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SettleMint Integrates Ripple Custody into Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 1, 2026
Categories: Alumni News, Daily news, Ripple

SettleMint has partnered with Ripple to integrate Ripple Custody into its Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP), bringing custody, issuance, compliance, settlement, and servicing together on one platform.

The partnership expands Ripple’s institutional digital asset footprint while strengthening SettleMint’s ability to offer financial institutions an end-to-end platform for managing tokenized assets.

The tie-up reflects tokenization’s shift from experimentation to implementation, as banks increasingly need integrated infrastructure to move digital asset initiatives into production.

Digital asset lifecycle management company SettleMint has entered a strategic partnership with blockchain solutions company Ripple to help banks custody, issue, and manage tokenized assets.

SettleMint will integrate Ripple Custody, Ripple’s institutional-grade digital asset custody infrastructure, with its own Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP), a composable digital asset lifecycle platform built for financial institutions, market infrastructure operators, and sovereign entities. DALP brings issuance, compliance, custody, settlement, and servicing onto a single platform, allowing financial institutions to manage the…

MeridianLink Acquires Credit Mountain

By David Penn Posted on August 31, 2026
Categories: Credit Mountain, Mergers & Acquisitions

MeridianLink announced its acquisition of financial wellness platform Credit Mountain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The acquisition will help MeridianLink launch its Pathway solution, which helps community financial institutions provide declined borrowers with a personalized pathway to loan approval.

Credit Mountain won Best of Show in its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2024 in New York.

As FinovateFall 2026 approaches, we're sharing news from FinovateFall alumni to give you a sense of the kind of companies that will be demoing their latest innovations live on stage September 9 through 11.

Consider Credit Mountain, a financial wellness platform that won Best of Show in its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2024. Earlier this month, MeridianLink, a software platform provider for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies, announced its acquisition of the company. In a statement, MeridianLink said that the acquisition will support the launch of its MeridianLink Pathway, which enables…

What’s Trending at FinovateFall 2026?

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 31, 2026
Categories: FinovateFall 2026

We officially have 72 demos on stage at this year’s FinovateFall conference, taking place September 9 through 11 at the Marriott Marquis in New York (book now!). This year's lineup is a nice mix of startups with established players, and with all demos running on a single track, you won't miss a thing. This concentrated format makes it easy to spot the patterns shaping bank roadmaps for the next 12 to 18 months.

Here's a look at what trends lie ahead, based on what we're seeing across this year’s demo companies.

AI gets to work

It will come as no surprise that AI is the most prominent enabling technology on the FinovateFall stage this year. What's more interesting is that this year's demo companies are showing that the industry has evolved its use of AI to tackle specific jobs that are expensive, repetitive, time consuming, or difficult to…

Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News

By David Penn Posted on August 31, 2026
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Appli, Expensify, Experian, Fintech Rundown, FIS, Thought Machine, Vertice AI, VISA

There are still a few weeks left of summer, but the final day of August often serves as the unofficial end of summer for many—with kids returning to school and Labor Day around the corner.

As the week begins, Finovate's Fintech Rundown is highlighting a handful of fintech funding announcements in payments, wealth management, and capital markets, as well as interesting partnership news in DeFi and identity verification involving fintechs from Singapore and South Korea.

Fraud prevention

Nasdaq Verafin teams up with Q6 Cyber, combining dark web fraud intelligence with consortium data insights.

Digital banking

Deutsche Bank's Private Bank partners with Thought Machine for its core banking overhaul.

Vertice AI launches Vertice OPTIMIZE growth engine.

OnePay launches My Garage to offer users a full picture of vehicle ownership into one place.

Capital markets

Clearing and custody firm RQD* Clearing raises $74 million in a round led by Bain Capital.

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Exit-Readiness and Underwriting Performance: Isabelle Freidheim of Athena Capital

By David Penn Posted on August 28, 2026
Categories: CEO Interview, Women in Fintech

How do companies get priced? What variables are involved in determining the true value of a firm, especially as it moves closer to leaving the private market and becoming a publicly traded entity?

We caught up with Isabelle Freidheim, founder of Athena Capital, to answer these and other questions about the current investment landscape, especially for fintech companies. In this extensive conversation Freidheim shares her insights into the challenge of helping profitable technology companies navigate the runway to an IPO or strategic sale.

We learn how the commoditization of the core technology layer is driving investment trends in fintech, the consequences of companies staying private longer, and how she leveraged talent "mispricings" to build a team of exceptional operating partners—sitting and former CEOs, Fortune 500 directors—that give Athena Capital a "sourcing and diligence advantage."

"The stage is our thesis. At 12 to 36 months out, the diligence question changes…

Big Questions, Big Ideas: Meet the FinovateFall 2026 Keynotes

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 27, 2026
Categories: FinovateFall 2026

FinovateFall returns to New York September 9 through 11, bringing more than 100 industry experts to the Marriott Marquis Times Square to discuss the forces reshaping banking and fintech.

This year's keynote lineup reflects just how much is changing at once. Banks and fintechs are navigating an uncertain economic and geopolitical environment while determining where AI can create real value, how to defend against increasingly sophisticated financial crime, what stablecoins mean for payments, and who will control customer relationships as financial data moves into AI-powered interfaces.

With that in mind, here are some of the keynote sessions worth adding to your FinovateFall agenda.

Manas Chawla, Founder and Chief Executive, London Politica

The Global Economic and Geopolitical Outlook and The Direction Of Travel For The US Economy
Wednesday, September 9

Fintech doesn't operate in a vacuum. Interest rates, geopolitical tensions, trade policy, economic growth, and shifting global alliances ultimately influence everything…

Stripe Acquires Clerky to Offer Legal Infrastructure for Startups

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 27, 2026
Categories: Daily news, Mergers & Acquisitions

Stripe has acquired startup legal infrastructure provider Clerky, expanding beyond payments into startup formation and ongoing corporate operations.

The deal could help Stripe bring companies into its ecosystem earlier, establishing relationships during incorporation, fundraising, and hiring before startups ever need payment processing.

Clerky complements Stripe Atlas with deeper legal workflows and attorney relationships, strengthening Stripe’s push to become a broader operating infrastructure layer for startups.

Payment infrastructure fintech Stripe is getting into a new infrastructure layer this week. The California-based company has acquired Clerky, a company that offers legal infrastructure that startups need during and after formation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Clerky was founded in 2011 to help startups with legal paperwork surrounding incorporation and post-incorporation documentation, board actions, SAFEs and convertible notes, hiring documentation, stock and option issuances, and ongoing corporate maintenance. It also offers startup attorneys a private workspace that makes it easy to…

Socure Secures New Investment, Acquires Fraud Platform Fravity

By David Penn Posted on August 27, 2026
Categories: Fravity, Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions, Socure

Trust infrastructure for global identity and risk intelligence, Socure, has secured a strategic growth investment of $156 million, boosting the firm's valuation to $5.2 billion.

In addition to the funding announcement, Socure announced that it is acquiring Fravity, an agentic AI platform for risk and compliance.

Socure has been a Finovate alum since 2013. Fravity made its Finovate debut last year at FinovateFall 2025 in New York.

Socure, which offers trust infrastructure for global identity and risk intelligence, has received a $156 million strategic growth investment that gives the firm a valuation of $5.2 billion. The investment was led by Summit Partners and included participation from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Wells Fargo, and Docusign, among others. The funding also included both primary capital and an existing employee secondary tender offer.

"What stands out to us about Socure is the combination of durable growth and disciplined execution at this scale. We…

Basware to Acquire Trustpair for Undisclosed Amount

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 26, 2026
Categories: Daily news, Mergers & Acquisitions

Basware has agreed to acquire payment fraud prevention company Trustpair, with the transaction expected to close later in 2026.

The acquisition will extend Basware’s invoice lifecycle assurance through payment, combining its AP automation capabilities with Trustpair’s AI-driven account validation and payment fraud prevention.

The deal reflects the convergence of AP automation, payments, and fraud prevention as AI-driven fraud increases demand for end-to-end transaction security.

Enterprise payment solutions company Basware announced it has agreed to acquire payment fraud prevention company Trustpair this week for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to be completed later in 2026.

Basware, provider of AP automation, e-invoicing, and compliance tools, anticipates that Trustpair's fraud prevention tools will enhance its invoice lifecycle management tools by delivering invoice lifecycle assurance that covers the entire transaction. Basware will use its tools to confirm that an invoice is legitimate and approved, while Trustpair will confirm that the payment reaches…

Fideo Intelligence Launches Fraud Fighting Solution Fideo Lens

By David Penn Posted on August 26, 2026
Categories: Alumni News, Fideo Intelligence

Fraud prevention and identity verification company Fideo Intelligence has launched its investigative intelligence platform Fideo Lens.

Fideo Lens enables fraud and financial crime teams to discover hidden relationships between identities, accounts, devices, and behaviors at a time when fraud attacks increasingly involve multiple connected entities and organizations.

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Fideo Intelligence made its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2025 in New York.

Financial crime prevention specialist Fideo Intelligence has unveiled its investigative intelligence platform Fideo Lens. The new offering helps fraud and financial crime teams uncover hidden relationships between identities, accounts, devices, and behaviors, enabling them to better address the increasingly coordinated nature of fraud attacks.

Starting with a single identity signal, fraud investigators can use Fideo Lens to visualize and connect data associated with that identity and convert fragmented identity data into interactive investigative intelligence within minutes, reducing the time spent on manual searches across multiple systems.…

Nayax Agrees to Acquire IPS Group

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 25, 2026
Categories: Daily news, Mergers & Acquisitions

Nayax plans to acquire smart parking technology provider IPS Group to expand its presence in parking and curb management.

The acquisition will combine IPS’ parking technology and 250,000-space footprint with Nayax’s payments infrastructure and global reach, creating new expansion and cross-sell opportunities.

The deal reflects Nayax’s “land and expand” M&A strategy and the broader convergence of payments and vertical software as payment providers move beyond transaction processing.

Global commerce, payments, and loyalty platform Nayax announced plans today to acquire smart parking technology provider IPS Group from Windjammer Capital Investors for an undisclosed amount.

Founded in 2000, IPS offers payment-enabled smart parking technology that processes millions of consumer payment transactions each year. The platform operates using physical infrastructure such as meters, combined with mobile and text-based payments, enforcement and permitting software, vehicle detection tools, and curb data analytics.

Nayax will tap IPS, which has two decades of experience building parking technology…