Prediction markets let people trade on whether a real-world event will happen. Each contract asks a yes-or-no question and settles at one dollar for yes or nothing for no. According to CertiK‘s 2026 Skynet Prediction Markets Report, global trading volume rose fourfold from 15.8 billion dollars in 2024 to 63.5 billion dollars in 2025, and […]
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When Flex for Good passed $1 million in emergency rental assistance delivered, the milestone said less about new technology than about old rails pointed somewhere new. The charity, a separate 501(c)(3) built alongside rent-payment platform Flex, moves emergency grants across the same infrastructure that moves rent. Ryan Metcalf, VP of public affairs at Flex Ryan […]
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Ecommpay has gone live as a direct acquirer and payment method provider within PayControl‘s enterprise payment orchestration platform, the two companies confirmed on 30 July 2026. The integration means merchants already using PayControl can route transactions through Ecommpay’s gateway and acquiring network without adding a separate integration. PayControl, founded in 2025 and headquartered in London, […]
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Bitget Wallet has launched Assetback, a rewards programme that converts eligible spending on its Visa and Mastercard-backed card into Bitcoin, gold (via the XAUT token), or tokenized US equities and ETFs. Users select their preferred asset once inside the app and the conversion happens automatically at the point of settlement, with no brokerage account or […]
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Pillar Two, the OECD’s global minimum tax, requires multinational groups with consolidated revenue of at least 750 million euros to pay an effective rate of at least 15 per cent in every jurisdiction where they operate. For groups with a December year end, the first GloBE Information Return fell due on 30 June 2026, 18 […]
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Universal banking was built on the assumption that breadth is strength: more products, more markets and more capabilities under one brand. Decades of acquisitions and in-house builds have left many large banks running as loose federations of partly integrated platforms, and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic now ask a different question of them, […]
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Any institution must first reckon with a constraint that precedes any model: data quality. Information comes from different providers, must be used in real time, and rarely arrives clean. Alessandro De Leonardis, CIO of Armundia Group Alessandro De Leonardis, CIO of Armundia Group, argues automation in insurance brokerage stops where human judgement must explain, arbitrate […]
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Financial habits form early, and they form at home. The Money and Pensions Service has found that parental influence and early attitudes explain almost 90 per cent of the difference in children’s financial capability between the ages of seven and 11. Rupert Lee-Browne, chairman of nimbl For Rupert Lee-Browne, chairman of children’s pocket money and […]
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Most banks are still navigating the slow, complex journey of digital transformation—but what if you could speed up your innovation pipeline without sacrificing compliance? Najla Al-Mutawa, EVP of Strategy at QNB Najla Al-Mutawa, EVP of Strategy at QNB, reveals how her team is accelerating AI adoption and blockchain initiatives within a heavily regulated environment, delivering […]
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The following showcases the 2026 developments of fintech and wider digital of Vietnam. For decades, Vietnam’s economic transformation could be seen inside its factories. Electronics, clothing, footwear, machinery and increasingly sophisticated manufactured products helped turn a country that was once among Asia’s poorest into one of the region’s most important production centres. Now another transformation […]
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