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Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech funding saw fewer, but bigger, deals in 2025  American Banker Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Owners of Polish Fintech Blik Discuss Potential Warsaw IPO  Bloomberg.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News  Finovate Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Affirm jumps as Wall Street turns constructive on select fintech names after recent volatility  Quiver Quantitative Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Better Fintech Stock: PayPal vs. SoFi  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Brazilian fintech Agi debuts at US$240 million in second LatAm IPO of 2026  Latin Lawyer Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
VIYONA Fintech partners with EFICYENT to enable cross-border UPI acceptance  MSN Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
US fintech start-up Sphinx raises $7.1m in seed funding  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Sustainable Bonds in 2026; Box Office Outlook; and Fintech Private Equity Investment  S&P Global Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Google-linked RIA Farther rolls out AI chatbot for advisors  InvestmentNews Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Five Fintech Infrastructure Companies to Watch in 2026: By Connor Walsh  Finextra Research Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Pimfa WealthTech and Morningstar invite fintech firms to AI challenge  Structured Retail Products Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Dwolla: Interview With CTO Skyler Nesheim About The Fintech Platform  Pulse 2.0 Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Kena Girma Expands AI, Health and Fintech Platforms Through Zulu Tech  We are Tech Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
CoinCover appoints Jeremy Verba as CEO, succeeding co-founder David Janczewski  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
FinovateEurope 2026: From AI Hype to Operational Reality  Finovate Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Allied Solutions Advances Open Banking Ecosystem With PortX-Powered Infrastructure  CU Today Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Ohio's Day Air Credit Union partners InvestiFi for investment tech  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Is 2026 a make-or-break year for stablecoins?  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
ConnectPay moves to in-house core banking system Mars  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
BTG Pactual boosts retail strategy with acquisition of 48% Meutudo stake  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Brazil-based AGI valued at ~$1.92B in $240M US IPO - report  MSN Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech Sandbox Announces Global Startups Headlining Demo Day 12  ACCESS Newswire Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
8 MAGA $1 Stocks: PRSO, GXAI, SURG, DVLT – See More Inside  FinancialContent Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Europe Fintech Market Size to Reach USD 195.35 Billion by 2031, Driven by Instant Payments and Embedded Finance  openPR.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
MercadoLibre Expands Latin American Ecosystem While Valuation Lags Analyst Expectations  Sahm Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Nexo Relaunches Flagship Offerings in US  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
2026 IPO Market Outlook: Momentum, Deregulation, and the Path to Liquidity  Foley & Lardner LLP Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech Web Design Is Not About Looking Good  vocal.media Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
The Fintech Simplifiers  Entrepreneur Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Robinhood Ventures Fund I Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering  Investing News Network Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Bank of Canada orders Toronto fintech XTM to stop operating amid missing tips scandal  The Logic Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
NYSE Content Update: USA TODAY Co. Rings Opening Bell to Celebrate Rebrand  Investing News Network Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Upstart Announces Cash Line, Bringing Always-On Credit to Millions of Americans  Investing News Network Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Owners of Polish Fintech Blik Discuss Potential Warsaw IPO  Bloomberg.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech Sandbox Announces Global Startups Headlining Demo Day 12  Corsicana Daily Sun Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach  MSN Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Cerberus Capital-backed Brocc appoints Jaap Boersma as new CTO  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Credissential Sells Antenna Platform to Codeifai to Refocus on Core Fintech Products  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Google’s Take on the Future of Fintech: Beyond Neobanks and BNPL  FF News | Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Coinbase is hiring and paying an average of $374k despite its huge loss  eFinancialCareers Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Nigeria’s fintech regime split between speed and stability — capital is feeling the strain  Finance in Africa Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
BridgeWise acquires Context Analytics in $13 million AI expansion  CTech Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
How Proposed ‘Skinny’ Fed Accounts for Fintechs Could Alter U.S. Payments  The Financial Brand Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
SoFi Technologies Just Proved Bitcoin Has a Clear Use Case for Fintech  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
FinTechs Target Latin America Small Business Cash Flow Gaps  PYMNTS.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Danish fintech Pluto secures new funding from Seed Capital and unicorn founders to scale commission-free investing across Europe  BeBeez International Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech expands SME credit as 72.9% see growth impact  Asian Banking & Finance Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Beyon Money Business Partners with BitOasis Bahrain to Bridge Fintech and Crypto Across the GCC  TechAfrica News Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Affirm’s move to become a bank signals a reconfiguration for the BaaS industry and beyond  Tearsheet Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Branch Names Veteran Fintech Executive Matt Peterson as CFO to Steer Next Growth Phase  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Football, Fintech and a Trillion in Trade: British Consul General on Why It’s Vital to Safeguard the ‘Special Relationship’  Global Atlanta Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Bank of Beirut UK modernises core banking infrastructure with Temenos  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Osborne Clarke reveals role on £80m acquisition of insurtech by Admiral Group  InsNerds Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
SoFi Technologies Just Proved Bitcoin Has a Clear Use Case for Fintech  Nasdaq Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Razorpay starts IPO groundwork, picks listing advisers  MSN Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
PayPay Goes Global - Issue #613  FinTech Weekly Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Internal moves at Treasury catch the eye of fintech insiders in the wake of CDR cuts  Capital Brief Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Soluna Expands Partnership With Blockware, Adding 6 MW at Project Dorothy 1  Investing News Network Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
SoFi Technologies just proved Bitcoin has a clear use case for fintech  MSN Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
SoFi Technologies Just Proved Bitcoin Has a Clear Use Case for Fintech  The Motley Fool Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Bank of Canada orders XTM to cease retail payment activities after investment regulator halts trading of its stock  BetaKit Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Boerse Stuttgart Digital and Tradias plan merger in Germany  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Zeidler backs modular prospectus template launch  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Trust FinTech Ltd Gets Order Worth 17.8 Million Rupees  TradingView Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
𝐈𝐅𝐂 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚. Dashen Bank and the IFC - International Finance Corporation are working together on a ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Crypto slump hits eToro volumes as profitability improves  CTech Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Amid Fintech Competition, Six Banks' Customers Loans Up 9.2 Percent to N33.99trn  marketscreener.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Japan FinTech Market: Size, Trends, and Growth Outlook  vocal.media Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Brazil Fintech Market projected to record 14.92% CAGR from 2026  openPR.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
ADQ-linked group weighs Turkish fintech launch  MSN Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Central Bank of Jordan accepts Fuze into FinTech sandbox  Cryptopolitan Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
AI-Enabled Fintech Solutions Market: The Transition from Digital Banking to Autonomous Finance  openPR.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
PH fintech unicorn Maya looking to raise $1b from US IPO: report  DealStreetAsia Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fintech Funding Rebounded In 2025 As Investors Shifted Toward AI And Digital Assets  TechRound Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
IRALOGIX Releases 2025 Retirement Readiness Index Results; Finds Americans Remain at Elevated Risk Despite Broad Plan Participation  Business Wire Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
How to Build Fintech Apps in Charlotte That Meet 2026 Banking Regulations?  vocal.media Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Fiserv Catches Eye of Activist Investor Jana Partners  PYMNTS.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Elemental Royalty Corporation Offers Dividends in Tether Gold  thedefiant.io Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
AI-driven InsurTech mea lands $50m minority stake from SEP  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Former Adyen CTO Alexander Matthey joins PPRO as Bernie Miles departs  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
OwlTing Challenges Remittance Heavyweights via Visa Direct  PYMNTS.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Stablecoins move from crypto curiosity to everyday currency, global survey shows  InvestmentNews Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
What CFOs Need From Banks and FinTechs in Cross-Border Payments  PYMNTS.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Nmbr Enables Embedded Payroll Inside Canadian HR Platform  Fintech.ca | Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
UAE-based InvestSky expands into Saudi Arabia after US$4 million seed round  MSN Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
OBOOK Holdings Inc. (OWLS) Debuts OwlPay Cash to Digitize the Estimated $230 Billion U.S. Outbound Remittance Economy  markets.businessinsider.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
ZAWYA-PRESSR: Central Bank of Jordan onboards Fuze to regulatory sandbox, marking expansion to the Kingdom  TradingView Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
KYCP boosts merchant due diligence with MATCH  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Wrisk acquires Atto to strengthen embedded finance intelligence  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
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Tuesday February 17, 2026
FinovateEurope 2026 wrapped up last week, but the fintech conversations are still flowing across social media. The two-day event was packed with meaningful conversations, fast-paced ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
If you attended FinovateEurope in London last week, you may have noticed that the energy of the event felt different. In previous years, the conversation ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
A strategic partnership between Bluefin and Basis Theory will enable businesses to deploy a unified token strategy across environments. Spanning in-store, call center, online, and ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
We’re fresh off an outstanding FinovateEurope conference in London (meet our Best of Show winners!) and already gearing up for our Spring event in San ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 11, 2026
London called—and our FinovateEurope 2026 demoing companies answered! After a full day of live fintech demonstrations showcasing solutions for challenges in lending, payments, wealth management, ... Continue Reading »
Friday February 06, 2026
FinovateEurope 2026 is only days away! With its home in London, it is no surprise that FinovateEurope often showcases the highest number of demoing companies ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 04, 2026
As banks digitize their lending processes and seek to expand credit access across borders, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make fast, accurate credit decisions. ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 03, 2026
Compliance and fraud prevention platform Sumsub has teamed up with digital asset infrastructure solutions provider Fireblocks to provide Travel Rule compliance. The Travel Rule is ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 03, 2026
A new offering from international data, analytics, and technology company Equifax will help protect lenders from first-party fraud. Credit Abuse Risk is a new predictive ... Continue Reading »
Monday February 02, 2026
The countdown is on! FinovateEurope 2026 lands in London on February 10 through 11 at the InterContinental O2 in London, and the global fintech community ... Continue Reading »
Monday February 02, 2026
Digital challenger bank Varo landed $123.9 million in financing this week. The Series G round, which boosts Varo’s total funding to $1.1 billion, was led ... Continue Reading »
Monday February 02, 2026
Welcome to the first week of February! Both FinovateEurope and Valentine’s Day are just around the corner, and there’s lots to love about this week’s ... Continue Reading »
Crowdfunding trends 
Cryptopanic trends 
Startups world trends 
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Community Crowdfund applications due Feb. 26  Midland Daily News Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
SEC updates Regulation Crowdfunding interpretations, clarifying platform moves, disqualification and rolling limits  InvestmentNews Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
SlimeVR Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Thinner & Lighter Full-Body Trackers  Road to VR Continue Reading »
Sunday February 15, 2026
$1.3 million in 24 hours: Thousands contribute to released hostages funding campaign  Haaretz Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
For a Good Cause  Mishpacha Magazine Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Two Crowdfunds, Two Rulebooks: James Van Der Beek's $2.66M GoFundMe Got Scrutinized. Charlie Kirk's $5.49M GiveSendGo Got Support. Here's the Difference.  Yahoo Continue Reading »
Friday January 30, 2026
4 Of The Best Crowdfunding Platforms For Businesses  CNBC Continue Reading »
Saturday February 14, 2026
Comic Watch Presents: The Korner – A Comic Crowdfunding Round Up – February 14, 2026  Comic Watch Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
Swedish soccer club asks supporters for donations to re-sign fan favourite  The New York Times Continue Reading »
Monday October 20, 2025
UM Foundation Hosts Crowdfunding Campaign to Raise Funds for 15 Campus Programs  University of Montana Continue Reading »
Sunday February 15, 2026
Australia Crowdfunding Market Set to Surge to USD 1.43 Billion by 2034 on the Back of Digital Innovation and Startup Momentum  vocal.media Continue Reading »
Friday February 13, 2026
SlimeVR Opens Crowdfunding for Its Long-Life, Rapid-Update Butterfly Body Tracking Sensors  Hackster.io Continue Reading »
Thursday February 12, 2026
Crowdfunding drive aims to send robot to moon  Honolulu Star-Advertiser Continue Reading »
Tuesday January 20, 2026
Apply for Fall Crowdfunding help from InspireDePaul  DePaul University Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
Entertainment & Community Notebook: Glassman begins crowdfunding for interfaith romance film  thesuburban.com Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
Alternative Financing Market Size  Market.us Continue Reading »
Wednesday January 14, 2026
Crowdfunding For Business: Best Crowdfunding Platforms In 2026  nav.com Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
LEGO BrickLink Series 7 crowdfunding and pre-orders start now  Brick Fanatics Continue Reading »
Tuesday November 18, 2025
Crowdfunding Tips: How Your Campaign Details Can Make a Difference  U.S. Chamber of Commerce Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
xSDR – A tiny M.2 2230 SDR module with Artix-7 FPGA and LMS7002M RFIC (Crowdfunding)  CNX Software Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
4 founders share how AI's 'Second Wave' promises apps that create entirely new experiences  Business Insider Continue Reading »
Monday February 16, 2026
As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Nuclear Fusion Startup Claims Major Advance in New Zealand Trial  Bloomberg.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
UnitedHealth Chief Made Private Side Bets on Healthcare Startups  The Wall Street Journal Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us  The Guardian Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Cloud startup Render raises funding at $1.5 billion valuation as AI-built apps boom  CNBC Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Palo Alto Networks acquires one-year-old Israeli startup Koi for $400 million  CTech Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Backed by Trump’s son, Israeli-founded AI drone startup plans to go public on Nasdaq  The Times of Israel Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
How can Massachusetts get more competitive in AI?  The Boston Globe Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Baton Rouge startup wins $100K national ag innovation prize  Baton Rouge Business Report Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
42 graduate-led startups selected to compete at Rice Business Plan Competition  Rice University Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Exclusive: Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Five Startups Surfing the PGx Wave  Inside Precision Medicine Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Tech Startups Sell Assisted Offlineness  Fitt Insider Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Startup Junkie releases 2025 report on statewide, global impact  Talk Business & Politics Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Four startups to compete for $5,000 at TCNewTech pitch competition Feb. 24  910news.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Cyber Startups to Take Innovation Spotlight at RSAC 2026  Bank Information Security Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
I always wanted an MBA. When I got laid off, I used my severance to launch a startup instead.  Business Insider Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Enduring Planet’s loans help climate startups facing the chicken-or-egg dilemma (podcast)  ImpactAlpha Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
The Polsky Center Collaborates with the India Deep Tech Alliance to Launch the India Deep Tech Accelerator  Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Cortado Ventures launches $10 million fund to back Oklahoma tech startups  The Journal Record Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
3 Questions For A Litigation Funding Startup Founder (Part II)  Above the Law Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
Climactic Launches Hybrid Fund to Bridge Climate Startup Gap  The Tech Buzz Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
McKinney launches new service to provide grants to tech startups  WFAA Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 17, 2026
UnitedHealth chief made private side bets on healthcare startups  MSN Continue Reading »