
Friendly fraud chargebacks keep rising as more shoppers dispute purchases they made themselves. We asked merchants what cut their disputes in the past year, and their answers point to clearer records before any fight with the bank.
Charitarth Sindhu·November 4, 2026

We asked industry leaders how banks and fintechs really use AI to fight fraud. Their answer: the models catch known fraud well, but new schemes and fake documents still beat them.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 28, 2026

We asked industry leaders how a finance team should judge a fintech vendor once the demo ends. Their answers point to messy data, unpicked references and the exit clause.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 28, 2026

ScribeUp raised $13 million to put subscription and bill controls inside banking apps. It is a small round in a quarter when mega-rounds took 61% of fintech venture dollars.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 26, 2026

Mercury has added payroll to its business banking app. A footnote stops companies switching from another provider running it until 1 January 2027, the day free pricing ends.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 24, 2026

TD Bank U.S. will route fintech data connections through Akoya's APIs from Q4 2026. The release names no aggregators and sets no end date for credential-based access.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 23, 2026

Intuit has launched Credit Karma Tax with free federal and $15 state filing. It is the same name the Justice Department made Intuit sell to Square in 2020.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 23, 2026

Visa, BILL and Billtrust have AI agents paying approved invoices through supplier portals. The release never says who absorbs card fees when payments move off ACH and checks.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 23, 2026

Cross River is buying loyalty wallet startup Accrue to let brands run their own wallets. The bank disclosed no price, closing date or Accrue user numbers.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 23, 2026

Tradeweb is buying the bond trading platform Trumid for about $1.97 billion. It lands one quarter after ICE agreed to buy MarketAxess, so both big electronic bond venues are now consolidating.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 22, 2026

The CSSF has licensed Carta as a fund administrator. Fintechbits notes the release names no Luxembourg client, fees or local headcount, the details managers will want before switching.
Charitarth Sindhu·October 13, 2026

ICE's new service pulls key terms out of private loan documents and delivers them in a standard format, building on the ICE IDs it introduced in July for private credit.
Charitarth Sindhu·September 23, 2026