Uber’s UK banking partner Griffin raises $20M for stablecoin services
The Series B valued Griffin at more than $100 million and will help fund stablecoin reserve services and onchain cross-border payments.
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The Series B valued Griffin at more than $100 million and will help fund stablecoin reserve services and onchain cross-border payments.
Cointelegraph ·

The Series B funding round, led by Octagon Partners valued the London-based company at more than $100 million.
CoinDesk ·

Homeowners in the state can access a portion of their home equity, with no monthly payments, in exchange for a share of the home's value when they end the agreement TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Unlock Home Equity Agreement (HEA) is now available to homeowners in...
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The sale follows the Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange’s retreat from several overseas markets as it restructures its business.
CoinDesk ·

Regulator to hasten review over concerns that firms are ‘undermining’ rules to make large payments to bosses Business live – latest updates The water company bonus ban is set to be tightened after the regulator accused the industry of a risk of “damaging public trust” with large payments to bosses that appeared to get around the rules. Anglian Water was singled out for particular criticism over “retention…
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Former Starling Co-Founder and Zodia Custody CEO brings over 30 years of experience building and leading regulated financial businesses to the Board of Wirex Limited LONDON, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Wirex Limited, the UK headquartered payments provider, has appointed Julian Sawyer,...
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One integration gives Rain's partners a trustworthy agentic payment solution that provides their users with built-in controls for inbound and outbound payments around the world Key facts What is new: Rain Agent Vaults put a funded balance, spend controls, and Rain-issued scoped cards...
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Flute research shows owners expect to pay more for holiday inventory and pay for it sooner, while more of the sales that cover those costs wait in settlement TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Flute, the payments platform for growing businesses, released "Who's Paying for the...
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Department store group kept buying new products and fell months behind in payments to some brands despite discussions with administrators Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast David Jones’s administrators have revealed they reviewed its finances six months ago and discussed restructuring the retailer three months before it fell into administration. The new timeline raises questions over the…
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The pilot lets eligible corporate and institutional clients accept USDC on Ethereum, with each token converted to one US dollar before deposit.
Cointelegraph ·

New White Paper Sets Out Roadmap and Safeguards for Integrating Agentic AI into Institutional Treasury, Cross-Border Payments and Trade Finance HONG KONG, Nov. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving beyond insight generation towards systems capable of...
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The proposed reduction aims to shorten transaction confirmation times and improve the user experience for point-of-sale payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps.
Cointelegraph ·

Stablecoin supply has barely grown this year, even as payments using the tokens surge. Circle's latest earnings offer another example of the divergence between dollars outstanding and activity on blockchain networks.
CoinDesk ·

Paraguay's ousted president, Santiago Peña, has been charged over the collapse of Ueno Bank. Initially placed under house arrest, he has since been transferred to a military facility for his own safety. Nearly three million customers were locked out of their accounts after regulators seized control of the online bank. Repayments are now under way, but protests continue as customers demand access to their money.…
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SAN FRANCISCO and LAGOS, Nigeria, Nov. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, has been named "Africa's Best Payments Infrastructure Provider" at the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2026. The recognition highlights Flutterwave's role in...
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Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle are expanding into stablecoins, payments and prediction markets, but their latest earnings show how hard it is to escape crypto's boom-and-bust cycles.
CoinDesk ·

The article explains how property age, insurance valuation methods, and policy conditions influence claim payments and homeowners' repair expenses. KALISPELL, Mont., Nov. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- How does depreciation affect the amount homeowners receive after filing a home insurance...
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NU7 cuts the target time between blocks to 25 seconds, reduces the work wallets must do to find private payments and sets aside fees for future miners.
CoinDesk ·

The collaboration would connect personalized consumer experiences and the checkout experience with Reap's agentic payments solution HONG KONG, Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Reap, a global financial technology company that enables financial connectivity and access for businesses worldwide...
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Circle is looking to payments fees and future staking rewards to diversify revenue as its core stablecoin business faces pressure from lower yields and growing competition.
Cointelegraph ·

A side-by-side comparison of Baseella, Crassula, SDK.finance, SAMFCore and Velmie: what financial-services businesses get, what they pay, and how much control over the software they keep.
Adrian Moreau ·

Multi-client accounting firms and fractional CFOs can now bring a client's payments, sales and spend into their own Claude or ChatGPT, next to the QuickBooks Online or Xero file, for month-end close and reconciliation, with a person approving anything that changes the books NEW YORK, Nov....
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LONDON, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresha, the world's leading AI-powered booking platform for beauty and wellness, has partnered with Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, bringing the UK'smost trusted and widely used Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider...
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MACAU, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- YeePay participated in the 2026 IATA WFS & WPS, held October 28–29 at the Galaxy International Convention Center . At the event, YeePay showcased its Global Corporate Account and integrated aviation and travel distribution solutions, highlighting its...
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The 19 wallets holding 18,270 stolen BTC have taken in nothing since Thursday except payments worth under a dollar, each carrying a message, from pleas to laundering pitches to a token shill.
CoinDesk ·

On-Chain Ecosystem Drives Institutional Adoption of RDUSD Across Cross-Border Trade, Financing, and Corporate Payments HONG KONG, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HashKey On-Chain, an on-chain financial infrastructure provider, announced a major strategic partnership with RD Technologies. The...
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Deepened strategic alliance between Thunes and UnionPay International unlocks instant payouts to UnionPay cards covering 79 major Chinese banks and up to $10,000 USD daily limits. SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the...
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Expanding the Network of Banking and Payment Partners, with an Initial Focus on Trade Between Africa and Asia HONG KONG, Nov. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RD Technologies today announced an upgrade to its enterprise cross-border payments and digital finance ecosystem. Focusing on trade between...
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The pilot let Uber keep funds invested in money market products while accessing cash for payments, even on weekends.
CoinDesk ·

Liren Lai and Yuance Chen admitted to facilitating 'dead drop' cash payments worth at least $30,000 to people in the US.
Al Jazeera ·
Nineteen percent of California households could afford to purchase the $894,630 median-priced home in the third quarter of 2026, unchanged from both the second quarter and a year ago. A minimum annual income of $228,000 was needed to make monthly payments of $5,700, including principal,...
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COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Simpluris, Inc., court-appointed Settlement Administrator, regarding the proposed class action settlement in Victor Estrada v. The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. et al., Case No. 24STCV09656. A proposed...
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The two networks are setting aside their rivalry to connect Solana's stablecoin activity with Polygon's banking, wallet and payment infrastructure.
CoinDesk ·

TONOPAH, Nev., Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A2Gold Corp. ("A2Gold" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AUAU) (OTCQX: AUXXF) (FRA: RR7) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive Mining Property Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") with Super Gold Mining Corp....
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USDT is coming home to Bitcoin, offering privacy and Lightning-fast payments. But can Bitcoin’s revamped version of Tether compete with stablecoins on ETH and TRON?
Cointelegraph ·

Bermuda chose WalletConnect to bring crypto payments to local merchants, starting with ticketing platform PTIX in the second quarter of 2027.
CoinDesk ·

The largest Bitcoin treasury company will begin daily dividend payments on STRC in November, with three other preferred securities following in January 2027.
Cointelegraph ·

An experimental change would let companies cover the reserve for customer and AI-agent accounts, allowing users to start with stablecoins without first acquiring XRP.
CoinDesk ·

Stablecoins lead instruments in use or planned at 63%, ahead of tokenized deposits at 53% and tokenized money market funds at 52%.
CoinDesk ·

The stablecoin payments company previously disputed reports that its US listing had been delayed.
Cointelegraph ·

The U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach.
CoinDesk ·

Attackers replaced legitimate transactions with fake ones, then waited for users to approve higher fees. At least one person lost bitcoin before developers patched the flaw.
CoinDesk ·

Monzo says 55% of cardholders’ British Museum payments in first hour of latest ticket release were by people under 35 A 1,000-year-old embroidery may be an unusual candidate for a pop culture moment, but young people are seemingly more willing to shell out for tickets for the Bayeux tapestry than spend money on Hollywood blockbusters. In the first hour that the second round of tickets to view the tapestry were…
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SAMFCore is Swiss AMF AG’s platform of fintech software solutions for accounts, payments, cards and digital assets. This guide explains its stated functions, licensing, source-code options and the responsibilities that remain with operators.
Newsline Press ·

The Riksbank sees an e-krona as critical to securing national payments and monetary control.
CoinDesk ·

HSBC is rolling out RedCoin wallets to PayMe users, with plans to support tokenized investment subscriptions and expand into institutional uses.
Cointelegraph ·

Senator Richard Blumenthal, the ranking Democrat on the investigations subcommittee, added a probe of the ex-White House crypto adviser to his list of crypto interests.
CoinDesk ·

A new draft targets a fourfold cut in the time it takes Ethereum transactions to become final, which could free up money transfer services tie up while customers’ payments clear.
CoinDesk ·

Perran Moon, MP for Camborne and Redruth, voluntarily referred himself for investigation.
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