Julie Muhn

Klarna has applied to establish Klarna Bank USA, a Utah-chartered industrial bank, marking its latest step toward becoming a full-service bank in the US.

Robinhood announced a handful of features last week, including the rollout of Robinhood Earn , a decentralized lending product that allows people

Personal finance solutions fintech launched a new product called Fini , an MCP server that enables banks to bring agentic AI into their existing platforms.

Narmi has unveiled AI Decision Assist, an agentic AI tool that automates account opening reviews by analyzing identity, risk, and compliance data and generating explainable recommendations for bank employees.

According to the Wall Street Journal, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and PNC are in conversation with about acquiring its two debit payment networks, STAR and Accel.

Swift launched a blockchain-based ledger that lets banks move tokenized deposits across borders 24/7 before completing final settlement through existing banking systems.

Nu Mexico received authorization from the CNBV to begin operating as a bank, moving from its previous SOFIPO status into Mexico's formal banking sector.

Siam Commercial Bank is the first financial institution to go live with Citi's integrated 24/7 USD Clearing and Citi Token Services offering.

Entrust launched its Agentic AI Trust Accelerator to help enterprises build the identity, authorization, and governance infrastructure needed to deploy autonomous AI agents in production.

Fintech solutions provider CSI has acquired payments infrastructure and treasury solutions provider Qolo for an undisclosed amount.