SBI, Rakuten Build Crypto Trusts In-House [Japan Update]
Forget the hype cycle. Japan's biggest fintech players are quietly building the infrastructure for crypto's next chapter, and it's happening in-house.
NMI just bought Dwolla. Everyone expected NMI to keep expanding its white-label payment platform. This acquisition, however, signals a bolder move into account-to-account payments.
Forget the hype cycle. Japan's biggest fintech players are quietly building the infrastructure for crypto's next chapter, and it's happening in-house.
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The Clarity Act's stablecoin yield language is a flashpoint. Banking groups say current wording, while aiming to prohibit deposit-like interest, creates broad exceptions. It's a digital tug-of-war over the future of crypto finance.
The fight for India's instant payments crown is heating up. Tech giants like Amazon and Meta are lobbying regulators to level the playing field against dominant players Google Pay and PhonePe.
The Senate Banking Committee just gave a nod to the Clarity Act, a stablecoin bill that's been making waves. It's a significant step, but the journey to actual law is just beginning.
Hana Bank is dropping nearly $700 million on Upbit's parent company. Is this banking's embrace of digital assets, or a risky bet?
Bitcoin investors are watching their gains evaporate. Institutional money is fleeing spot ETFs, not out of fear, but for the safety of rising Treasury yields.
The days of bank treasury teams wrestling with clunky spreadsheets for hedge strategies are over. Derivative Path just dropped a new AI-powered tool that's a total game-changer.
The frictionless onboarding that defined digital trading is hitting a wall. Mounting FATCA and CRS pressures are forcing a seismic shift in how online brokers manage global customer data, exposing deep operational fault lines.
Forget fiber optic cables and bustling urban branches. In Alaska's vast 'banking tundras,' Credit Union 1 is literally flying in its tech to serve remote populations. It’s a fascinating, if slightly bonkers, look at what it takes to provide financial services at the edge of the world.
The Senate Banking Committee just greenlit the CLARITY Act. This crypto bill, after stalling in the House, now inches toward a full Senate vote. Is this the regulatory clarity digital assets desperately need, or just another paper tiger?
March wasn't kind to Italian mutual funds. Investors fled riskier assets, a trend that Prometeia's latest figures suggest will continue, albeit with a sliver of hope.