
The People's Bank of China has cleared Visa to start building a domestic clearing unit. Fintechbits compared the timelines: Mastercard needed nearly four years to get from the same stage to a licence.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 14, 2026

Experian has made its mortgage soft-pull profile reusable at no extra charge and put VantageScore 4.0 at the top of the file. It is a pricing move in the score war with FICO.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 14, 2026

FIS has launched an agentic AI suite for corporate finance teams. Its strongest selling point is the FIS treasury data it already holds, which also limits who will buy it.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 14, 2026

KeyStone credit unions can now stop fraud in the core from a Unit21 case. Fintechbits notes the 300-client figure is Corelation's reach, since no live credit union is named.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 13, 2026

Pagaya's 100th securitization drew 35 investors. By Fintechbits' tracking it is smaller than August's $900 million deal and follows a separate facility of nearly $700 million set up in September.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 13, 2026

Payward now holds a full VARA licence in Dubai. Fintechbits notes the release gives no launch date and names no Gulf partner for the wholesale trading service it plans.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 13, 2026

The CSSF has licensed Carta as a fund administrator. Fintechbits notes the release names no Luxembourg client, fees or local headcount, the details managers will want before switching.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 13, 2026

Quantum computers cannot break bank encryption yet, but migrating takes years. Industry leaders explain how banks and fintechs can find their cryptography, build for change and meet the 2035 deadlines.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 12, 2026

Instant payments leave seconds to stop a transfer, and the fastest-growing scams break no rules at all. Industry leaders explain what rules-based fraud systems miss and what is working instead.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 12, 2026

Investors priced Ramp at roughly 40 times its June revenue run rate. The round sells about 3% of the company and looks like a war chest for acquisitions and the UK push.
Marvin Evans·October 11, 2026

An implant in a reseller-sold device bypassed the secure chip by reading the seed on its way to the screen. Ledger's advice protects new buyers but says nothing yet about compensation.
Marvin Evans·October 11, 2026

Jefferies is selling FXCM in pieces, with Trade Nation taking the UK clients and AvaTrade most of the rest. No price, no timetable, and a lot riding on client retention.
Marvin Evans·October 11, 2026