# This Week in Fintech

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## Posts
- [The Prediction Market Insider Trading Problem](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/the-prediction-market-insider-trading-problem): This Week in Fraud
- [What happens when the referee puts on gloves? | TWIF UK and EU](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/what-happens-when-the-referee-puts-on-gloves-twif-uk-and-eu):  Did AI drive Visa to acquire PISMO?
- [Forget Coffee, Fintech is Africa's New Export | TWIF Africa](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/forget-coffee-fintech-is-africa-s-new-export-twif-africa): Payaza hits Oceania, SCRYPT expands East African stablecoins, and Tanzania seals crypto rules. Paystack adds PesaLink and Flutterwave partners with Xoom.
- [PayPal Says $53B Isn’t Enough | Exits & Deep Reads ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/paypal-says-53b-isn-t-enough-exits-deep-reads): Stablecoin infrastructure, defensible software moats and a potentially stronger IPO market rounded out the week.
- [Crypto Infrastructure Is On a Tear | Fundraises ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/crypto-infrastructure-is-on-a-tear-fundraises): Citadel Securities backed Crypto.com as investors poured capital into tokenized markets, stablecoin infrastructure and AI-powered financial services.
- [Fairfax Gets IDBI Bank for $5.5B | TWIF Asia](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/fairfax-gets-idbi-bank-for-5-5b-twif-asia): It’s the largest-ever foreign investment in an Indian bank
- [Why Is Block Helping Stripe Buy Venmo's Parent?](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/why-is-block-helping-stripe): Also... the stablecoin implications hidden inside of Stripe/PayPal, Visa's new stablecoin acceptance network, DTCC tokenization, and more.
- [Stablecoins Won't Kill Western Union. Will They Save It?](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/stablecoins-won-t-kill-western-union-will-they-save-it): Two of the oldest names in payments are now digital dollar issuers
- [Who Needs a License Anyway? | TWIF China](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/who-needs-a-license-anyway-twif-china)
- [What Capital One Learned from Taxi Medallions](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/what-capital-one-learned-from-taxi-medallions)
- [The Public Ledger: Bank Reports Show Consumer Strength](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/the-public-ledger-bank-reports-show-consumer-strength)
- [Fresh Off Its Retail License, Revolut Moves Straight Into Virtual Assets | TWIF - MENA ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/fresh-off-its-retail-license-revolut-moves-straight-into-virtual-assets-twif-mena): Plus: the Central Bank licenses Remitly and Taptap Send, ADI Chain lands $50 million, and tabby launches its first wallet product.
- [Digital Banks Are Done Challenging, They're Winning  | TWIF LatAm](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/digital-banks-are-done-challenging-they-re-winning-twif-latam)
- [The Digital Euro Just Got Interesting | TWIF UK and EU](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/the-digital-euro-just-got-interesting-twif-uk-and-eu): Revolut and SumUp are among those taking part in the beta testing next year
- [Flutterwave Really Mean It  | TWIF Africa ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/flutterwave-really-mean-it): Also: Circle invested in Flutterwave, Xoom taps Flutterwave, Ruto's new law, Gigbanc lost the crossborder race, BEAC joined PAPSS, and Float targeted UK expansion.
- [Circle Wins OCC Approval, Klarna Eyes US Bank Charter | Exits & Deep Reads](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/circle-wins-occ-approval-klarna-eyes-us-bank-charter-exits-deep-reads): Block settles with 46 states, Grab closes Stash, Toss delays its IPO, and UniCredit moves closer to control of Commerzbank.
- [Blacksoil Acquired a Solar Finance Biz; B Capital Acquired Russell for $2.8B | TWIF Asia](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/blacksoil-acquired-a-solar-finance-biz-b-capital-acquired-russell-for-2-8b-twif-asia)
- [Credit, Crypto and Capital in This Week’s Fintech Rounds | Fundraises](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/credit-crypto-and-capital-in-this-week-s-fintech-rounds-fundraises): Plus: AI, debt and DeFi 
- [Buy Now, Bank Later](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/buy-now-bank-later): Klarna applies to become a bank, while banks circle a Fiserv debit network that could yield another $50B+ acquisition....
- [Did the Frontier models put the 'ai' in Bait? | TWIF UK & EU ](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/did-the-frontier-models-put-the-ai-in-bait-twif-uk-eu): Is fintech feeding itself to its greatest competitor?
- [Nobody's breaking up with Pix | TWIF LatAm](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/nobody-s-breaking-up-with-pix-twif-latam): It's all about loyalty
- [The Public Ledger: Onchain Stocks Arrive](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/the-public-ledger-onchain-stocks-arrive)
- [The Fraud Supply Chain Gets an AI Upgrade](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/tthe-fraud-supply-chain-gets-an-ai-upgrade): This Week in Fraud (7/7)
- [Kotak acquired Deutsche Bank India retail ops; GCash parent Mynt files for $1.5B IPO in Philippines | TWIF Asia 06 Jul, 2026](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/kotak-acquired-deutsche-bank-india-retail-ops-gcash-parent-mynt-files-for-1-5b-ipo-in-philippines-tw)
- [Visa, Onafriq And M-Pesa Team Up for Stablecoins (TWIF Africa - 07/06)](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/visa-onafriq-and-m-pesa-team-up-for-stablecoins-twif-africa-07-06): Also: LemFi acquires investment platform Wealth8, the CBN revokes prominent microfinance licenses, and Grey expands local currency services to Ghana and Kenya. 
- [Signals Q2'26: The perps of being a prediction market](https://www.thisweekinfintech.com/p/signals-q2-26-the-perps-of-being-a-prediction-market): A roundup of fintech fundraises, exits, and product launches in Q2. Also: Prediction markets are becoming derivatives exchanges, and the (updated) State of Agentic Payments Infrastructure.