PayPoint has completed the acquisition of AperiData, a real-time credit reference agency and Open Banking platform, following an initial £1million minority investment in 2024. The deal, announced on 24 June 2026, brings AperiData fully into the PayPoint Group and marks a meaningful expansion of the listed company’s Digital Payments and Open Banking business unit. Simon […]
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The following is an analysis of the fintech, digital and wider economic development of the European nation of Montenegro in 2026. Montenegro is not a fintech market that can be understood through scale. Its population is small. Its startup ecosystem is still developing. Its banking sector is compact. It does not have the domestic depth […]
Explore MoreTalos, the institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, has published research examining how the structure of a tokenized equity instrument determines its legal standing, liquidity profile and trading behaviour, a distinction it argues is now more important than whether a stock is available onchain at all. The analysis, released as part of Talos’s weekly State of […]
Explore MoreMonevium Ltd, an FCA-regulated payment service institution, was placed into special administration on 18 June 2026 following a court order appointing Adam Stephens and Christopher Allen of S&W Partners LLP as Joint Special Administrators (JSAs). The collapse ends a two-year decline triggered by the arrest of the firm’s principal shareholder by US authorities in early […]
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The following is an overview of the fintech ecosystem and its relation to wider economic development of the Central American nation of Honduras in 2026. Honduras’ fintech story begins far beyond its borders. Every month, money earned in the United States, Spain and elsewhere is sent back to Honduran families. These remittances pay for […]
Explore MoreS&P Global Ratings has published a detailed credit FAQ explaining how it incorporates blockchain-specific risks into its existing fixed-income fund rating methodologies, as tokenised money market funds surpass $15billion in assets under management globally, according to data cited from RWA.xyz. The agency currently rates three tokenised funds: the OpenEden TBILL Fund, the Janus Henderson Anemoy […]
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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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