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Friday April 17, 2026
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Bachatt, Wamo, Round, and more  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Fintech & Financial Services Industry Locations: Banking On The Future  Business Facilities Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Fintech Stock Surges After Earning 'Top Pick' Status  Schaeffer's Investment Research Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
How FINRA’s 2026 report reshapes GenAI compliance  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Exclusive: Treasury and regulator to hold crunch talks with UK fintech unicorns  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Houston Fraley on Why Security Is the Foundation of Trust in FinTech  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Fintech Hiring in 2026: Why Financial Services Companies Are Rethinking Talent Strategy  intlbm Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Consumers Are Putting More Financial Decisions in AI’s Hands  PaymentsJournal Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Better Fintech Stock for Growth Investors: Nu Holdings vs. SoFi  AOL.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
FinTech funding continues strong run with over $800m raised this week  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Top five fintech news stories of the week – 17 April 2026  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Fintech Meetup 2026: What Brings You to Fintech Meetup This Year?  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Fintech rent rewards face sustainability test  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Is This Fintech Stock a Millionaire Maker?  AOL.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
New unicorn Slash raises $100m Series C, debuts Twin AI agent  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Affirm (AFRM) expands partnerships driving fintech growth  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
US companies secured half of all global FinTech deals as deal activity grew by 10% YoY in Q1  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
FinovateSpring 2026 unveils impressive lineup of industry-leading speakers  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Denmark's Spektr bags $20m Series A to expand AI compliance infrastructure  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Exclusive: CredAble appoints Ashutosh Taparia as CEO of its fintech business  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
American Express expands AI capabilities with Hyper acquisition  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Figure Clashes With Short Seller Over Blockchain Lending Claims  thedefiant.io Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
How fintech companies are rethinking payment performance in 2026  Technology Org Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
AI in wealth management: closing the implementation gap  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
ElasticON London 2026: Interview with Elastic's Tim Brophy  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey breaks down his thought process when he laid off 40% of his Block staff because of AI  Fortune Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Top 5 Stories of the Week in FinTech  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Munich Re: What are the Top Tech Trends Shaping Insurance?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Barclays: What is the Cost of UK Financial Illiteracy?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
UBestmall LIMITED Launches Its Fully Upgraded 2026 Platform, Leading the Cryptocurrency Shopping Revolution  markets.businessinsider.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Synctera enhances compliance offering with Cable acquisition  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Finastra: Are Global Payments Modernising Fast Enough?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Fintech Use Case Highlights ClickHouse’s Role in High-Volume Payment Analytics  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
MUFG Selects Finastra’s Global PAYplus for US ACH Modernisation  FintechNews CH Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
MTN Ghana's fintech business audits MoMo agents  Connecting Africa Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
UP Fintech Holding Limited (NASDAQ:TIGR) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages  MarketBeat Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
CTBC USA Chooses Narmi for Strategic Digital Banking Initiatives  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
BeZero Carbon and the Future of Green Finance  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Libertas Funding names Ralph Scannell Jr. as COO  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Banking’s 74-year-old prophecy  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Georgia's Basisbank completes Liberty Bank takeover  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
ClearBank Highlights Strategic Role at IFGS 2026 Fintech Forum  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
UK Fintech Giants Summoned for Treasury Summit to Revive Startup Appeal  Bobsguide Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Slash Financial hits unicorn status with $100m Series C  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Synctera snaps up Cable in embedded finance compliance deal  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
SEC settlement: what investment managers must know  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Alkami to Expand GenAI Capabilities with the Launch of Alkami Code Studio  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
ABHI Partners with GCC Exchange to Enable Instant Wage Access and Seamless Remittances Across the UAE  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
FinTech Scotland adds Mastercard and law firm CMS as strategic partners  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Horizon Technology Finance backs Stellar Cyber with $25m facility  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
The Fintech Landscape of the Kingdom of Jordan in 2026  The Fintech Times Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Khosla Ventures co-leads $100m series C for fintech firm Slash  Tech in Asia Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
NOTO: Why AI Fraud Prevention Needs Human Interaction to Beat the 'Tick in the Box' Mentality  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
SoFi Technologies vs. Upstart: Which Fintech Stock Is the Better Long-Term Buy?  AOL.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Augmentum Fintech plc - Holding(s) in Company  marketscreener.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
MobileMoney Fintech conducts compliance checks on MoMo agents  Developing Telecoms Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Nervous Indian fintech firms push Anthropic for early access to Mythos  Business Standard 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
Plata hits $5bn valuation with $405m Series C raise  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Alpaca, Wallace Finance Partner to Launch Direct Indexing and ETFs Platform for Retail Investors  Crowdfund Insider Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Euronet to Acquire PaynoPain in Bid to Expand European Payments Reach  FintechNews CH Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Capital One completes acquisition of Brex, the fintech giant, in a $5.15 billion deal  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
OpenAI Targets Pharma Giants With Purpose-Built AI Model.  MENA Fintech Association Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Paytm stock falls from highs but Haitong sees 26% upside on fintech growth story  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
AI Drives ‘Always-On’ Compliance in the UAE as Azakaw Named IDC Innovator  The Fintech Times Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Circle Sued for Failing to Freeze $230M in USDC After Drift Hack  Binance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Spektr $20M Funding: What It Means for AI Compliance in Fintech and Crypto Markets  KuCoin Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Nick Woodruff Moves to SC Ventures After Leaving Trust Bank  Fintech Singapore Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
The 15 Lawyers and Firms Fighting Crypto’s Biggest Legal Battles  Bitget Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Madhya Pradesh introduces AI and FinTech certificate courses in 68 colleges  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Top Stablecoin Innovators Fueling the Crypto Payment Revolution  vocal.media Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Why This $59 Million MercadoLibre Buy Follows a 12% Stock Drop  The Motley Fool Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Visa invites startups for Accelerator Cohort 6  IBS Intelligence Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Yeida extends deadline for fintech hub application  MSN Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
MobileMoney Fintech clamps down on 9,000 agents over rule breaches  GhanaWeb Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Affirm soars on top pick status; Robinhood, SoFi also climb (AFRM:NASDAQ)  Seeking Alpha Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Ramp is telling investors it is about to hit $1.4 billion in revenue a year, as the company prepares to go public  Business Insider Africa Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Spot Flows Plunge 253% Even As DOGE Breaks a Year-Long Downtrend, While Pepeto Could Be a Better ...  Binance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
AI Finance Automation Platforms  Trend Hunter 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
Amex to Acquire Hyper Ahead of Expense Platform Launch  Fintech Singapore Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
HKETO Berlin promotes Hong Kong's unique strengths in fintech at FIBE Festival in Berlin (with photos)  info.gov.hk Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Mitsui & Co.'s Crypto Arm Brings Tokenized Metals Asset Zipangcoin to OP Mainnet  thedefiant.io Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Galileo To Power SoFi FedNow Transfers  Crowdfund Insider Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Algoquant Fintech Ltd NSE (ALGO) Stock Forums  Investing.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Why traditional sanctions compliance is falling short  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
PB Fintech appoints Amrita Pandey as group HR head to drive scale  People Matters - HR News Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Pay360 2026: Why Are People Attending Pay360 2026?  Fintech Finance Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Infrastructure: The next frontier of Philippine fintech  Philstar.com Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
Fintech Stocks Worth Watching - April 16th  MarketBeat 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 »
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 17, 2026
Positive-review app Sircles winding down operations as money runs out  The Business Journals 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 »
Friday April 17, 2026
WiQwiic-32 – A compact USB-C IoT board with eight Qwiic connectors (Crowdfunding)  CNX Software Continue Reading »
Monday April 13, 2026
This French Castle Is Crowdfunding Its Own Restoration  Artnet News 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
The Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG Crowdfunding Campaign Just Launched and Has Already Decimated Its Goals  IGN Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
Crowdfunding: Kingscrowd Affirms Softer Online Capital Formation Market In Q1 2026  Crowdfund Insider 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
Dungeon Crawler Carl tabletop game crashes crowdfunding goals a day after BackerKit launch  GosuGamers Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Public urged to verify charities when donating to Kona Low relief efforts  Hawaii News Now Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
West Point plans StoryWalk project  LaGrange Daily News Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Zombie western film 'Holler' to start shooting in west-central Illinois  Jacksonville Journal-Courier Continue Reading »
Saturday April 11, 2026
Comic Watch Presents: The Korner – A Comic Crowdfunding Round Up – April 11, 2026  Comic Watch Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 07, 2026
Milford Senior Center crowdfunding America 250 mural project to support veterans  Delaware Public Media Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
Alberta pauses crowdfunding program, raising concerns for smaller non-profits  CTV News Continue Reading »
Friday March 06, 2026
4 best crowdfunding platforms for small businesses  CNBC Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
16 insurtech startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs  Sifted Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Nuclear Startup Plans South Carolina Reactor as Power Needs Soar  Bloomberg.com Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Poppi cofounder pitched her startup on Shark Tank and landed a $400K deal—now it's worth $2 billion  Fortune Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
This Sam Altman-Backed $1.8 Billion Startup Bets AI Can Get Drugs Through Clinical Trials Faster  Forbes Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Nvidia rival tells CNBC it's seeking at least $100 million in funding as European AI chip market booms  CNBC 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
Australia’s startup scene is thriving at last  The Economist 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
Australian Design Startup Canva Avoiding Tech-Sector Layoffs  WSJ Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Police Tech Startup Flock Safety Valued at $8.4 Billion Amid Civic Protests  The Information Continue Reading »
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Startup founder faces decade in jail after US$300 mil meltdown  Yahoo Finance Singapore Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Can Cambridge Keep Startups? MIT May Have an Answer  Cambridge Day Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Sequoia Capital raises $7B expansion fund to back AI startups  Tech Funding News Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
University Of Chicago: Partnership With AI Research Commons, Microsoft, And NVIDIA To Accelerate Midwest AI Startups  Pulse 2.0 Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
What bubble? AI startups score $242B in venture funding last quarter  Seeking Alpha Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Gaming Startup Accelerator Programmes  Trend Hunter Continue Reading »
Tuesday April 14, 2026
Trump signs bill reauthorizing federal aid to defense startups  Los Angeles Times 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 »
Friday April 17, 2026
Nonprofit to open Hayward facility to help startups build prototypes  The Business Journals Continue Reading »
Thursday April 16, 2026
From writing code to supporting work: How AI is reshaping startup teams  Microsoft Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
AI Startups Capture $242B As Global Funding Hits $300B In Q1 202  GuruFocus Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Startup Unicorns in 2026 Reveal How Tech Startups are Now Worth Billions  Tech Times Continue Reading »
Friday April 17, 2026
Nvidia AI chip rivals attract record funding as competition heats up  CNBC Continue Reading »