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Coming off the end of a fantastic Mexico Fintech Week, we're very excited to share that TWIF is officially taking over organization of New York Fintech Week, the week-long celebration of everything fintech in New York City, alongside our friends at Fintech is Femme, organizing the Fintech Week Conference, and RevTech Labs!

New York Fintech Week 2026

NY Fintech Week is the largest decentralized gathering of fintech operators, investors, and founders in New York.

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📆 Mark your calendars: NY Fintech Week is the largest decentralized gathering of fintech operators, investors, and founders in New York, taking place from April 27th to May 1st.

For the next few weeks, we'll be sharing more announcements, events, and partnerships in the lead-up to April, beginning with a NY DFS fireside discussion & rooftop happy hour, featuring Acting NY DFS Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow and co-organized by our friends at the Financial Technology Association and Ribbit.

I'd like to say a big thank-you to Jon Zanoff and the Empire Startups team for entrusting us with carrying on the legacy of the first-ever fintech week, with over 10,000+ prior attendees and 15+ years bringing people together.

🎫 Want to submit an event? Let us know here.

✉️ Have questions? Reach out to us at nyfw@thisweekinfintech.com.

🗽 This is New York's fintech moment.

- Nik, Kaylee, Dennis, and the NYFW Team

Please enjoy another week of fintech and banking news below.

Have feedback for us? Let us know. Find me at @nikmilanovic, @twifintech, and @ndm

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Financial Services & Banking

Product Launches

BNP Paribas is planning to use public blockchain infrastructure to facilitate the tokenization of its money market funds.

MetaMask launched its crypto debit card in the US in partnership with Mastercard, so its users can spend digital assets directly from their self-custodial wallets.

The London Stock Exchange and Crowdcube collaborated to roll out their first retail investor offer, bridging the gap between public markets and individual investors.

Other News

In the battle over stablecoin yield, the OCC proposed to resolve the debate on stablecoin yield through rulemaking potentially clearing the way for the CLARITY Act to proceed without that provision.

Chase committed to opening 160 new physical branches throughout 2026 to further expand its retail footprint across the United States. JPMorgan embarked on a major staff redeployment initiative as the firm restructured its workforce to better align with its AI-driven strategy. Santander is also forecasting that its ongoing investments in artificial intelligence will generate over $1 billion in incremental business value.

The SEC issued an exemptive order for WisdomTree to permit investors to trade the its money-market fund's shares at $1 with a dealer on an intraday basis, regardless of its end-of-day NAV.

Bank of Ireland UK received a £37 million fine for failing to implement a mandatory anti-fraud tool until 14 months after the regulatory deadline.

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Fintech

Product Launches

Privy expanded its infrastructure by adding custodial wallets to its stack.

Figure debuted its own tokenized stock alongside an upsized $150 million offering to accelerate the adoption of blockchain-based securities.

WisdomTree announced the launch of 24/7 trading and instant settlement for its tokenized money market fund shares.

MoonPay unveiled an AI-driven fiat onramp designed specifically to facilitate transactions within the emerging economy of autonomous agents.

Coinbase pursued its "everything exchange" vision by marking its official debut into the U.S. stock trading market with a 24/7 stock trading product.

Kraken rolled out 24/7 perpetuals trading for tokenized U.S. stocks, bringing crypto-native trading mechanics to traditional equities.

Anthropic launched specialized financial services plugins for its Claude Cowork platform to automate complex industry workflows.

Vouched introduced "Agent Checkpoint" to verify the identity of autonomous AI agents and establish trust in automated interactions.

april debuted an AI-powered tax platform specifically tailored to help wealth management firms provide year-round tax optimization.

Anchorage launched a new offering for licensed international banks to access federally regulated stablecoin issuance, custody, and U.S. dollar settlement through its licensed bank.

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Other News

Stripe released its 2025 annual update, highlighting a milestone year where the processor surpassed $1.5 trillion in total payment volume. Also.... Will Stripe acquire PayPal? (Probably not!)

Payoneer unveiled plans to launch a stablecoin-focused digital bank to streamline cross-border transactions for SMBs and freelancers.

Meta prepared for a major stablecoin comeback, with Mark Zuckerberg targeting a launch in the second half of the year.

Revolut joined a select cohort testing new stablecoin initiatives within the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory sandbox.

Phantom outlined an aggressive strategy to dominate the "super-app" market by integrating diverse crypto-fueled financial services.

Partnership Corner

Stable Sea and dLocal partnered to power low-cost, B2B cross-border payments using stablecoin technology across emerging markets.

The Bad News

BlockFills co-founder and CEO Nicholas Hammer stepped down from his position following significant lending losses totaling $75 million.

Block initiated a massive workforce reduction of 4,000 employees as Jack Dorsey signaled a shift toward leaner operations in a company-wide memo.

Klarna watched its stock price tumble after the company released its fourth-quarter financial results, which failed to meet investor expectations.

Figure Technology suffered a major data breach that compromised the personal information of nearly 1 million user accounts.