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Coinbase is adding an AI-powered, SEC-registered investment adviser called Coinbase Advisor inside its app for Coinbase One members in the US. The tool is positioned to automate portfolio actions such as tax-loss harvesting and to convert news into multi-asset trade recommendations, alongside a new developer platform push.
9:02 PMPYMNTSFlutterwave raised a Series E round that values the African payments company at $3.25 billion. The round included an investment from US blockchain firm Ripple, giving it a stake in Flutterwave.
9:37 AMFinextraRobinhood is cutting about 10 percent of its staff as it restructures operations. CEO Vlad Tenev said the company remains financially strong but has become a heavily layered organization.
1:39 PMAl JazeeraSummary
Coinbase is adding an AI-powered, SEC-registered investment adviser called Coinbase Advisor inside its app for Coinbase One members in the US. The tool is positioned to automate portfolio actions such as tax-loss harvesting and to convert news into multi-asset trade recommendations, alongside a new developer platform push.
Why it matters
If Coinbase can scale regulated AI advice, it can increase subscription stickiness and capture higher-margin wallet share beyond trading spreads.
Summary
Flutterwave raised a Series E round that values the African payments company at $3.25 billion. The round included an investment from US blockchain firm Ripple, giving it a stake in Flutterwave.
Why it matters
The deal tightens the link between mainstream payments infrastructure in Africa and crypto settlement networks, potentially shifting cross-border pricing and product speed.
Summary
Robinhood is cutting about 10 percent of its staff as it restructures operations. CEO Vlad Tenev said the company remains financially strong but has become a heavily layered organization.
Why it matters
A major retail trading platform is shifting from growth-era staffing to efficiency, reshaping how aggressively it can build products and compete in fintech.
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Visa and Revolut will expand Click to Pay across Europe, extending tokenized, network-backed checkout to more than 40 million Revolut customers. The rollout aims to reduce manual card entry and improve conversion through a standardized, credential-on-file experience.
5:43 AMFinextraTokenization is being repositioned from a back-end security control to a front-line checkout strategy that improves speed, trust, and data quality. Merchants and payment platforms are using tokens to lift approval rates, reduce fraud, and enable smoother repeat purchases across channels.
4:03 AMPYMNTSSilverflow added an integration to Discover Network and Diners Club International. Merchants and payment service providers can now accept both networks through a single API connection on Silverflow’s cloud-native processing platform.
3:00 AMFinextraBankiFi CEO Mark Hartley says banks are at risk of losing corporate payments relationships to third-party providers. He argues banks must move into beyond-banking services to stay central to corporate payment workflows.
1:00 AMFinextraSummary
Visa and Revolut will expand Click to Pay across Europe, extending tokenized, network-backed checkout to more than 40 million Revolut customers. The rollout aims to reduce manual card entry and improve conversion through a standardized, credential-on-file experience.
Why it matters
This accelerates a shift where networks, not merchants, increasingly define the checkout layer and the data rails behind it.
Summary
Tokenization is being repositioned from a back-end security control to a front-line checkout strategy that improves speed, trust, and data quality. Merchants and payment platforms are using tokens to lift approval rates, reduce fraud, and enable smoother repeat purchases across channels.
Why it matters
Checkout advantage is shifting to whoever controls token lifecycles and the acceptance economics attached to them.
Summary
Silverflow added an integration to Discover Network and Diners Club International. Merchants and payment service providers can now accept both networks through a single API connection on Silverflow’s cloud-native processing platform.
Why it matters
Broader card-network acceptance via one API lowers integration friction and can shift merchant and PSP choices toward modern processors.
Summary
BankiFi CEO Mark Hartley says banks are at risk of losing corporate payments relationships to third-party providers. He argues banks must move into beyond-banking services to stay central to corporate payment workflows.
Why it matters
Who owns the corporate payments front end controls fee pools, data, and retention, and banks are at risk of becoming interchangeable infrastructure.
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