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.

Analysis

Better Consent Solicitation Claims 46% of Voting Power Ahead of October Target

Vishal Garg says more than 46% of Better Home & Finance voting power backs removing five directors. He needs a majority of outstanding voting power, not votes cast, by 2 October.

September 22, 2026

Payments

Priority Technology Take-Private Values the Payments Group at $1.6 Billion

Chairman and chief executive Thomas Priore already owns about 58% of Priority and will pay $8.05 a share for the rest. Searchlight Capital Partners is part of his investor group.

September 22, 2026

Crypto and Blockchain

Circle Flips the Switch on Arc, Its Bet That Institutions Will Run a Public Blockchain

Arc's founding validators include BlackRock, Mastercard, Visa, DTCC and ICE. The guest list matters more than the technology to Circle's pitch that institutions will run a public chain.

September 21, 2026

Analysis

American Kids Are Sitting on $28-30 Billion, and Most Do Not Keep It in a Bank

Hyperlayer estimates American children aged 8 to 15 hold $28 billion to $30 billion across cash, apps and bank accounts, and says most of them have no bank account of their own.

September 21, 2026

Analysis

Datavault AI Launches Three Exchange Platforms and Reports a $100 Million Order

Datavault AI opened exchanges for data, name-image-likeness rights and political data, and announced a $100 million order the same day. The details behind that order deserve scrutiny.

September 21, 2026

Analysis

Navar Capital Launches Two Funds, Claims 34% Annualized Returns, Names No Auditor

Navar Capital's two funds are open only to accredited investors under Rule 506(c). The launch cites 34% annualised returns but names no auditor behind the figure.

September 21, 2026

Fintech SaaS

Bolton Global Capital Picks SS&C Black Diamond to Run Its Portfolio Operations

Bolton Global Capital, a broker-dealer with over $19 billion in assets under management, is moving portfolio management, reporting and advisor workflows onto SS&C Black Diamond.

September 21, 2026

AI in Finance

Focal AI Lets Its Software Fill Out Forms and Update CRMs on Its Own for Canadian Advisors

Focal AI's new agents fill forms, draft emails and update advisor CRMs on their own, a step beyond the meeting notes the Toronto firm built its name on.

September 20, 2026

Analysis

Masttro and Truewind Team Up to Link Wealth Data With Family Office Accounting

The Masttro and Truewind integration turns consolidated wealth data into review-ready journal entries for family office accounting teams.

September 20, 2026

Analysis

&Partners Picks Wealth.com as Firmwide Estate Planning Platform

More than 100 &Partners advisors now use Wealth.com for estate planning, after a rollout that started with a small group in August and went firmwide in September.

September 20, 2026

Payments

Paymentus Study Finds $330 Billion in Service Revenue Exposed to Billing Friction

Paymentus and PYMNTS Intelligence put roughly $330 billion of annual service revenue at risk from billing and payment friction, based on surveys of 2,566 consumers and 240 billing leaders.

September 20, 2026

Payments

DCPayments Adds Interac e-Transfer Business Request Money at Checkout

Canadian merchants using DCPayments can put Interac e-Transfer Business Request Money beside the card buttons at checkout, moving funds bank to bank instead of over card rails.

September 20, 2026