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BitGo Plans $201M IPO to Boost Trusted Infrastructure Provider Ambitions
Blockchain & Crypto

BitGo Plans $201M IPO to Boost Trusted Infrastructure Provider Ambitions

Crypto custody provider BitGo has moved closer to the public markets with plans to raise up to $201 million in an initial public offering (IPO), targeting a valuation of around $1.96 billion.

Why Georgia Merchant Green Light Is a Big Milestone for Checkout.com
Fintech & Ecommerce

Why Georgia Merchant Green Light Is a Big Milestone for Checkout.com

Checkout.com has secured approval for a Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter, and here’s why it matters.

OPEC Fund Strengthens Partnership With African Development Bank Group During Official Mission to Côte d’Ivoire
Finance & Economics

OPEC Fund Strengthens Partnership With African Development Bank Group During Official Mission to Côte d’Ivoire

The OPEC Fund and the AfDB have partnered for nearly five decades, supporting some 120 projects across energy, transport, agriculture, water, health, education and financial sectors with US$1.5 billion in co-financing

Worldline and PSA Deepen Partnership to Power Austria’s Next-Generation Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Worldline and PSA Deepen Partnership to Power Austria’s Next-Generation Payments

Worldline has expanded its long-standing partnership with PSA Payment Services Austria to modernise the country’s core payments infrastructure with a future-ready, sovereign European platform.

Voting Officially Opens for the 2026 British Bank Awards
Fintech & Ecommerce

Voting Officially Opens for the 2026 British Bank Awards

The voting for Smart Money People’s British bank awards 2026 has now officially opened.

Polygon Labs Inks Deal to Acquire Coinme, Sequence for $250M+ to Expand Into U.S. Licensed Stablecoin Payments
Blockchain & Crypto

Polygon Labs Inks Deal to Acquire Coinme, Sequence for $250M+ to Expand Into U.S. Licensed Stablecoin Payments

Deal strengthens Polygon’s $2T+ of onchain volume with at-scale fiat coverage, $1B+ in offchain sales, and battle-tested wallet and cross-chain infrastructure

Apple Chooses Google AI to Supercharge Siri
Science & Technology

Apple Chooses Google AI to Supercharge Siri

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, saw its market cap surpass the $4T mark for the first time as the tech giant signed a long-term partnership agreement with Apple to power its AI services, including the popular Siri assistant with Gemini AI.

Global Payments and Worldpay Officially Merge
Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Payments and Worldpay Officially Merge

The Worldpay acquisition that will boost Global Payments processing potential up to 94 billion transactions and $3.7 trillion in volume is officially complete.

Tech Firms Call For Open-Source AI Collaboration, With Chinese Companies as Leading Advocates
Science & Technology

Tech Firms Call For Open-Source AI Collaboration, With Chinese Companies as Leading Advocates

CES 2026 witnessed an increasing push for global cross-industry collaboration around open-source AI models. Chinese tech companies, like Alibaba or Deepseek, were notably primary advocates for such cooperation mechanisms.

While Experts Debate Whether Trump Credit Interest Cap Is Constitutional, Bank Shares Decline
Finance & Economics

While Experts Debate Whether Trump Credit Interest Cap Is Constitutional, Bank Shares Decline

President Trump’s plan to cap the credit card interest at 10% for a one-year term has raised fervent discussions among financial industry experts and negatively affected the share price of major U.S. banks and credit card firms.

South Korea Considers Allowing Minor Corporate Crypto Investments
Blockchain & Crypto

South Korea Considers Allowing Minor Corporate Crypto Investments

After an almost nine-year ban on crypto investments, South Korea’s officials are reportedly preparing to review the legislation so that local registered firms may use up to 5% of their equity capital to buy digital assets and diversify their portfolios.

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Dedicated AI Health Companion
Science & Technology

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Dedicated AI Health Companion

ChatGPT Health represents OpenAI latest push to formalise AI role in personal health and wellness scenarios.

Most Chinese Doctors Recommend AI Health Services: Survey
Science & Technology

Most Chinese Doctors Recommend AI Health Services: Survey

About 350 doctors from China’s top-tier hospitals agree that AI doctor services can be beneficial for patients in everyday health questions and routine health management.

CrowdStrike Expands Identity Security with SGNL Acquisition
Science & Technology

CrowdStrike Expands Identity Security with SGNL Acquisition

In a positive move for financial services industry, CrowdStrike has announced plans to acquire identity security startup SGNL for $740 million, aiming to enhance real-time identity protections in its Falcon platform widely leveraged to protect critical systems and sensitive data.

Papaya Global Reportedly Considers Potential Sale at Up to $4.5 B Valuation
Fintech & Ecommerce

Papaya Global Reportedly Considers Potential Sale at Up to $4.5 B Valuation

Papaya Global, one of Israel’s prominent fintech unicorns, has reportedly been in advanced discussions over a potential sale that could value the global payroll and workforce payments firm between $3.5 billion and $4.5 billion.

London AgTech Startup Biographica Raises €8 Million to Accelerate Crop Research
Science & Technology

London AgTech Startup Biographica Raises €8 Million to Accelerate Crop Research

Biographica has secured €8 million in funding to expand its AI-driven platform for crop trait discovery amid growing global food security concerns.