Global banking giants Citi and HSBC have announced strategic investments in trading technology firm Adaptive, a move that underscores growing demand for innovative, cloud‑native infrastructure in capital markets technology. The funding will accelerate Adaptive’s product development and support its expansion of high‑performance trading solutions.
Bitcoin payments startup Utexo has closed a $7.5 million seed round to build production-ready infrastructure for settling USDT directly on the Bitcoin network, marking a significant push to reunite the world’s largest stablecoin with the world’s largest blockchain.
3S Money launches local French IBAN accounts just as it opens Paris office to accelerate European growth
An AI startup projecting nearly $20 billion in annualized revenue is a headline that shifts investor and enterprise expectations — and it raises practical questions about growth drivers, customer concentration, and future earnings.
The global fintech sector continues to attract significant investor interest in 2026, as startups building the future of digital banking, payments, embedded finance, and AI-driven financial services secure major funding rounds. In February 2026, venture capital flowed into a diverse set of fintech innovators from next-generation payment platforms and crypto infrastructure providers to lending, wealthtech, […]
Visa is set to play a major role in the forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) of SoftBank-backed payments platform PayPay, joining global investors as an anchor investor ahead of the company’s planned Nasdaq listing. The move underscores Visa’s strategic commitment to expanding its global footprint in digital payments and fintech markets.
Global payouts startup Dots has secured $8.9 million in Series A funding, led by venture capital firm DCM with participation from Y Combinator, enabling the platform to move forward in scaling international payout infrastructure and product offerings.
The fintech infrastructure company completed a tender offer on 26 February, valuing it at $8 billion, up 31% from April 2025. The money went to employees, not the business. And that distinction tells the more interesting story.
The African fintech Grey has rolled out USD corporate accounts, bulk payouts to 170+ countries, and USDC stablecoin support — all on a single platform aimed at businesses that find international banking slow and expensive.
Ex-Amex and Visa executives launch Rhythmic startup with $4M funding to embed stablecoins into everyday consumer brands, bridging crypto and mainstream finance.
Bretton AI, the fintech startup transforming financial crime compliance with AI, has raised $75 million in Series B funding to scale its agentic AI platform across banks and regulated institutions worldwide.
One of the freshest AI tech unicorns on the market, Fundamental is partnering with Amazon’s AWS for distributing its core solution – NEXUS model.
OpenAI is preparing for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in the fourth quarter of 2026, as it seeks to become one of the first major generative‑AI companies to tap public markets.
In the early 2020s, the conversation around finance and fintech startup site selection was dominated by a binary choice between the expensive, high-energy density of the urban core or the cost-effective, but often isolated, sprawl of the suburbs. By 2026, this landscape has been fundamentally reshaped. For today’s entrepreneurs, the prime location is no longer […]
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 […]
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