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Latest news, analysis, and updates in fintech.

53% of Bankers Crown Certainty in Real-Time Payments
Real-time payments are moving beyond speed. Bankers now see certainty, confirmation and settlement visibility as the bigger sell.

YZi Labs Wins CEA Industries Board Seats in BNB Truce
YZi Labs ended its CEA proxy war with board seats, an interim president role and a CEO search as BNC jumped premarket.

Trump Holds Housing Bill Hostage Over SAVE Act Fight
Trump pulled a bipartisan housing bill into the SAVE Act fight, putting housing reforms and community bank relief on ice.

$9M Swing Pits Kraken Against PowerTrade in Court Fight
Kraken says PowerTrade used 100 trade corrections to flip a multimillion-dollar balance into a deficit. Now it's chasing discovery in U.S. court.

Lake Exit Throws JPMorgan Succession Fight Wide Open
Marianne Lake’s exit reshapes JPMorgan’s CEO race, putting Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh closer to the post-Dimon spotlight.

Trafficking Fight Hits Clarity Act Section 604 Shield
Section 604's developer shield is drawing trafficking backlash, forcing Congress to weigh crypto clarity against accountability.

Ripple CEO Blasts Saylor Bitcoin Strategy as Crypto Drag
Garlinghouse is still bullish on bitcoin, but says Saylor's financial engineering has hurt crypto's credibility.

Airwallex Grabs $320M as Its Valuation Jumps to $11B
Airwallex raised $320M at an $11B valuation and hired Pranav Sood as CFO, sharpening its U.S. payments push.

25th Slam Chase Pulls Djokovic Into General Atlantic
Djokovic is taking his 24-Slam brand to General Atlantic, giving private equity a sharper play in wellness, sports, and performance tech.

Colony Bankcorp Bets $163M on South Carolina Expansion
Colony Bankcorp is paying $163M for First Reliance, buying instant South Carolina scale and a new test of its community-bank model.

Rent Checks Bankroll Grant Cardone Bitcoin Bet Past $200M
Grant Cardone wants rent checks to keep buying bitcoin dips, turning Cardone Capital's $5.3B real estate base into a crypto treasury test.

Invesco Tokenized Fund Hunts Stablecoin Reserve Market
Invesco is chasing stablecoin reserve cash with a tokenized Treasury fund built for digital-dollar plumbing.