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Tokenized ETFs and Private Funds Attract More Institutional Investors
Blockchain & Crypto

Tokenized ETFs and Private Funds Attract More Institutional Investors

Tokenization is attracting attention from two segments of the investment market: traditional exchange-traded funds and private assets such as credit and equity funds.

Goldman Sachs Limits Employee Access to Advanced AI Coding Tools
Fintech & Ecommerce

Goldman Sachs Limits Employee Access to Advanced AI Coding Tools

Goldman Sachs has restricted the use of several advanced AI coding tools among its employees, limiting access primarily to engineers. 

Mastercard and OpenAI Team Up on Agentic Payments and AI Services
Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard and OpenAI Team Up on Agentic Payments and AI Services

Mastercard has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to work on agentic payments and broader AI initiatives.

PhotonPay Raises $40 Million in Series C Round Led by Blockchain Capital
Fintech & Ecommerce

PhotonPay Raises $40 Million in Series C Round Led by Blockchain Capital

PhotonPay has secured $40 million in a new funding round as it looks to expand its payment infrastructure for businesses.

ECB Selects Two Network Providers to Connect Institutions to the Digital Euro Platform
Fintech & Ecommerce

ECB Selects Two Network Providers to Connect Institutions to the Digital Euro Platform

The European Central Bank has selected two groups of network service providers to connect payment service providers and national central banks to the digital euro service platform.

TBC Georgia to Accept American Express Cards in Stores and Online
Fintech & Ecommerce

TBC Georgia to Accept American Express Cards in Stores and Online

TBC Georgia and American Express have signed an agreement that allows TBC to accept Amex cards at merchant locations and online in Georgia.

Capital.com Secures MAS License to Expand to Singapore
Finance & Economics

Capital.com Secures MAS License to Expand to Singapore

Client onboarding for Capital.com new entity established in Singapore starts in early 2027

Global Markets Face October Sell-Off as Alphabet Drop Adds to AI Sector Pressure
Finance & Economics

Global Markets Face October Sell-Off as Alphabet Drop Adds to AI Sector Pressure

Global financial markets went through a significant sell-off near the end of the month of October of the year 2026.

LABITCONF 2026 Closes HODL Edition, Opens New Chapter for World’s Oldest Bitcoin Conference
Blockchain & Crypto

LABITCONF 2026 Closes HODL Edition, Opens New Chapter for World’s Oldest Bitcoin Conference

With more than 200 talks and 150 speakers, the 14th edition of LABITCONF once again made Buenos Aires the meeting point for the region’s Bitcoin community. At the closing, Fundación Bitcoin Iberoamérica, the organization that created the conference in 2013, announced that it is passing the torch: it will seek a successor to lead the […]

Visa Supports Senegal Digital Transformation
Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Supports Senegal Digital Transformation

Visa and a government institution in Senegal agreed to foster cooperation on digital payments, financial innovation, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance for the next two years.

Mirae Asset Issues Tokenized Bond on Solana Under $3 Billion Note Program
Blockchain & Crypto

Mirae Asset Issues Tokenized Bond on Solana Under $3 Billion Note Program

Mirae Asset Securities’ Hong Kong unit has completed a tokenized bond issuance on the Solana blockchain.

Qashio Launches Global Pay with Visa, Letting Companies Earn Points on Cross-Border Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Qashio Launches Global Pay with Visa, Letting Companies Earn Points on Cross-Border Payments

Qashio has introduced Global Pay, an international business payments product that lets companies earn Qashio Points when paying overseas suppliers, contractors, and invoices.

Ant Group Upgrades LingGuang to 2.0, Turning Its AI Assistant into a Proactive Personal Agent
Science & Technology

Ant Group Upgrades LingGuang to 2.0, Turning Its AI Assistant into a Proactive Personal Agent

Ant Group has released LingGuang 2.0, an update that turns its multimodal AI assistant into a more proactive personal agent.

DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion in Major Grocery Delivery Push
Fintech & Ecommerce

DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion in Major Grocery Delivery Push

DoorDash has announced it will acquire Instacart in a deal valued at about $17 billion.

Binance Hit by $6.3bn Hack Suspected to Be Largest in History
Blockchain & Crypto

Binance Hit by $6.3bn Hack Suspected to Be Largest in History

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said digital assets worth $6.3 billion were affected by a hack. The company called the incident serious and said it would cover all user losses.

ZEN.COM Launches Pay-by-Bank in Nine European Markets with Mastercard
Fintech & Ecommerce

ZEN.COM Launches Pay-by-Bank in Nine European Markets with Mastercard

ZEN.COM has expanded its payment services in Europe, allowing customers to pay directly from their bank accounts through Mastercard Open Finance.