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Moving money across borders can still be expensive, slow, and complicated. Businesses often depend on multiple financial institutions, currency conversions, and settlement processes to pay international suppliers, employees, and partners.
By Illia Lockmin
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond financial chatbots and customer support. A new generation of AI systems, known as agentic AI, could help consumers and businesses compare financial options, manage payment workflows and initiate transactions with less manual intervention.
By Annine Miller
Fintech has stopped being a story about disruption and become a story about infrastructure. In October 2026 the biggest shifts are stablecoins moving into everyday payments, AI agents starting to spend money, India's UPI pushing past payments, a funding market that rewards scale, and a growing demand for proof that these systems are safe.
By Camire Alt
