PLUS: Stablecoins Aren't for Americans w/ Ayo Omojola

Marhaba, fintech friends ☮️ Reporting from Dubai - safe, with a lot of sound. It is quite the week in this corner of the world. The city’s typical soundtrack - cars, crowds, construction - took a dark turn on Saturday morning. Suddenly, all we could hear was the sound of

Hola amig@s fintech, This Sunday is International Women's Day. Fintech is one of the most dynamic industries in the region, and it is not immune to the broader gender inequalities that shape Latin America. Women face financial, technological, and entrepreneurial barriers that the sector has yet to fully reckon

A TWIF Publication | Week of March 2, 2026

Hi Fintech friends 👋, Meet Us at Stable Salons Africa – Kigali, March 9 Last month, Paschal Okeke hosted the inaugural Stable Salons in Nairobi the first stop in an eight-city Africa series bringing together operators, regulators, and builders working on the future of cross-border payments and digital finance. He wrote about

The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for the week ending 20th February 2026.

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, investor in early stage startups. If you’re reading from any of the countries in the GCC region, I hope you and your family is safe. Happy Holi to our Indian readers! Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’

Hello Fintech Friends, Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Restive. It was great sitting down recently with Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas to learn more about what's driving growth across the business and what excited them in 2026. New on the podcast, @NikMilanovic sat down with

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to the 620 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 235,000+ other subscribers. Today's newsletter is brought to you by Delve, the copilot for compliance. Happy Friday everyone 🚀 Coming off the end of a fantastic Mexico Fintech Week, we're very

Hi fintech friends, Happy Chinese New Year to you all! Even with the holiday festivities in full swing, things have certainly not been quiet in the world of Chinese fintechs. Here is a roundup of the key developments you might have missed while celebrating. Licensing & Regulations * The Hong Kong Securities

PLUS: How Automation + Liquidity Scaled OpenFX to $45B

Systemic adoption requires banks. And banks require appropriate regulation.

The payments giant is positioning itself as the financial infrastructure for agentic commerce, with new tools for AI-powered shopping and stablecoin payments.

Hola amig@s fintech, This week, all roads lead to Mexico. Mexico Fintech Week is underway, with thousands of founders, operators, investors, and regulators gathering to debate what comes next for the region. A new national industry report signals consolidation in the fintech ecosystem, pointing to a more mature phase

Hello, Fintech Friends! For a second consecutive quarter (and its only second as a public company), Klarna's results failed to meet expectations, sending shares sharply lower and weakening management’s credibility with the market. With last week’s drop, Klarna’s stock is down 68% from its IPO price ($40)

Chris Harmse and Anthony Yim on what their 15-country survey shows about stablecoin utility and the integration gap

The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for the week ending 20th February 2026.

Hi Fintech friends 👋, Meet Us at Stable Salons Africa – Kigali, March 9 This month we hosted a successful Stable Salons Africa in Nairobi. You can view the photos here. Next month we are heading to Kigali for the Kigali Edition. Expect curated, operator focused conversations on stablecoins, treasury management, and

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, investor in early stage startups. Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Are you considering starting up? I’

Hola amig@s fintech, We already know this: big brands don't need to become banks to offer financial services, and banks don't need branches to reach customers. This week brought three reminders. Banco Plata in Mexico earned its banking license, the latest neobank to formalize in a region that is

Hello Fintech Friends, Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Visa. Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. Have feedback for us? Let us know. Find me at @nikmilanovic, @twifintech, and @ndm SPONSORED Discover how bank sponsorship is shaping the future of money

Hello Fintech Friends, Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Delve. Fintech funding appears to be back. After three years of declining venture investment in fintech, the global market rebounded last year, attracting $116 billion, up from $95.5 billion in 2024, according to KPMG's Pulse

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to the 189 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 235,000+ other subscribers rebuilding payments. Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Modern Treasury... ...Speaking of Modern Treasury: This week they launched a PSP built natively for

A TWIF Publication | Week of February 16, 2026

PLUS: Stablecon Artemis report and BVNK/Artemis survey

Financial infrastructure company Plaid unveiled Thursday a new transactional foundational model, Chief Technology Officer Will Robinson shared with This Week in Fintech exclusively. The San Francisco-based startup, which is best known for connecting bank accounts to financial applications, says it is entering a new phase of development centered on artificial

Marhaba, fintech friends! This week, Stake raised $31 million in an oversubscribed Series B led by Emirates NBD. This round is one of a few key developments in a very happening, emerging sector for MENA: proptech. Specifically, the lion's share of momentum lies with the verticals digitizing property as an

Bhau Kotecha on what happens after you go on-chain-

Mike Hudack, Sling CEO, on why global instant transfers are won at the fiat edge: ramps, identity, localization, and fincrime controls.

Hi Fintech friends 👋, Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week; * Two funding deals were announced. * M-pesa Africa CEO joined Absa Bank Kenya. * An African corporate backed Fintech planned acquisitions across Africa. * An African Fintech announced the death of its founder and CEO.  Join an online

The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for the week ending 02nd February 2026.

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, investor in early stage startups. Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Are you considering starting up? I’

Hello Fintech Friends, Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Klutch. Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. Have feedback for us? Let us know. Find me at @nikmilanovic, @twifintech, and @ndm SPONSORED You automate everything else, why not your finances? Klutch is

Hola amig@s fintech, We are entering the second half of February, and surveys suggest that by now, around 80% of people have already dropped their New Year’s resolutions. One of ours was to keep bringing you insights that help you stay ahead every week, so count us in

Hello Fintech Friends, Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Restive. I wanted to share a couple great writeups from our team on fintech around the world this week. First, this great summary from Marc Palet on Hong Kong's special status, and how it grew from

Hello Fintech Friends, Welcome to the 622 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 234,000+ other subscribers who aren't too worried about the impact that AI will have on financial services tech. Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Global Dollar

Hi fintech friends, From China’s crackdown on "rogue" stablecoins to Ant Group deciding that fixing healthcare is their next big flex, is it just me or has the Asian fintech scene been moving at warp speed these past weeks? There is definitely a lot out in the open right

PLUS: Why Building a Global Venmo with Stablecoins is Still Hard w/ Mike Hudack (Sling)

The UK Fraud Tsunami

Cooper Thompson, Fiserv, on why stablecoin adoption by banks hinges on liabilities and who wins the deposit routing.

The intertwined relationship between Hong Kong and China, and the role stablecoins play within it.

The latest fintech news across the UK and Europe for the week ending 6th February 2026.

Hi Fintech friends 👋, Tomorrow we gather in Nairobi for Stable Salons Africa Excited to see you all and start the conversations. Supported by Binance, Checker and Utila. Join us: Stable Salons - Nairobi · Luma🌍 Stable Salons Nairobi An intimate evening of conversation with industry stakeholders exploring stablecoins, treasury infrastructure & money

Hola amig@s fintech, If you are on this continent, chances are you have been dodging heart-shaped balloons and pink teddy bears for days ahead of February 14. Across most of Latin America, people will celebrate día del amor y la amistad. But not everywhere. Bolivia and Colombia will wait

Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, investor in early stage startups. Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past week in today’s edition. If you feel TWIF brings you value, please share it with your friends (and maybe suggest they subscribe too). Are you considering starting up? I’

Hello Fintech Friends, This week, Mary Ann Azevedo (who writes for TWIF as well), published a good article in Crunchbase about fintech funding in 2025. The market is getting healthier. "Global venture funding to fintech startups increased by 27% in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by

Also: Kalshi PR, agentic finance, Visa in China, and stablecoins for Y Combinator

PLUS: Can Stablecoins Keep Deposits in Banks? w/ Cooper Thompson (Fiserv)

Marhaba, fintech friends! Web Summit landed in Doha this week, and it’s a good time to zoom out on a country that rarely leads the regional headlines but has been steadily changing its footing in tech. When MENA’s startup story is told, the spotlight usually swings between the

Jess Houlgrave, WalletConnect CEO, on making stablecoin checkout viable by bundling compliant routing, off-ramps, and incentives across the stack.