Manik Joshi

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Prepaid Cards Are Quietly Becoming Full Digital Banks

August 11, 2026 · 5 min read

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Stablecoin Infrastructure Consolidates Into One Platform

August 9, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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Tokenized Deposits Move From Pilot to Bank Standard

August 6, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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Fraud Prevention Is Becoming a Core Card Network Capability, as Visa Pays $2.4 Billion for BioCatch

August 4, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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Partior and OpenAssets Settle Stablecoins Atomically

August 3, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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Bond Trading Infrastructure Is Consolidating Into One Platform, as ICE Agrees to Buy MarketAxess for $5.7 Billion

August 2, 2026 · 4 min read · Embedded Finance

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Wholesale Tokenization Crosses Into Real Money, as Lloyds and CaixaBank Settle Live Cross-Border Deposits

July 31, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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Employee Benefits Platforms Are Betting AI Can Outrun Regulatory Drag, and Edenred Just Showed the Math

July 26, 2026 · 5 min read · Embedded Finance

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Freight Payments Get an Embedded-Finance Fix as Visa and Airwallex Target the Industry’s 42-Day Cash Trap

July 24, 2026 · 5 min read · Payments

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Regulators Are Skipping the Training-Wheels Licence for Neobanks, and Revolut Just Cleared Australia Direct

July 21, 2026 · 5 min read · Embedded Finance