Banking

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (411+ words) Payment funds from digital wallets Approval through existing card networks 'Stablecoins are the payment layer for tokenized assets' 'Must connect to existing card and settlement networks' Stablecoins have recently been expanding their role beyond digital asset trading into everyday payment…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (629+ words) One email, every weekday morning. What moved in Latin American markets, politics and expat life. Yesterday’s subject line: “'The false peace is over' - Colombia” Colombia has more discount-store tills than bank branches. Putting the bank behind the till is the…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1020+ words) AS YOU MIGHT have heard by now, Irish people don’t tend to invest. Instead, the population largely stuffs its savings into bank accounts, which is why there’s about €175 billion sitting in deposit accounts. We’ve covered previously why this isn’t the…...

52+ min ago   (516+ words) Accepting Bitcoin is one thing. Paying your staff in it is another. This week Bitcoin Ekasi, the township project in Mossel Bay, moved all of its assistants' salaries into sats — its thrift store prices and resident stipends were already denominated…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (310+ words) Revolut disclosed personal and financial information of customers after receiving fraudulent information requests sent from an email account hosted on a legitimate government agency domain. The fintech company says its systems and customer funds were not compromised. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (710+ words) What percentage of retirees are reluctant to spend savings? What role do financial planners play in retirees' spending? Why do retirees fear outliving their savings? American workers are told to spend their entire career saving for retirement, building a nest…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (413+ words) This Week India Wizz Financial Launches Unified App and SWITCH Engine to Expand Cross-Border UPI Payments Globally Bangalore, India, September 12, 2026. Global Fintech Fest (GFF)— Wizz Financial has officially launched the Wizz Financial App, an all-in-one neobanking platform designed to unify…...

9+ hour ago   (1186+ words) Welcome friends to some new Weekend Reading whereby I wonder if there are really millionaires everywhere? First, some recent reads! I argued retirement is not dead despite some 60-something author writing as much recently. And, we just posted our latest…...

17+ hour, 11+ min ago   (390+ words) The announcement positions GSmart around the use of AI in financial workflows while maintaining human oversight over decisions and actions. Cointelegraph's X post did not provide additional details on the product's technical architecture, availability, customers or specific treasury functions supported…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (265+ words) On September 11, 2026, Kalshi, a prediction market platform, announced its intention to apply for regulatory approval to launch the first U.S. regulated stock perpetual futures. These futures will be linked to major companies such as Tesla TSLA, Apple (AAPL), and Nvidia (NVDA)....