Stable, the Tether-aligned Layer 1 blockchain, has launched a consumer app called StablePay that lets users send and receive USDT worldwide in seconds with no transaction fees, moving the company from settlement infrastructure into a direct competitor to remittance operators and mobile wallets. Announced on 15 July 2026, the app also carries a yield feature that pays users a return on idle balances, a design choice that runs directly into an unresolved fight in US crypto legi

Managing general agents are being pushed to overhaul their pricing and underwriting operations as commercial insurance rates soften and competition tightens, according to independent research commissioned by pricing and underwriting insurtech Optalitix. The study, Pricing Transformation in MGAs, found that more than four in five MGAs have either already modernised their pricing capabilities or plan to start projects within the next 12 months, marking a shift from planning to

Interactive Brokers has opened a two-way stablecoin channel between its brokerage accounts and external crypto wallets, letting eligible US clients withdraw dollar balances by automatic conversion into USDC, PYUSD or RLUSD. Announced on July 14, 2026, alongside 12 new tradable tokens, the move completes a deposit-and-withdrawal loop that most traditional multi-asset brokers still do not offer, and it lands while the firm is posting some of the strongest trading activity in it

Thredd, the issuer processing platform, has joined Visa's Agentic Ready programme, giving card issuers across Europe a route to support AI agent-initiated payments without rebuilding their infrastructure. Consumer payments platform Zilch will be among the first issuers on Thredd's platform to switch on agent-initiated payments for cardholders, extending a partnership the two firms already run through Visa Flexible Credential in the UK. The move places Thredd at the processing

Brazil's Pix instant-payment network now moves more e-commerce value than credit cards for the first time in its history, a milestone that arrives at the exact moment Washington is threatening to penalise the system in a trade action. As the Office of the United States Trade Representative approaches its July 15, 2026 statutory deadline on a proposed 25% Section 301 tariff on Brazilian goods, the government-run rail that the USTR case singles out has just become the country's

Emirates NBD has become the first bank in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT) region to settle live cross-border US dollar payments on the Partior blockchain network, moving a two-year-old technology partnership into production. Corporate and institutional clients can now send real-time USD payments to beneficiaries banking with J.P. Morgan, which acted as both settlement and beneficiary bank in the first completed live transaction. The launch converts an Octobe

FinanceX Magazine is delighted to announce its official media partnership with the AI in Finance Summit London, taking place on 15 September 2026 at 1 America Square, London. Hosted by RE•WORK, the summit is a leading gathering for professionals exploring the most cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and their adoption across financial services. This partnership reflects FinanceX Magazine's ongoing commitment to spotlighting the technolog

Berlin-based corporate card fintech Pliant has gone live in the United States, naming Coastal Community Bank as the sponsor bank behind its entry into the world's largest commercial card market. The arrangement, announced July 14, gives Pliant a regulated banking partner to issue cards nationwide and marks the operational milestone the company set when it raised its $40 million Series B in April 2025 explicitly to fund U.S. expansion. What Does the Coastal Partnership Actuall

The Vault, a Swiss and EU regulated digital asset infrastructure platform, has integrated P2P.org's validator network so that institutional clients can stake supported assets without moving them out of custody. The integration launches with Ethereum (ETH) and TRON (TRX) support and connects clients to a validator operation P2P.org says secures more than $10 billion in delegated assets across 40-plus proof-of-stake networks. For regulated treasuries and asset managers, the pit