The SEC is at it again.
Over the weekend we learned that the SEC has sent a Wells Notice to Robinhood regarding its crypto activities.
Two years ago, before the crypto meltdown of 2022, stablecoin issuer Circle announced that it was going to go public via SPAC at a $9 billion valuation.
But then, you know, 2022 happened (Celsius, 3AC, Luna, BlockFi, FTX, etc). So plans were quietly shelved in December of that horrible year for crypto.
Today, Visa announced a new suite of payments capabilities called Visa Commercial Pay. This is a suite of B2B payments tools targeted at corporations.
Yesterday, in a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional.
This is a big deal for financial institutions. Even though the agency has been a thorn in the side of many fintechs and banks, if the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional, it would undo more than a decade of work and could mean chaos for the industry.
Today, a new global report was released from Nasdaq and Oliver Wyman on illicit money flows and the numbers are sobering.
The Global Financial Crime Report quantifies the total amount of illicit financial activity and the number is an eye-popping $3.1 trillion. Included in this number is bank fraud covering payments, checks and credit card fraud which is estimated at around $450 billion.
By Peter Renton Since Visa announced late Monday their new $100 million fund focused on generative AI startups much has been written....
Upstart has been a trailblazer when it comes to using AI in lending. They were the first fintech lender to make it a core part of their offering.
The CFPB continues its attack on all kinds of junk fees charged by banks. This time they are targeting credit card late fees.
When I first chatted with Mike Cagney back in 2011, when he was CEO of SoFi, it was clear he had big goals.
His second act in fintech, Figure, quickly became a leader in home equity lending with all loans originated and processed through blockchain technology.
The New York Community Bank saga has occupied the headlines for much of the past month. But the bank may finally be seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
Yesterday, NYCB received a $1 billion infusion of capital from a group that included former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and former OCC head Joseph Otting.