
Mastercard (MA) and Visa (V): S&P 500 (SPX)
The two largest domestic payment card network brands, Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA), will cap interchange fees until 2030 according to a new agreement reached

Peruvian Fintech Leasy Raises $28M Series A
Leasy, a Peruvian specialty finance startup, secured $28 million in Series A funding in a round led by Magma Partners, alongside Entangle Group, DeBa Ventures,

SC Ventures Leads Hive’s €12M Series A, Enabling Sustainable Distributed Cloud Computing for the Masses
SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered, is leading a €12 million Series A funding round for Hive, a distributed cloud provider. This investment

Robinhood Ventures Further Beyond Trading With New Credit Card
Robinhood, the online trading platform, introduced a new credit card aimed at expanding its presence in the personal finance market and attracting more subscribers to

Tink Partners With Payop to Roll out Pay by Bank in Europe
Tink, a leading payments services and data platform, has partnered with Payop, an international payments processor, to offer Pay by Bank checkout options across Europe.

Marc Andreessen, Galaxy Digital Back $75 Million Crypto VC Fund
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, alongside Accolade Partners and Galaxy Digital, were notable investors in crypto VC firm 1kx‘s latest fund, which raised $75 million, with

ELEMENT, German InsurTech Innovator, Secures €50m In Latest Funding Round
ELEMENT, a leading insurtech from Germany, secured €50 million in funding from investors, including Versorgungswerk der Zahnärztekammer Berlin K.d.ö.R. and Alma Mundi. Specializing in cloud-based

Visa Launches AI-Powered Fraud Prevention Tools
Visa introduced a trio of AI-powered risk and fraud prevention tools this week, including Visa Deep Authorization (VDA) for card-not-present payments, Visa Advanced Authorization (VAA),

