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Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—August 1, 2026
Payward Magic Labs terms landed on July 27, when the Kraken parent agreed to acquire the wallet-as-a-service business of Magic Labs, a non-custodial infrastructure provider that has powered more than 60 million wallets and over $10 billion in stablecoin volume for above 200,000 developers. Terms were not disclosed. The deal is structured as an asset
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—August 1, 2026
Checkout.com UAE ambitions advanced on July 27, when the London company received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE for a Stored Value Facilities licence. The clearance covers card issuing, which the firm wants to run alongside the acquiring business it already operates in the country. What the Checkout.com UAE Approval Would Enable
Industry Trends—Charitarth Sindhu—August 1, 2026
Cross River X Money became official on July 27, when the Fort Lee bank confirmed it supplies the regulated infrastructure behind the payments product X has been promising for over a year. The arrangement makes X the first US social media platform to embed FDIC insured, interest bearing accounts, a Visa debit card and peer
Industry Trends—Charitarth Sindhu—August 1, 2026
Klarna Apple Upgrade went live on July 28, with Klarna named as leasing provider behind a US programme letting customers pay monthly for an iPhone, Mac, iPad or Apple Watch instead of buying outright. Terms run 12 or 24 months for iPhone and Apple Watch, 24 or 36 for Mac and iPad. Customers can trade
Industry Trends—Charitarth Sindhu—August 1, 2026
PayPal transaction margin told a different story than the headline in the second quarter. Revenue reached $8.68 billion, up 5 percent and ahead of the $8.47 billion analysts expected, with adjusted earnings of $1.38 a share against a $1.28 consensus. Total payment volume hit $486.4 billion, a 9 percent rise on a currency-neutral basis. Where
AI in Finance—Charitarth Sindhu—August 1, 2026
Conquest Lydia became a native pairing on July 28, when the Winnipeg planning software company embedded Shaping Wealth's behavioral intelligence agent into its platform. Strategic Advice Manager handles the number crunching, generating recommendations from client data. Lydia handles the part software has historically done poorly, which is helping the advisor deliver that recommendation so a
AI in Finance—Charitarth Sindhu—July 31, 2026
Worthy tax planning software has processed more than $1 billion in taxable client income since launching earlier this year, the San Francisco company said this week. The framing is that independent RIAs and larger advisory firms are using the tool in production rather than merely piloting it. What the Worthy Tax Planning Number Measures Be
AI in Finance—Charitarth Sindhu—July 31, 2026
Curant.ai seed funding closed on July 28 at $3.1 million, led by Diagram with participation from Humania Insurance, Element Ventures, Blue Plains Capital and a group of angels. The St. George company builds AI tools for claims adjudication, beginning with disability, automating data extraction and workflow steps that claims professionals handle by hand today. What
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 31, 2026
Kraken Fixed Rate Rewards launched on July 28, letting accredited US investors lock part of a cash or stablecoin balance into a fixed term at an annual percentage yield reaching 7 percent. Terms run 3, 6, 12 or 18 months, the rate is set the moment you allocate, and rewards compound over the life of
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 31, 2026
Corpay Agent Card arrived on July 28, a capability letting AI agents generate virtual cards and pay on a company's behalf across supplier payments, advertising spend, travel bookings and procurement. It builds on the AI Virtual Assistant the Atlanta company added to Corpay Complete in April, extending the same idea one step. Instead of an
Banking—Charitarth Sindhu—July 31, 2026
Interactive Brokers MCP access opened up on July 28, when the Greenwich broker announced that clients can connect accounts to nearly any AI tool built on the Model Context Protocol. Previously the route ran only through certified marketplaces for ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. Now Claude Code, Cursor, Perplexity and Windsurf can connect too, using a
Banking—Charitarth Sindhu—July 31, 2026
Morgan Stanley staking arrived as a packaged product on July 28, when Morgan Stanley Investment Management began trading two exchange-traded products on NYSE Arca. The Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust and Morgan Stanley Solana Trust, tickers MSSE and MSOL, are the first spot Ether and SOL products from a major US bank-affiliated asset manager to include
