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Thursday April 16, 2026
What to Look for Before Buying a Fintech Stock  The Motley Fool Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
OpenAI buys personal finance fintech Hiro  Banking Dive Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Today’s podcast episode: “True Lender” Doctrine Back in the Spotlight: Key Takeaways on OppFi v. Hewlett Tentative California Superior Opinion  Consumer Finance Monitor Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
DeFi Is Finally Entering Its Capital Markets Era  FinTech Weekly Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Synctera enhances compliance offering with Cable acquisition  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
SoFi Technologies vs. Upstart: Which Fintech Stock Is the Better Long-Term Buy?  AOL.com Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
What to Look for Before Buying a Fintech Stock  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Gold.com Stock Poised for 50% Surge as Fintech, Precious Metals Shine  Barron's Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Fintech for Good: Marketing with Purpose  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Israeli fintech Bitcore advances four-pillar strategy and moves to launch first privately-issued digital shekel  thedefiant.io Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Capital One completes acquisition of Brex, the fintech giant, in a $5.15 billion deal  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Fintech TV Taps Johny Fernandez to Anchor New U.S.–Middle East Morning Programming and Spanish-Language Market Show  citybiz Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A  Crunchbase News Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
The Fintech Landscape of the Kingdom of Jordan in 2026  The Fintech Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Business banking fintech Slash hits unicorn status  Finextra Research Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
FINTECH.TV Receives Official UAE Broadcasting License, Establishing Permanent Television Presence Across The United Arab Emirates  Mid Florida Newspapers Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
MobileMoney Fintech conducts compliance checks on MoMo agents  Developing Telecoms Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
spektr targets KYC bottleneck with $20m Series A raise  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Banking’s 74-year-old prophecy  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Better Fintech Stock for Growth Investors: Nu Holdings vs. SoFi  AOL.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Madhya Pradesh introduces AI and FinTech certificate courses in 68 colleges  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
March global crypto regulatory round-up | Inside FinTech | Global law firm  Norton Rose Fulbright Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
CTBC Bank USA opts for Narmi digital banking platform  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
DDoS botnet grows to 13.5 million devices, 2 Tbps attacks hit fintech and betting industries  SC Media Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Seaport downgrades Shift4 Payments stock rating on fintech headwinds  Investing.com Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
UK fintech bosses set for crunch talks with Treasury and regulators, reports say  Sifted Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Tinkov-Founded Fintech Plata Hits $5Bln Valuation After $405M Funding Round  The Moscow Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
West Coast fintech company plans big River North office  Crain's Chicago Business Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Fintech Stocks Worth Watching - April 16th  MarketBeat Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Affirm (AFRM) expands partnerships driving fintech growth  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Stecs Founder Habeeb Gbenle on building ethical fintech for underserved communities  The American Bazaar Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Fintech company promotes investing via vending machine  Vending Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Synctera: Acquisition Of Cable To Strengthen Real-Time Compliance Verification For Banks And Fintechs  Pulse 2.0 Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Naver-Dunamu filing sets IPO committee, listing timeline for fintech group  Cryptonews.net Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
The Trader Who Builds Billion-Dollar Companies: Tom Sosnoff on Thinkorswim, Tasty, and What Comes Next  Fintech Leaders | Miguel Armaza Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
US fintech firm Candescent expands in India, hits 1,000 staff  Tech in Asia Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Wealth.com raises $65M Series B as AI adoption accelerates across firms  InvestmentNews Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
FINTECH.TV Receives Official UAE Broadcasting License, Establishing Permanent Television Presence Across The United Arab Emirates  Hastings Tribune Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Vision Ventures Wraps Up the “2026 Investor Meet-Up” with the Seoul Fintech Lab, Focusing on Identifying Innovative Fintech Companies  코리아스타트업포스트 Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Book value per share of Fintech Select Ltd. – OTC:SLXXF  TradingView — Track All Markets Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
The fintech that pivoted because of Kanye West just hit a $1.4B valuation with $100M from Khosla and Ribbit  The Next Web Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Paytm stock falls from highs but Haitong sees 26% upside on fintech growth story  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
CLARITY Act: Garlinghouse Said April, Then May. The Bill Still Has No Markup Date.  FinTech Weekly Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
How this ASX fintech keeps its startup soul as it scales people and culture  hcamag.com Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Agentic Waves: Mastercard Splashes out with lobster.cash  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Tender Explained: How Industry Season 4 Built the Most Accurate Fintech Fraud on Television  Social Life Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
The Market Priced It In - FTW Clarity Circle - Issue #6  FinTech Weekly Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
VC funding for African fintech is back in business  PitchBook Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Elon Musk’s X Money: How It Could Win (And Why It Won’t)  Forbes Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
PB Fintech appoints Amrita Pandey as group HR head to drive scale  People Matters - HR News Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Will payabl. and Visa’s Partnership Cut Checkout Friction?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Fintech for Good: Marketing with Purpose  MEXC Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
FINTECH.TV Receives Official UAE Broadcasting License, Establishing Permanent Television Presence Across The United Arab Emirates  The Batesville Daily Guard Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Reflections on considering venture as an early-career job  The Financial Revolutionist Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Dogecoin Breakout Confirmed After Third Attempt Flips Resistance  Binance Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Former Microsoft director Pratim Das joins UK start-up WealthAi as CTO  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Hepsiburada to Release First Quarter 2026 Financial Results on May 7, 2026  Quiver Quantitative Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
FINTECH.TV Receives Official UAE Broadcasting License, Establishing Permanent Television Presence Across The United Arab Emirates  Weatherford Democrat Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Visa Opens Applications in Egypt for Cohort 6 for the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Spektr raises $20m for AI-based compliance platform  Finextra Research Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Ebanx Builds Out Southeast Asia Presence Ahead of Malaysia, Vietnam Launches  Fintech Singapore Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Yeida extends deadline for FinTech hub application | Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
SKK.AX stock surges 33% on 17 Apr 2026 amid fintech momentum  Meyka Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Airwallex Expands Into In-Person Payments With POS Launch  Fintech Singapore Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Rezolve Ai appoints James House to lead newly acquired subsidiary Reward  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Tinkov-Founded Fintech Plata Hits $5Bln Valuation After $405M Funding Round  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Paymentology Expands Into Australia, Powering the Next Generation of Fintech Innovation  Financial IT Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
eToro to buy crypto wallet provider Zengo  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Slash Raises $100M to Disrupt Business Banking  StartupHub.ai Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
SBS launches cloud-based lending platform  IBS Intelligence Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Plata hits $5 billion valuation in Bicycle Capital-led funding  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Bitcoin Sentiment Signals Hint At a Classic Contrarian Setup  Binance Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Naver Targets IPO Path for Fintech Arm After Dunamu Deal  CoinCentral Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Aruba's AIB Bank gears for digital bank launch with Finastra Essence  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
US-based fintech Candescent bets on India for product development  The Economic Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Experian bolsters verification capabilities with Konfir acquisition  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Exclusive: Treasury and regulator to hold crunch talks with UK fintech unicorns  MSN Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Digital Assets: Why is eToro Acquiring Zengo Wallet?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Nitra's Naver-style Platform Targets $5.9T U.S. Healthcare Market  조선일보 Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Seaport downgrades Shift4 Payments stock rating on fintech headwinds By Investing.com  Investing.com South Africa Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
China's Changing Consumer Economy: A Fintech Lending Crackdown And A Toothpaste IPO  Sahm Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Euronet Worldwide Focuses on European Digital Payment Solutions with Acquisition of Spanish Fintech PaynoPain  Crowdfund Insider Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
New financial streaming channel for UAE as FINTECH.TV secures licence  Gulf Business Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
YEIDA extends deadline for FinTech hub application  The Times of India Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Clearspeed: Speeding up Fraud Screening at Scale  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
InsurTech NY: ePayPolicy on Digitising Payments  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
The Fintech and Wider Digital Ecosystem of Kenya in 2026  The Fintech Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Naver eyes fintech IPO in Dunamu tie-up  The Korea Herald Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
US fintech Candescent opens tech centre in Hyderabad  EdexLive Continue Reading »
Startups & Crowdfunding 
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Thursday April 16, 2026
Launching and scaling new products isn’t as simple as developing a new tool and making it live. There are plenty of tasks that need to ... Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
While the rest of the payments world is racing toward agentic payments, Airwallex is bringing its focus back to the physical world. The Singapore-based company ... Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Banking technology provider Backbase has announced a strategic partnership with open finance connectivity specialist Ninth Wave. The two companies will work together to enable banks ... Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
AI is making a major impact on all aspects of banking, fintech, and financial services, and the world of investing is no exception. From helping ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Social trading and investment network eToro announced it has acquired self-custodial crypto wallet provider Zengo for an undisclosed amount. eToro plans to leverage the acquisition to ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Here’s Finovate alum acquisition news from earlier this year that slipped beneath our radar. CoreChain Technologies, which made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2024, has ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
A new partnership with Quinte Financial Technologies will enable Vermont-based Heritage Family Credit Union (HFCU) to boost its policy-driven oversight and reinforce operational consistency throughout ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
Financial services are growing more complex, which means that risk, compliance, and governance are no longer simply back-office functions. These services, which were once considered ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
In the BaaS world, compliance is quickly moving from a box-checking exercise to a continuous, provable requirement. That’s why embedded finance and BaaS fintech Synctera has ... Continue Reading »
Monday April 13, 2026
BlytzPay, which won Best of Show in its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2019 and again later that year at FinovateFall, has announced an “evolution” of ... Continue Reading »
Monday April 13, 2026
Treasury management company Round has closed $6 million in seed funding this week, boosting its total funding to $8.1 million. The London-based fintech is also ... Continue Reading »
Monday April 13, 2026
There may be April showers out your window, but the fintech landscape is all flowers this week. Take a look at all of the highlights ... Continue Reading »
Crowdfunding trends 
Cryptopanic trends 
Startups world trends 
Thursday April 16, 2026
TokyoPop Makes Crowdfunding Offer  Publishers Weekly Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Crowdfunding Is Delivering One of the the Internet’s Original Promises: Customization  The National Law Review Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Oklahoma-made sci-fi series seeks crowdfunding help to produce new season  Tulsa World Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Bloomfield engine maker targets $5M from new crowdfunding campaign  Hartford Business Journal Continue Reading »
Monday March 30, 2026
Crowdfunding for Business: What It Is, Types and Best Platforms  NerdWallet Continue Reading »
Friday April 03, 2026
Japanese company says it sent half of a game's $345,000 crowdfunding campaign to the wrong people – who, uh, did not return the money  GamesRadar+ Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
TOKYOPOP RAISING EQUITY VIA CROWDFUNDING  ICv2 Continue Reading »
Monday April 13, 2026
This French Castle Is Crowdfunding Its Own Restoration  Artnet News Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
NanoNest Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Scale Affordable Housing and Disaster Relief Across the U.S.  The Manila Times Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
The Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG Crowdfunding Campaign Just Launched and Has Already Decimated Its Goals  IGN Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
April 10: New Haven Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council surpasses crowdfunding goal, secures state match  Fort Wayne Business Weekly Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Public urged to verify charities when donating to Kona Low relief efforts  Hawaii News Now Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
Crowdfunding: Kingscrowd Affirms Softer Online Capital Formation Market In Q1 2026  Crowdfund Insider Continue Reading »
Friday March 06, 2026
4 best crowdfunding platforms for small businesses  CNBC Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Dungeon Crawler Carl tabletop game crashes crowdfunding goals a day after BackerKit launch  GosuGamers Continue Reading »
Monday October 20, 2025
UM Foundation Hosts Crowdfunding Campaign to Raise Funds for 15 Campus Programs  University of Montana Continue Reading »
Wednesday March 11, 2026
Alaska accuses crowdfunding websites of violating law, using charities’ names without their consent  Alaska Beacon Continue Reading »
Tuesday January 27, 2026
9 Startups That Were Successfully Crowdfunded  U.S. Chamber of Commerce Continue Reading »
Saturday April 11, 2026
Comic Watch Presents: The Korner – A Comic Crowdfunding Round Up – April 11, 2026  Comic Watch Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Japanese crowdfunding platform that allegedly ran off with more than half of Jiro Ishii’s $340k game budget suddenly becomes inaccessible (Updated)  automaton-media.com Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Cyber startup Artemis raises $70 million just six months after launch  CTech Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Exclusive: This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Early-stage funding slumps toward post-pandemic low, piling more pressure on biotech startups  Fierce Biotech Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Khosla, Ribbit Back College Dropouts’ Startup Slash at $1.4 Billion Valuation  Bloomberg.com Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Why India’s wealth is shifting from gold and property into startups  CNBC Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
This Long Beach startup says it has a patch for California’s power problems  Los Angeles Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Australia’s startup scene is thriving at last  The Economist Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Allbirds, once a buzzy shoe startup, pivots to AI  NBC News Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
This $1.5 Billion AI Startup Steps In When Software Breaks  Forbes Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
University of Chicago Announces Partnership with AI Research Commons, Microsoft, and NVIDIA to Accelerate Midwest AI Startups  Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
From writing code to supporting work: How AI is reshaping startup teams  Microsoft Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Austin startups raise record billions in Q1 funding  Austin American-Statesman Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Cisco CEO sounds bullish note on Israeli startups  Jewish Insider Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Coupang: $84 Million Invested In Global AI Startups To Advance Logistics And Commerce Innovation  Pulse 2.0 Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
RGV Startup Week to Host Startup Texas Pitch Fest Showcasing Accelerator Startups, April 29th  Texas Border Business Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University, AI Strike Team Bring Top AI Startups to Pittsburgh for High-Stakes Draft Competition  Carnegie Mellon University Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
From classrooms to startups: Rochester hosts New York’s next generation of innovators | Opinion  Rochester Business Journal Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
AI Startups Have These Copyright Lawyers on Speed Dial  Bloomberg Law News Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
Trump signs bill reauthorizing federal aid to defense startups  Los Angeles Times Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
The Silent Startup Killer Lurking on Your Bank Statement  inc.com Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
China’s Probe of Meta’s Manus Purchase Sends Startups Scrambling  The Information Continue Reading »
Monday April 13, 2026
Iron Nation-Indiana to bring Israeli tech startups to Indiana  Indiana Capital Chronicle Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Boulder Startup Week: Panel - Avoiding Legal Landmines  Foley Hoag Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
H.A.R.V.E.S.T. AgTech is giving four local start-ups a big boost  St. Louis Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
BlueInvest Africa 2026: Meet the 25 African startups pitching to global investors  oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu Continue Reading »