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Card issuers on Marqeta can now use Riskified's pre-authorisation risk intelligence to cut false declines, a quiet partnership aimed at an expensive problem.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 21, 2026
Lightspark's Visa card program, issued through Lead Bank on Lithic's platform, settles in USDC instead of fiat. The mechanics matter more than the scale.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 21, 2026
SC Ventures, Standard Chartered's investment arm, joined Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain and Blockchain Capital in Yellow Card's $40 million round for African stablecoin infrastructure.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 21, 2026
SoFi's three new funds with CAZ Investments and AngelList may hold companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Anduril, and are sold to its 13.7 million members through SoFi Securities.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 20, 2026
Corpay posted record cash EPS of $7.00 on revenue up 21% to $1.34 billion, and on the same day agreed to sell its UK fleet business epyx and two sister companies.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 20, 2026
Block's consumer lending originations rose 59% to $18.9 billion in the second quarter, and Financial Solutions gross profit climbed about 43%. Lending, not bitcoin, is now the growth engine.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 20, 2026
Circle's revenue and reserve income rose 7% to $701 million, short of forecasts. A $530 million swing in net income mostly reflects lower stock-based compensation.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 20, 2026
Chime's revenue rose 27% to $670 million for a second straight profitable quarter, and chief financial officer Matthew Newcomb stepped down two days later.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 20, 2026
Payward, Kraken's parent, has joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing and will use a restricted Claude model to find and fix vulnerabilities in its own code. Deployment has not started yet.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 19, 2026
FINNY has swapped its flat subscription for $50 a month plus a share of assets it helps advisers win, charged only while those clients stay.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 19, 2026
XP's client assets held at R$1.535 trillion, up 12%, while its annualised retail take rate slipped to 1.20%. Money keeps arriving at lower margins.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 19, 2026
Deluxe has put Kevin Jones, whose Celero Commerce it just acquired, in charge of its whole merchant services division.
Charitarth SindhuAugust 19, 2026
