Sep 14 – Sep 20, 2026
What the fintech newsletters in this directory covered on VC & Funding that week — drawn from 12 posts across 8 newsletters, and nothing else.
Several newsletters covered the announcement that S&P Global agreed to acquire blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin, with Fintech Futures, Payments Wrap Up, and Bankless all reporting on the deal.
Fintech Futures had the broadest coverage of the week, publishing an ICYMI funding round-up covering Pave Finance, Velocity, Creem, and other companies, alongside separate items on Envestnet's planned acquisition of portfolio management tech provider Vestmark and Split Pay's $125m raise to scale its bill payment platform. Payments Wrap Up also reported on Grab's agreement to buy 60% of Atome Financial for $1.49b.
Other newsletters focused on individual deals and corporate moves. Banking Dive Newsletter reported that Enova scrapped its Grasshopper deal. The Fintech Blueprint covered Nasdaq's $100MM investment in Kraken at a $21B valuation. Fintech Snark Tank addressed Chime's acquisition of a bank, framing it around the subsequent costs of owning one. Sifted Fintech Newsletter covered Revolut's consideration of a dual listing in London and New York.
Linas's Newsletter covered the subject of the Anthropic IPO and its potential impact on stocks, without elaborating further on specifics.
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