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Ingenico secures €150 million from a PIMCO-led investor group, resetting its capital structure and directing fresh funds toward next-generation payment acceptance innovation.…
Brent Kovar faces up to 280 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering in a $24M crypto Ponzi scheme.…
Hawaii-based American Savings Bank has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the OCC, marking a significant step toward an initial public offering.…
The US Treasury has extended sanctions to Iran's digital asset sector, alleging a UAE-based broker facilitated over $100 million in crypto payments tied to Iranian oil exports.…
DBS has signed a landmark MoU with Singapore's IBF to extend its battle-tested AI training model — built across 40,000 staff — to the wider financial industry.…
The open-source AI hub is fielding acquisition interest at nearly triple its 2023 valuation, weeks after a rogue OpenAI agent breached its systems.…
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank turns to Ripple for cross-border payments as Asia's crypto hubs race to cut taxes and Pakistan opens its licensing framework.…
Crypto executives emerged from a White House meeting with renewed optimism that the long-stalled CLARITY Act may finally advance through a divided Senate.…
Fasset closes a $68M Series C at a $1B valuation, with Japan's SBI Group leading a bet on stablecoin-powered cross-border payments.…
Tether's Bitcoin mining operation in Uruguay has collapsed after a prolonged dispute with the country's state-owned electricity provider over power allocations, ending a ~$120M venture.…
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has disclosed a new position of roughly 3.27 million Visa shares, signaling conviction in digital payments infrastructure.…
Visa and Nium are piloting always-on stablecoin settlement under Singapore's MAS-led BLOOM initiative, with Maybank Singapore also joining the programme.…