Fintech news and trends

Adyen Adds 1,100 Tech and Sales Hires to Capture Growth Opportunities
Earnings // October 28, 2026

FinTech platform Adyen expects to add as many as 1,100 specialized engineering and go-to-market roles this year to meet the needs of its existing commercial momentum and to capture growth opportunities, Interim Chief Financial Officer Hwa Tsao said Wednesday (Oct. 28) in prepared remarks for...

Revolut’s Product Approvals Face UK Regulatory Scrutiny
Banking // October 27, 2026

British regulators are reportedly reviewing Revolut’s process for approving new products. The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)  issued what is known as a section 166 earlier this year to investigate risks surrounding the speed of Revolut’s product launches, the Financial Times (FT) reported...

Revolut Launches UK Personal Loans Up to £25,000
Personal Loans // October 26, 2026

FinTech Revolut debuted its first credit product since becoming a licensed United Kingdom bank, according to a Monday (Oct. 26) press release provided to PYMNTS. The company’s unsecured personal loans offering allows users to borrow between 2,000 pounds (about $2,700) and 25,000 pounds (about $33,000),...

Cognitive Credit Lands $40 Million Investment to Expand US Operations
Fintech Investments // October 23, 2026

Cognitive Credit, a provider of specialist data, infrastructure and artificial intelligence solutions for global corporate credit markets, secured a $40 million strategic growth investment to accelerate its commercial expansion in the United States and build its next generation of products, the company said in a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Currency Costs Test the Promise of Cross-Border Payment Bundles

October 22, 2026
Small businesses in the United States purchasing overseas want faster payments, lower fees and better exchange rates. Financial providers are combining accounts, currency management and spending services around that activity. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Cross-Border Opportunity: What Global Sourcing by US SMBs Means for Payment Providers,” produced with Mastercard, found in May that 57% […]

Growing FinTechs Gain Leverage Over Their Banking Partners

October 16, 2026
As FinTechs scale, they bring banks more deposits, loans, transactions and fees while gaining more choice over which institutions provide the funding and infrastructure behind them. Upgrade facilitated more than...

SoFi Tech Solutions Says FinTech’s Next Edge Is Showing Up at the Right Moment

October 14, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know | Sofi Tech Solutions | Prashant Shah Speed and simplicity helped FinTechs establish themselves as alternatives to traditional financial institutions. Those qualities carry less weight...

Credit Unions Could Land More FinTech Partners by Simplifying Onboarding

October 14, 2026
A FinTech that wants to sell to 10 credit unions can face 10 separate onboarding processes. For a market made up of thousands of individual institutions, that repetition can affect...

Quick Reads
Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos Joins Stablecoin Yield Platform OpenTrade

October 29, 2026
Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos joined stablecoin yield infrastructure provider OpenTrade as chair of the board, OpenTrade CEO and Co-Founder David Sutter said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) post on LinkedIn. During his 25 years at Swift, Campos led a full strategic and financial transformation of its network and helped its network volumes almost double, […]

Adyen Adds 1,100 Tech and Sales Hires to Capture Growth Opportunities

October 28, 2026
FinTech platform Adyen expects to add as many as 1,100 specialized engineering and go-to-market roles this year to meet the needs of its existing commercial momentum and to capture growth...

Revolut’s Product Approvals Face UK Regulatory Scrutiny

October 27, 2026
British regulators are reportedly reviewing Revolut’s process for approving new products. The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)  issued what is known as a section 166 earlier this year...

Revolut Launches UK Personal Loans Up to £25,000

October 26, 2026
FinTech Revolut debuted its first credit product since becoming a licensed United Kingdom bank, according to a Monday (Oct. 26) press release provided to PYMNTS. The company’s unsecured personal loans...