BitGo has introduced Lightning Earn, a new offering that lets institutional bitcoin holders deploy assets on the Lightning Network and earn routing fees. Powered by an integration with Amboss Rails, the service gives corporate treasury firms and institutional investors a way to participate in Lightning infrastructure while maintaining BitGo’s custody and governance controls.
Zelle plans to expand internationally, starting with India, while also launching a new dollar-backed stablecoin called ZelleUSD to support future cross-border payments.
Mastercard believes AI agents will soon be buying services, paying fees, and handling transactions automatically at machine speed. The company’s new Agent Pay for Machines platform aims to support nonstop machine-to-machine payments across traditional and crypto rails.
Klarna is expanding far beyond buy now pay later services. The fintech company has launched FDIC-insured savings accounts in the United States, signaling a larger push to become an all-in-one financial platform for consumers.
Kalshi wants to bring crypto perpetual futures to the United States under CFTC regulation. The trading products are wildly popular offshore, but they are also known for extreme risk and heavy speculation.
Banks keep pushing AI chatbots into mobile apps and websites, but JD Power says customers still want human help when fraud, disputes, and serious financial problems happen.
The Treasury Department has launched the Trump Accounts app nationwide as families prepare for the July 4 rollout of the controversial child investment program.
FICO’s new UltraFICO Score goes beyond traditional credit reports by analyzing consumer bank account activity through Plaid. The system could help some borrowers, but it also raises serious privacy questions.
OpenAI is rolling out a new ChatGPT finance feature for Pro users that connects bank accounts and offers personalized budgeting advice. While the convenience is appealing, linking AI directly to financial accounts may make some users uneasy.
Blockchain.com wants users borrowing against Bitcoin again, but the return of crypto-backed lending may remind many people of the industry’s last major meltdown.
FIS is working with Anthropic to bring agentic AI into banking, starting with financial crime investigations that could shrink from days to minutes while keeping humans in control.
Visa is adding more blockchains to its stablecoin network, though real world adoption still feels limited for most users.