fintech

Alibaba Backs Singapore’s MetaComp to Scale Hybrid Stablecoin Payments

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has backed Singapore-based fintech company MetaComp in a $35 million funding round aimed at expanding infrastructure for hybrid fiat-and-stablecoin payment systems used in global…

1 month ago

Mastercard Recruits Binance, Ripple and PayPal for New Crypto Partner Program

Global payments giant Mastercard has launched a new Crypto Partner Program, bringing together major industry players such as Binance, Ripple, and PayPal to help integrate…

1 month ago

YouTube Star MrBeast Acquires Gen Z Banking App Step After $200M Crypto-Linked Investment

YouTube megastar MrBeast — one of the most followed creators on the internet — is officially entering the fintech space with the acquisition of…

2 months ago

Franklin Templeton Debuts Hong Kong’s First Tokenized Fund Under New AI-Driven Fintech Plan

Franklin Templeton has launched Hong Kong’s first tokenized money-market fund, coinciding with the government’s new five-year fintech strategy aimed at…

6 months ago

Lava Secures Investment From Alex Crognale, The First USL Player Paid in Bitcoin

Lava, a prominent Bitcoin-focused fintech firm backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, has announced a new angel…

7 months ago

Malaysia Launches Digital Asset Regulatory Sandbox

During a speech today Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled the Digital Asset Innovation Hub, a regulatory sandbox for local…

10 months ago

Hip-Hop Icon RAKIM Launches AI-Powered Fintech Platform To Provide Artists With Capital And Financial Literacy

Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new…

1 year ago

Trump’s Media Company Launches Truth.Fi, a Fintech with Crypto Ambitions

U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions in the world of crypto took another leap on Wednesday as the billionaire politician's media…

1 year ago

MoonPay Partners with BitPay to Streamline Crypto Transactions

The web3 fintech firm MoonPay and the crypto payments platform BitPay have partnered to facilitate easier crypto transactions.  According to…

2 years ago