Marcel van Oost

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Coinbase sells stocks now. British users can now trade U.S. stocks directly through Coinbase. No second app, no separate brokerage account needed. Everyone's building the same product from different corners. For example, Robinhood started with stocks and bolted on crypto. Coinbase started with crypto

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Bernadette Smith, appointed to lead Starling's banking operations in June, sat down with City AM just six weeks into the role. Pre-tax profit fell 3% to £217m last year, and revenue slipped 5.6% as falling interest rates exposed how dependent Starling still is

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Visa Direct just got a stablecoin upgrade. zerohash is now powering stablecoin prefunding and payout capabilities for eligible Visa Direct clients, unlocking 18 billion endpoints across 195+ countries. Think about what that means: businesses can now prefund accounts and disburse payouts in stablecoins through one of the

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Western Union just launched a stablecoin-powered card. The 175-year-old remittance giant rolled out Stablecard, built on Rain's stablecoin infrastructure. Remittances now land as USDPT, Western Union's own stablecoin on Solana, and can be spent instantly anywhere Visa is accepted. The

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Mastercard just closed the deal on BVNK, and it's a statement move. 🚨 The payments giant has completed its acquisition of BVNK to advance its global stablecoin capabilities. If you've been watching Mastercard's strategy over the past year, this isn't