# This Week in Fintech

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## Posts
- [AI Insurance and Mortgage Platforms Raise $350M | Fundraises   ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/ai-insurance-and-mortgage-platforms-raise-350m-fundraises): Plus: Capital markets and cash management draw sizable rounds
- [Too big to fail, but not too big to fine](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/too-big-to-fail-but-not-too-big-to-fine): Also: Plaid launches new AI models for credit, fraud and payments 
- [Big Raise, Big Launches | TWIF China ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/big-raise-big-launches-twif-china)
- [Almost Every Fintech Is Now a Phone Network | TWIF UK and Europe](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/almost-every-fintech-is-now-a-phone-network-twif-uk-and-europe): Does it make sense to buy your sim from your bank?
- [Egypt Is About to Have Its Largest IPO in Five years | TWIF MENA  ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/egypt-is-about-to-have-its-largest-ipo-in-five-years-twif-mena): MNT-Halan's Egyptian arm opens for subscriptions at a $750 million valuation, with trading set for October 20
- [Who's really logging in? | TWIF Latin America](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/who-s-really-logging-in-twif-latin-america): Identity is now the main entry point for cyberattacks, and crime increasingly looks legitimate
- [Is That Invoice Legit? Iridium Credit Raises $3M to Help Lenders Find Out](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/is-that-invoice-legit-iridium-credit-raises-3m-to-help-lenders-find-out)
- [Guess Who’s Investing? | TWIF Africa](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/guess-who-s-investing): $90M drops as Airtel Money tests European appetite for a $7B African asset.
- [A Cuddly Muse, Adorable Dots: Why Are AI Agents Being Marketed as Cute?](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/a-cuddly-muse-adorable-dots-why-are-ai-agents-being-marketed-as-cute)
- [Apple Pay Lands in a QR Code Nation | TWIF Asia & India](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/apple-pay-lands-in-a-qr-code-nation-twif-asia-india): Asia's fintech sector saw digital assets soar, virtual banks profitable, and cross-border payments expand this week
- [Valley National to Buy Bluevine for $340M | Exits & Deep Reads    ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/valley-national-to-buy-bluevine-for-340m-exits-deep-reads): Stripe adds Parafin, two IPOs draw $7 billion valuations, and major insurance and infrastructure deals close
- [EliseAI Leads With $350M as Housing and Payments Draw Big Rounds | Fundraises  ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/eliseai-leads-with-350m-as-housing-and-payments-draw-big-rounds-fundraises): Lenders secure more financing, while venture funds add capital for AI and cybersecurity
- [An Agentic Bank Run Is More Likely a Stroll for Now, Experts Say](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/an-agentic-bank-run-is-more-likely-a-stroll-for-now-experts-say): Infrastructure limits and consumer caution make hunting for yield unlikely
- [Can the Payment Dispute Pipeline Run on Autopilot?](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/can-the-payment-dispute-pipeline-run-on-autopilot): AI could make that a possibility, but it might not be the best outcome
- [No, there is not going to be an agentic bank run](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/agentic-bank-run): (But watch out for OnlyFans.)
- [Treasury runs on AI now: Sleep tight? | TWIF China ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/treasury-runs-on-ai-now-sleep-tight-twif-china)
- [Banks Are the New Processors ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/banks-are-the-new-processors): What happens when sponsor banks offer their own platforms?
- [When Two Tribes Go to War | TWIF UK & Europe](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/when-two-tribes-go-to-war): Revolut vs Nubank
- [Don't Bet Against Stablecoins | The Public Ledger](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/new-post-fa93): To be intellectually honest, sometimes I was one of those people.
- [Crypto: Brazil tops, neighbors pop | TWIF Latin America](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/crypto-brazil-tops-neighbors-pop-twif-latin-america): The country has Latin America's largest crypto economy at $252.5 billion
- [Exclusive: Beltic Raises $7.3M to Help Businesses Keep AI Agents in Check ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/exclusive-beltic-raises-7-3m-to-help-businesses-keep-ai-agents-in-check)
- [Whose Agent is it Anyway? | This Week in Fraud](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/whose-agent-is-it-anyway-this-week-in-fraud): Autonomous shoppers are arriving before the rules
- [Exclusive: To Build Its Mortgage AI, Elio Bought a Brokerage First](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/exclusive-to-build-its-mortgage-ai-elio-bought-a-brokerage-first)
- [The Invisible Invoice](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/the-invisible-invoice): Who Pays When Your AI Agent Shops Around?
- [There is hard mode... and then there is Africa | TWIF Africa](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/there-is-hard-mode-and-then-there-is-africa-twif-africa): CBK proposes up to $1.93M capital requirements for Kenyan payment firms.
- [India Insurance Regulator Plays Barber, Insurtech Stocks Get a Trim | TWIF Asia & India](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/india-insurance-regulator-plays-barber-insurtech-stocks-get-a-trim-twif-asia-india)
- [Priority Technology Goes Private in $1.6B Deal | Exits & Deep Reads ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/priority-technology-goes-private-in-1-6b-deal-exits-deep-reads): Plus: Airtel Money eyes a major London IPO, and Avant applies to become a bank
- [AI Leads Fintech Funding as Pagaya Closes $460M Debt Facility | Fundraises ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/ai-leads-fintech-funding-as-pagaya-closes-460m-debt-facility-fundraises): Numeral and Go.AI secured the largest venture rounds, while payments and digital asset companies drew capital across markets.