Curated by Renascence

CX News

Industry news filtered for what actually matters in customer experience, behavioral science and the business of serving people — rewritten, synthesised, and free of the noise.

Fintech

Stripe to Acquire OpenRouter, Expanding Into AI Infrastructure

Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, the AI model-routing platform, extending its reach from payments processing into AI application infrastructure.

7 Sept 2026 · 2 min read

Fintech

Natural secures $100m Upper90 facility for AI payments

Fintech firm Natural has raised a $100 million credit facility from Upper90 to scale infrastructure for AI agent-initiated payments, signalling investor confidence in machine-led commerce.

6 Sept 2026 · 2 min read

Fintech

Fintech Galaxy Wins UAE Open Finance Licence from Central Bank

Fintech Galaxy has been approved by the Central Bank of the UAE as a licensed open finance intermediary, moving the country's open finance framework from pilot to live operation.

1 Sept 2026 · 2 min read

Fintech

Ant International Raises $1.2B to Expand Cross-Border Payments

Ant International, the global arm of China's Ant Group, has raised US$1.2 billion to scale its cross-border payments, merchant services and digital banking across new markets.

18 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

Fintech

HSBC joins EPAA agentic AI working group as founding member

EPAA has launched an AI & Agentic Payments Working Group with HSBC as a founding member, aiming to set safety standards and interoperability frameworks for autonomous AI-initiated transactions across Asia-Pacific.

13 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

Fintech

FDIC Plans Standards Body to Certify Bank Fintech Providers

The FDIC is moving to create an independent body to certify fintechs and other third-party providers before they connect to insured US banks, per Bloomberg Law.

10 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

Just in

10 Aug 2026Pepkor to Acquire Fintech Firm Shop2Shop in South Africa 10 Aug 2026Ex-Nubank Executives Launch AI Wealth Manager Decade, Raise $85m 9 Aug 2026European Fintech H1 2026 Funding Favours AI-Native Startups 9 Aug 2026Stripe Buys US Chartered Bank to Bring Lending In-House 9 Aug 2026Increase Acquires Community Bank to Cut Payments Reliance 9 Aug 2026PrintMail Solutions Joins Jack Henry Network to Fix Bank Comms 7 Aug 2026Ant International $1.2B Series A: Cross-Border Payments CX Impact 7 Aug 2026Fintech Increase Acquires Washington State Bank to Own Full Payment Stack 7 Aug 2026Epic Markets Raises $10M Pre-Seed to Close Retail-Institutional CX Gap 3 Aug 2026Cashea Raises $100M to Expand BNPL Into Payments and Savings

Stay ahead of CX

Get the signal, not the noise.

The Journal, Experience Loom and the stories shaping CX — straight to your inbox.

Subscribe Read the Journal