BR-DGE: ‘The World Cup Will Be a Payments Test Before It Is a Betting Peak’
BR-DGE says the 2026 World Cup will test betting payment systems before, during and after matches, across the full tournament.
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Ripjar research shows financial institutions increasingly treat adverse media screening as a core financial crime control, but manual searches and fragmented systems remain common.
1 JUN 2026
May saw fintech investors back larger rounds across prediction markets, issuer processing, payment orchestration, AI finance infrastructure, compliance operations, stablecoin payments and private markets technology.
29 MAY 2026
United Texas Bank has secured conditional OCC approval to become a national bank, positioning it as a federally supervised banking partner for stablecoin issuers, digital asset firms and correspondent banking clients.
28 MAY 2026
Project Agorá will move into further testing after its prototype showed tokenised central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits can support atomic settlement across currencies and jurisdictions.
28 MAY 2026
Choose the right cross border payment solutions model with a scorecard for costs, FX, settlement speed, compliance, and corridor coverage across providers.
28 MAY 2026
Enfuce has launched a managed analytics service for card programmes, as payments firms look for faster ways to turn transaction, fraud and operational data into usable insight.
28 MAY 2026
Bitget has launched Reality, a platform for tokenised US stocks and ETFs, as the exchange extends its push beyond crypto trading into traditional market-linked assets.
27 MAY 2026
Fintechly speaks to AWS’s Lisa Lewison about bank modernisation, cloud migration, partner ecosystems and what AI means for cloud strategy.
26 MAY 2026
G2A and Juniper Research say consumer trust in online marketplaces is increasingly tied to payment choice, security expectations and control over emerging AI-led shopping experiences.
26 MAY 2026
Cross border payment processing explained: see the steps, why delays happen, where fees hide, and how modern rails cut time and cost.
25 MAY 2026
Cross border payment vs international wire: learn the key differences in speed, fees, FX, and tracking so you can choose the right rail for each use case.
22 MAY 2026
Kaspersky research finds that nearly half of adults experienced tech-enabled abuse in the past year, while awareness of the term remains low.
21 MAY 2026