Fintech & Innovation

Southeast Asia Fintech Funding Hits $2.3B as Deal Activity Falls 44% Singapore financial district skyline representing Southeast Asia's $2.3 billion fintech funding market and concentrated venture capital investment in 2026.

Amelia Watson Published: October 20, 2026 | Updated: October 20, 2026

Southeast Asia’s fintech companies raised $2.3 billion during the first nine months of 2026, a 206% increase...

PE Newswire Published: October 15, 2026 | Updated: October 15, 2026

Victory Park Capital (VPC), a Chicago-based private credit manager affiliated with Janus Henderson, partnered with blockchain investment...

Booking Holdings Builds AI Startup Portfolio With $100M Planned Investment in Vayo Seattle-based AI travel startup Vayo backed by Booking Holdings' planned $100 million investment in autonomous travel planning and booking technology.

Thomas M. Bennett Published: October 14, 2026 | Updated: October 14, 2026

Booking Holdings announced to invest up to $100 million in Vayo, a Seattle-based artificial intelligence travel startup,...

GCash Parent Mynt Prices $845 Million Philippine IPO at $7 Billion Valuation GCash mobile financial services and Mynt corporate branding representing the Philippine fintech company's $845 million IPO and approximately $7 billion valuation

Amelia Watson Published: October 9, 2026 | Updated: October 9, 2026

Mynt, the Philippine financial technology company behind mobile wallet GCash, has priced its initial public offering at...

Nasdaq Private Market Launches PAM AI Agent for Private Investing Nasdaq Private Market PAM AI agent representing artificial intelligence-powered research, analysis and investing in private companies

Becky Smith Published: October 1, 2026 | Updated: October 1, 2026

Nasdaq Private Market has launched an artificial intelligence agent that can research private companies, compare investment opportunities...

Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds Join UK’s First Live Tokenised Deposit Retail Transactions UK banking and digital payments infrastructure representing live tokenised sterling deposit transactions by seven major British banks

Thomas M. Bennett Published: September 25, 2026 | Updated: September 25, 2026

Seven of Britain’s largest banks have completed the first live retail transactions under the country’s Great British...

Terminal X Partners With OpenAI to Bring AI Memory to Private Markets Terminal X and OpenAI collaboration bringing agentic AI and institutional memory technology to alternative asset managers

PE Newswire Published: September 14, 2026 | Updated: September 14, 2026

Terminal X has announced a technical collaboration with OpenAI to bring frontier artificial intelligence into the investment...

Global Regulators Propose New Toolkit to Tackle Cyber Risks in Financial Market Infrastructures Global financial market infrastructure and cybersecurity systems representing the new BIS and IOSCO cyber resilience toolkit

Thomas M. Bennett Published: September 10, 2026 | Updated: September 10, 2026

Global standard setters have proposed a new cyber resilience toolkit for financial market infrastructures as regulators increase...

Singapore Commits S$220 Million to Fintech After KPMG Reports Decade-Low Private Investment Singapore financial district representing MAS’s S$220 million FSTI 4.0 investment in fintech, artificial intelligence and financial technology

Amelia Watson Published: September 4, 2026 | Updated: September 6, 2026

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has committed S$220 million over three years to accelerate financial technology development,...

Bain Capital Leads $74 Million Investment in RQD Clearing as Options Volumes Surge Financial trading and clearing infrastructure representing Bain Capital's $74 million growth investment in RQD Clearing amid rising U.S. options volumes.