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Figure’s Consumer Loan Marketplace volume rose 132% to $4.3 billion in the second quarter, while weekly loan applications surpassed $1 billion. Its Figure Connect platform, which uses blockchain for private-credit transactions, helped attract both borrowers and investors.
9:18 PMPYMNTS
Figure Technology Solutions reported a sharp second-quarter revenue and net income increase as consumer loan marketplace volume more than doubled from a year earlier. Analysts noted a slight adjusted EBITDA miss, while the company's net take rate remained at 3.6%.
11:56 AMHousing Wire
Bank of America has agreed to invest $1.9 billion for up to a 49.9% stake in Jio Credit, an Indian digital-native non-bank lender.
8:01 PMFinextra
Bank of America plans to invest $1.9 billion in Jio Financial's Jio Credit, subject to regulatory approval. The proposed partnership combines Jio's digital distribution capabilities with Bank of America's financial expertise to expand retail lending in India.
3:48 PMEconomic Times
Adyen's first-half growth was driven largely by existing merchants processing more payments, with in-person volume rising 28% and outpacing overall volume growth. The company also points to loyalty as a growing priority as merchants connect online and offline commerce and contend with AI-driven changes in customer relationships.
4:46 PMPYMNTSAdyen raised its annual net revenue growth outlook as payment volumes increased among both new and existing clients.
1:40 AMBloomberg MarketsThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered prediction-market platform Kalshi to continue operating while opposing multiple state lawsuits, including one filed by New York.
7:20 AMFinextraA judge ordered Kalshi to halt most of its prediction-market contracts in Washington state after regulators argued that the contracts likely amounted to illegal gambling.
5:46 PMBloomberg Markets
Chime is considering adding a stablecoin wallet to its banking app and has asked blockchain companies to propose wallet services. The feature would let customers send and receive stablecoins without opening a separate account.
7:13 PMPYMNTSChime is exploring ways to add stablecoins to its consumer banking platform. The move would bring a cryptocurrency-linked payment instrument into a mainstream fintech app and extend stablecoins beyond trading and investment use.
12:55 PMBloomberg Markets
Klarna is revamping its membership plans in Europe with new tiers, lower or removed service fees and higher cash-back rewards. The plans will roll out across 11 European countries over the coming weeks before expanding further.
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Indian fintech company Navi is reportedly preparing an IPO that could value it at up to $2 billion. The company may seek to raise as much as 30 billion rupees, or about $315 million, and file a prospectus by December.
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Figure’s Consumer Loan Marketplace volume rose 132% to $4.3 billion in the second quarter, while weekly loan applications surpassed $1 billion. Its Figure Connect platform, which uses blockchain for private-credit transactions, helped attract both borrowers and investors.
The decisive shift is scale: Figure’s blockchain-based lending infrastructure is moving from a technology proposition
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Rapid volume growth could strengthen blockchain’s case as infrastructure for mainstream private credit.
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Figure Technology Solutions reported a sharp second-quarter revenue and net income increase as consumer loan marketplace volume more than doubled from a year earlier. Analysts noted a slight adjusted EBITDA miss, while the company's net take rate remained at 3.6%.
The revenue surge reflects rapid marketplace expansion, but the unchanged take rate shows that scale
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Figure is growing quickly, but stable monetization and a profit miss leave the quality of that growth under scrutiny.
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Bank of America has agreed to invest $1.9 billion for up to a 49.9% stake in Jio Credit, an Indian digital-native non-bank lender.
The deal gives Bank of America a near-half ownership position in India's digital lending market
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The transaction signals that global banks see India's digital lending infrastructure as large enough to justify multibillion-dollar strategic investments.
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Bank of America plans to invest $1.9 billion in Jio Financial's Jio Credit, subject to regulatory approval. The proposed partnership combines Jio's digital distribution capabilities with Bank of America's financial expertise to expand retail lending in India.
The investment would give Jio Credit more capital and institutional credibility as it builds a
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A major international investment could accelerate competition in digital lending and reshape how global banks access India's consumer-finance market.
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Adyen's first-half growth was driven largely by existing merchants processing more payments, with in-person volume rising 28% and outpacing overall volume growth. The company also points to loyalty as a growing priority as merchants connect online and offline commerce and contend with AI-driven changes in customer relationships.
The 28% increase shows that Adyen is expanding wallet share within its installed base, not
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Adyen is using payments and loyalty together to deepen merchant relationships and capture more of each transaction.
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Adyen raised its annual net revenue growth outlook as payment volumes increased among both new and existing clients.
The upgrade shows Adyen is converting customer growth and deeper usage into stronger revenue, rather
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Higher processing volumes strengthen Adyen's growth outlook and signal sustained demand for its payments infrastructure.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered prediction-market platform Kalshi to continue operating while opposing multiple state lawsuits, including one filed by New York.
The CFTC is asserting federal authority over Kalshi as states challenge the platform's legality. The
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The case could establish whether states can restrict federally regulated prediction markets.
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A judge ordered Kalshi to halt most of its prediction-market contracts in Washington state after regulators argued that the contracts likely amounted to illegal gambling.
Kalshi has lost access to most of the Washington market, adding a direct legal constraint
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The decision could limit the scale of prediction markets and increase the legal cost of offering them across the United States.
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Chime is considering adding a stablecoin wallet to its banking app and has asked blockchain companies to propose wallet services. The feature would let customers send and receive stablecoins without opening a separate account.
Embedding stablecoin functionality would move digital-dollar transfers into a mainstream consumer banking interface rather than
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A Chime wallet could bring stablecoin payments to a large retail audience and accelerate competition between fintechs and crypto platforms.
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Chime is exploring ways to add stablecoins to its consumer banking platform. The move would bring a cryptocurrency-linked payment instrument into a mainstream fintech app and extend stablecoins beyond trading and investment use.
Chime's interest signals that stablecoins are becoming a product question for consumer fintechs, not just
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A mainstream rollout could make stablecoins part of everyday financial infrastructure rather than a niche crypto product.
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Klarna is revamping its membership plans in Europe with new tiers, lower or removed service fees and higher cash-back rewards. The plans will roll out across 11 European countries over the coming weeks before expanding further.
Klarna is using a broader membership proposition to deepen engagement beyond point-of-sale financing and make
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Klarna is shifting competition from individual payment transactions toward the economics of an ongoing consumer relationship.
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Indian fintech company Navi is reportedly preparing an IPO that could value it at up to $2 billion. The company may seek to raise as much as 30 billion rupees, or about $315 million, and file a prospectus by December.
Navi is testing public-market demand for a large Indian fintech valuation after building businesses across
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Navi's proposed offering could reset public-market expectations for India's next generation of fintech companies.
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A curated list of other prominent stories from this day.
Citi plans to acquire Kard Financial, a platform that helps banks and fintechs run commerce media and rewards programs. The companies will remain independent until the transaction closes, subject to customary conditions.
8:02 PMPYMNTSMUFG is running a proof of concept to settle Japanese Government Bond repo transactions on the Canton Network blockchain.
8:01 PMFinextraThe SEC canceled a meeting where it was expected to outline new digital-asset plans, while major crypto legislation remains stalled in Congress.
5:53 PMBloomberg MarketsThe article argues that generative AI is increasing code production across financial services, making traditional software productivity measures less reliable. Firms need metrics that assess business outcomes, software quality, risk, and operational impact rather than raw development output.
5:02 PMFinextraGemini reported a fourth consecutive quarterly loss since its public listing, even as revenue increased. The crypto platform went public shortly before the market fell from record highs.
5:01 PMBloomberg MarketsAirwallex is integrating Affirm's pay-over-time options into its checkout platform, allowing merchants to offer installment payments to eligible customers in the United States. Merchants can activate the option without building a separate payments integration.
4:42 PMFinextra
Paysafe's three-month active digital wallet users rose 8% year over year to 7.8 million in the second quarter, marking a fifth consecutive quarter of growth. Overall wallet volume remained roughly flat, while iGaming activity accelerated.
12:28 PMPYMNTS
American Express is expanding virtual card access for U.S. corporate customers through its @ Work platform. Businesses can create, manage and use the cards for corporate and travel spending, with digital controls designed to improve expense management and reduce fraud.
11:51 AMPYMNTS
Fintechs are targeting trade finance as tariffs, geopolitical risk and unreliable shipping routes make it harder for companies to finance cross-border commerce. Their opportunity comes from using technology and alternative underwriting to serve businesses that face more complex funding needs than traditional bank processes can easily handle.
11:48 AMPYMNTS
barq and Riyadh Air have agreed to develop an integrated payment technology solution for the airline. The partnership will focus on secure, scalable infrastructure to support Riyadh Air's commercial operations.
9:35 AMBreaking Travel NewsNetdania has added institutional FX options pricing and volatility data from Fenics Market Data & Analytics to its APIs. Financial institutions can now access the data across more than 400 currency pairs.
9:19 AMFinextraSionic has launched its Instant Bank Pay service and Fraud Detection Service in the United States through Microsoft Marketplace. The offering enables real-time bank-to-bank payments at the point of sale alongside fraud controls.
9:15 AMFinextraUK cash deposit platform Flagstone has added US dollar and euro business savings accounts for its small and medium-sized enterprise customers, expanding its cash-management offering.
6:22 AMFinextra
Mews Financial Services B.V. has received an Electronic Money Institution license from the Dutch central bank. The approval allows Mews to develop regulated financial services within its hospitality operating system, bringing hotel operations and money management closer together on one platform.
2:49 AMBreaking Travel NewsSummary
Citi plans to acquire Kard Financial, a platform that helps banks and fintechs run commerce media and rewards programs. The companies will remain independent until the transaction closes, subject to customary conditions.
Citi is bringing rewards and commerce-media technology in-house rather than relying solely on external partners.
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Large banks are treating rewards data and merchant offers as strategic infrastructure, not just card benefits.
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MUFG is running a proof of concept to settle Japanese Government Bond repo transactions on the Canton Network blockchain.
The trial moves blockchain beyond payments into a core institutional funding market, where faster settlement
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Blockchain adoption in government-bond repos could establish a practical institutional use case with implications for settlement infrastructure.
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The SEC canceled a meeting where it was expected to outline new digital-asset plans, while major crypto legislation remains stalled in Congress.
The regulatory timetable has slipped again, leaving crypto firms without clarity on the rules the
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Crypto companies face a longer period of regulatory uncertainty just as lawmakers remain unable to deliver legislation.
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The article argues that generative AI is increasing code production across financial services, making traditional software productivity measures less reliable. Firms need metrics that assess business outcomes, software quality, risk, and operational impact rather than raw development output.
More generated code does not necessarily mean more useful or safer software. Financial institutions must
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Financial firms risk overstating AI productivity if they measure code volume instead of durable business value.
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Gemini reported a fourth consecutive quarterly loss since its public listing, even as revenue increased. The crypto platform went public shortly before the market fell from record highs.
Higher revenue has not yet translated into profitability, leaving Gemini exposed to the durability of
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Gemini's results show that stronger crypto revenue alone is not enough to offset the operating costs of a public exchange.
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Airwallex is integrating Affirm's pay-over-time options into its checkout platform, allowing merchants to offer installment payments to eligible customers in the United States. Merchants can activate the option without building a separate payments integration.
The partnership turns BNPL into an immediately available checkout feature for Airwallex's global merchant base.
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Embedded BNPL gives Affirm broader distribution and gives Airwallex another tool to compete for merchant payment volume.
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Paysafe's three-month active digital wallet users rose 8% year over year to 7.8 million in the second quarter, marking a fifth consecutive quarter of growth. Overall wallet volume remained roughly flat, while iGaming activity accelerated.
User growth is outpacing wallet usage, which suggests Paysafe is expanding its customer base without
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Paysafe is gaining users, but flat wallet volume raises questions about the quality and breadth of that growth.
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American Express is expanding virtual card access for U.S. corporate customers through its @ Work platform. Businesses can create, manage and use the cards for corporate and travel spending, with digital controls designed to improve expense management and reduce fraud.
The expansion moves virtual cards deeper into routine corporate procurement and travel workflows, where controls
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Virtual cards are becoming a control layer for business spending, not merely a digital substitute for plastic cards.
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Fintechs are targeting trade finance as tariffs, geopolitical risk and unreliable shipping routes make it harder for companies to finance cross-border commerce. Their opportunity comes from using technology and alternative underwriting to serve businesses that face more complex funding needs than traditional bank processes can easily handle.
Trade disruption is widening the gap between companies' need for working capital and banks' ability
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Trade finance is becoming a new battleground where fintech speed meets the credit and compliance risks banks have long managed.
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barq and Riyadh Air have agreed to develop an integrated payment technology solution for the airline. The partnership will focus on secure, scalable infrastructure to support Riyadh Air's commercial operations.
Riyadh Air is building payments into its operating platform before scaling commercial activity. The agreement
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The deal positions payments infrastructure as a foundational part of Riyadh Air's digital airline model.
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Netdania has added institutional FX options pricing and volatility data from Fenics Market Data & Analytics to its APIs. Financial institutions can now access the data across more than 400 currency pairs.
Netdania is expanding from market data access into a broader institutional FX analytics layer. The
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More accessible options data can reduce integration work for institutions building automated FX pricing and risk systems.
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Sionic has launched its Instant Bank Pay service and Fraud Detection Service in the United States through Microsoft Marketplace. The offering enables real-time bank-to-bank payments at the point of sale alongside fraud controls.
Sionic gains a distribution channel into Microsoft's business customer base while pairing account-to-account payments with
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The launch links real-time account payments to a major enterprise software marketplace and addresses one of their biggest adoption barriers.
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UK cash deposit platform Flagstone has added US dollar and euro business savings accounts for its small and medium-sized enterprise customers, expanding its cash-management offering.
The new accounts let UK SMEs hold and manage foreign-currency cash without converting it into
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Foreign-currency savings could make fintech cash platforms more useful to SMEs operating across borders.
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Mews Financial Services B.V. has received an Electronic Money Institution license from the Dutch central bank. The approval allows Mews to develop regulated financial services within its hospitality operating system, bringing hotel operations and money management closer together on one platform.
The license gives Mews a stronger basis to control payments and embed financial products directly
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Hospitality software is expanding from operational tools into regulated financial infrastructure.
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