Modern Treasury presses US regulators for a trust bank charter to hold digital assets
Modern Treasury seeks OCC charter for a national trust bank to custody digital assets like stablecoins and fiat money.
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Stripe’s stablecoin card plan now covers over 100 countries by year-end
Stripe plans to roll out stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by year-end, per Privy CEO Henri Stern.
Trump Says He Will Send Seniors $90 Checks to Help With Medicare Costs Ahead of the Midterms
Trump announces $90 payments for seniors' Medicare premiums ahead of midterms, using a rarely-touched fund.
TikTok Wants Creators to See Green: Its Latest Fintech Feature Pays Them Within 30 Days
TikTok launches a fintech feature paying creators for brand deals within 30 days, skipping agency lag.
Digital Euro Designers Are Considering Payments Made by Artificial Intelligence Agents
ECB opens AI agent payments track for digital euro testing, with hands-on prototyping and workshops ahead of a 36-firm pilot.
Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto
Citi's institutional clients can now accept stablecoin payments through Coinbase without ever holding the tokens themselves.
HIFI raises $37M to expand stablecoin payments, tokenized markets
Stablecoin payments firm HIFI raises $37M in Series A funding as cross-border flows surge despite crypto market shrinkage.
Solana Foundation Hires Ex-Binance CMO Rachel Conlan and Polygon Payments Executive Jamal Raees
Solana hires ex-Binance CMO Rachel Conlan and Polygon's Jamal Raees to drive institutional partnerships and payments growth.
Asset managers eye XRP Ledger’s next payments upgrade as Ripple lays out roadmap details
Ripple's XRP Ledger upgrade, Batch V1.1, is poised for activation after a redesign following a security flaw.
SBI Group commits $25 million to dtcpay, betting on payments infrastructure
SBI backs Singapore payments firm dtcpay's $25 million Series A round, joining Genedant and Kwee Liong Tek as strategic investor.
The Invisible Machine Behind Every Card Tap: What Visa and Mastercard Actually Do
Visa and Mastercard aren't banks. They run card networks. Here's how they route transactions, settle payments, and why their data centers are top secret.