Archive - Fintech Wrap Up

Reports: European Spend Report 2026; The Connective Tissue of Digital Finance; State of Fraud Report 2026

€7B Lost Annually to SaaS and AI Overspend

Oct 7 • Sam Boboev

Deep Dive: How Stripe’s Product Stack Changed In The Past 5 Years

How acquisitions, AI monetisation and stablecoin infrastructure are expanding Stripe’s role in the internet economy.

Oct 4 • Sam Boboev

The Payment Stack Was Not Built for AI - Philip Bruno (CSGO, ACI Worldwide)

AI agents are beginning to shop, negotiate and make payments on behalf of consumers and businesses.

Oct 2 • Sam Boboev

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September 2026

Reports: Distributed Ledger Technology and the Future of Payments in Canada; Benchmark AI Agents x Stablecoins; How to close the agentic…

This week’s reports explore how AI and digital-asset technologies are reshaping financial services, work, and payments.

Sep 30 • Sam Boboev

Deep Dive: The UK and EU Core Banking Companies Directory

I built this guide because core banking shortlists in the UK and EU are still assembled from analyst quadrants, vendor decks and whoever the systems…

Sep 27 • Sam Boboev

The AI Bank Is Already Being Built - Eric Young (CTO, Nubank)

What does it take to turn one of the world’s largest digital banks into an AI-first company?

Sep 25 • Sam Boboev

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Reports: How do Europeans really bank, pay & invest in 2026?; Strategic Roadmap for Agentic AI Adoption in Banking; Crypto Exchanges are…

This week’s Fintech Wrap Up highlights the rapid convergence of AI, payments, digital assets, and financial infrastructure.

Sep 23 • Sam Boboev

Deep Dive: Anthropic’s In-House Payment Push Is Easier Said Than Done

Fast-growing software platforms eventually hit a financial scale where off-the-shelf payment software creates operational friction.

Sep 20 • Sam Boboev

How AI is making fraud more sophisticated and how to stop it - Tamas Kadar (CEO, SEON)

AI has made fraud cheaper, faster, and harder to spot.

Sep 18 • Sam Boboev

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Reports: Tokenized Money for Banks; Authorised Payment Fraud; Agentic Commerce Pulse Report

The reports highlight major shifts in financial services driven by AI, fraud prevention, agentic commerce, and blockchain-based payments. Agentic AI for…

Sep 16 • Sam Boboev

Case study: Breaking Down PingPong’s Full-Stack Financial Infrastructure

When it comes to today’s cross-border landscape, legacy banking pipelines are largely fragmented.

Sep 13 • Sam Boboev

Can Tokenized Stocks Finally Open Global Markets to Everyone? - Mark Greenberg (CCO, Kraken/Payward)

For most people, buying a US stock is simple.

Sep 11 • Sam Boboev

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