August 21, 2026
False declines are the target of a new partnership between Riskified, the ecommerce fraud and risk intelligence company, and Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform. The two announced on 5 August that card issuers on the Marqeta platform will gain access to Riskified pre-authorization risk intelligence. Nothing flashy attaches to this one. No funding round,
August 21, 2026
Lithic Lightspark card settlement now runs on USDC rather than traditional fiat rails, and the mechanics matter more than the scale of the announcement. Lithic, the card issuing and processing platform, and Lightspark, the payments infrastructure company led by former PayPal president David Marcus, announced a partnership to power Lightspark's card program on the Visa
August 21, 2026
Yellow Card stablecoin infrastructure has drawn a cheque from a systemically significant bank, and that detail carries more weight than the headline figure. The company closed a $40 million strategic equity round from SC Ventures, the venture and fintech investment arm of Standard Chartered, alongside Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital and other strategic
August 20, 2026
SoFi private markets access expanded on August 5 with three new funds built with CAZ Investments and AngelList Asset Management. The release says investments may include companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Anduril. Sectors span AI, fintech, healthcare and defence. Meanwhile, SoFi Securities distributes them alongside educational material for its 13.7 million members. Demand behind
August 20, 2026
Corpay epyx sale news arrived on Wednesday, August 5, from Atlanta, alongside second-quarter results. In the quarter, revenue reached $1.34 billion, up 21 percent and roughly $45 million above expectations. Cash earnings per share hit $7.00, a company record and a 36 percent increase. Alongside those results, Corpay signed a definitive agreement to sell UK-based
August 20, 2026
Cash App Borrow drove the standout number in Block's second quarter, reported on August 5. In total, consumer lending originations reached $18.9 billion, up 59 percent year over year. Financial Solutions gross profit climbed roughly 43 percent to $1.29 billion. The wider result beat expectations. Revenue of $6.62 billion rose 9 percent against $6.49 billion
August 20, 2026
Circle Q2 earnings arrived on Wednesday, August 5, from New York. Total revenue and reserve income reached $701 million, up 7 percent year over year. That fell short of the roughly $712 million analysts had modelled. Net income from continuing operations landed at $48 million. That $530 million year-over-year swing is almost entirely an artefact.
August 20, 2026
Chime Q2 earnings landed on Wednesday, August 5, with revenue of $670 million, up 27 percent year over year and ahead of the $640.4 million analysts expected. Meanwhile, net income reached $28 million. That marks a second consecutive quarter of GAAP profitability since the June 2025 listing on Nasdaq. Buried in the same Chime Q2
August 19, 2026
Payward Project Glasswing membership was announced on Monday, August 17, from Wyoming. The parent company of Kraken joined the Anthropic programme and gained restricted access to Claude Mythos 5. That model targets finding and fixing software vulnerabilities. Deployment is prospective rather than live. In the coming weeks, Payward plans to integrate the model across its
August 19, 2026
FINNY pricing model changes took effect on Monday, August 17, announced from New York. In effect, the AI prospecting platform replaced its flat annual subscription with Pay-as-You-Grow. Advisors get unlimited platform access for $50 a month. On top sits a share of assets the platform helps bring in, charged only while those clients stay. Rates
August 19, 2026
XP take rate compression continued in the second quarter, reported on Monday, August 17, from São Paulo. In total, client assets held at R$1.535 trillion, up 12 percent year on year and flat sequentially. Annualised retail take rate came in at 1.20 percent, down five basis points from a year earlier, though up two points
August 19, 2026
Deluxe Merchant Services will now be led by Kevin Jones, the founder whose company Deluxe bought weeks earlier. Specifically, on August 17, Deluxe named Jones president of the division after closing its Celero Commerce acquisition at the end of July. Therefore, this is more than a routine executive appointment. Jones will run the combined merchant
