
Visa's upgraded A2A Protect gives banks a real-time fraud score on account-to-account transfers before money leaves, its first in-market product built on Featurespace technology.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 3, 2026

Principal now owns Beam Technologies, which sells dental, vision, life and disability cover to more than 25,000 small businesses across 46 states. The deal closed about eight weeks after signing.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 3, 2026

BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard now sit alongside five other strategists in Orion's program, which pairs third-party model portfolios with custom indexing.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 3, 2026

Alpaca and IDX have agreed to explore cross-border trading access, which commits both sides to less than the headlines suggested.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 3, 2026

Global fintech funding rose 22.7% to $28.6 billion in the first half of 2026, but only 1,605 rounds closed, down 25.7%. Investors are writing fewer, larger cheques.
Marvin Evans·September 3, 2026

KAST Business puts fiat accounts, stablecoin deposits, cards and payouts in more than 20 currencies on one platform, aiming to move stablecoins into corporate treasury.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 2, 2026

Visa's new unified fraud score uses transfer learning so banks get usable risk signals on bank-to-bank transfers without waiting months to train on their own data.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 2, 2026

Block will sell the Cash App Score, built from spending, saving, repayment and paycheck data, to outside lenders through Nova Credit's cash flow platform.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 2, 2026

A New York federal judge let Vishal Garg keep soliciting consents, while Delaware's Chancery Court left Better's poison pill and special committee in place. Both sides keep fighting.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 2, 2026

Developers building on Alpaca's API can now offer Kalshi's CFTC-regulated event contracts alongside stocks, options and crypto without a separate account or vendor.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 2, 2026

Master Joe Phillips argues that AI agents spending money will do exactly what they are told, which is the problem. The fix is writing down what you actually want.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 1, 2026

Jett Fu of Aetheri found a bank kept $193 of $23,500 in currency transfers that showed zero fees, a spread of 81 to 84 basis points hidden in the rate.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 1, 2026