DeFi
Cash App Now Facilitates Stablecoin Transactions, But Keeps Stablecoins Invisible
Cash App now allows eligible users to send and receive USDC while automatically converting stablecoins to and from US dollars,...
Highnote Teams Up with Visa to Launch Agentic Commerce Capabilities
Modern card platform Highnote unveiled its new Agentic Commerce capabilities this week. Built using Visa Intelligent Commerce, Highnote’s Agentic Commerce...
6 Arguments For and Against Prediction Markets as Spain Cracks Down
Spain’s ministry of consumer rights blocked access to Kalshi and Polymarket this week. The country has paused the use of...
Didit Raises $6 Million for AI-Based Identity Verification
Spain-based Didit raised an additional $6 million in Seed funding to expand its programmable identity and fraud infrastructure globally, bringing...
The Consumer Credit Stack Is Being Rebuilt in Real Time
With new enabling technologies like stablecoins and AI moving quickly and classic fintechs like Mint.com and Dwolla making their exits,...
54 New FinovateSpring Demo Videos Are Now Live and Free to Watch
FinovateSpring 2026 may be over, but the demos are just getting started. All 54 videos from the demo stage are...
5 Takeaways from Trump’s Executive Order on Fintech and Regulatory Frameworks
In last week’s Finovate Weekly newsletter, I shared some thoughts on what fintechs might hope for from President Trump’s summit...
NMI Acquires Account-to-Account Payments Infrastructure Innovator Dwolla
Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI has acquired account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure innovator Dwolla. The acquisition creates a combined entity that...
Regtech Eisen Raises $18.5 Million to Streamline Escheatment
Eisen, a fintech that specializes in end-to-end escheatment and unclaimed property compliance automation, has secured $18.5 million in funding. The...
Intention.ly and the Challenge of Brand Building and Differentiation in Financial Services
This month marks the launch of a new series of interviews with companies that recently made their debuts on the...