Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken and developer of the xStocks tokenised equities framework, has plans to open US-listed initial public offerings to retail investors worldwide at the IPO price. Customers of Kraken and other xStocks Alliance member exchanges will be able to submit non-binding indications of interest before a company lists, then […]
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Polygon Labs has upgraded Polygon Chain, the settlement layer at the core of its Open Money Stack, to support up to 5,000 payment transactions per second. The company says the throughput gain was achieved by raising the block gas limit to 160 million at 1.5-second block times, and that fees will remain low and predictable […]
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The following is a fintech and wider digital economic development of Pacific island nation of Palau. Palau’s fintech story begins with geography. A small Pacific island nation of around 18,000 people, Palau is spread across hundreds of islands and sits far from the world’s major financial centres. Its economy depends heavily on tourism, fisheries, public […]
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The following is a fintech and wider digital economic development view of the South Asian nation of Pakistan in 2026. Pakistan’s fintech story cannot be separated from the country’s wider economic challenges. For years, Pakistan has faced recurring balance-of-payments pressures, high inflation, currency volatility, fiscal constraints and the difficult task of expanding formal economic participation […]
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VIVA Finance partnered with DRB, the trade name of DR Bank, under which DRB will originate loans on VIVA’s platform. The arrangement is designed to give VIVA the banking infrastructure it needs to operate across all 50 US states, extending an employment-based lending model that the Atlanta company has been building since its founding in […]
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Tap Global Group PLC (AIM: TAP) has launched inbound third-party payment capabilities, allowing customers to receive salaries, employer payments and transfers from individuals directly into their Tap EUR accounts via the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) network. Each account carries an individual IBAN. GBP receipt via the UK Faster Payments network is described as forthcoming, […]
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The following is an analysis of the fintech, digital and wider economic development of the Netherlands in 2026. The Netherlands does not feel like a fintech market trying to prove itself. It feels like a country where much of fintech has already integrated into everyday life. A Dutch consumer buying groceries, paying a friend, ordering […]
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The following is an in-depth analysis of the fintech and wider digital economic development of African nation Sao Tome and Principe. When people think about Africa’s digital economy, countries such as Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa usually dominate the conversation. São Tomé and Príncipe rarely does. With a population of just over 230,000 people spread […]
Explore MoreTS Imagine has extended its TradeSmart Fixed Income execution management system to include leveraged loans, syndicated loans and distressed debt, giving institutional trading desks the ability to manage those instruments within the same platform they use for bonds, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and listed securities. The expansion was announced on 15 June 2026. […]
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