Spanish Banco Santander offers startups and scaleups operating in quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) segments a chance to win a share of €120,000 prize fund, strategic mentoring from IBM experts, and up to €10,000 in specialised services from Bluzec acceleration platform.
Agricultural finance and financial inclusion remain major topics in Kenya’s fintech and banking sectors, as lenders and investors look for new ways to fund smallholder farmers. Against this backdrop, fintech platform Kaleidofin announced the first close of a local currency securitisation programme focused on smallholder agriculture in Kenya.
Ekko, a fintech platform based in London, has launched a product called the Nature Footprint. It is designed to show consumers how their spending affects biodiversity. The tool is embedded into the payment experience and works through integrations with payment providers and financial institutions.
Global venture funding reached $56 billion in April, doubling year over year from $26 billion — the third-largest monthly total in the past 12 months. AI commanded 66% of that capital, with model companies alone absorbing $26.7 billion. Two AI mega-deals set the tone for the month, but smaller fintech funding rounds also showed the […]
With new funding, ENGIE-backed Amplicity aims to commence its first commercial battery use optimisation projects in Singapore and expand operations in Australia.
AI-powered travel tech company that automates online operations and booking management for hotels and vacation rental businesses is scaling up to build a company with over €1 billion in turnover.
Grey, a cross-border payment platform backed by Y Combinator, has been registered as a Payment Service Provider under Canada’s Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA).
Goldman Sachs Alternatives led a $60 million Series C funding round in Kashable, as part of its impact investing strategy.
The global fintech investment landscape is firmly back in growth mode heading into mid-2026, and a string of fresh funding rounds this month underscores just how much momentum has returned to the sector and where smart money is flowing.
The country that is next in line to develop a comprehensive nationwide instant payment system in LatAm, Colombia has a range of promising fintech startups striving to transform the way money flows nationwide.
Your Friday news briefing on the most consequential fintech and startup funding moves — April 17, 2026
There’s no hotter topic in modern financial technology than AI. Artificial intelligence develops in great strides. One moment you blink, and the next thing you see AI agents exchanging data and payments in some self-orchestrated scenarios with only slight prompts. Make sure not to miss the most important AI updates. This article will help you. […]
Beast Industries, the holding company behind YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson (better known as MrBeast), has acquired Step, a fintech app offering banking and credit-building tools to over 7 million young adults. It’s a move that puts a major influencer squarely inside the regulated financial services sector. The deal aims to merge Step’s fintech infrastructure with […]
INXY Payments has now raised a total of $7 million in funding across two rounds to expand its global payments platform, enabling merchants accepting altcoins and stablecoins from their clients without extra crypto cash-out worries.
In 2025, Revolut saw stellar results of its ongoing expansion strategy, boasting 30% YoY user growth on top of the impressive private share sale valuing the company at about $75 billion. This article explores main milestones of the top European fintech unicorn to date and dissects Revolut’s growth story.
Two all-time European records. One month. Over $4.5 billion raised. March 2026 will be remembered as the moment the AI infrastructure race stopped being a conversation and became a construction project — and when stablecoins quietly crossed the line from crypto curiosity to mainstream financial plumbing. From a quantum unicorn gearing up for its Nasdaq […]
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