Long-form coverage of cards, IBANs, payment rails, regulation and the technology that moves money — in seven languages, written by working operators.
Binance is pursuing a return to the UK market while facing serious allegations that it facilitated billions in financial transfers linked to Iran, intensifying regulatory scrutiny.…
Bank Leumi's 2022 Bitcoin push was killed by the Bank of Israel. A softer regulatory climate and Galaxy Digital's custody infrastructure give it a second shot in early 2027.…
World Liberty Financial has secured a conditional bank charter for a new trust company that would wrest USD1 stablecoin issuance away from BitGo.…
Indonesia is set to appoint Damayanti as the first woman to lead Bank Indonesia, marking a landmark moment for the country's economic institutions.…
Figure Technology Solutions nearly doubled its net revenue year-over-year in Q2 2026, reporting $226M and $4.3B in consumer loan marketplace volume.…
French B2B lender Defacto has integrated Mambu Payments for SEPA connectivity, automating disbursements and repayments through a single API for its SME financing operations.…
Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet has launched BitBonds, a continuous corporate bond program, marking its formal debut in Japan's domestic yen bond market.…
FinCEN's new data reveals financial institutions flagged nearly $4.9 billion in smuggling-related suspicious activity — but the real problem is whether banks can see the full picture together.…
Q2 2026 earnings confirm payments giants Block and PayPal are deepening merchant lending, converting transaction data into working capital credit lines.…
Mastercard has offered Brazilian merchant acquirers 50% of their claimed losses from the Will Bank collapse, plus additional services, as settlement talks intensify.…
Thousands of crypto firms missed the EU's MiCA licensing deadline as Bitcoin and Ethereum tumbled, while Chime and AI-stablecoin convergence signal where the industry is heading next.…
Bitcoin was born in 2008 to eliminate financial intermediaries. Eighteen years later, the largest crypto firms have quietly become what they swore to destroy.…