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Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  AP News Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
US companies dominated the global FinTech industry, completing 44% of all deals in Q4 2025  FinTech Global Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
February 2026: Top five fintech funding rounds of the month  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Fintech Plaid Completes Tender Offer At $8B Valuation  Crunchbase News Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  News4JAX Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  The Killeen Daily Herald Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Brink’s to Acquire NCR Atleos in US$6.6 Billion Deal  FintechNews CH Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
How is FIS Using AI to Boost its Digital Strategy?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Complii FinTech Solutions Seeks Trading Halt For Convertible Note Raising Announcement  TradingView Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block's shares jump after AI-driven layoffs  Latest news from Azerbaijan Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Seattle fintech startup Confido Legal raises fresh cash  GeekWire Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Record Profit and Fintech Selloff Might Change The Case For Investing In SoFi Technologies (SOFI)  Yahoo! Finance Canada Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
The human-machine balance in finance  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Mastercard Crypto Card And Fintech Deals Reshape Long Term Earnings Story  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
U.K. ‘buy now pay later’ regulation signals end of ‘Wild West’ fintech loans system  Compliance Week Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  oskaloosa.com Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Plaid Hits $8B Valuation in Employee Share Sale, Up 31%  The Tech Buzz Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
XTransfer obtains conditional approval for new payment licences in Malaysia  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Bank Aston picks Oracle for full tech stack  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
iAltA Holdings Acquires Delio  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  Goshen News Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
February 2026: Top five movers and shakers stories of the month  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Private markets fintech Delio snapped up by iAltA  Finextra Research Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Lithuania Emerges as a Growing AI Hub in the European Union  FintechNews CH Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Bay Area fintech company Block laying off thousands of employees  KRON4 Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
PGY vs. LC: Better to Choose Profitable Digital Bank or Fintech Play?  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Global Information Governance Day: Why it matters | Inside FinTech | Global law firm  Norton Rose Fulbright Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Complii FinTech Solutions seeks trading halt for convertible note raising announcement  marketscreener.com Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Making Digital Payments Feel Human Is Next Competitive Edge  PYMNTS.com Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
BCO: $6.6B deal forms a $10B revenue fintech leader with $200M synergies and strong cash flow  TradingView Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚’𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦. Kenya accepted US$415.4m of notes under its liability-management tender, taking out US$90.5m of the 2028s in full ... Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
MTN Nigeria Hits Major Milestone with N1.1 Trillion Profit, Data and Fintech Growth  TechAfrica News Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Augmentum Fintech agrees £185.7m acquisition bid from Verdane-controlled BidCo  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Socure Named to Forbes Fintech 50 as the Top Startup Powering Identity and Risk Infrastructure  Business Wire Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
BCO: $6.6B acquisition creates a $10B revenue fintech leader with strong growth and synergy upside  TradingView Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
FCA Selects Revolut and 3 Firms for 2026 Stablecoin Sandbox  FintechNews CH Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
NATL: $6.6B merger creates a global fintech leader, targeting $200M synergies and 35% EPS accretion  TradingView Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  WAVY.com Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  The Derrick Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
BCO: $6.6B merger creates a global fintech leader with major cost synergies and expanded reach  TradingView Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
London fintech startup Alpa secures $3.5M in pre-seed funding  Food On Demand Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Plaid’s Valuation Hits $8 Billion in New Funding Round  PYMNTS.com Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
AML Incubator Launches Operational AML Training Series for Fintech and MSB Teams  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Augmentum Fintech accepts £186m cash takeover offer  Finextra Research Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Jack Dorsey’s Block Cuts Workforce as AI Reshapes Operations  DailyCoin Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Blockchain intelligence for sponsor bank and issuer oversight  TRM Labs Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fiserv Seeks Exit From Credit Union Security Flaws Suit  Law360 Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Block ditches 4,000 staff, because AI can do their jobs  theregister.com Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Block cuts 4,000 jobs as AI overhaul reshapes fintech workforce  FinanceFeeds Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Billionaire Martinez Says $1.1 Billion AHMSA Auction Delayed  Bloomberg Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
India’s next FinTech wave will be enterprise-led: Cedar Hill Capital’s Sahil Anand  The Economic Times Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
February 2026: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Array snaps up Penny Finance amid continued acquisition spree  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Between the lines of the Stripe-PayPal rumors  Axios Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Ovanti Calls March EGM as It Advances Fintech and BNPL Expansion  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Fintech Stocks To Follow Now - February 26th  MarketBeat Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Kalshi adds another brokerage partner amid insider trading tied to MrBeast employee  InvestmentNews Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
IDT (IDT) Valuation Check After Expanded Buybacks And Resilient Telecom And Fintech Results  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Thunes Targets Business Development Opportunities at Fintech Meetup in Las Vegas  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
How This GV Investor Looks For The Next Stripe And Other ‘Compounding’ Startups In Fintech And AI  Crunchbase News Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Block Layoffs: Devastating 40% Workforce Reduction Rocks Jack Dorsey’s Fintech Empire  MEXC Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Jack Dorsey just laid off 40% of staff. He said he's still hiring AI engineers.  Business Insider Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Moroccan Fintech WafR Turns Corner Stores Into Digital Finance Hubs  We are Tech Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Block, the parent of Square and Cash App, is laying off over 4,000 people  Engadget Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Addi secures $89M from Citi  LatamList Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Dubai FinTech Summit 2026: Pakistan’s Progress Toward Establishing Itself As South Asia’s Digital Gateway – OpEd  Eurasia Review Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
DriveWealth to Integrate Kalshi’s Event Contracts into its Brokerage Platform  Finovate Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Block Restructures Workforce to Become AI-Native Fintech  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Ten Minute Interview: Crypto (Video) - FinTech - United States  Mondaq Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Brink’s to Acquire NCR Atleos in Major Fintech Deal  TipRanks Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Wells Fargo appoints Dennis Devine as new business banking lead  FinTech Futures Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Robinhood, Savvy Wealth tap April for AI-powered tax filings  InvestmentNews Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Socure Named to Forbes Fintech 50 as the Top Startup Powering Identity and Risk Infrastructure  01net Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
What’s Next for Klarna After US$1bn in Revenue?  FinTech Magazine Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Fintech Plaid Nabs $8 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round  Bloomberg Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Afterpay’s parent company, Block is shedding 40% of its team, coz AI. And its shares soared  Startup Daily Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 employees as CEO says AI 'does it better'  The Mirror Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
STB, Ant International Renew Partnership to Expand Digital Travel Payments  Fintech Singapore Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block cuts nearly half of its workforce, sending its stock price soaring! CEO: AI boosts efficiency  富途牛牛 Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI  Winnipeg Free Press Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Mercado Libre Dominance Deepens: Q4 Revenue Surges 45% as Logistics and Fintech Synergy Redefines Latin American Commerce  FinancialContent Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Releases 2026 Guide to Retirement  Investing News Network Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Block Shares Jump After Plan to Cut 40% of Its Workers  Barron's Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (JKHY) Added to Wells Fargo’s ‘Fab 5’ Fintech Picks  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Block Slashes 4,000 Jobs, Shares Rocket 24% on Restructuring  The Tech Buzz Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) Reports Upbeat Q4 CY2025, Stock Soars  TradingView Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Analysis: Block’s retreat to 2019 scale could be a hint of deeper shifts in payments economics  CoinDesk Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
KonaI, a fintech company, has proposed a plan to achieve 100 billion won in operating profit this ye..  매일경제 Continue Reading »
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Thursday February 26, 2026
Digital trading and brokerage company DriveWealth is teaming up with prediction market platform Kalshi in a move to capitalize on the growing interest in events contracts. The ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
If you missed out on FinovateEurope earlier this month, you don’t have to feel left out any longer. The 22 demo videos are now live ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
Cloud banking platform Mambu is expanding its payments hub into new global markets this year, with plans to launch in additional markets in EMEA, Latin America, and ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
Copla, a regtech headquartered in Lithuania that offers an AI-powered compliance automation platform, has secured €6 million in Series A funding. The round was led by ... Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
February is Black and African-American History Month. As the month draws to a close, we wanted to take a moment to recognize and celebrate the ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
Data analytics and consumer credit reporting company Experian announced a key acquisition today. The Ireland-based firm has acquired US data and intelligence company AtData for ... Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
What is the state of community banking in the US today? How are community banks evolving and transforming at a time of both potential opportunity ... Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
Open payments platform Spreedly is partnering with payments processing fintech Paysafe, integrating Paysafe’s merchant acquirer capabilities into its own global payments orchestration platform. Paysafe will process credit ... Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
In a round led by Insight Partners, AI solutions provider for financial advisors Jump has secured $80 million in Series B funding. The round also ... Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
It’s the last week of February, which means we have one more month to wrap up any Q1 goals. Below, we’ve aggregated the top news ... Continue Reading »
Friday February 20, 2026
This week’s edition of Finovate Global focuses on fintech developments in countries located in and around East Africa. Digital banking secures investment in Zambia Zambian ... Continue Reading »
Thursday February 19, 2026
New York City-based Metropolitan Commercial Bank has called it quits. The full-service commercial bank has retired its legacy ACH mainframe in favor of a new ... Continue Reading »
Crowdfunding trends 
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Thursday February 26, 2026
Deputy Henderson's widow in favor of making crowdfunding illegal for violent acts  WKRC Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
GoFundMe CEO on Why Crowdfunding Sparks Generosity and Judgment  Forbes Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
Ohio bill would ban crowdfunding for people charged with violent crimes  Cleveland.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
Fake crowdfunding site targets grieving family in Ontario  NBC Los Angeles Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Interview: Stephen Bissette serves up a new edition of TYRANT in the age crowdfunding  comicsbeat.com Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
From James Van Der Beek to Eric Dane, what's behind the celebrity crowdfunding backlash  CBC Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
Best Small Business Loans: $2K - $5 Million  NerdWallet Continue Reading »
Friday January 30, 2026
4 Of The Best Crowdfunding Platforms For Businesses  CNBC Continue Reading »
Monday October 20, 2025
UM Foundation Hosts Crowdfunding Campaign to Raise Funds for 15 Campus Programs  University of Montana Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
One Time Crowdfunding Issuer BrewDog On The Ropes As Founder Commits More Money  Crowdfund Insider Continue Reading »
Thursday August 28, 2025
Crowdfund UC Davis  UC Davis Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Plantsea smashes crowdfunding target – bringing seaweed polymer closer to market  Ethical Marketing News Continue Reading »
Wednesday January 14, 2026
Crowdfunding For Business: Best Crowdfunding Platforms In 2026  nav.com Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
Inkplate 13SPECTRA is a 13 inch, 6-color ePaper display with an ESP32-S3 microcontroller (crowdfunding)  Liliputing Continue Reading »
Tuesday January 27, 2026
9 Startups That Were Successfully Crowdfunded  U.S. Chamber of Commerce Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 03, 2026
Rep. Brion Curran - Consumer Alert: Crowdfunding Reminder from Attorney General Keith Ellison  Minnesota House of Representatives (.gov) Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Polo clothing and gear brand closes £93,000 crowdfunding campaign  Insider Media Ltd Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
Those Vegan Cowboys Raise €2.5 Million in One Day for ‘Cow-Free Cheese’ via Crowdfunding  vegconomist Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
Should Rich Celebrities Ask Fans To Support Crowdfunding Campaigns?  YourTango Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Deputy Henderson's widow in favor of making crowdfunding illegal for violent acts  WKRC Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
Autonomous Warship Startup Saronic Raising at $7.5 Billion Valuation  The Information Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Sam Altman’s ‘Human Verification’ Startup Leans on Consumer Brands  WSJ Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it  ABC News Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Koi sold to Palo Alto for $400 million before most employees received options  CTech Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
How This GV Investor Looks For The Next Stripe And Other ‘Compounding’ Startups In Fintech And AI  Crunchbase News Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Steel startup announces $875M factory, hundreds of jobs in northeastern North Carolina  WRAL Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
No, not just Cursor; other tech startups in America too are telling employees: leave your shoes behind; r  The Times of India Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
The Startup Building An Operating System For Biotech AI  Forbes Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
'Claude Just Killed Our Startup': This SF Founder Says AI Made Her Product Obsolete Overnight  Yahoo Finance Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
AI song generator startups Suno and Udio hoping to join music industry  mariettatimes.com Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
AEM Announces Exclusive Peer Groups for Emerging Leaders, AI, Startups, and More  AEM | Association of Equipment Manufacturers Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
El Paso entrepreneurs pitch startups at first SBDC AI challenge  El Paso Inc. Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Small Rocket Startups Phantom Space, Vector Launch Merged  Aviation Week Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
Six Types of AI Startups, Explained  MIT Sloan Management Review Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
UK’s Manufacturing Africa to launch $200 million fund to back green manufacturing startups  ImpactAlpha Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Hack in traction: Startups learn hustle shortcode for winning customers, narrow focus  Startland News Continue Reading »
Monday February 23, 2026
Exclusive | The Fundraising Tactic AI Startups Are Using to Juice Valuations  WSJ Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Wednesday February 25, 2026
The Painful Gaps Between AI-Native and Traditional B2B Startups Today. Here’s a Checklist To Help. Which Are You … Really?  SaaStr Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
Hutsy Founder Tefari Bailey: Building a Startup as a Solo Founder  Techstars Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it  Indiana Gazette Online Continue Reading »
Thursday February 26, 2026
MANGA WEEK: NEW MANGA STARTUPS ROLL OUT AMBITIOUS CATALOGS FOR 2026  ICv2 Continue Reading »
Tuesday February 24, 2026
More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before  TechCrunch Continue Reading »
Friday February 27, 2026
Healthtech Startups Recontextualising Care Across the MENA Region  cairoscene.com Continue Reading »