Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
Jesse Pollak hands the Base App back to Coinbase after admitting the network's on-chain social strategy missed the mark, pivoting to global finance infrastructure.…
Adyen appoints Gary Yang as Asia-Pacific President from 1 August 2026, succeeding Warren Hayashi who retires at year-end after a structured handover.…
Episode Six has launched a dedicated AI centre in Singapore to build agentic payment capabilities for banks and fintechs, anchored on its TRITIUM cloud-native platform.…
Experian data shows UK consumers completed over 100 million buy now pay later transactions in 2025, signalling a maturing, responsible credit market.…
A proposal to restrict non-financial data on Bitcoin has fractured the developer and mining community ahead of a key activation deadline, echoing the divisive Blocksize Wars.…
William Blair cut Coinbase earnings estimates by 34% yet held its Outperform rating, with analysts pointing to Bitcoin's trajectory as the more telling signal.…
Base creator Jesse Pollak is stepping back from leading the Base App after conceding his social-first crypto adoption strategy was "definitively wrong."…
Adnovum launches quantum resilience services to help banks and governments audit cryptographic infrastructure before quantum computing renders today's encryption obsolete.…
Klarna expands its capital efficiency strategy into Germany with its first-ever forward flow and warehouse financing arrangement, announced July 9, 2026.…
Former Ethereum Foundation privacy researchers launch EthSystems, a for-profit venture building confidential blockchain infrastructure for banks and asset managers.…
Visa launched its AI Financial Assistant on July 14, 2026, a value-added service enabling banks to embed conversational AI financial guidance directly into their platforms.…
Mizuho Securities cuts Circle Internet Group to underperform with a $50 price target, citing rising competitive pressure in the stablecoin market.…