Investments

The payments company hopes to build its brand outside of its U.K. home base while attracting a deeper investor pool.

The Treasury market experienced unexpected volatility in April after President Trump announced sweeping tariffs, but recovered after the moves were delayed. Some see that as proof of resilience in the market, but others say it highlights vulnerabilities.

This might deeply disappoint Wall Street investors who've been counting on a windfall if Fannie and Freddie are set free.

The investment follows the success of KeyVAM, a virtual account management platform developed with the fintech for treasury clients and launched last year.

The stablecoin issuer has kicked off its initial public offering after reportedly delaying it due to macroeconomic uncertainty caused by Trump's tariff plans last month. It first filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in April.

Bond yields are shooting up for the second time in as many months. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller attributes the volatility to concerns about rising national debt levels.

The state supreme court agreed to review the ruling in favor of a group of Wall Street banks that whistleblower Edelweiss said cost the state at least $100 million.

The Federal Open Market Committee will meet on June 17-18. While no rate cuts are expected at this point, things can change quickly. Lauren Saidel-Baker, economist at ITR Economics, provides her take on the meeting the new Summary of Economic Projections and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.

After a drop in fintech venture capital exit value from IPOs, neobanks and other financial tech startups are closely watching Chime's initial public offering.

The neobank filed for an initial public offering on Tuesday shortly after announcing a new office lease in New York City.

Credit risk transfers, which gained traction in 2022 and 2023 as banks sought to manage their capital levels, may now become a solution for lenders looking to reduce their exposure to commercial real estate loans.

With vast amounts of capital locked in privately held companies, both employees of those companies and average investors would benefit from a loosening of the rules restricting private investment.

Trump's return to the Oval office, and his administration's vocal disdain for climate and DEI issues, has acted as a brake on ESG hiring across America.

This time almost no one is questioning the industry's ability to ride out whatever is coming.

The group, along with partners Avalanche, B2C2, Galaxy Digital, U.S. Bank and Wintermute created Lynq, a real-time, yield-bearing settlement network.

An administration willing to rethink longstanding regulatory norms could implement targeted reforms that unlock the potential for increased investment, innovation and job creation across the country.

The Sweden-based payment firm, which recently delayed its IPO due to the trade war, will use Fiserv's Clover point of sale system as it looks to build a market in the U.S. Plus: Payoneer makes a deal in China and other news in this week's global payments roundup.

President Donald Trump and his family have taken a interest in just about every corner of the crypto industry.

Municipal AAA yield curves were cut up to another 42 basis points, depending on the curve, as of noon, pushing yields to multi-year highs and long-end muni to UST ratios above 100%. Muni yields have risen up to nearly 100 basis points in spots since the bond market rout began.

The Swedish institution's New York listing, which was viewed as a sign of fintech's recovery, has been delayed due to market volatility.