March 1, 2026
Author: Callum Gracie, Founder, Gia AI Vertical SaaS embedded fintech is quietly rewriting how small businesses access financial services. Vertical SaaS embedded fintech works because these platforms already own the daily workflows of millions of SMEs, and financial products slot in without friction. I run an SEO agency with 42 clients across trades, construction, and service
February 28, 2026
Author: Alena Sarri, Managing Director, Aquatots Swim School Family services payments have long been one of the messiest parts of running a kids' activity business. Whether you operate a swim school, a dance studio, or a children's tutoring centre, collecting family services payments on time and in full remains the single biggest drain on admin hours
February 27, 2026
Author: Hasan Can Soygök, Founder, Remotify.co Fintech looks different in 2026. The buzzwords have changed. The power dynamics have shifted. And three forces are rewriting the rules of financial services faster than most businesses can keep up. Here is what you need to know right now. AI Agents Are Learning to Spend Your Money Forget chatbots.
February 27, 2026
Author: Charitarth Sindhu, Fractional Business & AI Workflow Consultant We asked eight industry leaders what Western payment companies should steal from the world's two most successful real-time payment systems. Their answers point to a fundamental rethink of how money moves. India's UPI now processes over 21 billion transactions every month. Brazil's Pix hit 178 million users
February 27, 2026
Author: Darren Tredgold, General Manager, Independent Steel Company Global B2B payments hit $89 trillion in 2024. Yet most of that money moves through systems designed decades ago. More than half of all B2B invoices worldwide arrive late. Around 40% of American business payments still travel by paper check. And the trade finance gap sits at $2.5
February 26, 2026
Author: Alena Sarri, Managing Director, Aquatots Swim School Small businesses make up 90% of the global economy. Yet nearly half of them still don't have a digital strategy. That gap between the businesses going digital and the ones stuck on paper represents one of the biggest opportunities in fintech right now. The global digital transformation market
February 26, 2026
By Jesse Fowler, Founder of J&J Renovations and J&J Plumbing Services If you're a plumber, sparkie, or builder, you probably see insurance as a grudge purchase. You pay thousands a year, deal with paperwork you don't understand, and hope you never need to use it. When you do need it, the claims process feels like it was designed to
February 25, 2026
By Jesse Fowler, Founder of J&J Renovations and J&J Plumbing Services The finance industry doesn't just use AI anymore. It runs on it. From fraud detection to trading floors, artificial intelligence has become the backbone of modern financial services. The numbers tell a story that's impossible to ignore. The spending spree is massive Financial services firms spent roughly $45
February 25, 2026
Author: Charitarth Sindhu, Fractional Business & AI Workflow Consultant The most transformative financial technology of the next two years will not come from Silicon Valley. It is already live across Kenya, Brazil, India, and the Gulf states. We asked seven industry leaders a simple question: What is one emerging market fintech trend that will impact Western
February 25, 2026
Author: Hasan Can Soygök, Founder, Remotify.co Blockchain spent years trying to prove itself. Now, the biggest names in finance are doing it for them. The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) has quietly become blockchain's most compelling use case. We're not talking about meme coins or speculative hype. This is BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs putting bonds, treasuries,
February 24, 2026
Author: Hasan Can Soygök, Founder, Remotify.co Neobanks have spent the last decade chasing user numbers. Millions of signups. Tens of millions of downloads. However, there is a growing gap between those headline figures and the revenue they generate. While digital banks now capture nearly 40% of new banking relationships worldwide, they account for just 5% of retail
February 22, 2026
Author: Hasan Can Soygök, Founder, Remotify.co Something shifted in cross-border payments between August 2025 and February 2026. Not a gradual shift either. Three forces collided at once: stablecoins got regulated, real-time payment networks started linking across borders, and legacy infrastructure finally retired. If you move money internationally for a living, here is what happened and why
