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Finance is concerned with the art and science of managing money. The finance discipline considers how business firms raise, spend, and invest money and how individuals divide their limited financial resources to achieve personal and family goals.
Cross River Bank is integrating Ripple USD into its core banking infrastructure, allowing fintech companies to access blockchain-based settlement on the XRP Ledger through the same platform they use for conventional U.S. payment rails. Announced on October 15, the partnership integrates Ripple’s U.S. dollar-backed RLUSD stablecoin into Cross River’s proprietary Core Operating System, or COS, […]
MoneyGram is expanding its blockchain infrastructure strategy by joining XDC Network as an institutional validator, giving the global payments company a direct role in securing another public blockchain. The company announced the move on October 15 through its official X account, saying it would participate in network security as part of its broader effort to […]
Mastercard and BVNK have launched a new global payments platform that allows banks, fintechs and enterprises to manage traditional currencies and stablecoins through a single infrastructure layer, marking one of Mastercard’s most significant moves yet to connect blockchain-based money with conventional finance. Announced on October 15, Mastercard Global Money Platform combines Mastercard’s global payment infrastructure […]
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has warned that stopping data-center construction in the United States could push the economy into recession, arguing that the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom has become an increasingly important engine of investment and job creation. “If we have a moratorium of some sort in this country, we will be in a recession,” […]
Ripple has partnered with South Korea’s Meritz Securities to explore institutional digital-asset custody and tokenization, extending Ripple’s infrastructure deeper into one of Asia’s most active financial markets. Announced on October 14, the strategic partnership will examine how Ripple Custody and Ripple’s tokenization infrastructure could be integrated into Korea’s capital markets. The companies plan to begin […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host a virtual national compliance seminar for investment companies and investment advisers on November 19, bringing regulators and industry compliance professionals together to discuss cybersecurity, operational resilience, conflicts of interest, private funds, emerging investment strategies and crypto assets. The event is being organized through the SEC’s Compliance […]
Ripple is expanding its relationship with global alternative investment manager Brevan Howard, with Ripple Prime set to provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to funds managed by the investment firm. The agreement announced October 6 adds another major institutional relationship to Ripple’s strategy of building financial infrastructure across traditional and digital markets. The […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is joining financial regulators around the world in a new campaign warning investors about increasingly sophisticated fraud, including relationship investment schemes and impersonation attacks powered by modern technology. The warning was issued on October 5 as part of World Investor Week 2026, a global investor-education campaign coordinated by […]
Coinbase and Citigroup are deepening their payments collaboration to connect traditional bank accounts with stablecoin infrastructure, giving businesses new ways to accept, hold and move digital-dollar value without building separate banking and blockchain systems. The expanded relationship combines Coinbase’s digital-asset payment rails with Citi’s regulated banking infrastructure and merchant-acquiring platform. Announced on September 28, 2026, […]
The convergence of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and decentralized networks is reshaping the architecture of global finance. As digital intelligence accelerates economic productivity, legacy regulatory systems risk stifling innovation unless policy frameworks evolve in tandem. In a comprehensive strategy essay titled “Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy,” industry pioneer Michael Saylor outlines a bold […]