Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted a banking charter to a Trump family stablecoin trust company, a move with sweeping regulatory and political implications.…
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by volume, has reportedly continued onboarding EU users after missing the July 1, 2026 MiCA compliance deadline.…
The SEC has unveiled a formal crypto regulation framework, raising market uncertainty and drawing fresh scrutiny over Bitcoin's price trajectory and investor sentiment.…
The SEC has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, establishing the first dedicated securities framework for token issuers and potentially reshaping the crypto regulatory landscape.…
Ant International closes a $1.2bn Series A backed by Ant Group and Alibaba, betting that autonomous AI agents will become the dominant force in cross-border payment settlement.…
Munich-based RegTech group cleversoft is acquiring UK specialist FS Assist, adding ~350 European insurer clients amid post-Brexit regulatory divergence.…
Singapore's digital banks are diverging sharply on profitability in FY2025, with GXS Bank logging a S$132M loss — more than double any rival — even as its loan book tripled.…
Singapore Police have disrupted over 30,000 iMessage accounts since June 2026, as courier-impersonation scams escalate losses from S$1.2M to S$2.2M.…
A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study finds crypto investors hold sharply divergent views on risk and returns, and can be meaningfully swayed by Bitcoin's historical performance data.…
UK open banking has surpassed 100 billion API calls and 1 billion A2A payments, cementing its status as critical financial infrastructure eight years after the CMA mandate.…
San Francisco fintech Increase, which has processed hundreds of billions in transactions for Ramp and Stripe, secures a full banking charter via its acquisition of Washington State's Twin City Bank.…
Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office has disclosed new crypto stakes totaling $87.8M in Bitdeer Technologies and Hyperliquid, marking a significant pivot toward digital assets.…