Tag: fintech

21.09.26

Australia’s Fintech Funding Splits in Two: Fewer Deals, Bigger Cheques, and a Flight to the Proven

Australian fintech investment jumped 78% in value in the first half of 2026 — even as the number of deals fell 35%. The money is still flowing, but it is chasing a narrower, more proven set of names.

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28.08.26

Weave’s $650M Buyout Shows Where Payments Money Is Really Flowing: Verticals

Francisco Partners is taking healthcare payments firm Weave private for $650M — the latest sign that owning a niche and its payments is the hottest play in fintech.

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26.08.26

Machines Are Now Paying Each Other: Agentic Stablecoin Payments Hit a 2026 High

Automated agent-to-agent stablecoin transfers jumped to 8.7 million in a single week — a look at the tiny, machine-driven payments quietly reshaping the internet’s money layer.

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