The latest payments, banking, lending, digital asset and AI in finance news from every region, reported from the primary source and read with a sceptical eye.
Visa's first test of AI shopping agents found frequent failures and agents that buy anyway. Visa is piloting agent payments at the same time.
November 9, 2026
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
More paymentsA community bank is using Zact's software to offer the kind of spend management that fintechs such as Ramp and Brex sell directly to businesses.
November 6, 2026
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
More banking and lendingGateway Mortgage has signed to run its servicing on ICE's MSP platform, adding another bank-owned lender to one of the most widely used US servicing systems.
November 6, 2026
November 6, 2026
Generative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
More ai, identity and wealthRobinhood, SoFi and Affirm fell far more than PayPal and the card networks on 5 November 2026. Of 14 fintech stocks Fintechbits checked, six fell further than the Nasdaq and only Chime rose.
November 6, 2026
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
More digital assetsMastercard is supplying the tokenization behind Samsung Pay's arrival in Morocco, its latest step toward tokenizing all online transactions by 2030.
November 6, 2026
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
More funding and dealsA Singapore multi-strategy fund built by a former Millennium executive is renting its back office from Arcesium. Its growth since launch explains why.
November 5, 2026
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