What happened? Paystand is launching a Bitcoin-aligned stablecoin aimed at enterprise finance, betting that the next phase of digital-dollar adoption will move beyond crypto trading into accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and treasury operations. The new token, called USDb, was announced at Bitcoin Las Vegas and is designed as a dollar-backed settlement asset for business…
What happened: StarkWare today announced an integration of EY’s Nightfall (open-source ZK privacy layer) with Starknet to enable private-by-default on-chain activity with selective disclosure for compliance. Why does it matter? The integration aims to let institutions run private B2B payments, manage treasury positions with confidential balances, and move tokenized assets while retaining “selective disclosure” controls…
Polygon Labs announced “Open Money Stack,” a modular payments infrastructure framework aimed at regulated stablecoin payments and modernizing cross-border money movement. What it’s designed to do: Combine key building blocks—settlement, liquidity, orchestration/routing, and compliance—into a single, modular system. Polygon said fintechs and institutions will be able to adopt only the components they need. Polygon Labs…
Warsaw Poland, – December 22, 2025, This Christmas, Winity Life is reframing the idea of a holiday gift. Instead of something that ends once unwrapped, the company is introducing an experience that continues to deliver value well beyond the season. Launching December 19, 2025, “Christmas That Keeps Giving” is designed to convert a simple deposit…
Africa-centric payments platform Flutterwave has named Polygon Labs — the team behind the Polygon PoS network — as its primary blockchain partner for a new cross-border payments product. The deal marks a major push in the adoption of blockchain rails for real-world payments in emerging markets. According to the agreement, Flutterwave will roll out a…
RedotPay, the crypto payments fintech bridging digital assets and traditional finance, has launched a new feature that enables instant, fiat-to-stablecoin conversions for users in the United Kingdom and European Union.* Starting July 6, verified users can now deposit Euro (EUR) and British Pound (GBP) directly into RedotPay’s Multi-Currency Wallet and convert them instantly into stablecoin. The rollout marks the next…
Taking a loan is often considered detrimental to one’s financial well-being, primarily due to the burden of paying interest on the borrowed capital, which often impacts one’s financial plan. Most experts, therefore, advise against opting for a loan to buy an expensive asset and rather suggest accumulating the money needed before making such a purchase….
Millions of T-mobile customers affected by a massive hack and data breach are beginning to receive their share of a $350 million class action settlement. According to the settlement administrator, the distribution of settlement payments has now begun and will continue over the next several weeks. The 2021 cyberattack compromised the personal data of a…
Wells Fargo customers may be eligible to be beneficiaries of a $185 million payout from the bank following a court’s approval of a massive class action settlement. A lawsuit initiated last year claims that during the Covid-19 era, Wells Fargo issued mortgage forbearances to its customers when they didn’t want them, causing unnecessary hardship while…
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) on Thursday posted a rise of over 21 per cent in consolidated net profit to Rs 117.11 crore in March quarter of FY25 compared to a year ago, mainly on the back of higher revenues. It had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 96.68 crore in the quarter ended on…