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.
Experian has made its mortgage soft-pull profile reusable at no extra charge and put VantageScore 4.0 at the top of the file. It is a pricing move in the score war with FICO.
October 14, 2026
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October 11, 2026
Card networks, real-time payment rails, stablecoin settlement and AI agent checkout, tracked in every region.
More paymentsEl Salvador has sold control of its bitcoin-era app to a Visa and JPMorgan alumni team. Free transfers are the hook, but lending and an unresolved custody role decide whether it works.
October 11, 2026
Digital banks, charters, embedded finance, credit facilities and mortgage technology, from releases and filings.
More banking and lendingGenerative AI in financial services, digital identity and fraud prevention, and the wealthtech stack behind advisers.
More ai, identity and wealthMorningstar has turned its flagship research terminal into an agent platform aimed at fund distribution and due diligence. What clients are paying for is the data behind the agents.
October 10, 2026
Stablecoins, tokenisation, custody and the institutions building on crypto rails, judged on settlement rather than price.
More digital assetsCanada's bank-trust-issued dollar token now has somewhere to go. RemitBee's RPass turns CADD into local-currency payouts abroad, skipping the usual detour through US dollar stablecoins.
October 10, 2026
Fintech funding rounds, acquisitions and facilities, with the terms each announcement leaves out.
More funding and dealsOne bank issues the card and funds the lender behind it. The release gives no rates, limits or HELOC details, so the 6% cash-back headline is the only number a homeowner can check.
October 4, 2026
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