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LTP Makes Strategic Investment in Digital Prime Technologies to Accelerate Global Expansion of Tokenet Across Asia-Pacific
The Asian Banker, Posted August 12, 2026
Digital Prime Technologies, the institutional technology provider transforming digital asset lending markets, today announced a strategic investment from LTP, a leading global institutional digital asset prime brokerage. The investment further strengthens the growing consortium of strategic partners, joining EquiLend, Galaxy Digital, and Marex in advancing the next generation of institutional digital asset lending infrastructure.
FinTech Alliance PH backs push to use national ID for user verification
Business World, Posted August 14, 2026
THE FINTECH Alliance PH is backing government and regulator proposals to use the national ID for account onboarding and identity verification to help reduce cyber fraud, especially in the financial space.
“FinTech Alliance.PH is definitely supporting BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) and other government agencies, particularly the Information and Communications Technology and Cyber Crime Investigation Coordinating Center insofar as having to really push for the use of the PhilSys (Philippine Identification System) ID for account onboarding,” FinTech Alliance PH Chairman Angelito M. Villanueva told reporters on Tuesday.
Europe
2026 Global MSME Lending & Financing Market Databook
Yahoo Finance, Posted August 13, 2026
The “Global MSME Lending & Financing Market Size by Value and Volume Across 75+ KPI by Finance Type, Alternative & Digital Lending, Enterprise Size, Industry Vertical, Loan Type, Loan Tenure, Lender Type, Geographic Distribution – Databook Q2 2026 Update” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The global micro, small, and medium enterprise financing market is projected to grow by 10.0% annually to reach US$8.39 trillion in 2026. Following a compound annual growth rate of 12.1% between 2021 and 2025, the market is expected to maintain strong momentum through the end of the decade
finby deploys Wero for pan-European ecommerce payments
The Paypers, Posted August 13, 2026
finby has deployed Wero, the pan-European A2A payment solution developed by the European Payments Initiative (EPI), for its ecommerce merchants.
The deployment allows finby’s ecommerce merchants to accept payments made directly from consumers’ bank accounts, using instant transfer infrastructure rather than card-based rails.
Wero was developed by EPI and is backed by 18 European banks and payment providers, with more than 50 financial institutions participating in the initiative overall. The solution has been built on instant A2A transfers, enabling consumers to pay directly from their bank accounts without routing transactions through card networks.
New partnership to enable agentic commerce for local payments in Poland
Banking 4.0, Posted August 13, 2026
PPRO is partnering with BLIK to develop agentic commerce capabilities for local payments in Poland, with the aim of connecting BLIK with the emerging agentic ecosystem. “The collaboration marks a step change in the evolution of digital payments and reflects a shared ambition to shape the future of digital commerce.” – according to the press release.
Agentic commerce is expected to become one of the fastest-growing areas of digital commerce, with AI agents projected to drive up to 15% of European e-commerce spending by 2030, and adoption expected to accelerate up to four times faster than traditional e-commerce. However, without support for local payment methods, the agentic economy risks defaulting to a card-centric payment model, limiting access to the payment methods consumers rely on and prefer across many regions. In Poland, BLIK accounts for around 71% of e-commerce transactions, demonstrating the immense importance of local payments to consumers in this market alone.
USA
U.S. bank regulators warn firms on lending to undocumented workers
Reuters, Posted August 13, 2026
Banks should be cautious of lending to people not legally authorized to work in the United States, as their income may be less reliable or they may be deported, a pair of U.S. bank regulators cautioned the industry Monday.
In new guidance, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which supervises the nation’s largest banks, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said non-citizens working in the U.S. illegally may have “less reliable” income and as a result may be a higher credit risk. The National Credit Union Association, which monitors credit unions, also issued the guidance.
U.S. Regulator Rejects Dutch Fintech Bunq’s Banking License Application
Reuters, Posted August 7, 2026
Dutch fintech Bunq said on Friday that the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had rejected its application for a national bank charter, dealing a setback to the company’s plans to expand its banking operations into the United States.
LatAm
Yellow Card secures $40m to fuel B2B stablecoin infrastructure in LatAm and APAC
Fintech Futures, Posted August 7, 2026
US-based stablecoin infrastructure provider Yellow Card has raised $40 million in strategic funding to expand its global footprint into Latin America (LatAm) and Asia Pacific (APAC).
Already holding licences, authorisations, and registrations to operate in 22 jurisdictions across North America, Europe, and Africa, Yellow Card states the latest capital will expand “local payment rails and currency coverage” in LatAm and APAC and bring its Global USD Accounts solution to more businesses in the regions.
Yuno Raises $45 Million to Drive Global Payments Push
Finance Yahoo, Posted August 12, 2026
Yuno, AI-native operating system of global payments and financial services, powering the financial infrastructure of enterprise merchants, banks, and wallets, today announced a $45 million Series B round led by Global PayTech Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, QuantumLight Capital, the AI-driven venture firm founded by Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky, Monashees, Kaszek, and Endeavor Catalyst, among others. Strategic regional investors Rasmal Ventures, Qatar’s first investment firm backed by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), bridging Gulf capital with global innovation, Further Ventures, the sovereign-backed investment firm based in Abu Dhabi, and GrowthX Capital, backed by tech investor and entrepreneur Hamad Al-Hajri, also participated in the round. The capital will be used to accelerate Yuno’s path to profitability and cement its position as the category leader in global financial infrastructure.
Top 10: Banks in Latin America
Fintech Magazine, Posted August 12, 2026
From Nubank to Mercado Pago, read about the leading banks bringing digital finance and inclusion to millions across the region of Latin America.
A large population base, alongside rapidly rising smartphone adoption, makes the Latin America region one of the world’s most dynamic hotspots for fintech growth.
Driven by historically underserved markets, digital platforms and neobanks across the region have disrupted traditional branch-heavy institutions that have existed for years.
