September 14, 2026
The Tetra CADD stablecoin has its first white-label partner. Berkeley Payment Solutions will build CADD into its B2B payment infrastructure. That gives more than 500 corporate, government and institutional clients access to a token pegged to the Canadian dollar. The rollout targets large domestic transfers, cross-border payments between Canada and the US, corporate disbursements and
September 13, 2026
The Plume FACTOR Vault launched on 9 September with $15 million in committed capital. Demand exceeded the initial allocation before launch, so the vault opened oversubscribed and remains capped. Inside the Plume FACTOR Vault Deep Ocean Partners originates the underlying positions. Tradable handles tokenization, and Plume wraps the result in its vault infrastructure. The portfolio
September 13, 2026
Feathery Robin launched on 9 September from the San Francisco company that sells an AI operations platform to insurers, wealth managers and banks. The Feathery Robin pitch is simple. Firms describe a process in plain English, and Robin assembles it, rather than filing a ticket with IT or joining a vendor development queue. Inside the
September 13, 2026
The Xinbi crypto freeze began at 8am UTC on September 8. Blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic confirmed the next day that its data powered a U.S. Secret Service action locking $52.8 million in cryptoassets connected to Xinbi Guarantee. Elliptic estimates Xinbi has processed at least $24 billion since 2022, with another $6 billion moving through a
September 13, 2026
Marqeta BVNK stablecoin cards are the product of a partnership announced Wednesday. It lets Marqeta card-issuing customers embed stablecoin-backed cards into their programmes. Marqeta processed nearly $400 billion in payments volume during 2025. Meanwhile BVNK runs more than $39 billion in annualised stablecoin volume. Inside the Marqeta BVNK stablecoin deal The Marqeta BVNK stablecoin integration
September 12, 2026
The Carputty Series B is now closed, with The Presidio Group acting as exclusive financial advisor. The Atlanta company builds embedded lending infrastructure for the auto industry. Now the round takes its total capital raised past $40 million. Carputty did not disclose how much it raised. Inside the Carputty Series B A new investor joined
September 12, 2026
Savvy Wealth has closed a $100 million Series C led by Halo Fund, the growth vehicle co-founded by Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith and longtime Accel partner Ryan Sweeney. The round values the company at $600 million and pushes total funding past $200 million. Inside the Savvy Wealth Series C Note who else is on the
September 12, 2026
Visa IFC risk-sharing arrangements now cover credit settlement exposure for banks that could not otherwise clear the bar. Here the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group's private-sector arm, absorbs part of the settlement risk on Visa transactions for enrolled institutions. So below-investment-grade lenders can extend digital payments to underbanked consumers and small businesses without
September 12, 2026
USBDC stablecoin transactions went live this week between U.S. Bancorp entities in North America and Europe. The dollar-backed token was issued on the public Stellar blockchain rather than a private, permissioned ledger. U.S. Bank calls it one of the first bank-issued stablecoins deployed on a public chain. Inside the USBDC stablecoin pilot The USBDC stablecoin
September 10, 2026
Coinbase Canada futures went live on Tuesday through Coinbase Financial Markets, the derivatives arm of the exchange. The company calls itself the first major crypto-native platform to offer direct, native crypto futures in the Canadian market. That claim holds up, though not for the reason the headline suggests. Inside the Coinbase Canada futures launch The
September 10, 2026
bunq Working Abroad Index figures put Bristol above Paris on monthly living costs. The 2026 edition covers rent, groceries, utilities, broadband and transport across 75 cities. Bristol lands at £1,908 a month and Brighton at £1,890. Both now cost more than Stockholm, Paris, Berlin or Frankfurt. Inside the bunq Working Abroad Index In the European
September 10, 2026
Mambu Intelligent Core is a rebuilt architecture that merges Mambu Core, Mambu Payments and a new native AI layer called Mambu Agentic. The pitch is that banks and lenders running on Mambu no longer bolt AI onto the core after the fact. Instead it ships inside the ledger itself. Inside Mambu Intelligent Core Three new
