Chime wants your paycheck as its primary home, dangling 5% cash back and metal cards. Sounds sweet—until you wonder who's really cashing in.
Solana was riding high as crypto's speed demon. Then Drift, its biggest perps platform, got hammered for $280 million in a sophisticated hack that's still unfolding.
Picture your savings account nudging you toward smarter choices, like a whisper-smart coach in your pocket. These five fintechs are making that real—helping banks embed financial magic into daily life.
CFTC just sued three states to hoard control over event contracts. Prediction markets? More like regulatory cage match.
While fintech chases AI moonshots and DeFi dreams, five under-the-radar players are fixing credit deserts right now. Students wiring money home, teens learning to save, small businesses snagging loans—these tools make it real.
Finovate's eighth annual awards are calling for entries, zeroing in on fintechs and banks delivering real results. In a market craving substance over buzz, this is your shot to stand out.
Stripe's dropping agentic network tokens from Mastercard and Visa into its Shared Payment Tokens, plus Affirm and Klarna BNPL. It's a quiet power move that could standardize payments in the AI agent economy.
San Diego's calling fintech diehards to FinovateSpring 2026, but amid the agentic AI sermons and stablecoin chats, who's actually turning promises into profits? I've seen this rodeo before—let's cut the spin.
Imagine waking up to find your crypto fortune vanished into thin air. That's the nightmare hitting Drift users right now after a savage hack.
nCino's revenue grew just 13% last year to $477 million, lagging fintech peers. Enter Keith Kettell, the new CRO tasked with turbocharging sales.
Nishad Singh thought coding for Sam Bankman-Fried was a dream gig. Now? He's out $3.7 million and banned from trading forever. Cooperation bought him leniency—but FTX victims aren't cheering.
Everyone showed up to MRC Vegas 2026 expecting the same old fraud whining. What they got? A brutal reminder that scams are evolving faster than defenses, with Stripe grinning in the corner.
Google's quantum team just lit a match under crypto's foundations. Their latest alert? Everyday encryption crumbles against tomorrow's machines — and the blockchain bros better wake up.
