Applications to become a bank have popped up left and right this year, with approval odds increasing under the Trump ...

On December 15, 2025, Ripple, Circle, and three additional cryptocurrency companies were granted conditional approval by U.S.

Circle announced the acquisition of Interop Labs, the core developer behind the Axelar Network, while excluding the Axelar Network and AXL.

Ripple is piloting its US dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, on several Ethereum layer 2s using Wormhole, with a full rollout ...

Global Research has released a new report predicting that the U.S. banking industry is entering a multi-year, structural ...

The payments company submitted applications to the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit ...

PayPal has applied to form a bank offering business loans and savings accounts. The digital payments company, which owns Venmo, said Monday it had filed applications with the Utah Department of ...

Payments firm PayPal said on Monday it has applied to establish a bank in the United States, as companies rush to capitalize ...

PayPal Holdings ( PYPL) submitted applications to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Utah's Department of Financial ...

Ripple plans RLUSD expansion to Ethereum layer-2s as XRP extends into multichain DeFi through wrapped liquidity and ...

Circle has acquired Interop Labs team members and proprietary technology, bringing the initial developers behind the Axelar ...

Nonetheless, tension between the old and new is growing, and the threat from crypto is bigger than many bankers once believed. Even though lenders stand to benefit from deregulation, their once ...