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Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 29, 2026
BitGo Prime introduced its Global Liquidity Layer this week, packaging the exchange, OTC desk, and market maker relationships it has built over the past year into a single access point for institutional clients trading digital assets. Custody stays put at BitGo Bank and Trust in the US or BitGo Europe under its MiCA license. The
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 28, 2026
Experian Agent Trust just added an edge-network partner to its plan to police AI shopping agents. Experian said edge cloud provider Fastly has joined its Agent Trust ecosystem, a framework meant to let merchants and banks verify that an AI agent shopping on a consumer's behalf is authorized to do so before a transaction goes
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 28, 2026
FTA BNPL survey results are exactly what you would expect from a survey the industry paid for. The Financial Technology Association commissioned HarrisX to poll Americans on Buy Now Pay Later, and the results are glowing. Ninety-one percent of Pay in 4 users and 77% of all US adults say BNPL has a positive impact
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 28, 2026
Alipay+ Hang Seng is Ant International's first bank partnership in Hong Kong. Ant International added Hang Seng Bank as its newest Alipay+ partner, the first Hong Kong bank to join the wallet-interoperability network. Hang Seng customers can now scan to pay through the Hang Seng Mobile App at over 100 million merchants across more than
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 28, 2026
InvoiceCloud BlitzenX is a channel deal aimed at one of insurance technology's slowest corners. InvoiceCloud, the digital billing and payments platform, has partnered with BlitzenX, a systems integrator that works exclusively inside the Guidewire ecosystem, to sell a combined offering to property and casualty insurers modernizing their billing, payments, and claims disbursement operations. Terms were
Banking—Charitarth Sindhu—July 27, 2026
Mbanq funding note just found its first institutional backer. Mbanq, the US-based banking infrastructure and embedded finance vendor, said a leading Swiss private bank has made the inaugural investment into a new institutional funding program built to bankroll its lending and Earned Wage Access business. The notes are listed on the Open Market of the
Corporate Acquisitions—Charitarth Sindhu—July 27, 2026
Dilosk Pepper Advantage is the kind of deal that reshapes a market without making noise. Dilosk DAC, the Irish mortgage lender known by its ICS Mortgages brand, has agreed to be acquired by Pepper Advantage, the international credit management platform wholly owned by private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. Terms were not disclosed. Once
Breaking News—Charitarth Sindhu—July 26, 2026
Alipay+ Argentina is the latest node in a network built by attaching to other people's rails. Ant International's Alipay+ platform will connect to Transferencias 3.0, the interoperable QR payment infrastructure built by Argentina's central bank, through a partnership with the Latin American payments company PVS. Once live, travellers using any of the more than 50
Industry Trends—Charitarth Sindhu—July 26, 2026
Breakwater Aaru is a bet that you can model the market before it reacts. Breakwater Capital Markets, the capital markets advisory unit of Breakwater Strategy, and Aaru, a decision-intelligence startup, launched a quarterly publication called Conviction Advantage: Capital Markets Quarterly. The product uses Aaru's investor-simulation technology to model how different types of institutional investors would
Banking—Charitarth Sindhu—July 26, 2026
BitGo Marshall Islands is a small deal with a large precedent behind it. BitGo Bank & Trust, the OCC-regulated trust bank inside BitGo Holdings, is now offering qualified custody and off-exchange settlement for USDM1, a secured bond issued directly onchain by the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The bond is backed one for one by
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 25, 2026
Klarna beauty payments are now live on Fragrance.com through an Adyen-powered integration. Klarna beauty payments give shoppers four interest-free instalments, longer financing for larger orders and cashback on qualifying purchases. Fragrance.com sells more than 40,000 products across fragrance, skincare, makeup, haircare and candles. Therefore, the deal gives Klarna another established US merchant in a category
Fintech—Charitarth Sindhu—July 25, 2026
Klarna BNPL regulation took effect across the UK on July 15, bringing deferred payment credit under Financial Conduct Authority oversight. Klarna marked the change with a commissioned survey saying most consumers expect the rules to maintain or improve trust. OnePoll surveyed 2,000 UK adults in early May. According to Klarna, 87% said regulation would increase
