Alpaca has closed its acquisition of London-based WealthKernel , giving the US brokerage infrastructure provider a licensed broker-dealer entity, custody infrastructure, and tax-advantaged product shelf across the UK and EU in a single transaction. Simultaneously, the company has gone live with equities trading on Germany's Xetra exchange , marking its first operational foothold in European public markets. What Did Alpaca Actually Acquire? WealthKernel was already authorised

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its official media partnership with FinTech Roadmap 2026 , one of Central Europe's most significant financial technology conferences. The fifth edition of the event will take place on 14 May 2026 at the Czech National Bank Congress Centre in Prague, Czech Republic. FinTech Roadmap has established itself as a flagship professional gathering for the Czech and broader Central European fintech community. Organised by the Czech WealthTech Ass

The London-headquartered data group has converted a 13-year minority partnership into full ownership of Latvia's credit bureau, promising an expanded product suite and a push into fraud, identity, and business information services. Creditinfo Group has completed the full acquisition of AS "Kredīt Informācijas Birojs" (KIB Latvia), increasing its ownership stake from 51% to 100%. The deal, announced on 21 April 2026, closes out a 13-year co-ownership structure and gives the

Agentic commerce trust infrastructure has its first independent standard. Fime , the Paris-headquartered consultancy and testing specialist with more than 900 engineers operating across payments, digital identity, and smart mobility, launched the Framework for Agentic Commerce Trust (FACT) on April 21, 2026. The framework is designed to fill a structural gap that has opened as AI agents begin initiating and completing financial transactions without direct human instruction: t

The announcement at Money20/20 Asia signals a wider industry shift: payments platforms are treating identity verification as a core infrastructure layer, not a compliance checkbox. Paywint , a US-based business digital wallet operating across more than 200 countries and territories, has integrated Persona 's identity verification and KYC infrastructure into its customer onboarding workflow. The partnership was announced on April 21, 2026, on the opening day of Money20/20 Asia

Q1 2026 funding surges 27%, agentic AI collapses underwriting timelines from days to minutes, and a Swedish pet insurer just proved that prevention-first insurance isn't just a nice idea, it's a $100 million business. The InsurTech sector has spent the past few years doing something unusual for a technology-driven industry: growing up. After the hype cycles, the over-funded pivots, and the sobering funding winters of 2022-2023, what's emerging in 2026 is a sector that knows e

The Brazilian-founded fintech is now live in Indonesia, Thailand, and Turkey, with Malaysia and Vietnam to follow this quarter, betting that fragmented local payment infrastructure is its competitive moat, not its obstacle. Cross-border payments specialist EBANX has launched operations in five new markets, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Turkey, bringing its active footprint in Asia to seven countries, including India and the Philippines. The combined digital com

Payward's acquisition of the only US company holding all three CFTC derivatives licences for digital assets closes the regulatory gap that has kept domestic retail investors locked out of institutional-grade crypto derivatives for years. Payward , the parent company of Kraken and NinjaTrader , has agreed to acquire Bitnomial , the sole US firm holding the complete trifecta of CFTC-issued digital asset derivatives licences, for up to $550 million in cash and stock. The deal,

From Vanguard's AI portfolio whisperer to a $65 million bet on estate planning, WealthTech's biggest week of 2026 proves the robot revolution isn't replacing advisors, it's supercharging them. If you still think WealthTech is about clunky robo-advisors asking you ten risk-tolerance questions before parking your money in index funds, this week's news would like a word. The sector just delivered a flurry of launches, mega-rounds, and product upgrades that paint a very different