It’s the last full week of September, which means that the calendar is ready to flip to the final quarter of 2026. Check out what fintechs are up to in this week’s look at the top fintech news. We’ll continue to update this post with news throughout the week.
DeFi
Aracore and Teiza to work on institutional stablecoin settlement model between South Korea and Malaysia.
Prediction markets
Yahoo Finance and Polymarket end prediction market partnership.
Digital banking
Centreville Bank turns to Jack Henry for its core upgrade.
Avant files application with OCC to establish Avant Bank.
Aegis Trace and InterSystems partner to strengthen AI decision traceability for regulated organizations.
Mortgages
Sprive raises $10 million for mortgage prepayment tool.
Credit and analytics
Nationwide Building Society partners with Equifax UK to give customers free access to their credit score.
Agentic commerce
GoCardless announces that it has processed the UK’s first agentic account-to-account transaction in the UK.
Wealth management
UK-based, Sharia-compliant, cross-border digital banking platform Nomo teams up with investment service provider AllFunds to establish a fully digital Sharia-compliant investment product.
Lending
Kastle secures $24 million in Series A funding to support its AI workforce platform for consumer lending.