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Sezzle Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition

February 2, 20264 min

Sezzle Inc. Sezzle, a purpose-driven digital payment platform, today announced the appointment of Lee Brading as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective February 1, 2026. Brading will succeed Karen Hartje, who served as CFO and principal financial officer under a Consulting Agreement since November 1, 2025, following her announcement of retirement after nearly eight years as CFO of Sezzle. Hartje will remain engaged as a consultant to ensure an orderly transition. “Karen has been instrumental in...

by BusinessWire

Payments

PublicSquare Appoints Dusty Wunderlich as Chief Executive Officer

February 2, 20264 min

New Leadership Reinforces Progress Toward Fintech Focus

by BusinessWire

Banking

Q2 Releases 2026 Retail Banking Trends and Priorities Report

February 2, 20265 min

Survey data highlights a decisive shift toward advanced technology, persistent execution challenges, and growing reliance on partnerships to accelerate innovation

by PRNewswire

Crypto Currencies

Bybit Unveils 2026 Vision as “The New Financial Platform”

February 2, 20268 min

Bybit, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, today announced its 2026 transformation into “The New Financial Platform,” a global financial ecosystem designed to expand access to modern banking, investment, and payments infrastructure for the world’s underserved populations. The vision, unveiled by co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou during the biannual keynote session, positions the company beyond its origins as a cryptocurrency exchange and into a unified financial platform connecting crypto, traditional markets, and real-world financial services. At the center of the...

by Happy Money

Direct Lending

Happy Money Launches Next-Generation Credit Model

February 2, 20265 min

Happy Money, a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering people to achieve their goals through responsible lending, today launched its eighth-generation credit model, further strengthening its credit decisioning framework by integrating new data signals to deliver more precise, optimized credit and pricing decisions. This credit model is the latest evolution of Happy Money’s Hive lending ecosystem, where advanced credit modeling, pricing and policy are tightly integrated to deliver consistent asset quality and predictable performance for lending...

by PRNewswire

Security

Citrea Announced the Launch of Mainnet

January 30, 20265 min

Founders Fund-backed Bitcoin platform, Citrea, unveils Bitcoin-secured application platform, unlocking institutional and worldwide access to Bitcoin-denominated markets

by BusinessWire

Payments

Convera Appoints Industry Leader Meaghan Riley as Chief Commercial Officer

January 30, 20266 min

Former Google Cloud and SAP executive will build on Convera’s success and leadership in the commercial payments sector

by PRNewswire

Crypto Currencies

Adam E. Gordon joins Membrane Labs as Strategic Advisor to CEO & Exec Team

January 30, 20263 min

Fintech Pioneer Adam E. Gordon, one of Membrane Labs largest shareholders, joins as Strategic Advisor to the CEO & Executive Team. Membrane Labs, an institutional digital asset management platform, today announced the appointment of Adam E. Gordon as Strategic Advisor. Gordon, the Co-founder & Managing Partner of Apex Capital Holdings, brings decades of experience as a specialized investor and operator in the financial technology sector to the Membrane leadership team. Gordon holds a significant personal...

by BusinessWire

Platforms

Vine Grows Revenue, Triples Client Base in 2025

January 30, 20264 min

Vine, a commercial lending accelerator for banks and credit unions, is reflecting on a year of growth and momentum. Vine kicked of the year by completing its participation in the ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator, which laid a foundation of success for the team to effectively serve community banks. The company won the accelerator’s MVP Award, which recognizes the most evolved fintech offering based on program engagement and alignment with community bank business priorities. This recognition would...

by BusinessWire

Payments

VGS Announces Agent Connect

January 30, 20264 min

VGS, the leader in payment tokenization and agentic commerce infrastructure, today announced Agent Connect, a one-day event connecting the humans behind the agents who are dedicated to exploring the future of AI-driven payments. The event will take place in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at the Terra Gallery, bringing together leaders shaping how agents will transform the commerce landscape. Speakers will include leaders from OpenAI, PayPal, Visa, Stripe, Cloudflare, Instacart, and more, bringing perspectives...

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