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UK lender Abound acquires Ahauz for mortgage market entry

UK lender Abound acquires Ahauz for mortgage market entry

January 16, 2026

UK consumer lender Abound has made its first company acquisition with the purchase of Ahauz, a lendtech start-up specialising in shared equity…

Alpaca bags $150m Series D at $1.15bn valuation

Alpaca bags $150m Series D at $1.15bn valuation

January 16, 2026

US brokerage platform Alpaca has secured unicorn status after raising $150 million in a Series D funding round, with plans…

UK’s FCA grants EMI licence to Capi Money

UK’s FCA grants EMI licence to Capi Money

January 16, 2026

Capi Money, a London-based payments and financial infrastructure provider aiming to open up emerging markets, has secured an Electronic Money Institution…

B4B Payments co-founder Paul Swinton steps down from executive chair role

B4B Payments co-founder Paul Swinton steps down from executive chair role

January 16, 2026

Paul Swinton has stepped down from his role as executive chair of B4B Payments, a card issuing and payment solutions provider…

BVNK to power stablecoin payment pilots for Visa Direct

BVNK to power stablecoin payment pilots for Visa Direct

January 15, 2026

Visa has expanded its partnership with US fintech BVNK, with the payments giant set to utilise BVNK’s infrastructure to power…

US Bancorp to acquire BTIG in deal worth up to $1bn

US Bancorp to acquire BTIG in deal worth up to $1bn

January 15, 2026

US Bancorp, the parent company of US Bank, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire California-based financial services firm BTIG in…

Old Glory to go public via $250m SPAC merger with DAAQ

Old Glory to go public via $250m SPAC merger with DAAQ

January 15, 2026

US-based Old Glory Bank and Digital Asset Acquisition Corporation (DAAQ), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered a definitive…

Hatch Bank hires ex-Unit chief Amanda Swoverland as president

Hatch Bank hires ex-Unit chief Amanda Swoverland as president

January 15, 2026

Hatch Bank, a California-based sponsor bank with approximately $150 million in assets, has named Amanda Swoverland, former chief compliance officer…

US President Donald Trump calls for temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates

US President Donald Trump calls for temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates

January 14, 2026

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose a temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates in the…

Atomic Invest buys Groene Hart Financial Diensten to boost EU expansion

Atomic Invest buys Groene Hart Financial Diensten to boost EU expansion

January 14, 2026

US-based embedded investing and savings platform Atomic Invest has acquired Groene Hart Financial Diensten, a Dutch markets in financial instruments…

S&P Global completes sale of EDM and thinkFolio businesses to STG

S&P Global completes sale of EDM and thinkFolio businesses to STG

January 14, 2026

Analytics company S&P Global has sold its enterprise data management (EDM) and thinkFolio businesses to private equity firm STG. The financial…

Polygon Labs buys Coinme and Sequence for more than $250m

Polygon Labs buys Coinme and Sequence for more than $250m

January 14, 2026

Polygon Labs, the US-based blockchain payments firm, has secured agreements to acquire Coinme, a Seattle-headquartered stablecoin and crypto payments platform, and…

Fireblocks to acquire Web3 data and reporting fintech Tres Finance

Fireblocks to acquire Web3 data and reporting fintech Tres Finance

January 13, 2026

Stablecoin infrastructure company Fireblocks has agreed to acquire Tres Finance, a financial data and reporting platform for digital assets.  While the financial…

Rain hits $1.95bn valuation with $250m Series C

Rain hits $1.95bn valuation with $250m Series C

January 13, 2026

Rain, a stablecoin-focused payments infrastructure platform based in the US, has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round…

FMO and SMBC Americas tap Fenergo for onboarding tech

FMO and SMBC Americas tap Fenergo for onboarding tech

January 13, 2026

Irish regtech Fenergo has inked two separate deals with Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO and SMBC Group in Japan for client lifecycle…

HKMA expands AI sandbox to drive cross-industry fintech adoption

HKMA expands AI sandbox to drive cross-industry fintech adoption

January 6, 2026

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is preparing to widen the scope of its artificial intelligence sandbox as part of a…

Brazilian fintech PicPay files for U.S. IPO as Claure invests

Brazilian fintech PicPay files for U.S. IPO as Claure invests

January 6, 2026

PicPay, a Brazilian financial technology company, has filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. This…

Mastercard teams with LoanPro to upgrade digital lending systems

Mastercard teams with LoanPro to upgrade digital lending systems

January 5, 2026

Slated to launch in 2026, the new solution is positioned to combine installment lending with the digital convenience and global…

Nuvei expands Microsoft partnership to scale global payments throughput

Nuvei expands Microsoft partnership to scale global payments throughput

January 5, 2026

Nuvei and Microsoft today announced a major expansion of their strategic partnership, enabling Nuvei’s core payment processing APIs to run…

Nuvei and EPI roll out Wero payments for European online merchants

Nuvei and EPI roll out Wero payments for European online merchants

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Nuvei announced that its eCommerce merchants have started processing transactions via Wero, the innovative digital wallet of the European Payments…

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