The Federal Reserve‘s FedNow service launched in 2023 as a domestic instant- payment infrastructure, letting participating financial institutions send and receive payments in real time, around the clock. FedNow Goes Global Now the Fed is taking the next step: building a framework that could let FedNow support transactions in which the ultimate sender or receiver […]
Explore More
Keith Riddle of Payfinia and Steve Bone of MAP on putting FedNow and RTP inside more than 100 credit unions without replacing anybody’s core. Keith Riddle, CEO of Payfinia Payfinia, a credit union service organisation that supplies embedded instant payment and digital wallet services, announced a partnership with Member Access Processing on 17 July 2026. […]
Explore More
Brandon Till, head of business solutions at Soldo, on why gaps in AI governance are fuelling shadow AI, and how finance leaders can close them. Brandon Till, head of business solutions at Soldo Investment in AI by finance teams continues to grow, with 93 per cent of CFOs saying they expect to see a rise […]
Explore More
LEAP opened its fifth edition this morning at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Malham, and financial services readers should calibrate expectations before wading in. The programme carries a fintech track. It does not, as of the opening, carry a fintech announcement. That gap is not an oversight so much as a reflection of […]
Explore More
Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) has announced its fifth edition, scheduled for 7 to 10 December 2026 on Al Maryah Island, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Hosted by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) international financial centre, the event will operate […]
Explore More
The following is an overview of the fintech ecosystem and its relation to wider economic development of Puerto Rico in 2026. Puerto Rico uses the US dollar. Its banks operate within the American regulatory system. Deposits at eligible institutions benefit from the same federal insurance framework found across the mainland United States, and Puerto […]
Explore More
Angela Brown, CEO of Risilience, on where a climate assumption actually lands inside aprivate equity underwriting model, and where it does not apply. Angela Brown, CEO of Risilience Private equity holds an asset for three to seven years. Physical climate risk plays out over decades. The Fintech Times put that objection to Angela Brown, CEO […]
Explore More
The FCA‘s final cryptoasset rules halve the capital charge that applies to stablecoin issuance. is this a signal the regulator wants volume to build, and argues the harder question for a bank is not whether stablecoins become a payment rail but whether it can carry that volume on the risk infrastructure it already runs. Dan […]
Explore More
MiCA now applies across the EU, and the argument about it has moved on from whether firms can comply to what compliance costs. For a small digital-asset company, that answer decides whether Europe is a market worth entering at all. Edwin Mata, CEO and co-founder of Brickken The Fintech Times put written questions to Edwin […]
Explore More
The following is an overview of the fintech ecosystem and its relation to wider economic development of Suriname in 2026. Suriname has approximately two years to prepare for an economic transformation unlike anything in its modern history. Around 150 kilometres off its Atlantic coastline sits GranMorgu, a vast offshore oil development containing an estimated […]
Explore More