Fintech Wrap Up

Fintech Wrap Up

Deep Dive

Deep Dive: Why pausing withdrawals wasn’t enough in the $6.34 billion Binance hack
On 29 October, Binance paused customer withdrawals after attackers broke into its wallet infrastructure.
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: How Stripe’s Link gives AI agents money they can spend
Giving an AI agent a task is straightforward.
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: Why US banks are blocking third-party AI agents
I was at NVIDIA GTC in Berlin this week, where the discussion around OpenShell brought me back to a question facing every bank building with AI: how…
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: Ant International’s Agentic Mobile Protocol
Software agents are transitioning from conversational text generators into autonomous economic actors capable of executing commercial workflows.
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: Personal Agent Protocol and Agentic Commerce
The rapid rise of autonomous artificial intelligence agents acting on behalf of individual consumers has exposed fundamental limitations in traditional…
 • 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.
 • 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…
 • 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.
 • 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.
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: When financial institutions should build their own transaction foundation models
Banks and payment companies are changing how they use artificial intelligence.
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: Structural Logic Behind Stripe’s Acquisition of OpenRouter AI Gateway
Stripe signed a definitive agreement to acquire OpenRouter for a total consideration exceeding $7.5 billion, structured as a combination of cash and…
 • Sam Boboev
Deep Dive: The AI Model Gateway/Router Directory For Fintechs and Banks
Stripe just acquired OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, roughly five times the valuation OpenRouter carried three months ago.
 • Sam Boboev
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