Fi's Sudden Pivot: Why India's Neobank Is Killing Its Core Banking App
A quiet email hit Fi users' inboxes this week: banking on the app is done. The neobank born from Google Pay alums is ditching savings accounts for AI ambitions.
In the Netherlands, a warehouse worker gets the same pension transition note as a 24-year-old intern. That's not a glitch; it's the new Wtp reality, with insurers now on the hook.
A quiet email hit Fi users' inboxes this week: banking on the app is done. The neobank born from Google Pay alums is ditching savings accounts for AI ambitions.
Everyone figured Swiss banks would stick to their fortified vaults of tradition. But PayInit AG flips the script, using Italian Opentech muscle for peer-to-peer card transfers.
FBI agents drop a fake token into the crypto wilds. Watch the wash traders swarm like flies to honey—then get swatted.
William Shatner’s auctioning X Money beta access for charity—with Elon Musk's $42 nod. It's quirky PR for Musk's everything-app dream, but does it signal real fintech disruption?
Monzo's US experiment? Dead. 50 layoffs later, they're hightailing it back to Europe—where the real money might actually flow.
Banks? Slow giants, right? Wrong. U.S. Bank's Meghan Kober is flipping the script with applied foresight, turning trends into a participation economy where everyone — businesses, partners, customers — thrives together.
Cross River didn't just scrape by — it reeled in $50 million fresh capital, eyes locked on AI and crypto. In a year when fintech wallets are thinner than ever, this move screams confidence — or calculated risk.
South Africa's Littlefish just snagged $9.4 million in fresh funding. It's a shot in the arm for Africa's underserved small businesses, coinciding with Circle's USDC rollout via Sasai Fintech.
Ever wonder why the Fed's balance sheet is still a behemoth? Dallas Fed chief Lorie Logan says blame the red tape — and it's time to cut it loose.
Picture paying for coffee with USDC — instant, borderless. Then KYC demands your ID. Here's why stablecoins' real-world dreams keep hitting regulatory snags.
AI agents promised to run wild on the web. One glitch: they couldn't pay for squat. Stripe's Machine Payments Protocol aims to fix that, but who's really cashing in?
Two more UK fintech hopefuls—VibePay's payments app and SmartLayer's AI home finance tool—just called it quits. It's a stark reminder of the sector's funding freeze.