Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
Freehand has raised $75 million to deploy autonomous AI agents capable of managing the full procurement and payments lifecycle for global enterprises.…
Binance.US CEO Stephen Gregory has signaled plans to seek a CFTC Designated Contract Market license, positioning the exchange to offer prediction markets to US customers.…
Robinhood posted record revenues in Q2 2026, but the bigger story is the firm's strategic push beyond retail brokerage into owning the full customer transaction stack.…
National Bank of Kazakhstan Governor Timur M Suleimenov issued a formal base rate statement in Astana, with the BIS publishing the address on July 1, 2026.…
PNC and Truist each make calculated senior leadership moves, installing decade-seasoned executives to head cybersecurity and wealth management respectively.…
Deutsche Bank posts a 59% profit jump, UBS more than doubles earnings on a 53% equity trading surge, and Standard Chartered launches a $1bn buyback — a pivotal week for global banking.…
One in seven people lacks access to formal financial services. One in six lives with a disability. These are not separate crises — they are one.…
Intuit Credit Karma's Gurpreet Singh explains why pairing deterministic financial models with GEPA-tuned prompts beats generic AI chatbots for personal finance.…
PNC's wealth management unit is rolling out a securities-based lending offering targeting mass-affluent clients as the Pittsburgh bank accelerates its push for a national identity.…
Former CFPB official Christopher Peterson is set to lead New Jersey's consumer affairs unit, mirroring California's hire of ex-CFPB chief Rohit Chopra — signaling a state-level consumer protection resurgence.…
Down Range Capital Opportunity Fund is pressuring Washington-based Cashmere Valley Bank's board to pursue a sale, arguing shareholder value can only be unlocked through a transaction.…
Swift's new consumer payments initiative goes live in Canada with RBC and TD, promising significantly better experiences for recipients of international money transfers.…