Investments news and trends

OPay Files for US IPO with 50 Million Active Users and Expansion Plan

October 09, 2026
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Revolut CEO Targets Wall Street IPO
IPO // October 08, 2026

If Revolut pursues an initial public offering, CEO Nik Storonsky wants the primary listing to be in the United States, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8). During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Storonsky said, per the report: “That was always the target, given the deep liquidity of the U.S. market.” Storonsky had...

AI Agents Wake Up $1.6 Trillion in Sleepy Bank Deposits
Artificial Intelligence // October 08, 2026

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo hold about $1.6 trillion in deposits that pay no interest, the Financial Times reported. That money tends to stay put because moving it takes time. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents could remove that friction. Meta’s Muse and similar...

Nvidia-Backed Firmus Grid IPO Reveals Investors’ AI Jitters
IPO // October 08, 2026

Firmus Grid, a Nvidia-backed Australian data center company, is having trouble generating support for its stock market listing, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8). The development reveals a new weakness in the artificial intelligence funding boom, the report said. Firmus’ planned $5.5 billion initial public offering...

Peppermint Secures $4.7 Million to Fix Clinical Trial Billing
Artificial Intelligence // October 08, 2026

Peppermint raised $4.7 million in seed funding for its artificial intelligence-powered financial operations platform designed for teams that run clinical research, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 8) press release Peppermint’s platform is designed to provide a continuous, audited record of every visit, invoice...

Interviews & Exclusives
Uncertainty Holds Back Middle Market CFOs’ Spending Plans

September 22, 2026
For middle market companies, greater certainty and higher investment often go together: 59% of firms with rising certainty increased capital spending. That connection runs through “The Cost of Caution: Why CFOs Put Growth Plans on Hold,” the latest report in the PYMNTS Intelligence 2026 Certainty Project. Based on a July survey of 60 chief financial […]

Half of Investment Platforms Need More Automation

September 16, 2026
Money can trade in seconds, yet investors may still wait days to receive it. That gap can make a fast digital platform feel surprisingly slow at the exact moment a...

CFO Caution Creates an Opening for Bolder Competitors

September 04, 2026
Corporate America may have a capital allocation problem hiding inside its risk management discipline. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Cost of Caution: Why CFOs Put Growth Plans on Hold,” the...

Kaon Uses AI to Build a Different Video Story for Every Viewer

July 30, 2026
Most consumer apps run on the same logic. An algorithm scans what already exists and serves the user the closest match. Kaon AI CEO and Co-Founder Jay Dang said the...

Quick Reads
OPay Files for US IPO with 50 Million Active Users and Expansion Plan

October 09, 2026
OPay, a digital financial platform built for emerging markets, has 50.1 million monthly active users and sees an addressable opportunity across billions of users and millions of merchants, the company said in a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. OPay’s platform offers consumer services ranging from digital payments through […]

Revolut CEO Targets Wall Street IPO

October 08, 2026
If Revolut pursues an initial public offering, CEO Nik Storonsky wants the primary listing to be in the United States, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8). During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Storonsky said, per the report:...

Nvidia-Backed Firmus Grid IPO Reveals Investors’ AI Jitters

October 08, 2026
Firmus Grid, a Nvidia-backed Australian data center company, is having trouble generating support for its stock market listing, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8). The development reveals a new weakness in...

Peppermint Secures $4.7 Million to Fix Clinical Trial Billing

October 08, 2026
Peppermint raised $4.7 million in seed funding for its artificial intelligence-powered financial operations platform designed for teams that run clinical research, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 8) press...