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.

Fintech

The DTCC iCapital Tie-Up Wires Private Markets Into Post-Trade Plumbing

DTCC took an undisclosed stake in iCapital, giving the market utility a foothold in the fastest-moving corner of wealth distribution.

September 30, 2026

Banking

Citi Token Services Reaches Seven Markets With Japan and UAE

Japan adds dollars and the UAE adds dollars and euros, yet the service still moves money only between accounts inside Citi's own network.

September 30, 2026

Stablecoins

The Citi Coinbase Deal Puts a Bank Behind Stablecoin Checkout

Citi becomes bank of record for Coinbase virtual accounts and for stablecoin acceptance at checkout, though the release offers no client names, volumes or fees.

September 29, 2026

Market Insights

The Latency Tax: Why Western Fintech Rails Are Bleeding Your Emerging Market Margins

Agent networks, liquidity management and fragmented rails add costs that rarely appear in the business case. Pratik Singh Raguwanshi of LiveHelpIndia sets out where Western fintech playbooks break down in emerging markets.

September 29, 2026

Market Insights

The Exit Illusion: Why Selling Often Costs More Control Than Another Down Round

A down round usually leaves the founder running the company, while a sale often hands over far more control than expected. Kuldeep Kundal of CIS explains what acquirers actually want.

September 29, 2026

Digital Banking

MVB Bank DingoBlu Partnership Preps a Neobank Launch

MVB will hold the deposits and run the Visa debit program behind DingoBlu's planned app. Nothing is live yet, and rates, fees and a launch date are still to come.

September 29, 2026

Fraud and Identity

Socure Arc Identity Verification Joins the Circle Blockchain

Socure has put its identity and fraud checks at the Arc Onramp, where users convert fiat into USDC inside apps on Circle's network. It already serves four of the five largest US crypto exchanges.

September 29, 2026

AI in Finance

Agentic AI Insurance Quoting Goes Live for Thimble

Thimble's and Bold Penguin's systems now quote small business insurance by talking to each other directly, with no human relaying the request. Arch Capital-owned Thimble is the first carrier on the agent-to-agent setup.

September 28, 2026

Fintech

Tekion Spend Embedded Banking Hits Car Dealerships in Q4

More than 2,000 dealerships on Tekion's software can open an FDIC-insured account without leaving it. Core Bank holds the deposits and Increase supplies the account infrastructure.

September 28, 2026

Fintech

Chase Data Security Center Puts Data Sharing in View

Chase customers can see which outside apps are connected to their accounts, and cut them off, from inside the Chase Mobile app. The rollout is phased, and Chase has not said who gets it first.

September 28, 2026

Fraud and Identity

Stakk ParaScript Acquisition Closes at $63 Million as Document Fraud Moves Up the Agenda

Stakk has closed its US$63 million ParaScript deal, creating a group with more than 300 enterprise customers, many of them banks and government agencies, and over 110 billion digital interactions a year.

September 28, 2026

Payments

LoanPro Payments Puts Processing, Card Disbursement and AI Agents Inside the Lending Core

LoanPro is pulling payment processing, instant card disbursement and AI-assisted servicing into its lending core, anchored by a new in-house processor called DirectPay and a virtual Mastercard named Beyond Credit.

September 28, 2026