Fintech

Las Vegas spent three days asking who carries the risk when money moves itself. On the last morning, the first federal stablecoin rule gave part of an answer.

Digital asset and stablecoin infrastructure provider Fireblocks says that reports that it is in talks to be acquired by Visa for $2.5 billion are "news to us".

Neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius rent Nvidia GPUs to AI labs, and several started out mining crypto. Here's how the AI cloud model works.

Major banks including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citi are moving to restrict third-party AI agents that log in with customers’ credentials.

At Sibos 2026, Hashgraph’s CIO Gregg Bell discusses how to replace risky blockchain bridges to make Web3 settlements faster, safer, and fully private for global finance.

The wallet's bank owners are battling Apple and PayPal with an extensive marketing push, touting it as a more secure payment method.

Fireblocks told Cointelegraph that reports of a potential $2.5 billion acquisition by Visa are “not true at present time,” while Visa declined to comment on the reported talks.

"We're just in a dead sprint using AI to fight AI fraud," Zach Perret, the data aggregator's chief executive, said at the Money20/20 conference this week.

The company is in talks with Visa over a potential $2.5 billion acquisition, Axios reported.

The CEOs of Canada's RBC and BMO are the latest bank chiefs to warn customers about the dangers of linking their accounts to AI agents.

Fireblocks denied an Axios report that Visa is in talks to acquire the crypto custody firm for around $2.5 billion.

Sprive CEO Jinesh Vohra warns the mortgage industry is failing borrowers on lifetime cost as high loan-to-income lending rises sharply.

Crypto exchange Coinbase Ireland has been penalised by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) for a series of operational and governance failings over a five-year period.

Barclays is the latest high street bank to announce a headcount reduction at the same time as an expansion in the use of AI.

The pre-IPO Jio contract on Bitget is trading near $12, a roughly 4% premium on the top price band, as India’s largest public offering remains open for subscription.

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) has agreed to acquire credit data provider Octus in a cash deal worth $3.535bn.

New offerings include enhanced supplier-spend analytics, virtual-card fraud prevention capabilities and a live pilot enabling trusted AI agents to complete B2B invoice payments Visa (NYSE: V) announced three capabilities across commercial card growth, virtual card security and…

The general availability gives eligible organizations more flexibility with net 30-day terms, a dedicated business line of credit and streamlined reconciliation TreviPay, a global B2B payments infrastructure partner, today announced the general availability of Pay By Invoice for…

Cross-border payments remain slow and expensive but fintech outfits such as Wise and Remitly have substantially cut costs relative to traditional retail bank wires while stabelcoins still suffer from issues with friction, according to BIS research.

Citadel's founder says investors are almost certainly in an AI bubble, warns a chip glut could crash prices like empty airline seats, yet expects the survivors to lead for decades.

Nvidia's OpenShell Reference Architecture pairs a software sandbox on Vera CPUs with Sentry monitoring on BlueField-4 chips, aiming to let companies run autonomous agents while enforcing limits agents cannot reach.

The regulation bans direct yield payments to customers from stablecoin issuers, but the OCC said it would "evaluate" third-party yield arrangements on a case-by-case basis.

Adding the fintech's branded-wallet platform, stored value and technology would let Cross River "offer partners a complete embedded finance stack," the $8.5 billion-asset bank said.

The Pittsburgh-based regional bank has made big bets on AI internally. But Bill Demchak said agents transacting could "mess with people's lives."

At Sibos 2026, Red Hat and Kyndryl reveal how banks can balance AI innovation with core system resilience and embedded trust.

RALEIGH, N.C. -– First Citizens Bank today announced an agreement with NCR Atleos to provide clients with surcharge-free access to ATMs at more than 2,000 Target stores. The nationwide rollout provides First Citizens’ customers with a flexible, convenient, and secure way to…

CURITIBA, BRAZIL, October 20, 2026 – Long fueled by younger, mobile-first consumers, e-commerce in emerging markets is entering a demographic transition that will reshape it over the next ten years. According to a new study by World Data Lab (WDL) and EBANX, a global technology…

At Sibos 2026, the Euro Banking Association shares the ways in which banks can combat agentic AI disintermediation and reduce European payment fragmentation. How agentic AI could reshape bank brands and customer loyalty.

With just a few taps, customers get increased visibility, better management and more benefits U.S. Bank Payment Switch: Key Facts Payment Switch allows clients to seamlessly move recurring bills and subscriptions to a U.S. Bank debit or credit card with a few simple steps within…

GLOBAL, October 19, 2026 — WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) has announced the next-generation AI Assistant for RiskAgility Financial Modeller (FM), its flagship life modelling and financial reporting platform. The integration of semi-autonomous agentic capabilities in RiskAgility FM moves…