Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026
What the fintech newsletters in this directory covered on News & Analysis that week — drawn from 49 posts across 5 newsletters, and nothing else.
Last week's newsletters showed a heavy concentration of crypto coverage from Stack and Story, which repeatedly tracked bitcoin ETF flows, describing fading demand, streaks, losses, and partial recoveries across multiple posts. The newsletter also covered altcoin funds, Solana ETFs, and Circle's stablecoin activities, including a sponsorship deal with Chelsea tied to an FCA warning and a euro stablecoin issued by Stripe. Additional Stack and Story items addressed regulatory and security topics, such as an SEC custody rule, a CFTC fine against a former White House staffer, a Cosmos Labs hack, a Polygon bug disclosure, crypto lobby positions on stablecoin KYC scope and the GENIUS Act, Thailand's crypto ETF rules, and Fasset's plumbing milestone in emerging markets. Strategy's bitcoin-related risk and BlackRock's ETF swap floor were also covered.
American Banker Fintech published the largest volume of posts, spanning a wide range of banking and fintech subjects. These included regulatory and policy matters (SBA size standards, state-level elections for banks, Roth IRA conversions after the OBBBA, debt settlement services), personnel and legal news (a Truist hire of a former Tennessee congressman, a discrimination suit involving an ex-US Bank executive, Stripe and Advent suspending a PayPal pursuit), and institutional strategy pieces (BMO's U.S. profit push, Edward Jones's robo-advisor plans, Orlando bank trust unit, Municipal Credit Union's chatbot development). The newsletter also touched on payments and fraud (Florida gambling lawsuit targeting payment processors, Houston check theft charges), competitive pressures from Affirm and Global Payments, Google and Apple's youth banking efforts, advisor-focused calculators, and a Chinese hacking campaign affecting banks, plus commentary on Warsh's forward guidance stance.
Connecting the Dots in FinTech focused on fintech funding and company-level developments, covering Affirm's Q4 FY26 results and FY27 outlook, U.S. fintech investment totals for H1 2026, and a funding low in UK fintech. It also reported on Airwallex's expansion beyond payments, a funding deal involving Mollie and Neno in AI accounting, and a new Bank of England role in stablecoins under UK rules.
Banking Dive Newsletter and Net Interest each contributed narrower coverage: Banking Dive Newsletter reported on RTP's international expansion and Treasury efforts on quantum-resistant encryption, while Net Interest covered Guggenheim, without further detail provided in the title.
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