September 17, 2026
Klarna StockX checkout went live in the U.S. and Canada on September 8, 2026. The launch extends a partnership already running in ten European markets and Australia into two of StockX's largest markets. The integration runs through Adyen. North American shoppers now get Klarna's interest-free Pay in 4 plan and longer-term financing for sneakers, apparel,
September 17, 2026
Stripe Link Muse checkout went live on September 8, 2026. Stripe announced that Meta has integrated Link's wallet for agents into Muse, Meta's new personal AI agent. As a result, US consumers can connect Link and let Muse buy from businesses across the internet. It is Stripe's clearest bet yet that agents, not humans, will
September 17, 2026
Block Builders Bank is the name behind a new federal filing. On September 8, 2026, Block applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to charter Builders Bank & Trust, N.A. The proposed national trust bank would hold bitcoin and stablecoins in custody under direct federal supervision. It would not take deposits
September 16, 2026
Chime Stride Bank news broke on September 8, 2026, when Chime Financial agreed to buy Stride Bank, N.A. for $590 million in cash. Stride, an Oklahoma national bank, has been Chime's bank partner for more than seven years. The deal runs through Stride's parent, Central Service Corporation. As a result, Chime's most important vendor relationship
September 16, 2026
Navan Q2 earnings landed after market close on September 9, 2026. Revenue rose 35% year over year to $233 million for the quarter ended July 31. Meanwhile, non-GAAP income from operations more than doubled to $17 million, and gross booking volume grew 45% to roughly $3.0 billion. The corporate travel and expense platform, which listed
September 16, 2026
Circle Discovery API access went public on September 9, 2026. It was one of two infrastructure updates Circle shipped on its developer blog that day. One is speculative, and the other is immediately practical. The first opens a public, keyless endpoint that lets AI agents find and pay for x402 services across multiple blockchains. The
September 16, 2026
Bitpanda BW-Bank crypto trading is now open to all self-directed retail customers of the LBBW Group unit. Since 9 September they can buy and sell ten crypto assets through their existing securities account. Access runs via BW Nextbroker. Bitpanda Enterprise supplies the trading and custody infrastructure behind it. Inside the Bitpanda BW-Bank crypto rollout The
September 16, 2026
The Checkout.com MALPB charter is now live and processing volume. Granted by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, it gives the company direct access to Visa and Mastercard for its US enterprise merchants. That removes the third-party acquiring bank most processors route through. Inside the Checkout.com MALPB charter launch The Checkout.com MALPB charter timeline
September 15, 2026
Ant Group Ling-3.0-flash-Fin is a Mixture-of-Experts model aimed at four financial jobs. Those are information retrieval, research reasoning, valuation modelling and report generation. It carries 124 billion total parameters, activates 5.1 billion per token, and runs a 256K context window. Inside the Ant Group Ling release The Ant Group Ling licensing is more generous than
September 15, 2026
Valley Foundry is Valley National Bank's new technology and innovation capability. It evaluates and adopts emerging technology through partnerships with startups, fintechs, venture capital firms and technology providers. Michael Rappaport leads it. The initial focus covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data and analytics, plus process improvement and operational efficiency. Inside the Valley Foundry launch None of
September 15, 2026
FinXP Thredd is a two-way deal. The Malta-licensed electronic money institution and Mastercard principal member is moving its debit card programmes onto Thredd's issuer-processing platform. In return, FinXP will act as a European BIN sponsor for Thredd's global client base. Inside the FinXP Thredd deal The FinXP Thredd stack supplies tokenisation, provisioning, risk and fraud
September 15, 2026
DNA Payments iwoca integration lets UK merchants apply for a Flexi Loan of between £1,000 and £1 million without leaving the Merchant Portal or app. The application is fully digital, and approvals typically come back within minutes. Inside the DNA Payments iwoca deal The DNA Payments iwoca mechanics are familiar. DNA's payment processing already gives
