Credit Karma Tax Is Back Under Intuit, Six Years After the DOJ Made It Sell
Intuit has launched Credit Karma Tax with free federal and $15 state filing. It is the same name the Justice Department made Intuit sell to Square in 2020.
October 23, 2026
$1.97bnTradeweb Trumid Deal Puts $1.97 Billion on Electronic Credit Trading$25,000IBKR Autonomous Trading lets AI place orders on its own, within a $25,000 ceiling$2tnBILL payment volume tops $2 trillion as the company adds AI that checks invoices before payment$500bnFocus Financial Nevis Deal Puts an AI Platform Across a $500 Billion Wealth Network$12mCarbonAI Funding Brings $12 Million to AI Agents for Commercial Real Estate Lenders55%Q2 Account Takeover Report: Phishing Drives 55% of Signals at US Banks79%Fingerprint Survey Finds 79% of Financial Firms Hit by AI-Spoofed Bots$3,775Square Kiosk Brings Voice Ordering to Restaurants, at $3,775 a Year Minimum
Global fintech news and analysis
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.
Airwallex OpenTable partnership gives restaurants a second option for deposits and prepaid bookings
October 22, 2026
Walmart Business Pay By Invoice goes wide with TreviPay net 30 terms
October 22, 2026
Ninth Wave Agentic Control Layer gives banks a gate for AI agents, but starts read-only
October 22, 2026
Payments news
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
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LemFi moves beyond remittances with UK savings, credit and eSIMs
The remittance app for migrants now offers UK savings, a revolving credit line and eSIMs. Its earlier credit product had published limits of £300 to £1,000; the new line has none.
October 22, 2026
Banking and lending news
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
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SoFi Prudential deal puts term life cover inside an app with 15.8 million members
More than 15 million SoFi members can now buy Prudential term life in the app. The release gives no premiums, no coverage ceiling and no word on what SoFi earns per policy.
October 22, 2026
AI, identity and wealth news
Generative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
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IBKR Autonomous Trading lets AI place orders on its own, within a $25,000 ceiling
Interactive Brokers will let connected AI submit orders without a human approving each one. The limits that matter, a $25,000 ceiling and a 10% equity cap, sit in a separate IBKR explainer.
October 22, 2026
Digital assets news
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
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X9.150 QR code payment standard gets its first live US demo across FedNow, RTP and USDC
A US QR code standard for paying invoices over FedNow, RTP or USDC had its first public demo. One credit union has tested it, and no bank has committed to a production launch.
October 20, 2026
Funding and deals
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
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Ramp Valuation Reaches $60 Billion With a $1.85 Billion Raise
Investors priced Ramp at roughly 40 times its June revenue run rate. The round sells about 3% of the company and looks like a war chest for acquisitions and the UK push.
October 11, 2026
