September 1, 2026
By Master Joe Phillips, Founder, Master Joe Phillips AI agent payments were not the first version of this problem I met. There was no AI in the room at all. An operations lead was told to raise sales. He raised sales. He did it by discounting, and the margin went with it. He had done exactly
September 1, 2026
Author: Jett Fu, Co-Founder / CEO , Aetheri Hidden FX tax charges never appear as a number in your books. This spring I moved $23,500 between the currency balances of one business bank account, in three routine transfers. The statement showed zero fees. When I checked the executed rates against an independent daily reference for those three
August 31, 2026
By Denise Wollin, Founder and CEO of Q72 Capital Robo-advisory advice gap expectations were reasonable at the outset. Lower fees, lower minimums and automated portfolios removed many barriers that had kept smaller investors away from professional investment services. Investing did get easier. The gap did not close. That distinction matters, because managing a portfolio and
August 31, 2026
Circle Chelsea sponsorship terms went public on Friday, when the stablecoin issuer became Chelsea Football Club principal partner and official front-of-shirt partner from the 2026/27 season. A gold USDC by Circle wordmark appears on the men's, women's and academy shirts, debuting at Chelsea's first Premier League home game of the season this Sunday against Brighton
August 31, 2026
Klarna insider buying arrived on August 26, when chief executive Sebastian Siemiatkowski purchased 692,506 ordinary shares for $9,949,171.94, disclosed two days later on a Form 4. The weighted average price was $14.3669, slightly above the $14.21 close that same day. Against a 52-week high of $57.20, the stock has lost roughly three quarters of its
August 31, 2026
Vishal Garg proxy warfare reached its formal stage on August 28, when the Special Committee of Better Home & Finance sent shareholders a letter urging them to reject the consent solicitation run by the company founder and former chief executive. Garg wants five of the eight sitting directors removed, replaced with his own candidates, and
August 30, 2026
Stripe PayPal bid talks are over. The consortium of Stripe and private equity firm Advent International has abandoned its pursuit of PayPal, according to Bloomberg, ending months of speculation over what would have been one of the largest leveraged buyouts on record. PayPal shares fell as much as 16% in premarket trading Friday, after closing
August 29, 2026
Affirm Q4 earnings blew past Wall Street on the headline metric by a margin that should make anyone suspicious. Earnings per share came in at $4.62 against a consensus of $0.85, a surprise of roughly 443%. Revenue landed at $1.17 billion versus a forecast near $1.11 billion. The stock closed the regular session at $77.49
August 29, 2026
Affirm Australia is back, and the word doing the work in the announcement is return. Affirm and Shopify are launching Shop Pay Installments in the market, extending a partnership that has run in the U.S. since June 2021, reached Canada in April 2025 and the UK in December 2025. Shopify merchants across Affirm Australia territory
August 29, 2026
Experian ChatGPT app launches now number four in a single year. The latest, announced August 27, is a Credit Cards app that lets consumers browse and compare card offers, annual fees, introductory bonuses, rewards rates and APR ranges without leaving the chat window. Anyone who wants to go further leaves the Experian ChatGPT app and
August 29, 2026
Helcim Series C funding closed at $53 million CAD in August, led by BDC Capital's Growth Venture Fund. The Calgary payments company builds for small and mid-sized merchants, and the round lifts its valuation to $250 million CAD from $97 million CAD at the 2024 Series B. Total equity raised since the 2022 Series A
August 29, 2026
BitGo NYDIG acquisition terms became public on August 27, when BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO) completed its purchase of the institutional trading business of NYDIG. The deal covers the derivatives, structured products and financing desk that NYDIG built for hedge funds, asset managers and family offices over the past several years. About 30 NYDIG staff moved
