October 9, 2025 - Financial Technology Insights

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Digital asset, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

State Street Releases 2025 Digital Assets Outlook

State Street published its 2025 global research on digital assets and emerging technologies, revealing a decisive shift in adoption and strategic commitment among institutional investors toward tokenization and blockchain-enabled...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Banking, Crypto, Financial Services, Fintech News

BCP Launches Peru’s First Crypto Banking Platform

Banco de Crédito del Perú (“BCP”), the largest bank and the largest supplier of integrated financial services in Peru, and BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company,announced the launch of...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
AI (artificial intelligence), Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Auquan Named Gartner Cool Vendor for Agentic AI

Auquan, the leader in automating complex financial workflows with autonomous AI agents, announced it has been named a Cool Vendor in the Gartner report Cool Vendors for Agentic AI...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Credit card, Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Citizens Launches Edge Credit Card for Mid-Market Firms

Growth-stage companies now have a new way to spend, earn rewards and manage payments with Citizens Edge, a new commercial credit card from Citizens. Launched in partnership with Mastercard,...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
AI (artificial intelligence), Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Technology

Symphony Unveils First Agentic AI Layer for Finance

After three years of development, Symphony announced the launch of the first agentic layer for global financial markets, empowering AI agents to securely and autonomously execute financial transactions at scale. This...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
AI (artificial intelligence), Automation, Financial Services, Fintech News, Technology

Focal Raises $5 Million to Transform Advisor Productivity with AI

Focal, the AI-powered productivity platform purpose-built for financial advisors, announced that it has raised a $5 million seed round from top venture capital and wealth industry leaders. The raise...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
AI (artificial intelligence), Digital Asset Management, Fintech News

Canto Reinvents Digital Asset Management for AI Era

Canto, the pioneer of digital asset management (DAM), announced the launch of Canto XI. The 11th generation of Canto’s platform is its boldest reinvention ever, transforming DAM into a true...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Business, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Fintechs Pursuing Bank Charters: A New Normal?

New report from QED Investors and Oliver Wyman details the bank charter wave by fintechs and nonbanks QED Investors, a leading global fintech venture capital firm, and Oliver Wyman, a...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Finance, Fintech News, Investments, Payments

Citi Ventures Invests in BVNK for Next-Gen Finance

Investment highlights innovation in financial services infrastructure Citi Ventures has announced a strategic investment in BVNK, the global stablecoin infrastructure platform. The move follows recent backing from Visa, Haun...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Cryptocurrency, Digital, Digital Payments, Fintech News, Payments

Airhub eSIM Now Accepts Cryptocurrency Payments

Airhub eSIM announced that it now accepts cryptocurrency payments on its eSIM platform. Travelers can now pay with major digital currencies and stablecoins when purchasing eSIM plans. Users can...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments, Technology

Coinflow Raises $25 Million Series A Led by Pantera Capital

Coinflow, the next-generation payment service provider (PSP), announced a $25 million Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, The Fintech Fund,...

October 9, 2025
FinTech Media Room
Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments, Tokenization

Xpansiv Launches Tokenized Environmental Assets on Canton

Xpansiv, the leading infrastructure provider for the global energy transition markets, announced a phased initiative to enable the tokenization of environmental assets and their performance data on the Canton...