January 8, 2026 | Financial Technology Insights

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Blockchain, Crypto, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Solana Accelerate Joins Consensus Hong Kong 2026

CoinDesk, the leading media, events, indices, and data platform for the global crypto economy, announced its collaboration with the Solana Foundation to bring Solana Accelerate to Consensus Hong Kong, taking place February 10–12, 2026. Solana Accelerate will...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Digital, Finance, Fintech News, Payments, Technology

Future FinTech to Acquire TransGen SC Tech, Expands into Biomed

Future FinTech a leading comprehensive financial and digital technology service provider, announced today that on January 7, 2026, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Future FinTech (Hong Kong) Limited (“FTFT HK”), signed...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
AI (artificial intelligence), Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Funding, Payments

Swap Raises $100 Million Series C to Scale Commerce Platform

Swap, the commerce operating system, announced a $100 million Series C co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ, which is doubling down on its initial investment. Having evolved from its early days as...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Bluefin Announces New Patent Expanding Data Security

Bluefin, a leader in security-first payment and data infrastructure designed to devalue sensitive data at the point of entry, announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,184,624, further expanding...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Funding, Payments

Legal-Bay Applauds NY Litigation Funding Act Signing

Legal-Bay, one of the best legal funding companies in the United States and a proud member of the Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding , commended New York Governor...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Mantle Vault Reaches $100 Million, Strengthening Bybit’s On-Chain Yield

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is excited to unveil a new milestone for Mantle Vault on Bybit On-Chain Earn as its assets under management (AUM) surpassed US$100 million . Crafted in...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Financial Services, Fintech News, Funding, Investments, Payments

Heron Finance Launches New Private Infrastructure Strategy

Heron Finance now offers a globally diversified private infrastructure investing portfolio with exposure to 1,000+ infrastructure assets. Heron Finance announced the official launch of its private infrastructure investing strategy, giving...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Digital, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Nuvei and FreedomPay Partner to Unify Global Payments

Nuvei and FreedomPay announced a partnership to provide enterprise merchants with a unified payments approach for in-store and digital commerce across global markets. As leading brands accelerate their omnichannel transformations, they...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
AI (artificial intelligence), Digital, Financial Services, Fintech News

Infosys and Cognition Partner to Accelerate Enterprise AI

Infosys, a global leader in next generation digital services and consulting, and Cognition, the leading AI coding agent company and makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer, announced a strategic collaboration to...

January 8, 2026
Fintech Staff writer
Crypto, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments, Trading

Binance Launches Regulated TradFi Perpetuals for Gold & Silver

Binance has introduced a new way for traders to access traditional financial markets, announcing the launch of TradFi Perpetual Contracts. This new product category allows users to gain exposure...

January 8, 2026
Fintech Staff Writer
Finance, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments, Tokenization

Broadridge DLR Processes $9T in Tokenized Repo Volume

Broadridge Financial Solutions, a global leader in fintech, shared a major milestone for its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, highlighting how quickly tokenized settlement is becoming part of everyday...

January 8, 2026
FinTech Media Room
Banking, Financial Services, Fintech News, Payments

Independent Community Bankers of America Engages Digital Assets Expert to Guide Banker Education

The Independent Community Bankers of America announced a consulting agreement with Wade Peery, longtime community bank executive and digital assets expert. This strategic relationship underscores ICBA’s commitment to advocacy,...