Checkout.com has acquired Lithuania-based Blue EMI, a licensed euro stablecoin issuer, marking a strategic move to embed regulated digital currencies directly into its global payments infrastructure.
While biometric authentication is now a common part of the payment process, confirming transactions with a palm screen is still a novelty. Though this experimental payment tech has been around for several years now, most people know little about it, not to mention using it in real life. So, what are those mysterious palm payments […]
Oslo-based startup Altek AI secures €423,000 (about $500,000) to scale its AI-powered platform that automates guest communication and supports hotel operations.
London-based LegalTech company Orbital has raised €50 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform and embed it more deeply across the real estate legal workflow.
GoCanopy, a Paris-based AI platform for institutional real estate investors, has raised €2.1 million in seed funding, ending its bootstrapping phase as it looks to scale its AI-driven operating system and expand internationally.
The world is witnessing a clear shift in how younger consumers seek money guidance, preferring quick accessible AI tools to personal professional consultations, and Mine’s latest funding round underscores that change.
The acquisition of Paynuri follows Airwallex’s recent fundraising round, which valued the company at approximately $8 billion, and forms part of its broader strategy to expand licensed operations across key global markets.
Fintech investment bounced back strongly in 2025, with companies raising around $53 billion across nearly 6,000 deals — a clear sign that investors are getting excited about financial technologies again after a painful period of tighter funding for the industry. And early 2026 is already showing momentum, with major rounds across payments, digital banking, stablecoins, […]
Payoneer has acquired Dublin-based Boundless to deepen its global workforce management capabilities in Europe and strengthen its end-to-end solution for hiring and paying international talent.
Zepz’s strategic acquisition of Pomelo paves the way for affordable, credit-enhanced remittances and broader financial services for global migrant communities.
The UAE has recorded its first live Open Finance payment after Ziina successfully executed a customer-initiated account-to-account transaction in partnership with Lean Technologies.
AI agent platform development is not only pursued by TradFi behemoths, but also actively promoted by digital assets and Web3 players, like Neuramint startup that has just secured its $5M funding to build agentic workflows for DeFi.
Bakkt is sharpening its focus on the future of payments as the ICE-backed crypto infrastructure firm moves to bring stablecoin settlement technology in-house by acquiring Distributed Technologies Research Ltd. (DTR).
On February 11 and 12, 2026, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, will once again become a meeting point for the future of Europe’s financial industry. At the Gesellschaftshaus Palmengarten, the Frankfurt Digital Finance conference will gather around 1,500 decision-makers from across the financial ecosystem – including banks, fintechs, technology companies, investors, supervisory authorities, policymakers, academia and […]
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.
Biographica has secured €8 million in funding to expand its AI-driven platform for crop trait discovery amid growing global food security concerns.
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