit Reinvented: Stelrix Launches the First Investment-Backed Credit Card
November 26, 20255 min
Led by its 21-year-old founder, the startup is introducing the future of credit, bringing private-bank tools to a new generation of investors
KuCoin Secures AUSTRAC Digital Currency Exchange Registration
November 26, 20254 min
KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today announced a major regulatory milestone in Australia with its subsidiary entity officially registered as a Digital Currency Exchange (DCE) under AUSTRAC. This registration places KuCoin under AUSTRAC’s formal oversight for digital currency exchange services and marks a significant step in strengthening the platform’s compliance framework within one of the world’s most robust regulatory environments. As part of its broader compliance strategy, KuCoin plans to register for additional...
BitHide Launches Transaction Safety Levels
November 26, 20253 min
BitHide, a confidential crypto wallet for businesses, announces a breakthrough in corporate crypto privacy: Transaction Safety Levels, a payout framework that lets companies choose their preferred level of transaction confidentiality. Since 2021, BitHide has been helping businesses work with digital assets securely, conveniently while protecting sensitive operational data. Modern blockchain transparency creates significant risks for businesses, including exposure of turnover, counterparties, internal structure, wallet ownership, and other operational details. Transaction Safety Levels solve this problem by providing transaction-level confidentiality control while maintaining AML...
Flashpoint Closes $67M Second Growth Debt Fund
November 26, 20253 min
Following a highly successful first vintage, Flashpoint completed a final close of its second Growth Debt Fund, raising a total of US$67 million. A total of 58 Limited Partners, including international family offices and high-net-worth individuals, have committed to the Fund, including a large portion of investors in the first vintage. The new fund is focused on VC-sponsored tech and tech-enabled post-series A companies in both Europe and abroad, with at least $3m in annualised revenue,...
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...
Empowering Financial Institutions to Tackle Digital Banking Fraud Proactively
November 26, 202514 min
Discover how financial institutions can shift from reactive defenses to proactive, data-driven strategies that stop digital banking fraud before it starts.
Eflow Global Launches PATH AI as Trade Surveillance Hits $1.8B
November 26, 20255 min
New AI functionality enables compliance teams to investigate alerts with full regulatory traceability, moving beyond ‘black box’ approaches Launch follows 800% surge in trade surveillance enforcement as firms face regulatory pressure to modernise detection systems
New Report Finds Most Banks Unprepared for AI Due to Data Quality Gaps
November 25, 20254 min
A new report commissioned by KlariVis, a leading performance intelligence platform built for financial institutions, and conducted by Cornerstone Advisors, a leading provider of business and technology consulting services for banks, credit unions, and fintech firms, reveals that most community banks and credit unions are not yet equipped to leverage artificial intelligence fully. The report notes inadequate data quality and infrastructure emerging as the primary barriers. The study, titled “Improving Your Financial Institution’s Data Execution Quality,” surveyed more...
Thredd Signs Landmark Agreement to Enable Visa Cloud Connect Globally
November 25, 20253 min
Agreement sets stage for strengthened global reach, scalability, and resilience for fintechs and banks worldwide
Surfin’s unique approach to AI strengthens its impact in financial inclusion
November 25, 20254 min
Unique approach to AI helps to accelerate Surfin’s growth into multiple countries Headquartered in Singapore since 2017, Surfin has grown to over 90 million users across 10 emerging markets in 3 continents. Over this period, the company has disbursed over US$4 billion in total and achieved 50% year-on-year revenue growth. Besides consumer finance, Surfin has also expanded into multiple products, including payments, remittances, credit cards and wealth management. This can be attributed to Dr Wu’s...