FinTech

Financial technology, often shortened to fintech, is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance.

Nayax Aims to Transition From Payments Platform to Bank
Nayax Aims to Transition From Payments Platform to Bank
August 06, 2026  |  Banking

Payments solutions platform Nayax is the latest FinTech seeking an American banking charter. The Israel-headquartered company announced Thursday (Aug. 6) that it had applied to the Connecticut Department of Banking to...

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Mercado Libre Free Shipping Converts Monthly Shoppers Into Daily Active Users
Mercado Libre Free Shipping Converts Monthly Shoppers Into Daily Active Users
August 06, 2026  |  eCommerce

A year after lowering the threshold for free shipping in Brazil, Mercado Libre has seen the offering drive “a structural change in behavior,” the eCommerce...

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Chime Converts More Paychecks Into More Products
Chime Converts More Paychecks Into More Products
August 05, 2026  |  Earnings

For Chime Financial, direct deposit is proving to be the underwriting and repayment infrastructure for a growing lending business. That connection was clear in second-quarter...

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Block’s AI Overhaul Starts Showing Up in Results
Block’s AI Overhaul Starts Showing Up in Results
August 05, 2026  |  Earnings

Block drew plenty of attention earlier this year when CEO Jack Dorsey announced plans to cut roughly 40% of the company’s workforce and put artificial...

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AutoRek Buys Grath to Scale AI-Powered Reconciliation Solutions
AutoRek Buys Grath to Scale AI-Powered Reconciliation Solutions
August 03, 2026  |  Back-office

AutoRek has expanded its artificial intelligence-powered reconciliation capabilities and its global presence by acquiring Grath. The acquisition adds Grath’s reconciliation and regulatory compliance software and...

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Increase Debuts Bank to Help FinTechs Build Financial Products
Increase Debuts Bank to Help FinTechs Build Financial Products
July 29, 2026  |  Banking

Six years after its founding, banking infrastructure company Increase is now a bank. Increase Bank, announced in a news release Wednesday (July 29), is designed...

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Fed Opens a New Front in Access to Its Payment Rails
Fed Opens a New Front in Access to Its Payment Rails
July 27, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

The Federal Reserve wants to make it easier for some eligible institutions to connect directly to its payment services without giving them everything that comes...

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Identity Verification Gets a Pulse Check
Identity Verification Gets a Pulse Check
July 23, 2026  |  Authentication

Dead people don’t spend much, but the federal government nearly sent them tens of millions of dollars anyway. The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday (July...

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36% of Global SMB Buyers Plan to Use FinTech Payment Providers
36% of Global SMB Buyers Plan to Use FinTech Payment Providers
July 22, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses are not abandoning banks for cross-border payments, but they are giving FinTechs a much larger share of the work. That shift stands out in “The Cross-Border...

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