The Race for Real-Time Money on the Internet — Between Visa, Central Banks, and the Crypto Sector
In a world that operates around the clock, money remains stubbornly offline. That’s changing—fast. Three fundamentally different approaches are now...
A curated breakdown of recent fintech and crypto developments — and what they really tell us about the shifting global financial architecture.
1. Saudi Arabia’s Fintech Momentum Accelerates
Saudi Arabia’s fintech ecosystem has grown over 40% YoY, with over 200...
Peter Thiel and a coterie of tech heavyweights—including Palmer Luckey, Joe Lonsdale, and a pair of crypto-native operators—have filed for a U.S. national-bank charter for Erebor Bank, a digital-first lender built for startups and token-economy firms. If approved, the $2 billion-valued venture could become the first federally chartered bank with stablecoins on its balance sheet, rebooting the post-SVB innovation stack and pressuring legacy banks to move faster on crypto rails.
From Lithuania to California, from payments to lending—some of the biggest regulatory landmines in fintech are quietly exploding far from headquarters.
As the spotlight falls...
A7A5, a ruble-pegged stablecoin, is officially issued in Kyrgyzstan by the company Old Vector under the country’s new digital asset regulatory framework. Despite its...
Crypto payments arrive at the Côte d’Azur, but can they outlast the summer?
The pitch: Spend crypto in Saint-Tropez
Binance Pay, the crypto payment arm of...
1. Company Overview
N26 GmbH is a Berlin-based digital bank founded in 2013. Operating with a European full banking license (BaFin), the company provides fully app-based...
