Melinda Lucy

The U.K. payments processor announced its acquisition of an alternative merchant acquirer license from the state of Georgia as part of its U.S. expansion.

Jelena McWilliams, former chair of the FDIC, is joining data sharing fintech Plaid as its new president of corporate and external affairs.

The Netherlands-based digital bank Bunq filed its second U.S. charter application this week after successfully receiving a broker-deal license late last year.

PicPay is making a second attempt at entering the U.S. market as a profitable digital bank and a competitor to fellow Brazilian fintech Nubank.

Mike Dargan, former chief operations and technology officer for UBS, stepped down at the end of 2025 and will become the CEO of neobank N26 this spring.

Fintechs sought to acquire the rights and privileges of bank charters in various ways this year, from de novo applications to buying up banks.

The fintech IPO drought ended this year with several large public exits by firms such as Chime, Klarna and Circle.

Michigan State University Federal Credit Union avoided $2.57 million in fraud exposure through blocking AI deepfake fraud calls with Pindrop products.

The bank technology company is adding offices in the U.S. and India as part of its quest to reach clients outside of its U.K. home base.

The Nashville community bank is focusing on growing its "digital branches" through fintech partnerships and embedded banking with its latest funding round.

The small Missouri community bank partnered with embedded banking provider Treasury Prime to connect with fintechs and signed on its first sponsoree earlier this year.

The payments fintech reported an $8 billion valuation as it aims to establish a second global headquarters in Silicon Valley and expand into Europe and the U.K.

PNC is one of the first major banks to offer bitcoin trading services directly to eligible private client accounts in a limited launch with Coinbase.

The Texas-based community bank is turning itself into a "digital asset financial institution" as the Trump administration pushes crypto-friendly policy and other banks make their bids.

After two successful international expansions, Junqueira aims to bring Nubank's products to U.S. consumers even as the neobank faces strong competition from U.S.-based banks and fintechs.

The Toronto-based loan fintech received an IFE license from Puerto Rico to launch Propel Bank.

The global bank created an educational campaign designed to alert customers to the risk of AI-generated scam advertisements on social media.

The New York Stock Exchange disclosed the news on Monday of the sudden passing of its head of International Capital Markets.

The U.K. neobank received an investment from the AI giant as the fintech aims to globally expand and acquire a U.S. banking license.

The Montreal-based bank brought its earned media value up to $1 million by building an internal system for employees to share social posts about BMO.