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.

FinTechs Cut Staff as AI and Margins Redefine Growth

FinTechs Cut Staff as AI and Margins Redefine Growth
FinTechs Cut Staff as AI and Margins Redefine Growth
April 22, 2026  |  Personnel

Across FinTech, the workforce is getting smaller. Leadership teams are calling it a recalibration. The layoffs now underway in the sector indicate a deliberate structural...

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Paymentology and Change Team to Boost Australian FinTech Growth
Paymentology and Change Team to Boost Australian FinTech Growth
April 21, 2026  |  Partnerships

Issuer-processor Paymentology has launched a partnership with financial services company Change Financial. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (April 21), is designed to accelerate payment method adoption...

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Revolut Skips OpenAI, Trains AI on 25 Million Customers
Revolut Skips OpenAI, Trains AI on 25 Million Customers
April 21, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Most banks pay OpenAI or Anthropic for access to artificial intelligence. Revolut built its own. The London-based neobank trained a proprietary model called PRAGMA on...

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Revolut Targeting $200 Billion Valuation in Eventual IPO
Revolut Targeting $200 Billion Valuation in Eventual IPO
April 21, 2026  |  Banking

Revolut is reportedly targeting a $200 billion valuation in its eventual public listing. That’s according to a report Tuesday (April 21) from the Financial Times (FT), citing investors...

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Revolut Boss Says IPO Won’t Come Until at Least 2028
Revolut Boss Says IPO Won’t Come Until at Least 2028
April 20, 2026  |  Banking

Revolut’s chief executive says the FinTech wants to go public, just not right away. Speaking with Bloomberg News in an interview published Monday (April 20), Nik Storonsky...

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The Old-School Card Product Banks May Need Most
The Old-School Card Product Banks May Need Most
April 20, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Secured credit cards have never had the glamour their more luxury and premium card cousins command. Traditionally, they haven’t had much glamour at all. Secured...

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How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
April 16, 2026  |  Money Mobility

Community banks have made meaningful progress in digitizing account opening, but the competitive battleground for deposits is shifting. Opening and even funding accounts are no...

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OpenAI Buys Personal Finance Platform Hiro
OpenAI Buys Personal Finance Platform Hiro
April 14, 2026  |  Partnerships

OpenAI has acquired artificial intelligence-(AI) powered personal finance startup Hiro Finance. The deal will see Hiro’s team join OpenAI, founder Ethan Bloch said in a...

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