Fintech
The FDIC Just Explained Stablecoins to Banks, and the Answer Is: Fine, but Bring Capital
The FDIC’s April stablecoin proposal shows where fintech is headed: tokenized money can go mainstream, but only under bank-style rules.
Fintech
Hong Kong Just Licensed Its First Stablecoins, and Naturally the Winners Look Like Banks in Crypto Cosplay
HKMA just gave Hong Kong its first stablecoin licenses, and the winners look a lot like banks turning crypto rails into ordinary finance again.
Fintech
Swiss Banks Finally Want a Franc Stablecoin, Which Is What Happens When the Payment Rails Start Looking Embarrassing
Swiss banks launched a CHF stablecoin sandbox on April 8, 2026, revealing how quickly tokenized money is moving from crypto sideshow to bank infrastructure.
Deals
Capital One Acquires Brex: Founder Mode, Meet McLean, Virginia
Capital One is buying Brex for $5.15B, merging AI-native fintech ambition with big-bank scale—and proving fintech’s future lives inside banks.
Launch
Visa Launches USDC Settlement in the U.S., Five Years After Everyone Else
Visa is settling in USDC over blockchains, offering seven-day settlement. It’s a real milestone—just one crypto solved years ago.
Deals
WTW Acquires Newfront: A $1.3B Shortcut to Pretending It’s a Tech Company
Inside WTW’s $1.3B Newfront acquisition and its big bet on agentic AI, tech shortcuts, and insurance’s latest attempt at innovation.
Launch
Trillium Turns Compute Into Collateral, Bringing Wall Street Energy to AI Infrastructure
Trillium Technologies just turned cloud computing into collateral with a $300M securitized “Compute Credit” offering. Welcome to the financialization of AI — where GPUs meet hedge funds.
Launch
Citi AI Expands to 80 Markets: Because Nothing Says “Innovation” Like Automating Your Expense Report
Citi AI expands to 80 global markets, promising automation, insights, and a “responsible AI-first culture.” We explain why it’s more hype than revolution.
Deals
Chime IPO: The Neobank That Prints Money Without Being a Bank
Chime filed to go public with an S-1 that’s equal parts alphabet soup and fintech fever dream.
AI
WarrenAI: Investing.com’s New AI Financial Assistant Promises to Make You Rich (Or at Least Feel Like Warren Buffett)
Investing.com just launched WarrenAI—an AI-powered financial research tool claiming to “revolutionize investor analysis.” Here’s everything to know about the ChatGPT-for-Wall-Street experiment.
Funding
Plaid's Half-Price Sale: Still Fetching Billions at a Discount
Plaid, the fintech darling once pegged at a dazzling $13.4 billion, has seen its valuation shrink to a modest $6.1 billion. But hey, who's counting?
Funding
Mercury Banks $300M to Disrupt Banking, Again, Still, Forever
Fintech startup Mercury just raised a cool $300 million, instantly tripling the number of VC group chats that will now start with “We should do something in fintech.”