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RedotPay's planned US IPO has been pushed back amid ongoing regulatory and legal challenges, even as the crypto payments firm claims it has secured a US money transmitter license.…
Tether, the world's leading stablecoin issuer, has passed a formal audit, closing the chapter on what has been its most enduring and damaging reputational vulnerability.…
The ECB is extending climate-risk factors within its Eurosystem collateral framework to non-financial corporate credit claims, deepening green criteria in monetary operations.…
The SEC has shelved a key crypto rulemaking meeting with no reschedule date, days after the Senate failed to advance the landmark Clarity Act.…
JPMorgan Chase severed its banking relationship with prediction market platform Polymarket in October 2025 over regulatory concerns, yet reportedly remains willing to underwrite a potential Polymarket IPO.…
An ECB survey finds just 0.2% of euro area companies accept crypto online, with physical acceptance below 1%, even as mobile payments rise.…
The SEC has canceled a pivotal meeting on proposed crypto offering rules after the Senate departed for recess without holding a vote on the CLARITY Act.…
Citigroup's U.S. Consumer Cards unit announced plans to acquire Kard Financial, a commerce media and rewards platform, to deepen personalization for cardholders.…
The Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Federal Reserve's denial of a master account to Custodia Bank.…
Bank of America argues that chasing smarter AI models is the wrong priority — banks must fix their underlying data infrastructure before AI can be trusted.…
Synchrony, with $120B+ in assets, exemplifies a sweeping industry shift: banks abandoning product silos in favor of end-to-end customer journey thinking.…
Chris Skinner argues the two-decade framing of fintech vs. banking is obsolete. The question is no longer who disrupts whom — but who survives the merger.…