Stripe isn't just processing payments anymore—it's building an empire. A potential PayPal acquisition could be the move that lets it own the entire payments stack.
Santiago Suarez lost his family's home to predatory lending in Colombia's 1999 financial crisis. Thirty years later, he's building a fintech that refuses to repeat those mistakes—and it's working.
Forget choice. AI has quietly taken over the interface between you and what you want to buy—and the implications are way bigger than better product recommendations.
Agentic AI is stealing the show at FinovateSpring 2026. But here's the uncomfortable truth: most banks talking about it haven't figured out what to actually build.
Australia's financial watchdog just dropped a bombshell report on the ASX's technology backbone—and it's not pretty. The findings expose systemic failures in how the country's primary securities exchange manages its digital infrastructure.
Canadian FinTech funding exploded 52% year-over-year in Q4 2025, but the real story isn't the headline number—it's that investors are suddenly willing to write bigger checks. What changed?
Postquant Labs just launched a quantum-powered blockchain testnet. The catch? You can't actually use it to mine Bitcoin, and quantum computers still can't replace your GPU.
Riot Platforms just offloaded nearly 3,800 Bitcoin. And they're not alone. Here's why the crypto mining sector is imploding—and whether it actually matters.
South Korea's Bithumb just pushed its public debut past 2028—and it's not alone. A $43 billion transfer error forced the reckoning crypto exchanges should have had years ago.
Thirteen million transactions in a single week. Then silence. The x402 protocol's explosive rise and mysterious collapse tells us something crucial about the next era of AI—and where the real money flows.
Crypto custody just stopped being about vaults and started being about speed. As $200B in institutional assets demand instant movement across fragmented platforms, the firms that crack connectivity will own the market.
The Ethereum Foundation just staked $93 million in ether to hit its 70,000 ETH target. But here's what everyone's missing: this barely dents its $100 million annual burn rate.