Stories tagged fintech.
LATAM: Contxto / Startupi / LAVCA
Hiring someone in another country has gone from being unusual to becoming part of the way many companies operate. The problem is that, behind a remote worker, there are still contracts, payments, tax compliance, regulations, and different financial systems that need to work together. That market…
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
Claimable Neon implements the anonymous registration method in auth.md, the open agent registration protocol authored by WorkOS, to give agents a way to provision a temporary Neon project without creating an account or collecting payment details.
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Gemini has secured a Major Payment Institution licence from Singapore’s Monetary Authority, allowing its local entity to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services. The approval follows an in-principle licence granted in October 2024. Gemini has operated in Singapore…
Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest
A Discussion On If Standards Can Improve Bank-Fintech Partnerships, with Alex Johnson, of Fintech Takes, and Jason Henrichs, of Alloy Labs
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Calgary-based FinTech cut 102 employees to create a “simpler and faster team.” The post Neo Financial lays off roughly 10 percent of its staff first appeared on BetaKit.
The Pragmatic Engineer / ByteByteGo / Architecture Weekly
In this article, we will try to understand how the transaction runs through such a cell-based architecture and how the payments are processed even when some services are failing.
FTC / DOJ press releases
Under proposed order, defendant will be required to pay $12 million, stop payment processing for certain categories of merchants Payment processing company Humboldt Merchant Services will pay $12 million and be permanently banned from processing payments for merchants with a heightened risk of…
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Avant son introduction en Bourse, OURA a consacré 1,17 milliard de dollars au rachat de titres détenus par certains actionnaires. Cette opération invite à regarder autrement les financements privés, car derrière les montants annoncés, il faut distinguer ce qui finance l’activité, ce qui permet aux…
FTC / DOJ press releases
Nuvei and its subsidiaries alleged to have knowingly processed for merchants engaged in fraudulent activity Global payment processor Nuvei will pay $4.85 million to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that the firm opened and maintained payment processing accounts for merchants that it…
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis
Solana’s August 2026 roundup: record transactions, $4B in RWAs, growing stablecoin payments, tokenized stocks, DeFi innovation, ETFs, and governance.
Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest
This week’s newsletter describes an idea for pools to pay miners using silent payments in the coinbase transaction and summarizes the responsible disclosure of a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting older versions of Core Lightning. Also included are our regular sections summarizing proposals…
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis
Payment channels support 1 million payments per second by authorizing agent spending once.
Payload (space) / CTVC (climate) / Newcomer (VC)
Our guide to the up-and-coming names in AI shopping and payments infrastructure
Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest
OCC Turns Down Bunq’s and Wise’s Charter Applications, FDIC and Trade Groups Float Fintech “Standards”
Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Montreal-founded FinTech says its platform helps lenders complete previously “weeks-long processes” in days. The post Landjourney rebrands to Sweet, secures $7.4 million USD to simplify commercial lending beyond agriculture first appeared on BetaKit.
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis
Jorge Borges, Head of Latin America at Fireblocks, and Antonio Neto of the Solana Foundation discussed how firms across LATAM are putting stablecoin payments into production.
Canary Media / Heatmap / Latitude Media
The Trump administration has agreed to fork over nearly $4 billion since the spring to get major energy firms to abandon a dozen leases for U.S. offshore wind projects. The controversial maneuver to return lease payments to developers — often in exchange for their investing in fossil fuels — is…
Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis
Breakpoint comes to London November 15–17, bringing 8,000+ attendees and leaders from capital markets, payments, technology and policy.
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Deux ans après avoir posé son diagnostic sur le décrochage économique européen, Mario Draghi change de méthode. Avec Patrick Collison, cofondateur de Stripe, l’ancien président de la BCE lance Rhine Group, une organisation indépendante réunissant économistes, entrepreneurs, investisseurs, anciens…
The Pragmatic Engineer / ByteByteGo / Architecture Weekly
A fintech company rejected the easy route and homebrewed its own coding agent – and is now a step ahead of coding agents from frontier AI labs. An in-depth look
Europe/UK: Tech.eu / Sifted / TNW / Silicon Republic / UKTN / Computer Weekly / heise / Golem / t3n / Maddyness / FrenchWeb
En rachetant OpenRouter, une plateforme donnant accès à plus de 400 modèles d’IA, Stripe ne se contente plus d’encaisser les revenus de ses clients. Le groupe remonte vers leurs coûts de production, mesure leur consommation de tokens et se place au moment où chaque requête devient une décision…
Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest
Florida AG Sues Sweepstakes-Casino Payment Processors, Voters Distrust Crypto’s Political Influence
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Canada: BetaKit / MobileSyrup
Calgary company reaches $250-million valuation, hopes to grow after Moneris sells to US private equity. The post Helcim raises $53 million amid shakeup in Canadian payments first appeared on BetaKit.
Apple Developer News & Releases
Attachment 14 of the Apple Developer Program License Agreement has been added to specify updated terms for apps in the European Union, including alternative distribution, alternative payments, and business terms. These terms will go into effect on October 1, 2026. Please review the changes and sign…
Stripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng
Two product upgrades make it easy for global businesses to manage FX entirely on Stripe. We’re expanding multicurrency settlement to more markets and currencies, and we’re introducing the ability to convert currencies instantly—all on Stripe.
LATAM: Contxto / Startupi / LAVCA
When banks close a door, someone else usually finds a way to open a window. That seems to be happening in northern South America: Qash, a fintech company, and Banco R4, a Venezuelan bank, have just announced that they are now operating a correspondent banking infrastructure built on stablecoins—or…
Stripe / Shopify Eng / Netflix TechBlog / Dropbox Tech / Slack Eng / Spotify Eng
AI companies are undergoing rapid global expansion while achieving unprecedented rates of growth. We analyzed Stripe data to understand where global demand is the strongest, and how companies can build to best capture that demand.
Artificial Lawyer / LawSites / Legaltech News
Howard Katzenberg’s idea for a trademark software company began with a trademark fight of his own. Today, he is formally launching that software, called GleanMark, a U.S. trademark research and workflow platform for lawyers. The platform combines free USPTO search with AI-driven clearance analysis…
Bitcoin Optech / Fintech Takes / Fintech Business Weekly / Net Interest
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