Banking,
Member Exclusive
- The wave of charter filings in the first quarter of 2026 underscores shifts in fintech business and regulatory dynamics.
- Direct supervision by banking regulators is demanding, but fintechs increasingly see it as offering greater operational certainty than fragmented licensing and partner oversight.
Sara Khairi | March 19, 2026
10-Q,
Member Exclusive
- Payoneer’s leadership is prioritizing sustainable profitability over the industry’s old growth-at-any-cost mindset.
- Fintech is entering its next phase – moving beyond the early race for sign-ups toward a model built on SaaS-like unit economics and deeper customer monetization.
Sara Khairi | March 16, 2026
BNPL,
Member Exclusive,
Modern Marketing
- Financial services brands usually treat trust as a given, building campaigns around authority, scale, or convenience. Zip’s latest campaign takes a different route: it makes ‘trust’ the story.
- In a sector long clouded by skepticism and regulatory scrutiny, Zip is confronting one of fintech’s toughest questions by placing the BNPL trust debate at the heart of its brand.
Sara Khairi | March 12, 2026
Partner,
Payments,
Podcasts
- Modern Treasury recently launched an integrated payments platform blending fiat & stablecoins.
- Tune in to find out how stablecoins complement fiat rails, why working capital is the biggest opportunity, and what instant payments means for enterprises.
Zack Miller | March 10, 2026
Modern Marketing,
The Quarterly Review
- Over the past quarter, Viohl set out to scale Wise's North American presence and shift the brand's creative approach toward entertainment-first marketing.
- His team sharpened its measurement capabilities to connect brand activity to real business outcomes, tracking double-digit awareness lifts and tangible growth in new customers and transactions across both the US and Canada.
Rabab Ahsan | March 10, 2026
