https://www.radom.com/insights News, analysis, and market updates on crypto payments, stablecoins, fintech, regulation, and digital assets from Radom. en-GB https://www.radom.com/insights/moment-raises-22-million-african-payments-fintech https://www.radom.com/insights/moment-raises-22-million-african-payments-fintech Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial Moment, a pan-African fintech, closed a $22 million Series A led by AlphaCode Venture Partners, with backing from General Catalyst, MultiChoice and Canal+. The round underscores continued investor interest in cross-border payment infrastructure across African markets. https://www.radom.com/insights/blackrock-tokenized-money-market-funds-europe-eur-cash-management https://www.radom.com/insights/blackrock-tokenized-money-market-funds-europe-eur-cash-management Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:17:13 GMT Radom Insights BlackRock has expanded tokenized access to its European money market funds, adding euro, sterling, and dollar share classes across 15 markets. The move matters because treasury teams want the liquidity of cash management with blockchain-style transferability. https://www.radom.com/insights/visa-mastercard-coinbase-open-usd-usdc-stablecoin-rail https://www.radom.com/insights/visa-mastercard-coinbase-open-usd-usdc-stablecoin-rail Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Open USD shook the market, but current reporting suggests Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase are positioning it as another payments rail alongside USDC. For businesses, the real question is how stablecoin choice affects settlement, conversion, and treasury operations. https://www.radom.com/insights/wells-fargo-tokenized-deposits-settlement-rails https://www.radom.com/insights/wells-fargo-tokenized-deposits-settlement-rails Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Wells Fargo says it will offer tokenized deposits for select corporate clients, starting with round-the-clock dollar-to-pound transactions. The move adds another signal that banks want faster settlement without changing the client experience. https://www.radom.com/insights/cloudflare-ai-agents-stablecoin-wallet-rollout https://www.radom.com/insights/cloudflare-ai-agents-stablecoin-wallet-rollout Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:17:13 GMT Radom Insights Cloudflare has begun rolling out programmable wallets for AI agents, a move that could make small, machine-driven payments for APIs and content more practical once funding and spending controls go live. https://www.radom.com/insights/blackrock-tokenized-treasury-funds-stablecoin-reserves https://www.radom.com/insights/blackrock-tokenized-treasury-funds-stablecoin-reserves Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial BlackRock has launched two tokenized money market funds aimed at stablecoin reserves, a sign that treasury management is moving closer to blockchain-based settlement and reserve workflows. https://www.radom.com/insights/mastercard-bvnk-stablecoin-treasury-payments https://www.radom.com/insights/mastercard-bvnk-stablecoin-treasury-payments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK on August 3, 2026, signaling that stablecoin payments, payouts, settlement, and treasury are moving closer to mainstream financial infrastructure. https://www.radom.com/insights/cftc-fines-ubs-8-million-over-fx-aml-monitoring-failures https://www.radom.com/insights/cftc-fines-ubs-8-million-over-fx-aml-monitoring-failures Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial The CFTC said UBS Financial Services failed to supervise anti-money-laundering monitoring for foreign-currency wire transfers, a reminder that transaction monitoring is only as strong as its configuration and oversight. https://www.radom.com/insights/autorek-acquires-grath-reconciliation-compliance https://www.radom.com/insights/autorek-acquires-grath-reconciliation-compliance Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial AutoRek said on 3 August 2026 that it has acquired Grath, a fintech focused on AI-driven reconciliation and compliance challenges in financial services. The deal points to continued demand for tighter controls around payment data, exceptions, and auditability. https://www.radom.com/insights/fca-finalises-transaction-reporting-reforms-that-could-ease-market-operations-co https://www.radom.com/insights/fca-finalises-transaction-reporting-reforms-that-could-ease-market-operations-co Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial The FCA has finalised reporting rule changes it says will cut firms’ transaction reporting costs by more than £100m a year, while keeping market oversight data accurate and usable. https://www.radom.com/insights/south-korea-367m-stablecoin-outflows-exchange-controls https://www.radom.com/insights/south-korea-367m-stablecoin-outflows-exchange-controls Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial South Korea recorded $367 million in net stablecoin outflows in June, a sign that traders are still routing demand toward offshore venues when domestic exchange access is constrained. https://www.radom.com/insights/ftx-fifth-distribution-crypto-exchange-recovery https://www.radom.com/insights/ftx-fifth-distribution-crypto-exchange-recovery Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:17:12 GMT Radom Insights FTX users are reporting a fifth creditor distribution of about $900 million, a reminder that exchange failures can leave payment, reconciliation, and settlement workflows open for years. https://www.radom.com/insights/strategy-q2-loss-bitcoin-treasury-payout-controls https://www.radom.com/insights/strategy-q2-loss-bitcoin-treasury-payout-controls Sun, 02 Aug 2026 05:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial Strategy reported an $8.2 billion second-quarter net loss as unrealized Bitcoin losses hit results, while the company said it had built a $3.75 billion cash reserve to support preferred stock payouts. https://www.radom.com/insights/tether-posts-1-5b-q2-profit-usdt-supply-184-6b https://www.radom.com/insights/tether-posts-1-5b-q2-profit-usdt-supply-184-6b Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Tether said its Q2 attestation showed a $4.11 billion reserve surplus and rising USDT supply, a reminder that stablecoin issuers now sit at the center of settlement, treasury, and conversion workflows. https://www.radom.com/insights/bank-of-italy-stablecoin-remittances-not-always-cheaper https://www.radom.com/insights/bank-of-italy-stablecoin-remittances-not-always-cheaper Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial A Bank of Italy study found that stablecoin transfers are not systematically cheaper than traditional remittances once on- and off-ramp costs are included, a reminder that exchange, settlement, and cash-out fees matter as much as blockchain fees. https://www.radom.com/insights/casheas-100-million-raise-shows-bnpl-is-moving-into-broader-payments https://www.radom.com/insights/casheas-100-million-raise-shows-bnpl-is-moving-into-broader-payments Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:47:13 GMT Radom Insights Cashea raised $100 million on 30 July 2026, and the company says it wants to move beyond instalments into broader payments and savings niches. That is a useful signal for fintech operators watching how BNPL products expand. https://www.radom.com/insights/crypto-today-schumer-bill-samsung-stablecoins-luno-layoffs https://www.radom.com/insights/crypto-today-schumer-bill-samsung-stablecoins-luno-layoffs Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial A July 30 crypto roundup points to three different pressures at once: US policy attention, enterprise stablecoin experimentation, and another round of exchange layoffs. https://www.radom.com/insights/1inch-aqua-public-launch-13-chains-defi-liquidity https://www.radom.com/insights/1inch-aqua-public-launch-13-chains-defi-liquidity Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial 1inch has launched Aqua publicly across 13 EVM chains with a 10 million 1INCH incentive program. The design aims to let DeFi providers use the same wallet across multiple positions, which could change how liquidity is managed, but it also raises questions about capital efficiency, monitoring, and operational control. https://www.radom.com/insights/ecommpay-full-stack-acquiring-paycontrol https://www.radom.com/insights/ecommpay-full-stack-acquiring-paycontrol Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial On 30 July 2026, Ecommpay said it went live as a payment connector within PayControl’s enterprise orchestration platform. The move matters because merchants keep adding acquiring options to improve routing control, resilience, and coverage without rebuilding their checkout stack. https://www.radom.com/insights/fca-payment-resilience-shared-infrastructure https://www.radom.com/insights/fca-payment-resilience-shared-infrastructure Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:47:12 GMT Radom Insights The FCA says operational resilience is now a network problem, not just a firm-level one, because banks and payment firms rely on common third-party providers. https://www.radom.com/insights/bis-pilot-tokenized-money-cross-border-settlement https://www.radom.com/insights/bis-pilot-tokenized-money-cross-border-settlement Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial A Bank for International Settlements pilot with JPMorgan, Citi, UBS and other banks tested real cross-border payments in tokenized money, pointing to faster settlement and tighter payment tracking for international finance teams. https://www.radom.com/insights/morgan-stanley-ether-solana-etps-bitcoin-success https://www.radom.com/insights/morgan-stanley-ether-solana-etps-bitcoin-success Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial Morgan Stanley launched exchange-traded products tied to ether and solana on July 28, extending its crypto lineup after the early traction of its bitcoin fund and signaling that investor demand is moving beyond one asset. https://www.radom.com/insights/embat-expands-global-banking-treasury-reconciliation https://www.radom.com/insights/embat-expands-global-banking-treasury-reconciliation Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:17:12 GMT Radom Insights Embat has launched a new banking product on 27 July 2026 to bring cash management, international payments, collections, FX hedging and account reconciliation into one workflow for finance teams. https://www.radom.com/insights/uk-open-banking-passes-one-billion-payments-what-operators-should-watch https://www.radom.com/insights/uk-open-banking-passes-one-billion-payments-what-operators-should-watch Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial The UK Open Banking ecosystem has crossed one billion payments and 100 billion API calls. For finance and payments teams, the milestone matters because bank-led payment flows are now a routine part of checkout, funding, and reconciliation design. https://www.radom.com/insights/luno-cuts-20-percent-staff-automation-retail-trading https://www.radom.com/insights/luno-cuts-20-percent-staff-automation-retail-trading Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Luno is cutting about 20% of its global workforce after weaker retail trading and a year of automation changed how the exchange is staffed. The move underlines how crypto firms are shifting toward leaner operations and more B2B revenue. https://www.radom.com/insights/mirae-asset-korbit-exchange-infrastructure https://www.radom.com/insights/mirae-asset-korbit-exchange-infrastructure Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Mirae Asset says its newly acquired Korbit exchange will become an “intelligent investment platform,” a sign that exchanges are being repositioned around research, stablecoins, and connected asset workflows rather than only trading volumes. https://www.radom.com/insights/brale-ion-protocol-stablecoin-interoperability-scale https://www.radom.com/insights/brale-ion-protocol-stablecoin-interoperability-scale Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Brale says its new ION Protocol is designed to move custom stablecoins across blockchains without pre-funding liquidity on every chain, a sign that stablecoin payments are becoming more fragmented and more operationally demanding. https://www.radom.com/insights/moonpay-paybox-ai-agent-transactions https://www.radom.com/insights/moonpay-paybox-ai-agent-transactions Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial MoonPay launched PayBox on July 29, 2026, a payment vault for AI agents that keeps the transaction inside the conversation. The move points to a new operational problem for payment teams: how to authorize, track, and control agent-led value movement. https://www.radom.com/insights/aci-worldwide-dlocal-expand-latin-america-payment-access-global-merchants https://www.radom.com/insights/aci-worldwide-dlocal-expand-latin-america-payment-access-global-merchants Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial ACI Worldwide and dLocal said on July 29, 2026 that global merchants can now access local payment methods in Brazil and Mexico through ACI’s Payments Orchestration Platform, with Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru planned next. https://www.radom.com/insights/citi-invoice-processing-tool-b2b-payments https://www.radom.com/insights/citi-invoice-processing-tool-b2b-payments Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial Citi launched Citi Consolidate, a digital invoice processing tool powered by Infor, on July 29, 2026. The move points to a simple reality for finance teams: invoice intake, matching, and exception handling still need better software, especially when payment workflows span multiple systems. https://www.radom.com/insights/visa-cuts-7-percent-workforce-payments-efficiency https://www.radom.com/insights/visa-cuts-7-percent-workforce-payments-efficiency Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Visa is cutting about 2,600 jobs, with technology and product roles hit hardest, as the card network reshapes operations around AI and efficiency. https://www.radom.com/insights/tether-nairobi-securities-exchange-tokenized-securities-settlement https://www.radom.com/insights/tether-nairobi-securities-exchange-tokenized-securities-settlement Wed, 29 Jul 2026 03:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Tether and the Nairobi Securities Exchange have signed an MoU to explore tokenized securities, blockchain infrastructure and potential USDT settlement, a sign that market plumbing is moving closer to digital asset rails. https://www.radom.com/insights/ebay-56m-settlement-ecommerce-newsletter-writers-2019 https://www.radom.com/insights/ebay-56m-settlement-ecommerce-newsletter-writers-2019 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial eBay and several former employees agreed to a $56 million settlement with the EcommerceBytes writers targeted in 2019. The case is a reminder that reputational damage, legal exposure, and payout complexity can linger for years. https://www.radom.com/insights/apple-klarna-hardware-leasing-programme-us https://www.radom.com/insights/apple-klarna-hardware-leasing-programme-us Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Apple will use Klarna as the leasing provider behind Apple Upgrade in the United States, adding another partner-led financing flow to a major hardware purchase journey. https://www.radom.com/insights/hyperliquid-builder-push-liquidity-front-end https://www.radom.com/insights/hyperliquid-builder-push-liquidity-front-end Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Hyperliquid is turning its order book into infrastructure that other apps can build on, a reminder that execution quality and shared liquidity are becoming core product decisions for crypto platforms. https://www.radom.com/insights/gocardless-anvil-automated-billing-telcos-msps https://www.radom.com/insights/gocardless-anvil-automated-billing-telcos-msps Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:17:12 GMT Radom Insights GoCardless and anvil said on 28 July 2026 that they are partnering on automated payments for telecom and IT businesses. The move shows how billing platforms and bank payment rails are being packaged together for recurring, operationally heavy sectors. https://www.radom.com/insights/sec-small-business-forum-report-capital-raising-friction-operators https://www.radom.com/insights/sec-small-business-forum-report-capital-raising-friction-operators Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial The SEC has published its report to Congress from the 45th Annual Small Business Forum, summarizing recommendations on how entrepreneurs, small businesses, and smaller public companies raise capital. For payments and treasury teams, the broader lesson is that funding, settlement, and conversion workflows work best when they are explicit, auditable, and easy to reconcile. https://www.radom.com/insights/1inch-launches-aqua-pool-defi-liquidity-multiple-chains https://www.radom.com/insights/1inch-launches-aqua-pool-defi-liquidity-multiple-chains Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:17:13 GMT Radom Insights 1inch has launched Aqua, a shared liquidity layer for DeFi users and protocols. The move matters because liquidity design affects execution quality, capital efficiency, and how easily trading activity can move across chains. https://www.radom.com/insights/imf-brazil-stablecoin-market-oversight https://www.radom.com/insights/imf-brazil-stablecoin-market-oversight Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial The IMF said Brazil’s stablecoin market has grown quickly since 2017, with cross-border crypto flows outpacing traditional capital flows, putting more pressure on oversight and settlement controls. https://www.radom.com/insights/metaplanet-bitcoin-backed-bonds-settlement https://www.radom.com/insights/metaplanet-bitcoin-backed-bonds-settlement Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Benchmark says Metaplanet's brokerage move may be only the first step, with bitcoin-backed bonds and eventual stablecoin settlement showing how treasury structures are moving closer to payment operations. https://www.radom.com/insights/payward-buys-magic-labs-wallet-business-embedded-wallets-infrastructure https://www.radom.com/insights/payward-buys-magic-labs-wallet-business-embedded-wallets-infrastructure Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Payward, Kraken’s parent, agreed to acquire Magic Labs’ wallet business on July 27, 2026, a move that underscores how embedded wallets are being treated as core financial infrastructure rather than a side feature. https://www.radom.com/insights/fca-bank-of-england-reporting-harmonisation-taskforce-members https://www.radom.com/insights/fca-bank-of-england-reporting-harmonisation-taskforce-members Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial The FCA and Bank of England have named members to a taskforce that will shape how UK transaction and post-trade reporting rules are harmonised across MiFIR, EMIR and SFTR. https://www.radom.com/insights/hashkey-unifies-exchanges-one-app-crypto-trading-infrastructure https://www.radom.com/insights/hashkey-unifies-exchanges-one-app-crypto-trading-infrastructure Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:47:13 GMT Radom Editorial HashKey said on July 27, 2026 that it will bring its exchange branches into one platform, a move that points to how crypto firms are balancing user simplicity with regional compliance and operational control. https://www.radom.com/insights/bitmart-wind-down-exchange-infrastructure https://www.radom.com/insights/bitmart-wind-down-exchange-infrastructure Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:17:12 GMT Radom Editorial BitMart is the latest crypto exchange to begin winding down trading operations, a reminder that businesses using exchange rails need clear settlement, conversion, and payout paths even when a venue changes course. https://www.radom.com/insights/triple-a-treasury-wallet-breach-stablecoin-controls https://www.radom.com/insights/triple-a-treasury-wallet-breach-stablecoin-controls Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:47:12 GMT Radom Editorial Triple-A said unauthorized access affected its treasury wallets on 27 July 2026, while reporting that client funds were unaffected. The incident is a reminder that treasury design matters as much as payment rails. https://www.radom.com/insights/marqeta-zerohash-stablecoins-card-spend https://www.radom.com/insights/marqeta-zerohash-stablecoins-card-spend Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Marqeta and zerohash said they will integrate stablecoin infrastructure into card issuing, a sign that stablecoin balances are moving further into mainstream payment workflows. https://www.radom.com/insights/posco-onchain-receivables-lg-cns-trade-finance-test https://www.radom.com/insights/posco-onchain-receivables-lg-cns-trade-finance-test Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial POSCO International and LG CNS are piloting blockchain-based trade receivables settlement on Injective, a sign that corporate finance teams are testing shared ledgers for faster reconciliation and working-capital movement. https://www.radom.com/insights/bitcoin-treasury-firms-selling-holdings-debt-pressure https://www.radom.com/insights/bitcoin-treasury-firms-selling-holdings-debt-pressure Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Public bitcoin treasury companies are unwinding positions, repaying debt, and in some cases exiting the model entirely as falling share prices and tighter financing conditions reshape the strategy. https://www.radom.com/insights/billtrust-connects-ar-data-to-claude-and-microsoft-copilot https://www.radom.com/insights/billtrust-connects-ar-data-to-claude-and-microsoft-copilot Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Billtrust says finance teams can query live invoice-to-cash data inside Claude and Microsoft Copilot. The bigger story is not the chatbot layer itself, but the push to make receivables work more searchable and operationally useful. https://www.radom.com/insights/bitcoin-slipped-under-64000-as-bond-yields-pressured-risk-assets https://www.radom.com/insights/bitcoin-slipped-under-64000-as-bond-yields-pressured-risk-assets Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:17:13 GMT Radom Editorial Bitcoin dipped below $64,000 on July 24, 2026 as rising US bond yields and renewed Fed rate-hike concerns weighed on risk appetite, while traders pointed to bid liquidity on Binance limiting the decline.