Author

Charitarth Sindhu

Chief Operating Officer, Fintechbits

Charitarth Sindhu holds an MBA from Amity University and a professional certificate in applied corporate finance from the University of Cambridge, which shape how he reads company financials, funding and unit economics. He is Chief Operating Officer at FintechBits, where he oversees editorial operations and writes on fintech, payments and financial technology, with more than 600 articles published this year. Earlier, he spent four years in enterprise partnerships at Gramener, working on government and public sector accounts with Microsoft. He is based in Tokyo.

Lending

Vision Bank Launches Shariah-Compliant Trade Finance Line for SMEs Across GCC and Asia

Vision Bank, an Islamic bank licensed in Abu Dhabi Global Market, is lending short-term trade finance to small exporters across the GCC and Asia through partners instead of branches.

September 10, 2026

Lending

POSaBIT Refinances Cannabis Payments Loan, Buys Two More Years Before Maturity

POSaBIT has pushed its $4.75 million loan maturity to March 2030 and cut the rate from 12% to 10%, falling to 9% in 2027, while repaying $2 million over 18 months.

September 9, 2026

Fintech

Accrual Buys Puzzle Accounting-Firm Business to Push Into Client Accounting Services

Accrual, which launched in February with $75 million led by General Catalyst, is buying Puzzle's accounting-firm business to move into client accounting services. Terms were not disclosed.

September 9, 2026

AI in Finance

Travelers Trust Their Phones to Pay Abroad, Not Yet to Decide for Them

An Alipay+ and S&P Global survey of 6,000 travellers found 81.3% already use AI to plan trips, but far fewer will let it make payment decisions for them.

September 9, 2026

Fintech

White Clay Brings Profitability-Based Pay Incentives to Small Banks and Credit Unions

White Clay is bringing its profitability-based incentive software to community banks and credit unions, automating staff pay plans around five profitability measures.

September 9, 2026

Fintech

MyVest Adds Bond Order Automation and Compliance Rules to Its Wealth Platform

MyVest, a TIAA subsidiary, has added bond order generation, native fixed income compliance rules and analytics to its Strategic Portfolio System for wealth managers.

September 9, 2026

Lending

Lumin Digital Rolls Out an M&A Playbook for Bank and Credit Union Mergers

Lumin Digital has packaged its merger technology work into a five-phase framework, pitching it to banks and credit unions working through a combination.

September 8, 2026

Lending

Members 1st Federal Credit Union Takes a Stake in Balance-Sheet Software Maker Delfi

Members 1st, a Pennsylvania credit union with $8 billion in assets, has become the third credit union to invest in Delfi's balance-sheet management CUSO. The amount was not disclosed.

September 8, 2026

Crypto and Blockchain

Citi Becomes First U.S. Bank to Run Live Transactions on the New Swift Ledger

Citi moved client dollars on Swift's blockchain ledger alongside First Abu Dhabi Bank and OCBC, the first live ledger transactions for a US bank and for the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

September 8, 2026

Digital Banking

Bunq's Rejected Bank Charter Is a Warning Shot for Every Fintech Founder

The OCC turned down bunq on capital planning, credit risk modelling and management experience, the second high-profile fintech charter denial of 2026 after Wise.

September 8, 2026

Fintech

OpenPayd Picks Up 43 State Money Transmitter Licenses Ahead of Its Nasdaq Debut

By absorbing MSB USA, OpenPayd gains 43 US state money transmitter licences without filing a single application, just ahead of its planned Nasdaq listing.

September 8, 2026

Fintech

What Global Fintech Keeps Getting Wrong About Emerging Markets

Nuwan Liyanage of DFCC Bank argues the winning fintechs in emerging markets sell cash access and liquidity, not slicker apps, whatever the headline mobile money numbers suggest.

September 7, 2026