The Brazilian-founded fintech is now live in Indonesia, Thailand, and Turkey, with Malaysia and Vietnam to follow this quarter, betting that fragmented local payment infrastructure is its competitive moat, not its obstacle. Cross-border payments specialist EBANX has launched operations in five new markets, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Turkey, bringing its active footprint in Asia to seven countries, including India and the Philippines. The combined digital com

Payward's acquisition of the only US company holding all three CFTC derivatives licences for digital assets closes the regulatory gap that has kept domestic retail investors locked out of institutional-grade crypto derivatives for years. Payward , the parent company of Kraken and NinjaTrader , has agreed to acquire Bitnomial , the sole US firm holding the complete trifecta of CFTC-issued digital asset derivatives licences, for up to $550 million in cash and stock. The deal,

From Vanguard's AI portfolio whisperer to a $65 million bet on estate planning, WealthTech's biggest week of 2026 proves the robot revolution isn't replacing advisors, it's supercharging them. If you still think WealthTech is about clunky robo-advisors asking you ten risk-tolerance questions before parking your money in index funds, this week's news would like a word. The sector just delivered a flurry of launches, mega-rounds, and product upgrades that paint a very different

The Stored Value Facilities approval from the Central Bank of the UAE hands the buy-now-pay-later firm the infrastructure to hold customer deposits and broaden beyond credit, the defining regulatory unlock for any fintech with neobank ambitions in the Gulf. Tabby has secured a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), clearing the core regulatory hurdle that separates a payments app from a full-service financial institution. The authori

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its official media partnership with UNCHAIN Festival 2026, the premier finance and technology summit in Central and Eastern Europe. Taking place on 17–18 June 2026 at Oradea Fortress, Romania, this landmark event will convene over 800 senior leaders and decision-makers from more than 40 countries, spanning financial institutions, regulatory bodies, fintech innovators, and technology providers. Now in its fifth anniversary edition, UNCHAI

UniCredit has acquired a circa 16% stake in Italian tokenization platform BlockInvest for €4 million, marking the pan-European bank's most concrete institutional commitment to on-chain financial infrastructure to date. The deal, closed on 15 April 2026, elevates BlockInvest from a compliance-proven domestic operator to a credentialed partner for cross-border digital asset issuance across UniCredit's European network. Why Does a €4M Ticket Move the Needle on Tokenization? Th

Euronet Worldwide has agreed to acquire PaynoPain , a Spanish fintech specialising in digital and omnichannel payment processing, in a move that extends the Kansas-headquartered payments group's direct merchant acquiring footprint into Spain and Portugal for the first time at scale. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2026, pending regulatory sign-off from Spanish and relevant EU authorities. The transaction hands Euronet a payment service provider (PSP) licence authorised b

The deal pairs eToro's 38-million-user retail brokerage network with Zengo's MPC-based keyless wallet architecture, signaling a strategic bet that non-custodial crypto infrastructure will become table stakes for any multi-asset platform competing in 2026. eToro has agreed to acquire Zengo , a self-custodial crypto wallet provider founded in 2018, in a move that formalizes the trading platform's push beyond custodial asset management into the infrastructure layer of on-chain

A small-island bank's migration to a cloud-ready core signals a broader regional shift, and puts pressure on Caribbean incumbents still running legacy infrastructure. AIB Bank N.V. of Aruba has selected Finastra 's Essence platform as its new core banking system, positioning the institution to become what it describes as the first fully digital bank in Aruba. The move, announced April 15, 2026, replaces the bank's existing legacy infrastructure with a cloud-ready architectu