X Money Rolls Out to U.S. Premium Subscribers
X Adds Banking Features to Its Social Platform Elon Musk’s X has begun rolling out X Money to paid subscribers in the United States, moving the financial service beyond its…
Stripe Explores $10 Billion OpenRouter Deal to Expand Into AI Infrastructure
Stripe’s AI Infrastructure Push Could Reshape the Economics of Model Access Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter in a deal that could value the startup…
Cash App’s Fraud Settlement Exposes the Cost of Instant Money
Cash App’s Fraud Settlement Exposes the Cost of Instant Money Cash App made moving money feel almost effortless. That simplicity helped turn the Block-owned platform into one of the most…
Wise to Reapply for US Trust Charter Under GENIUS Act Framework
Wise’s US Charter Rejection Exposes the Gap Between Stablecoin Policy and Fed Access Wise plans to reapply for a US national trust bank charter under the GENIUS Act framework after…
Block Pays $45M as Regulators Target Cash App Fraud Protection Claims
Block’s $45M Cash App Settlement Shows the Cost of Selling Bank-Like Trust Without Bank-Like Protection Block has agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations from regulators in nearly every…
EarnOS Launches ero With $30 Million in Brand-Backed Rewards
EarnOS Bets on Verified Humans as AI Floods the Internet With Fake Engagement EarnOS Raises $18.5 Million and Launches ero App With $30 Million in Brand Reward Commitments EarnOS, a…
Royal Bank Launches Scotland’s First IP-Backed Loan Program
Scotland’s IP Lending Breakthrough Could Reshape Startup Finance Beyond Traditional Venture Capital The Royal Bank of Scotland has launched a new lending product that allows businesses to borrow against the…
Crossmint Launches Visa API for AI Agent Payments
Visa’s Agentic Payments Push Turns AI Commerce Into a Card-Network Fight Crossmint has launched a public API that lets developers enable eligible US Visa cardholders to use tokenized card credentials…
WYDE Launches $EAT Debit Card for Hunger-Relief Donations
Crypto Keeps Searching for a Real Consumer Use Case — Social Impact Cards Might Be the Most Interesting Attempt Yet Crypto has spent years trying to convince people that financial…
Offa Expands Home Finance Team as UK Islamic Property Market Growth Accelerates
Offa has expanded its Home Purchase Plan and Buy-to-Let operations with four new hires as the British Islamic property finance firm continues scaling its direct-to-consumer offering amid growing demand for…