Newswire Summaries
Traditional Banks mistaking global complexity for risk, warns Interpolitan Money CEO
Wednesday, August 05, 2026 16:45:43 (UTC)
Traditional Banks Are Mistaking Global Complexity for Risk, Warns Interpolitan Money CEO Interpolitan Money issues H2 2026 Mid-Year Outlook on the six shifts reshaping cross-border capital London, Aug. 5, 2026—Traditional financial institutions are failing modern international businesses by confusing structural complexity with high risk, according to Rishi Patel, Founder & CEO of Interpolitan Money. The warning comes in his mid-year briefing, The New Cross-Border Reality: Six Shifts ...
Patelco CU invests in Payfinia, joins board for future of embedded payments
Wednesday, August 05, 2026 16:38:32 (UTC)
Patelco Credit Union Invests in Payfinia CUSO, Joins Board to Shape the Future of Embedded Payments ~ Strategic investment and collaboration expand instant payment capabilities and advance payments innovation in the credit union ecosystem ~ PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3, 2026 – Payfinia, an independent payment services firm providing an open payments framework, today announced a strategic partnership with Dublin, Calif.-based Patelco Credit Union (‘Patelco’ – $9.5 billion in assets and...
Through 1 platform, Taurus gives banks access to everything Hedera's network can do
Wednesday, August 05, 2026 16:33:37 (UTC)
Taurus Gives Banks Access to Everything Hedera's Network Can Do, Through One Platform Financial institutions can custody digital assets and issue tokenized bonds, funds or stablecoins on Hedera - without switching providers or repeating due diligence. Geneva / Schwyz, Switzerland, August 5th 2026: Taurus, a leading digital asset infrastructure provider for banks and regulated financial institutions, now supports the full Hedera technology stack. Institutions can use every capability ...
Trust Payments, felloh aim to connect payments, finance data for travel businesses
Wednesday, August 05, 2026 16:30:11 (UTC)
Trust Payments and felloh partner to connect payments and finance data for travel businesses London, UK – 5 August 2026: Trust Payments, a leading fintech innovator across the UK and EU has partnered with felloh, the financial operations platform built for travel businesses, to help operators tackle one of the sector's most persistent problems: financial data scattered across booking systems, payment providers and finance platforms with no single view connecting them. Travel businesses t...
Alkami, Arkatechture partner to help FIs accelerate data-driven growth
Tuesday, August 04, 2026 18:51:17 (UTC)
Alkami and Arkatechture Partner to Help Financial Institutions Accelerate Data-Driven Growth Armstrong Bank is live on the integration, which brings Alkami’s enriched transaction intelligence into Arkatechture’s Arkalytics platform to support faster, more informed decisions across the institution. August 4, 2026 (Plano, Texas) – Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., and Arkatechtu...
Velera listed on Forbes America's Best Employers for Women 2026 ranking
Tuesday, August 04, 2026 17:01:28 (UTC)
Velera Included on the Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women 2026 Ranking Tampa, Fla. (Aug. 4, 2026) – Velera, the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated financial technology solutions provider, today announced it has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Women 2026. Velera is one of 700 companies included on the list, ranking in the top 100 of employers overall and 14th in the Banking and Financial Services ...
New research shows that Britain has a hidden informal lending economy
Tuesday, August 04, 2026 16:04:53 (UTC)
New research shows that Britain has a hidden informal lending economy. 54% of UK adults have lent or borrowed informally within a family or friendship group in the past 12 months Cost-of-living pressures being absorbed by families as more than one in four recent informal loans were taken to bridge a cashflow gap before payday Two in five informal lenders or borrowers have experienced a repayment misunderstanding; the majority rely on verbal trust alone, with no written record 29 Jul...
BALBOA | CORP appoints Austin Campbell, Richard Douglas to Advisory Board
Tuesday, August 04, 2026 16:02:17 (UTC)
BALBOA | CORP Strengthens Advisory Board With Austin Campbell and Richard Douglas Stablecoin infrastructure company strengthens advisory board with former Paxos treasury head and experienced fintech founder as it advances real-time trade settlement for shipping and cross-border commerce August 4th 2026 - BALBOA | CORP, Panama’s first local stablecoin issuer and infrastructure company focused on shipping, trade settlement and escrow, today announced that Austin Campbell, founder and CEO o...
Merchants welcome Trump's continued backing of Credit Card Competition Act
Tuesday, August 04, 2026 02:38:41 (UTC)
Merchants Welcome Trump’s Continued Backing of Credit Card Swipe Fee Legislation WASHINGTON, August 3, 2026 — The Merchants Payments Coalition today thanked President Donald Trump for reiterating his support for the Credit Card Competition Act. “Roger is working tirelessly to pass the Credit Card Competition Act, in order to stop the out of control Swipe Fee ripoff!” Trump said in a Truth Social post tonight that endorsed Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall for re-election. Marshall is the ...
Visa to acquire BioCatch
Monday, August 03, 2026 16:58:27 (UTC)
Aug 3, 2026 8:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time Visa to Acquire BioCatch BioCatch’s behavioral and device intelligence expertise expected to help detect scams, account takeovers and digital fraud before they happen SAN FRANCISCO & TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, a leading provider of behavioral-first, multi-signal fraud intelligence, from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders for $2.4 b...
