Fintech
The 50 Hottest Fintech Startups In 2026
ByJeff Kauflin,
Senior Editor
Even as AI took center stage in 2025, many fintechs–especially those with a business-to-business focus–thrived.
2026 Will Be The Year Banks Stop Waiting
ByPam Kaur,
Former Contributor
Why Deposit Stickiness, Not Scale, Is Driving Bank M&A Premiums
ByPam Kaur,
Former Contributor
What Fintech Can Learn From Neopets’ Mini Economy
ByPam Kaur,
Former Contributor
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Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping Competition Among Payment Providers
65% of merchants strongly agree that they are considering adding a new payment partner to better support their business as agentic commerce emerges.
ByJordan McKee,
Contributor
Thailand’s Virtual Banks Launch Into A Model That Barely Pays
Thailand approved three virtual banks to launch by mid-2026. Regional data is unforgiving: of eight profitable Indonesian digital banks in 2025, only SeaBank earns bank-like returns.
Contributor
The Philippines Went Majority Digital Without A Super App Or A CBDC
The Philippines shows how shared rails, real‑time transfers and a single QR standard can digitize payments at scale without a super app or a central bank digital currency.
Contributor
Revolut Wants To Issue Its Own Stablecoin. So Will Every Other Neobank.
The FCA picked Revolut for its stablecoin sandbox to test a GBP-pegged coin. With PYUSD at $3.95B and Visa settling $7B in stablecoins, neobanks are chasing the settlement layer.
Contributor
Every Technology Wave Builds A Trust Layer. AI Is Building Its Now.
A new verification layer is emerging, and I think it’s the most important venture category nobody is talking about yet.
ByAlex Lazarow,
Senior Contributor
How Cross-Border Payments is Changing Its Approach To AI
Most of the biggest cross-border payment companies in the world are already actively leveraging AI to improve efficiencies across their entire operations.
Contributor
Class Action Claims Administrator Agrees To Stop Taking Vendor Rebates After Kickback Scrutiny
Amid criticism that claims administrators have secretly profited from class action payouts, Philadelphia-based Angeion agreed not to accept rebates from prepaid card issuers, banks or other vendors in a Kansas City data breach case.
ByJeff Kauflin,
Senior Editor
Are We On The Precipice Of A Fintech IPO Bonanza?
After a years-long ice age, the fintech IPO window has reopened. The question worth asking is whether this is a sustained revival or a brief and fragile thaw.
ByNigel Morris,
Contributor
Why Payments Are Becoming A Revenue Lever For Merchants
Merchants have long treated payments as a back-end detail. Those building payment flexibility into their core architecture are converting more and losing fewer sales.
ByNandan Sheth,
Contributor
Kay Koplovitz’s Springboard Enterprises Bets On Women-Led Fintech
Springboard Enterprises is building its first fintech accelerator, betting that women-led startups are one of the market’s most underpriced growth opportunities.
Contributor
Rohit Chopra Takes Over California’s New Consumer Protection Agency
Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra will lead California's new consumer protection agency. Here's what fintech companies need to know about the enforcement implications.
ByAJ Dhaliwal,
Contributor
AI ROI In Banking Remains Elusive. Here’s Why
AI won't transform banking by replacing old workflows. Find out why ROI remains elusive and the 3 shifts that change everything for financial leaders
Contributor
Why Stablecoin Yield Has Become Washington’s Newest Crypto Battleground
Banks and crypto firms are clashing over whether stablecoins can pay yield, as Congress and the OCC move toward a framework that separates holding from use.
ByAJ Dhaliwal,
Contributor
The World's Largest Fintechs Are Taking The Fight To America
Fintechs such as Revolut, Nubank and Klarna are expanding outward with their eyes set on the biggest prize of all: the U.S. market.
ByNigel Morris,
Contributor
The Private Market Is Now The Real Fintech Index
For the first time in fintech's twenty-year history, the top 100 private companies generate more revenue than the top 100 public ones founded since 2006.
ByAlex Lazarow,
Senior Contributor
FIS And Anthropic Signal A New Era Of AI Infrastructure In Banking
FIS announces a major partnership with Anthropic, launching a financial crimes agent that puts fintech infrastructure at the center of the agentic AI era in banking.
Contributor
The Marketing ROI Gap: How Banks Spend, Measure, And Misattribute Their Budgets
Banks' dominant budgeting approach is to take a number they can't validate, adjust it based on gut feel, and wait until someone asks a hard question in a board meeting.
ByRon Shevlin,
Former Contributor
