Why an Unsustainable Bubble Is Growing Inside Fintech

Innovation

India’s youngest billionaires list grows as AI, fintech founders surge

Aravind Srinivas, Alakh Pandey and Deepinder Goyal feature among 11 self-made entrepreneurs under 45 whose combined fortunes touched $15.9 billion in 2026

Why An Unsustainable Bubble Is Growing Inside Fintech

While giant fintechs like Stripe and Ramp garner nosebleed valuations, others struggle to raise funding or languish in the stock market.

AI

How Can Banks Overcome Fear of AI Implementation Failure?

As AI in banking advances, Barb Morgan, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Temenos, explains how banks can capitalise on modernisation

Eisen raises $18.5m to fix financial compliance gap

Eisen, an AI-enabled compliance operations infrastructure provider for financial services, has secured a total of $18.5m in funding to address a growing dormant-account crisis affecting banks, FinTechs, and digital asset platforms.

Venture Capital

Mouro Capital Raises $400M to Expand Fintech Growth

Mouro Capital has announced the $400 million (€343.4 million) first close of its third investment fund. The capital injection comes directly from the firm’s long-standing anchor limited partner, Banco Santander.

FinTech bunch raises $35m to fuel European push

European FinTech bunch has raised $35m (£26m) to accelerate its growth plans. The FinTech was founded in 2021 and is based in Berlin, but employs 20 people at its second-largest office in London.

The round was led by Portage, with participation from Illuminate Financial, significant follow-on investment from existing investors Motive Partners, Cherry Ventures and Fintech Collective, as well as additional angel investors.

Digital Finance

How A Credit Card Fintech Resurrected Itself By Targeting The Superrich

Four years ago, Atlas looked like it was on the brink of collapse. Today, tech billionaires are lining up to pay $1,000 a year for its card.

Research

Atlanta Fintech Company EasAly Responds to Landmark Tax Ruling with New Refund Recovery Platform, CovidTaxRefunds.com

Millions of Americans may be entitled to refunds on IRS penalties and interest basted on a recent major federal court decision. EasAly, a financial technology tax resolution platform backed by real tax debt experts, has launched CovidTaxRefunds.com, a new tool designed to help taxpayers quickly determine whether they are owed money and take action. The opportunity remains largely under the radar, yet the legal deadline is fast-approaching.

Digital Banking

OpenAI Pairs with Plaid for Wider Access to Personal Finance

Pro ChatGPT users in the US will get a preview of how to connect bank accounts to their AI accounts as OpenAI pairs with Plaid to allow access

Regulatory Technology

How Vivox.ai is putting AI agents to work in compliance

The global regulatory landscape is continuing to grow in complexity every year and financial institutions are trying to find the best way to cope. Vivox.ai founder and CEO Tim Khamzin, believes the answer to the issue is agentic AI.

Technology

Fintech Tennis Brand Ambassadors

Ant International named Carlos Alcaraz its global brand ambassador, tapping the world No. 1 tennis player to lead campaigns across Alipay+, Antom and WorldFirst, the company’s global wallet, merchant payment and cross-border account platforms. The Carlos Alcaraz Ant International partnership sees the multi-time Grand Slam champion representing a fintech company that connects more than 150 million merchants and over two billion user accounts worldwide.