Eyeing Expansion Into Wealth Management, Vanguard Buys Fintech Altruist For As Much As $5 Billion
Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji. © 2026 Bloomberg Finance LP Vanguard built itself into a $13 trillion investment giant…
Stripe to buy OpenRouter as fintech expands deeper into AI
Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder of Stripe, speaking at 2022’s Italian Tech Week in Turin, Italy. Giuliano Berti…
Industry veterans launch AI data firm targeting wealth management’s infrastructure problem
Two former MoneyLion executives, with roots at Merrill Lynch and Barclays Wealth, are betting that fragmented data is…
Tech roundup: U.S. investment tech consulting firm enters Canada
Chicago-based investment technology consulting firm F2 Strategy is expanding its presence in Canada’s financial services industry by acquiring…
Clear Street launches pre-IPO platform, lists AI giant Databricks
Close-up of Databricks company logo on building facade, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, June 7, 2024. Smith Collection/ gado…
Leopold Aschenbrenner Situational Awareness fund: $45B to fire sale
Leopold Aschenbrenner Photo: Josh Edelson Two years ago, Leopold Aschenbrenner argued he was one of few people in…
UNN to Partner Firm on AI, Smart Mobility Innovation Centre
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has commissioned a new Skills Acquisition Centre in Owerri…
Fintech targets one million new pension users by 2026
Fintech startup, Awabah, has set a target to onboard one million new personal pension subscribers by the end…
Stripe Is Targeting Shopper Habit Formation
If Stripe’s reported pursuit of PayPal signals anything, it is that the next competitive frontier in payments may…
Skyro links digital credit with QR payments in nationwide rollout
Skyro has rolled out its reusable digital credit line, SkyroCredit, across the Philippines, expanding its consumer finance offering…
Firm Launches SME Grant Programme, Digital Rewards Initiative
All 12 member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have begun implementing the regional…
Nilekani-backed Fundamentum launches third fund of ₹2,200 crore | Start Ups
The Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm cofounded by Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani and veteran investor Sanjeev…