by Ekrem Duman | Aug 28, 2026 | Fintech & Transfers
The Party Isn’t Over, But the Bill Just Arrived Embedded finance — the practice of baking bank accounts, cards, lending, and payments directly into non-financial apps — has spent the last five years becoming one of the fastest-growing corners of financial...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Fintech & Transfers
The cross-border payments stack is being taken apart, piece by piece ⚡ TL;DRCorrespondent banking’s grip on cross-border payments is loosening fast. In August 2026 alone, Visa joined Singapore’s stablecoin-settlement pilot, OpenPayd went live on...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Crypto Finance
Institutional Crypto in August 2026: ETFs Rebound, Treasury Companies Falter, and Regulation Finally Gets Specific ⚡ TL;DRU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have strung together a six-day, $2.26 billion inflow run through late August 2026, and BlackRock is cutting the minimum...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 25, 2026 | Finance News
Last updated: August 25, 2026. On Monday, August 24, 2026, CNBC reported that the U.S. Treasury Department is weighing whether to tap its roughly $1 trillion Treasury General Account (TGA) to help finance an expanded bond-buyback program. The story moved markets...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 24, 2026 | Business Loans & Financing
⚡ TL;DRSoftBank Group is planning a record ¥1 trillion (about $6.3 billion) retail bond sale in Japan — the largest ever by a Japanese company — to help fund its more than $60 billion in commitments to OpenAI. It is SoftBank’s third bond issuance this year, on...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 22, 2026 | Budgeting & Planning
⚡ TL;DRThe Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.50%–3.75% for a fifth straight meeting in July 2026, with three regional presidents dissenting in favor of a hike — the most dissents since 2016. The median 2026 year-end projection has actually risen to 3.8%,...
