Finovate's celebration of Women's History Month continues!
This year FinovateSpring 2026 will feature a dozen female fintech founders and co-founders in its demo company line-up. Today, as part of our commemoration of Women's History Month, we are excited to showcase these innovators, whose solutions are helping banks, credit unions, and lenders bring new financial products and services to their customers and members.
“I'm thrilled to welcome these incredible female founders to...
Spring has sprung, March Madness is in the air, and the fintech headlines are filled with new payment solutions to enhance face-to-face commerce, new developments in the tokenized asset space, and a range of announcements on agentic AI including new tools, new partnerships, and new deployments.
Be sure to check back with Finovate's Fintech Rundown all week long for the latests in fintech news!
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European financial services provider Mollie announces the UK launch of its...
This week's edition of Finovate Global showcases recent fintech news from Canada.
Royal Bank of Canada acquires mortgagetech Pinch Financial
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has acquired Toronto-based mortgagetech Pinch Financial. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the move is designed to accelerate the decisioning process for mortgage borrowers throughout the country.
“This acquisition helps us deliver on our commitment to bring the best solutions to clients on...
- Tempo has launched its Mainnet and Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) to support AI-driven commerce, combining blockchain infrastructure with a standardized way for agents to initiate and manage payments across rails.
- The protocol also introduces “session-based” transactions that remove the need for traditional checkout flows and enable real-time, pay-per-use models.
- As agentic commerce and stablecoin adoption grow, Tempo is positioning itself at the forefront of development.
- Earned wage access provider Express Wages has partnered with Good Hands Home Care to give employees advanced access to their earned income.
- Express Wages facilitates payday advances of up to $200 a day. Money transfer options include a no-fee Visa Prepaid card, and repayment is managed systematically via the Express Wages app and company payroll platform.
- Memphis, Tennessee-based Express Wages made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2025 in San Diego.
A new partnership...
