# ![@oost_marcel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1158047058932228101.png) @oost_marcel Marcel van Oost

Marcel van Oost posts on X about fintech, in the, more than, company the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  47.12% [stocks](/list/stocks)  18.27% [countries](/list/countries)  17.31% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  9.62% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  5.77% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  5.77% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  3.85% [products](/list/products)  2.88% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.92% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  1.92%

**Social topic influence**
[fintech](/topic/fintech) #138, [in the](/topic/in-the) 10.58%, [more than](/topic/more-than) 7.69%, [company](/topic/company) 7.69%, [ai](/topic/ai) 6.73%, [business](/topic/business) 6.73%, [crypto](/topic/crypto) 5.77%, [ceo](/topic/ceo) #4311, [global](/topic/global) 4.81%, [investment](/topic/investment) 4.81%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@revolutapp](/creator/undefined) [@revolut](/creator/undefined) [@nubank](/creator/undefined) [@stripe](/creator/undefined) [@paypal](/creator/undefined) [@visa](/creator/undefined) [@fluxapay](/creator/undefined) [@anveai](/creator/undefined) [@adyen](/creator/undefined) [@cbinsights](/creator/undefined) [@elevenlabsio](/creator/undefined) [@checkout](/creator/undefined) [@binance](/creator/undefined) [@kalshi](/creator/undefined) [@molliepayments](/creator/undefined) [@companyepi](/creator/undefined) [@kakaobank1](/creator/undefined) [@crossriverbank](/creator/undefined) [@usbank](/creator/undefined) [@paysafe](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Mastercard, Inc. (MA)](/topic/$ma) [HP Inc (HPQ)](/topic/hp-inc)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"🚨 @amazon adds  in the UK Thats a big signal for where checkout is heading: UK customers onAmazoncan now paydirectly from their bank account. No cards no expiry dates biometric approval via their banking app. What stands out: Card-free checkoutpowered by bank rails Instant refundsback to the bank (minutes not days) Prime subscriptions soon included Covered by AmazonsA-to-Z Guarantee+ UK Payment Services Regulations (up to [--] months protection) Cards (Visa Mastercard Amex) instalments (Barclays) gift cards and points arent going away but this is Amazon clearlynormalising Pay by Bankat massive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021197399373340820)  2026-02-10T12:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : Elon Musk's X to launch crypto and stock trading in couple weeks Yes you read that right. According to reportsElon Musks platformXwill soon allow users to tradestocks and crypto directly from their timelines. Heres whats coming 👇 👉 Users can tap ticker symbols in posts and execute trades inside the app. 👉  beta launching in [--] months An in-house payments system moving from internal testing to external beta: The bigger vision: the Everything App Message. Post. Pay. Invest. All without leaving X. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023056189727096898"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2023056189727096898)  2026-02-15T15:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Stablecoins look instant on the surface. Underneath its a full payments stack. If youre building or investing in stablecoin rails it helps to think in layers: The  (great graphic by Michael Ngo at @getTransFi 👇) Every real-world stablecoin payment runs through all of these layers:  USD EUR JPY. The credibility anchor.  minting fully-backed stablecoins (USDT USDC etc.).  Ethereum Solana and others where settlement actually happens.   FX pricing and conversion between rails and tokens.  securing assets keys governance MPC.  transaction monitoring sanctions traceability.   abstracting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018685606012891158)  2026-02-03T13:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"WOW: Bay Area startups raised more than next [--] geos combined 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2023079608577614197)  2026-02-15T16:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 :Lloyds Banking Group is buying Curve for 120M And not everyone is happy. Big news in UK FinTech today: Lloyds has officially signed the deal to acquire Curve the digital wallet and card-aggregation platform that once aimed to become one of the countrys top fintech champions. But behind the scenes things are messy. Shareholders have beenfuriousabout both the valuation and the distribution of proceeds. Curve raised over 250M since launch and is now being sold for less than half of that. In a letter to investors the company itself admitted the outcome falls short of the ambitions we all held"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1989335572733628841)  2025-11-14T14:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This #TBT video never gets old: Tom Blomfield (@monzo Bank) Valentin Stalf (N26) and Nik Storonsky (@Revolut ) on stageat TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin in talking about building the bank for the future: I love the parts where they discuss crypto the launch of N26s unique premium metal card and their aggressiveUS expansion plans👌 What do you thinkAnd who is your favorite https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2000914239440003185 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2000914239440003185"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2000914239440003185)  2025-12-16T13:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Public FinTech Companiesrankingby Performance this week 📈📉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2015542857893875968)  2026-01-25T21:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👀 @Revolut has rolled out AI voice agents from @elevenlabsio across the UK and Europe and the numbers are hard to ignore. What changed [--] fastertime to ticket resolution 99.7%successful call completion 31+ languages live native-quality voice Instant 24/7 support for4M+ customers Instead of outsourcing the brainRevolutkept full control of orchestration logic and data while plugging in best-in-class voice latency and compliance (PCI + zero retention). AI agents are no longer just cost-cutting chatbots. Theyre becomingfront-line CX infrastructure; fast multilingual compliant and deeply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2016917641521164546)  2026-01-29T16:53Z [----] followers, 139.4K engagements


"The Public FinTech Companiesrankingby Performance this week 📈📉 A sea of redwith one shiny green dot 🟢 If your FinTech stock watchlist felt a little painful this week youre not alone. Publicly listed FinTechs had a rough ride and red was very much the color of the week. But. (Theres always a but.) We officially get to add a new name to the list: @picpay . The Brazilian FinTech rang the bell on Nasdaq on Thursday and I had the chance to be there in person always special to see a FinTech make it to the public markets. If this is any indication [----] might still have a few IPO surprises left."  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018036359852638378)  2026-02-01T18:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon says FinTechs are coming after its business 🤯 "if we don't do our job faster quicker you know yeah we'll lose". JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon says that fintechs like Revolut are coming after its business and "if we don't do our job faster quicker you know yeah we'll lose". Revolut CEO Nik Soronsky has repeatedly said he wants Revolut to be bigger than JPMorgan. https://t.co/Zoky8mRnK1 JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon says that fintechs like Revolut are coming after its business and "if we don't do our job faster quicker you know yeah we'll lose". Revolut CEO Nik Soronsky has"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018352371252785528)  2026-02-02T15:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"WOW: @elevenlabsio announced a $500M Series D at an $ valuation 🤯 Led by Sequoia Capital with a16z quadrupling down and ICONIQ tripling down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2019055724538507655)  2026-02-04T14:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨  Duna the Amsterdam based identity FinTech founded by two Stripe alumni today announced a [--] Million Series A funding round. The company based in Germany and the Netherlands was launched in [----] by Duco van Lanschot who was head of Benelux and DACH at Stripe for three years and David Schreiber who spent six years at Stripe where he ran the companys largest global business unit including the core card payment platform. In May [----] the company announced a 10.7m Seed Round led by Index Ventures. The latest fundraise brings Dunas total funding to more than 40m. Dunas mission is to build global"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2019376180793667974)  2026-02-05T11:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : Tencent Cloudis partnering with Brazilian FinTechTreealto bringPalmAI(palm-based biometrics) to the Brazilian market This goes well beyond fingerprints or face ID: Palm vein + skin pattern recognition 300ms identification False acceptance rate:1 in [--] billion No cards. No phones. No images stored. Fully tokenized & encrypted Globally PalmAI already supports50+ million usersand2+ billion transactions per year widely deployed across Asia in offices transit retail and events. Palm recognition solves many real-world issues of existing biometrics: harder to spoof works across lighting &"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2019396026491175142)  2026-02-05T13:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Today @Revolut has over [--] Million customers and is worth $75 billion. hashtag#TBT: Back in [----] the founders pitched to raise a 1.5m seed round: In [----] Nik Storonsky was on a trip to Las Vegas. During this trip he discovered how costly it was to exchange currencies and make international money transfers. This experience in Las Vegas became a pivotal moment for Storonsky. Motivated by the high costs he incurred he envisioned creating a service that would offer fair exchange rates and low fees for currency exchanges and money transfers. He teamed up with Vlad Yatsenko a developer who shared"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2019444145966751982)  2026-02-05T16:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If you check just one thing on X today make it this 👇 David Vlez on @nubank journey and whats next: In [----] Vlez then a 31-year-old partner at Sequoia Capital was trying to open a bank account in So Paulo. After passing through a high-security entrance he would later compare to a prison his mobile phone triggered the metal detector and he was immediately surrounded by armed guards. Even after being cleared the ordeal dragged on. Months of bureaucracy followed with repeated visits to the bank before he was finally allowed to open an account. That experience convinced Vlez that Brazils banking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2019762714843676814)  2026-02-06T13:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Here's an introduction to Cards in Payments:     : Every payment card comes with key components that define its function and issuer:  (Issuing): Defines the category (e.g. cashback rewards).   (BIN): Identifies the issuing institution and card type.  : The bank that issued the card to the cardholder (e.g. Citi Chase).  : Connects issuers and acquirers (e.g. Visa Mastercard).  (Acquiring): Indicates how the card will be processed on the acquiring side.   [--] Cards Pay Later in Full (American Express Green) [--] Cards Pay Later in Full/Partial (Visa Signature Mastercard World) [--] Cards Pay Now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020111990904017137)  2026-02-07T12:26Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements


"Here's an introduction to   Behind every card transaction there is a coordinated set of players: Each with a unique role. : Issuers are banks or financial institutions that provide cards directly to consumers. Key Functions: Underwrite and approve new cardholders Furnish credit debit or prepaid cards Authorize and clear transactions in real-time How They Make Money: From interchange fees annual card fees interest on revolving credit and FX markups. Examples: Citi UBS ING TD Deutsche Bank Chase Acquirers are responsible for enabling businesses to accept card payments. Key Functions: Set up and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020499222127055281)  2026-02-08T14:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👀 FounderAnne Bodenhas reduced her stake in Starling Bankfrom 4.3% to 2.7% via a secondary share sale. Key points: 👉 Secondary sale values Starling at3.54bn 👉 Largest shareholderHarald McPikestill holds40%+ 👉 Chrysalis Investment Trust retains10%+ 👉 IPO plans appearin flux with growing openness to aUS listing Not a primary raise. No dilution. But always a signal worth watching. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020506501014564894 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020506501014564894"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020506501014564894)  2026-02-08T14:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : Block is cutting up to 10% of its workforce. Jack DorseysBlock Incis notifying employees that roles may be eliminated as part of a broader efficiency and restructuring push. Key points: 👉 Up to10% of staffaffected (Block had [-----] employees as of late 2025) 👉 Cuts are happening duringannual performance reviews across multiple teams 👉 Part of a multi-year effort tooperate more efficientlyand simplify the org Strategically Block is: 👉 Pushing harder onintegrationbetween Cash App and Square 👉 Continuing bets onBitcoin mining (Proto)andAI tooling (Goose) 👉 Targeting nearly$12bn in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020556628571885716)  2026-02-08T17:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A single website name just sold for $ in the largest domain deal in history 🤯 @cryptocom co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek acquiredAI .comwith plans to launch a new AI-focused platform. The domain is expected to support a personal AI agent that can help users send messages interact with apps and even trade stocks positioning the company beyond crypto and into the fast-growing AI ecosystem. Marszalek described the purchase as a long-term bet saying AI will likely become one of the most transformative technological waves of the next [----] years. Would you have paid $70M for AI .com if you had"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020579701991883168)  2026-02-08T19:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Colombias interoperable payment system- launched by the Central Bank of Colombia is rapidly gaining traction with Bancolombia and Davivienda emerging as the largest players by transaction volume and value. Just four months after launch Bre-B has already reached33.9 million usersand registered99.2 million payment keys showing rapid integration into daily financial activity. The platform has processed more than390 million transactions with an average value of around COP [------] per payment. Bancolombia currently leads the system with143.6 million transactionstotaling approximatelyCOP [--] trillion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020913321457877127)  2026-02-09T17:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 :MrBeastsBeast Industrieshas agreed to acquireneobank @step marking the creator giants first serious move into financial services. The companies didnot disclose financial termsof the transaction. That silence is notable because Step was one of the most highly valued Gen-Z FinTechs of the last cycle. The company wasvalued at $920 million in [----] backed by investors includingGeneral Catalyst Coatue andStripe. Like many consumer fintechs that raised capital at peak multiples Steps valuation is widely expected to have reset downward but no updated figure has been made public. Founded in 2018"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020916616280637671)  2026-02-09T17:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@stripe is lining up a new tender offer valuing the company at$ 🤯 I repeat: Stripeis preparing a new tender offer that would value the company atat least $140 billion according to Bloomberg a jump of more than$30 billionfrom its $107B valuation last year. The move reinforces a pattern Stripe has leaned into since 2024: frequent secondary transactions that give employees liquidity without the pressure of going public. In other words Stripe is behaving like a public company just without the ticker. Importantly the fundamentals now support that confidence. Stripe reachedfull-year profitability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021028766319812941)  2026-02-10T01:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : @PayPal replaces CEO after earnings miss. Here's what we know: PayPal announced that Alex Chriss will step down following weaker-than-expected Q4 results and slowing growth in branded checkout. Chriss will be replaced by HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores after profit and revenue fell short of expectations. Shares of the firm tumbled more than 12%. Jamie Miller the payments firms chief financial officer will serve as interim CEO until Lores takes over on March [--] according to astatementTuesday. While some progress has been made in a number of areas over the last two years the pace of change and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018664648367632506)  2026-02-03T12:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Binance remained the largest (CEX) with its market share at 38.3% in December [----]. Its spot trading volume fell to $361.8 billion in December [----] a drop of -40.6% from November. It recorded $609.0 billion in November. Bybit ended December [----] as the second-largest exchange with a 9.5% market share and $90.0 billion of trading volume. It fell -16.7% Month-on-Month (MoM) from $108.1 billion in November. The third-largest exchange wasMEXC which recorded a 9.1% market share and spot trading volume of $86.0 billion in December [----]. This represents a -24.9% drop having recorded $114.6 billion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020842971449512356)  2026-02-09T12:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : @BVNKFinance will be powering stablecoin payments for @Visa Direct Visas $1.7 trillion money movement network. BVNK which processes over $30bn in stablecoin payments annually will help power Visa Directs stablecoin services in select markets. Starting this year Visa Direct customers will be able to fund payouts with stablecoins and send stablecoins directly to recipients' digital wallets for faster more flexible payments without traditional banking constraints. Visa and BVNK both see stablecoins as infrastructure not just another payment method. This commercial partnership builds on Visa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2011422143532105890)  2026-01-14T12:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The [--] Most Valuable Private FinTechs in the World 👇 See who made the list: Heres the   featuring the Top [--] private FinTech companies globally ranked by estimated valuation (as of January 2026): [--] @tether 🔹 Segment: Stablecoin 🔹 Founded: [----] HQ: El Salvador 💰 Valuation: $500B [--] @stripe 🔹 Segment: Payments (API) 🔹 Founded: [----] HQ: USA & Ireland 🦄 Unicorn: [----] (4 years) 💰 Valuation: $106.7B [--] @AntGroup 🔹 Segment: Payments 🔹 Founded: [----] HQ: China 🦄 Unicorn: [----] (11 years) 💰 Valuation: $103104B [--] @Revolut 🔹 Segment: Neobank 🔹 Founded: [----] HQ: UK 🦄 Unicorn: [----] (3 years) 💰"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2020828751009837229)  2026-02-09T11:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Uber just launched physical kiosks 🤯 Powered by @Adyen : After more than a decade togetherAdyenandUberare expanding their global partnership and its a big one. Whats new: 👉 Adyen now powers Uber payments across70+ countries 👉 More local payment methods via Adyen Checkout (Pix Afterpay WeChat Pay etc.) 👉 Expanded local acquiring inJapan Mexico Australia NZ 👉Uber kioskslaunched phone-free ride booking via Adyen terminals (first live atLaGuardia Airport NYC) The kiosk move is especially interesting: payments + hardware + distribution in high-traffic locations like airports hotels and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020873385438265431)  2026-02-09T14:52Z [----] followers, 106.5K engagements


"🤯 I see hundreds of JDs per week but this one is 🤯. @Kalshi is hiring a "marketing & stunt man (or woman or whatever)." Theyre looking for a hype person to make sure that whenever theres something trending people think of Kalshi. And the salary range is $50K-$8M (yes I see hundreds of JDs per week but this one is 🤯. @Kalshi is hiring a "marketing & stunt man (or woman or whatever)." Theyre looking for a hype person to make sure that whenever theres something trending people think of Kalshi. And the salary range is $50K-$8M (yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021067729642586562)  2026-02-10T03:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : @AmericanExpress just extended its long-running partnership with the National Basketball Association (@NBA ) in amulti-year deal and this one goes far beyond logo placement. Whats new (and interesting from a fintech lens): Deeper integration acrossNBA WNBA G League USA Basketball Aconnected member programlinking Amex Card Members with NBA ID Payments + perks baked intocontent commerce gaming (NBA2K)and live events Fast lanes exclusive tickets in-game benefits jersey insurance all tied to payment choice This is payments asexperience infrastructure not just checkout. Amex isnt buying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021301729921298591)  2026-02-10T19:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Vegas did $130M on the Super Bowl 🏈 Prediction markets did $. . 10x Vegas 🤯 On Squawk Box (see video below👇) Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour answered why a Bad Bunny dancer -- who watched rehearsals -- betting on the Super Bowl Halftime Show predictions markets would not be considered insider trading. Sports was estimated to be 90% of betting on Kalshi during the NFL season 🤯 Are prediction markets finance or just a new form of gambling/sports betting https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021316813422985479 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021316813422985479"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021316813422985479)  2026-02-10T20:14Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements


"👀 Introducing  (2nd generation). What do you think According to @Square it delivers 40% faster performance two responsive touchscreens and built-in software that keeps operations running smoothly even during peak hours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021364004455886876)  2026-02-10T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"UK FinTech investment just hit its lowest level since the pandemic. And thatswitha $3B Revolut raise 🤯 According toKPMG UK FinTech pulled in just under $11B in [----] down from $13.4B the year before: Despite a hit to investment the UK still attracted more funding than France Germany Belgium the Nordics Ireland China and Brazil combined. Though the UK did buck the global trend where investment rebounded rising to $116bn up from $95.5bn. With the FCA launching a Scale-Up Unit and the government pushing retail investment reforms the big question is: Can London stay Europes fintech capital while"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021559260706914688)  2026-02-11T12:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 &: Grab signed definitive agreements to acquire @Stash Let's unpack this interesting deal: Grab has agreed to acquire100% of Stash Financial a U.S. digital financial services company. Grab will initially buy50.1%of Stash at a total company valuation of about$425 million. It will then purchase the remaining shares over the nextthree yearsbased on Stashs market value at that time. The first payment will be made using a mix ofcash and Grab stock while future payments can be made in cash stock or a combination of both. The deal still needs regulatory approval and is expected to close inQ3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021729512887660919)  2026-02-11T23:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 :Elon Musk just announced  will be live soon. "X Money will be a game changer" We actually have X Money Live in Closed Beta within the company and we expect in the next month or [--] to go to Unlimited External Beta and then go Worldwide to all X users. This is intended to be where all the money is the central source of all monetary transactions. Its really going to be a gamechanger. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021765851834126344 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021765851834126344"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021765851834126344)  2026-02-12T01:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The UK has now produced nearly [--] FinTech unicorns 🦄 The list covers neobanks payments infrastructure insurance wealth lending and crypto showing that nearly every layer of financial services in the UK has produced at least one $1B+ challenger. Most UK FinTech unicorns are still privately held. A few have gone public (like Wise or Admiral) and some have already been acquired (such as Preqin or esure). NOTE: Technically once companies go public or get acquired theyre no longer real unicorns but its still a very cool and insightful list made by Multiples thats definitely worth sharing 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021922196537426121)  2026-02-12T12:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🤯 Stripe is now valued at 3x Adyen In just [--] months the narrative flipped. 👉 @stripe $ (soon to be: 👉 @Adyen $. Same industry. Very different story. Here are the [--] drivers: - Adyen is a strong steady 22% grower. Stripe managed the rare move of re-accelerating growth back toward 40% at scale. Markets reward momentum.  Adyens enterprise-first strategy drives massive volume but large merchants push fees down. Stripe protects its high-margin SMB base while layering enterprise on top. Healthier mix = higher multiple. . Adyen = best-in-class global payments infrastructure. Stripe = positioning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2021945380678570383)  2026-02-12T13:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"👀 @PayPal @Sabre_Corp Corporation and Silicon Valley startup @mindtripai Inc. just announced what they call the travel industrys firstend-to-end agentic AI experience. Heres what that actually means: Instead of: Searching flights on one site Comparing hotels on another Switching tabs Entering payment details separately Youll: Describe your trip in plain language Get personalized flight options Refine hotels conversationally Book and pay instantly inside the same AI interface No tab switching. No checkout friction. No broken flow. Whats interesting here Under the hood: Sabrepowers real-time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2022032774023020623)  2026-02-12T19:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : Japanese payment app @PayPayOfficial Corporation has publicly filed for a US IPO on Nasdaq under ticker targeting a valuation between$10B and $19B. This could become one of the largest US listings ever by a Japanese tech company. The scale: 72M users 70% share of Japans QR payments market 103.3B profit on 278.5B revenue (9 months ended Dec 31) SoftBank Investment Advisers will remain the controlling shareholder post-IPO. On the same day PayPay announced a strategic partnership with @Visa . The ambition: Launch a US wallet (NFC + QR) Start merchant acquisition in California Integrate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2022096648235540703)  2026-02-12T23:53Z [----] followers, 105.6K engagements


"🚨 @Revolut becomes the Official Back-of-Shirt Partner for @ManCity Football Clubs mens and womens first teams in a new multi-year partnership. Building on the success of its existing partnership with Manchester City Women that began in January [----] the move unites the world of nance and football to unlock unique experiences for fans globally. As part of the multi-year agreement the Revolut brand will feature on the back of the Mens team playing shirts for domestic cup matches and across WSL and cup fixtures for Manchester City Women in addition to selected training wear. For Revolut"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2022281146105512022)  2026-02-13T12:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Right after Adyen reported [----] H2 & full year results their stock tumbled nearly 20% 🤯 Adyen delivered solid results with H2 net revenue up 17% YoY (1.27B) and full-year revenue up 18% (2.36B) but investors reacted negatively due to weaker forward guidance. The company lowered its [----] growth outlook to 20-22% paused margin expansion plans to fund aggressive hiring and is seeing slowing growth in its largest Digital segment. Additional headwinds include weaker APAC e-commerce volumes USD and U.S. consumer softness and growing macro uncertainty raising concerns that future growth may be less"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2022297421095612432)  2026-02-13T13:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 :Payments Processor @stripe Acquihires @prtyDAO Team. This isnt just a talent grab its a signal about Stripes crypto ambitions. Here's what happened today: The team behindPartyDAOis officially joiningStripeto help build a new generation of crypto products. And yes the Party is over (at least for the product). According to the announcement PartyDAO will deprecate its protocol while the team moves to Stripe full-time. Why this matters: Stripe isnt casually experimenting with crypto anymore. After launching its own Layer [--] (Tempo) and ramping up crypto hiring this is another signal that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2022306343059677509)  2026-02-13T13:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : @Revolut expects to obtain a full French banking license in [----] HEre's what that means and why it matters: The banking license would allow it to launch more complex local products such as mortgages PEA equity savings plans and Livret A tax-free accounts. Western Europe CEO Beatrice Cossa-Dumurgier said the company plans to significantly expand its French presence. To support expansion Revolut announced: 👉 [--] billion () investment in France over three years 👉 [---] new hires 👉 A plan to grow its Paris team to [--------] employees A new Paris headquarters lease is expected to be finalized"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2022659721837088875)  2026-02-14T13:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"💳 Visa and Mastercard just closed another strong year. But thequalityof growth is quietly shifting. VisaandMastercarddelivered solid FY2025 results: GDV up 7% (Visa) and 9% (Mastercard) Net revenue up 12% and 16% respectively Value-added services increasingly driving the upside On the surface: business as usual. Under the hood A few trends stand out: [--] Cross-border growth is slowing for the third consecutive year Visa cross-border growth decelerated from 15% 12%. Mastercard from 18% 15%. Still strong. But the post-pandemic rebound tailwind is fading. [--] The global card mix is shifting Visa is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2023034593692041591)  2026-02-15T14:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Public FinTech Companiesrankingby Performance this week 📈📉 Here are the big movers of the week: 🏦  : The hierarchy remains intact. Visa (-4.23%) leads at over $600B followed by Mastercard (-5.12%) and American Express (-5.81%). Despite all three closing the week in negative territory their dominance is unquestioned. Nubank (-2.65%) remains the largest digital bank globally holding firm in fourth position. Robinhood (-6.70%) and Coinbase (+2.22%) continue to anchor the crypto-exposed public FinTech segment. Adyen (-21.62%) stands out sharply this week delivering one of the steepest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2023101478315929994)  2026-02-15T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RevolutApp and Octopus are about to Disrupt UK Telecom. Here is how they do it: What Revolut and Octopus are launching is called aMobile Virtual Network Operator orMVNO. An MVNO is a mobile providerwithout its own physical network(no cell towers antennas etc.). Instead itrents capacityfrom existing infrastructureusually from big telecoms like Vodafone EE or O2and then builds its own mobile offeringon top of that. Think of it like building a modern user-friendly hotel on someone elses land. You dont own the ground but theexperience is entirely yours. Revolut and Octopus wont be competing on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1918973588008300718)  2025-05-04T10:18Z [----] followers, 227.8K engagements


"🚨 : Amsterdam-based Duna a startup addressing business identity with a platform that combines regulatory compliance with user experience has announced its . Seed round. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand its network across Europe and beyond. The funding round was led by Index Ventures with participation from Puzzle Ventures and investors including Frank Slootman (former CEO Snowflake) Maritte Swart (CRCO Adyen) David Singleton (former CTO Stripe) Akshay Kothari (Founder Notion) Ethan Tandowsky (CFO Adyen) Alexandre Prot (Founder Qonto) Claire Hughes Johnson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1919712899339047249)  2025-05-06T11:16Z [----] followers, 426.4K engagements


"🚨 : @RevolutApp to roll out Bitcoin Lightning Payments for users in the U.K. and select European countries through @lightspark . The integration aims to reduce transaction fees and payment processing time by using Lightspark's infrastructure for global payments. Lightspark led by former PayPal executive David Marcus provides backend infrastructure for connecting to what it calls the Money Grid a decentralized network for real-time global payments. The Lightning Network is alayer-2 systembuilt on top of the Bitcoin blockchain that allows near-instant low-fee transactions. By connecting to the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1920140717160014304)  2025-05-07T15:36Z [----] followers, 401.3K engagements


"🚨 : Revolut is announced that its setting up its Western European headquarters in Paris plans to invest more than  in France and applying for a French banking licence. This new HQ will oversee our operations not only in France but also in Spain Italy Portugal Ireland and Germany strengthening our footprint in Western and Southern Europe. Why France Acccording to Antoine Le Nel: Its Revoluts fastest-growing EU market with over [--] million customers 📈+1.6 million new Revolut users in [----] alone 🏦 A thriving financial ecosystem and strong regulatory environment "A dual-hub model with Lithuania"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1924371809203359927)  2025-05-19T07:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : @getqonto is launching POS terminals Tap to Pay and Payment Links Here is what you should know: Qonto partnered with two Amsterdam-based Payments Giants: @Adyen for our POS terminals and Tap to Pay solutions and with @MolliePayments for Payment Links offering. This strategic expansion marks Qonto's evolution from a business finance leader to a complete financial management one-stop-shop addressing one of the most pressing needs faced by European SMEs today. European SMEs lose precious time managing multiple payment solutions with many juggling several providers simultaneously. Qonto's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1924773774509146522)  2025-05-20T10:26Z [----] followers, 361.5K engagements


"🚨 : @airwallex raises $ in Series F funding at a $. valuation targeting $1B in annual run rate revenue this year. The round includes $150 million in secondary share transfers. The new investment which brings Airwallex's total funding to more than $1.2 billion includes Square Peg DST Global Lone Pine Capital Blackbird Airtree Salesforce Ventures and several leading pension funds in Australia. Visa Ventures also joins as a strategic investor. Airwallex will use the additional capital to expand its global infrastructure into new markets and continue refining and scaling the software that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1925132023544398292)  2025-05-21T10:10Z [----] followers, 204.9K engagements


"🚨 : @RevolutApp is set to join the new European payment wallet Wero raising hopes it could help speed up the entire project. According to exclusive information from Finanz-Szene European payment service Wero has secured British neobank Revolut as a partner: Insiders say the UK-based FinTech is not yet joining the European Payments Initiative (EPI)the organization behind Weroas a shareholder. However Revolut is expected to become a scheme member meaning it plans to offer Wero as a payment option to its users in the near future. The agreement is relatively new and has only recently begun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1926182514000822360)  2025-05-24T07:44Z [----] followers, 177.2K engagements


"🚨 : @MolliePayments today announced its strong financial results for [----] and aims to conquer all of Europe within two years 🤯 In a year when the European FinTech sector faced growing pressure on margins and growth Mollie delivered strong financial performance. Gross profit rose by [--] percent to [---] million. Revenue also saw a significant increase of [--] percent reaching a total of [---] million. This growth was driven in part by a clear product focus and continued international expansion while operating expenses remained stable throughout the year. Thanks to its strategic direction Mollie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929799169100624034)  2025-06-03T07:15Z [----] followers, 743.6K engagements


"🚨 : @RevolutApp will be launching its  soon according to one of the FinTech's top executives. The firm is still experimenting with the technology but will go live shortly Francesca Carlesi Revoluts UK chief executive officer said in an interview with Francine Lacqua at a Bloomberg New Voices event in Milan: Revoluthas saidthat using more AI tools to help customers with their finances is a key goal for [----]. Carlesi said fierce competition was boosting the FinTech industry while leading to convergence between new players and established banks. Fintech is not any more about new small startups"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1935044956290224355)  2025-06-17T18:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨: @RevolutApp is eyeing up an entry into Formula [--] by becoming a premium sponsor of the Audi F1 team when it debuts next year. This will be their biggest sponsorship deal to date. Source/more info: https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/exclusive-revolut-in-advanced-audi-f1-talks/ https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/exclusive-revolut-in-advanced-audi-f1-talks/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1935289296069775663)  2025-06-18T10:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 @WorldlineGlobal meltdown. Market cap now below . 🤯 Here is what happened: Worldline a French payment processor that is also active in the Nehterlands has structurally covered up fraud by customers in order to keep the revenue they generated NRC reportedbased on research by the newspaper and [--] international media. The "Dirty Payments" investigation which the media oultets said is based on confidential internal documents and data from Worldline alleged the company accepted "questionable" clients across Europe including pornography gambling and dating sites. This has been going on for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1937807088073265493)  2025-06-25T09:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : @RevolutApp Europes largest digital bank is acquiring Argentinas a small local lender owned byBNP Paribas. Cetelem is one of the two smallest banks among [--] in Argentinas financial system according tocentral bank rankingsas of March with about $6.4 million in assets. London-headquartered Revoluts purchase would include both Cetelems banking license and the transfer of those assets according to the people who asked not to be named discussing an ongoing acquisition to Bloomberg: The value of the transaction couldnt immediately be learned. https://lnkd.in/djkuC9Kt https://lnkd.in/djkuC9Kt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938297222409396346)  2025-06-26T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : Abu Dhabi sovereign fund in talks to buy $ @RevolutApp stake. Here is what we know: Mubadala the UAE-based investor is in advanced discussions to add to the stake it acquired last year in one of the world's most valuable digital banks Sky News learns: Mubadala is in advanced discussions to acquire shares in the company from existing investors. If completed the transaction would add to a smaller stake in Revolut which was bought by the Abu Dhabi fund last year as part of a wider secondary transaction: This and a lot more Revolut news in my next newsletter Sign up here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1942541464006746116)  2025-07-08T11:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"UPI now processes more than  transactions per month 🤯 Let that sink in for a moment. India now makes faster payments than any other country with the quick growth of UPI and the usage of other instruments including debit and credit cards is on the decline according to an IMF note. Unified Payments Interface is an instant and real-time payment system developed by NPCI to facilitate inter-bank transactions through mobile phones. IMF's Fintech Note titled 'Growing Retail Digital Payments: The Value of Interoperability' said that since its launch in [----] UPI has grown quickly while some proxies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1943597065994444964)  2025-07-11T09:03Z [----] followers, 611.8K engagements


"🚨 : @RevolutApp is set to create over [---] jobs in Western Europe as it works to build a new headquarters in Paris. The new roles will be created across France Spain Ireland Germany and Portugal and will encompass risk management compliance and other key functions. At least [---] of the roles will be based in France with the aim of solidifying France as a key operational hub with more than [----] dedicated staff by 2029"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947276725735350633)  2025-07-21T12:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"UK FinTech Wise has secured shareholder approval to shift its primary listing from London to New York despite controversy over changes to its voting structure. Over 90% of Class A and 84.6% of Class B shareholders supported the move"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949914331803767288)  2025-07-28T19:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 Revolut pitched China expansion to investors internal documents show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950517978966942196)  2025-07-30T11:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : Revolut is reportedly considering buying a Middle Eastern bank to speed up its regional expansion plans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951258249237327876)  2025-08-01T12:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The [--] most valuable private companies are worth a combined $. 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1954234258580709876)  2025-08-09T17:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Revolut has become the largest bank in Lithuania in just five years 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957741227207492085)  2025-08-19T09:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Imagine a Shopify transformation moment where financial infrastructure finally becomes as modular scalable and easy as adding apps to a smartphone. For finance in the MENA region that moment is approaching fast. Thefastest growing region for FinTech being MENA is projected to be the fastest because its runway is long for innovation in MENAs financial services. Read all about it in my latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/d8iRaQCy https://lnkd.in/d8iRaQCy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958771119504466212)  2025-08-22T06:00Z [----] followers, 105.7K engagements


"🚨  : @RevolutApp launches a Secondary Share Sale at a $ valuation 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962525946222674034)  2025-09-01T14:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The founder of FinTech firm Revolut Nik Storonsky is set to become one of the [--] richest businessmen in Britain 🤯 App-based bank Revolut is allowing employees to sell a portion of theirsharesin the company up to [--] per cent for $1381.06 per share (around 1034) in a secondary sale which will value the business in total at $ . Last year the company was valued at $45bn. Mr Storonsky has around a [--] per cent holding of the firm meaning his personal wealth will grow to more than $ 🤯 Putting him in the top [--] richest businesspeople in the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963224331653128221)  2025-09-03T12:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : @RevolutApp has appointed former Societe Generale CEO Frdric Ouda as chairman for its new Western Europe operation as it ramps up its effort to displace bricks-and-mortar banks across the region"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963865093210304955)  2025-09-05T07:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Revolut to make over [---] employees paper millionaires with latest share sale 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963895670760239312)  2025-09-05T09:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Revolut dethrones Nubank as largest neobank in the world by valuation 🤯 Here's the latest Global Neobank Valuation overview & comparison:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963949802380472730)  2025-09-05T12:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@nubank has just been namedthe most valuable brand in Brazil for [----] 🤯 surpassing giants like Ita Vivo Caixa Seguridade and Skol:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1985740015498858829)  2025-11-04T16:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Kalshis valuation jumps to $ after raising massive $ round 🤯 Barely two months after its previous round valued the company at $5B. Sequoia and CapitalG led the new round doubling down on one of the most explosive categories in fintech right now: regulated markets that let people trade on real-world outcomes. And the timing couldnt be better: 👉 Kalshi has surged in popularity after nailing political predictions including the recent NYC mayoral race (I saw huge billboard first hand out of my hotel room window those weeks 🤣) 👉 Coinbase is preparing to launch its own prediction market powered"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1991668804368191735)  2025-11-21T00:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My top [--] FinTech News Updates you don't want to miss today. Ive sourced and listed the most important FinTech news so you don't have to: 1- @MoneyLion Faces $1.75M Hit in CFPB Settlement on MLA Charges 2- Raiffeisen Bank International Joins @company_epi Company as Acceptor PSP 3- @nubank Empresas Launches a Full Free Payments and Collections Solution 4- @kakaobank1 @crossriverbank and @usbank Advance Stablecoin Initiatives Across Global Markets 5- @RobinhoodApp's Prediction Market Outpaces Rivals with [--] Billion Contracts and [--] Million Users 6- @n26 Expands Its Offering with Personal Loans in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1993878219578097913)  2025-11-27T03:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Here are the latest Payments News Updates you don't want to miss today. Ive sourced and listed the most important Payments news so you don't have to: 1- @nubank Empresas Launches a Full Free Payments and Collections Solution 2- Raiffeisen Bank International AG Joins @company_epi as Acceptor PSP 3- @Paysafe Enables Brazilian Gamers to Pay for Boosteroid Cloud Gaming by Pix Partners with Endava 4- @PayPal launches @Xoom in Australia 5- @officialhitpay and Visa Launch Affordable Card Payments for Philippine SMEs 6- @UnionPay_Intl to Expand Card Acceptance with Amazon Payment Services across the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1993907640938975587)  2025-11-27T05:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Public FinTech Market Landscape - End-of-Week Market Recap👇 This weeks Key Takeaways and the big winners: The top of the leaderboard was driven by stability but the real momentum came from the mid-caps. Visa held its dominant No. [--] position at $640.1B gaining 7.14% while Mastercard and American Express posted modest but steady climbs. The standout story however came from Robinhood which surged to $115.5B after jumping 19.75% making it the fourth-largest FinTech by market cap in our ranking. Nubank also gained solid ground with a 9.44% rise while Coinbase and Circle benefited from renewed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1995177903089426458)  2025-11-30T17:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"JPMorgan Payments Stripe Adyen Three very different strategies. Three very different starting points. One payments market that keeps getting bigger. Adyen is the outlier here: No big M&A sprees. No stablecoin hype. Justrelentless organic growth. 20%+ revenue growth 50%+ EBITDA margins While online payments slow Adyen quietly shifts the mix: Digital:+10% YoY Unified commerce:+31% YoY Platforms:+55% YoY (H1) And zoom out: Adyen estimates a$60 trillion TAM in payments while steadily expanding into financial services likeissuing and capital. Meanwhile: JPMorgan scales with balance sheet and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2003519057375485970)  2025-12-23T17:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@nubank is namedas the most valuable brand in Brazil for [----] 🤯 Surpassing giants like Ita Vivo Caixa Seguridade and Skol: With an estimatedbrand value of R$214.7 billion Nubanks rise reflects how powerful a combination ofinnovation simplicity and emotional connectioncan be. We want our customers to love us fanatically. says Juliana Roschel CMO at Nubank. And that seems to work. While Itas market value remains higher Nubanksefficiency in value creation with a much smaller balance sheet shows the strength of its brand and digital-first model. From battling bureaucracy to launching products"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2006380802943180967)  2025-12-31T15:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨  Africas largest FinTech company @theflutterwave has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock transaction valued between $25 million and $40 million. Both Flutterwave and Mono are backed by Y Combinator and share Tiger Global as a common investor. Mono often described asthe Plaid for Africaprovides APIs for bank data access account verification payment initiation and income analysis. Its infrastructure is used by nearly all Nigerian digital lenders and has powered more than8 million bank account connections. With this acquisition Flutterwave adds open banking to its core"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2008156743520452714)  2026-01-05T12:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Rainjust closed a$250 Million Series C valuing the company at$1.95 Billion up17x in just [--] months 🤯 The round brings Rain's total funding to over $338M. A few other signals worth paying attention to: $3B+ in annualized transaction volume 200+ enterprise partners Cards that work anywhere@Visa is accepted Active card base up30x payment volume up38x YoY Clients includeWestern UnionandNuvei Rain is quietly building thefull-stack infrastructurethat lets enterprises: issue compliant stablecoin cards move onchain money globally keep UX boringly normal for end users More about this in my newsletter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2009607585461051895)  2026-01-09T12:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : Noah and NALA launch aninstant stablecoin settlement networkto modernise$850bn+in emerging-markets payments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2011098898795020519)  2026-01-13T15:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This is not a payments strategy. This is ahedging strategy: Its ahedge for an agentic commerce world. When AI agents decidehowmoney moves @Visa is positioning itselfabove every rail: cards A2A stablecoins open banking. Not owning the spend. Owning therules permissions and trust layerbehind it. 📷 Source: @CBinsights What stands out to you when you look at this strategy map https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012594224986775941 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2012594224986775941"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2012594224986775941)  2026-01-17T18:33Z [----] followers, 33.4K engagements


"Top [--] Payment Gateway Providers Globally (with data & stats) 💳"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2013344931176223039)  2026-01-19T20:16Z [----] followers, 11K engagements


"🚨 @pomelo_latam has raised $55 million in a Series C round as it looks to deepen its presence in Latin America and expand globally with new products tied to stablecoins and real-time agentic payments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2013609619436793913)  2026-01-20T13:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨  @PayPal is acquiring Cymbio doubling down onagentic commerceand AI-native shopping. With this acquisition tens of millions of merchants becomediscoverable directly inside AI platformslikeMicrosoft CopilotandPerplexity withChatGPTandGoogle Geminicoming next. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014378677140668450 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014378677140668450"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2014378677140668450)  2026-01-22T16:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🪂 Jumped on the hype: [----] to [----] the @Mastercard brand evolution. Different look. Same purpose: connecting people to priceless possibilities. Which other FinTech brands show a similar [----] [----] evolution Drop your best examples 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2014401045531607065)  2026-01-22T18:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : Capital One is buying startup @brexHQ for $5.15 billion 🤯 This is a shock move in FinTech: Just a few years ago Brex was valued at$12.3B. Now A50% haircut sold to a traditional bank. This isnt just another M&A headline. This is ahard reset moment for FinTech. What makes this deal wild: 50% cash / 50% stock Announced quietly in Capital Ones earnings Markets punished Capital One shares (-3%) One of the most iconic FinTechs of the zero-rate era absorbed Under founder-CEORichard Fairbank Capital One already swallowed Discover. Now its doubling down onbusiness payments + software-led"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2014481818125533586)  2026-01-22T23:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The $5.2 Billion Capital One X @brexHQ deal feels like a turning point. This deal signals the next phase of FinTech: Incumbents buying back the stack. For years FinTechs moved bottom-up starting with wedge products and expanding into cards credit spend management and banking licenses. The endgame was always the same:become a bank. Capital Ones move shows how the platforms are responding. The emerging playbook: Buy during the reset.At $5.2B this is a landmark FinTech acquisition and still far below Brexs [----] peak. Acquire real businesses not slide decks.Brex brings live customers revenue and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2014777611109494927)  2026-01-23T19:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"EUINC could be a BIG step for Europe Heres why: President Ursula von der Leyen officially announced the EUINC in Davos (see video below 👇) A single legal entity for all European founders to grow massive companies in Europe. Online incorporation in [--] hours. No more bureaucratic mess across European borders. For European builders the problem has never been a lack of talent or ideas. Its been friction. Fragmented company law slow incorporation and cross-border complexity often kill momentum before a product even ships. EUINC could remove that friction at the source. If founders can incorporate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2015495621978067417)  2026-01-25T18:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : zerohash is in talks to raise$250 million at a $1.5 billion valuation after walking away from rumored$2 billion acquisition talks with Mastercard 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2015833840913170629)  2026-01-26T17:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ramp Brex In [----] Brex was valued37 higherthan Ramp. In [----] Brex exits at$5.15 Billionwhile Ramp stands at$32 Billion 🤯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2015918432353456128)  2026-01-26T22:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : Mesh hits $1B valuation 🦄 After a$75 million funding round led by: Dragonfly Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures Paradigm Moderne Ventures and Liberty City Ventures. Mesh positions itself as thePlaid for crypto wallets: a network layer that connects exchanges wallets and financial platforms abstracting the fragmentation of the tokenized economy. Instead of forcing merchants and platforms to integrate wallet by wallet Mesh provides a single connection. That abstraction is now moving real volume. According to Dragonfly Mesh is processingnearly $10 billion in monthly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2016170612255850499)  2026-01-27T15:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : Lunar has raised46Mto accelerate growth across the Nordics. A few things stand out from this round: Lunar serves more than one million () users across the Nordics Clear focus onbusiness banking(now [-----] business customers) Continued build-out oflendingas a core revenue driver Expansion momentum inNorway and Finland And a very explicit goal:profitability in [----] Whats interesting is that this isnt a pivot round its ascale-what-worksround. Paid subscriptions are growing usage is deepening and Lunar is leaning into itsown banking licence + proprietary infrastructureto move faster than"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2016195027836305801)  2026-01-27T17:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 : @Revolut has officially launched full banking operations in Mexico ending its beta phase and marking its first fully licensed bank outside Europe. The neobank confirmed that Revolut Bank S.A. a multiple-purpose banking institution is now live with no waiting list. Mexican users can download the app on iOS and Android and open an account immediately. Mexico becomes Revoluts first non-European banking market expanding its presence to [--] countries as the company targets [---] million active customers globally. Revolut also noted it is the first independent digital bank to obtain a Mexican"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2016246086512316513)  2026-01-27T20:25Z [----] followers, 23.3K engagements


"@nubank is now Brazils largest private financial institution by customers (112M+ users) which makes it hard to believe that back in April [----] the very first swipe of the purple card didnt go as planned hashtag#TBT: After rigorous development and testing the first transaction with a Nubank card took place in April [----]. The initial attempts to complete the first card transaction were not without challenges. In the one-minute video below 👇 the moment is captured when David Vlez Cristina Junqueira and Edward Wible went to a store to perform the first transaction in Nubank's history. When the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2016954530835910909)  2026-01-29T19:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"👀: @nubank has received conditional approval from the OCC to establish a US national bank. Once fully approved the charter will allow Nubank to operate under a federal banking framework and launch: Deposit accounts Credit cards Lending Digital asset custody All directly in the US market. A few things stand out: De novo national bank this is not an acquisition shortcut. Nubank is building from the ground up. Leadership on the ground co-founder Cristina Junqueira has relocated to the US to lead the effort. Regulatory heavyweight former Brazilian central bank president Roberto Campos Neto as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2016958366913089964)  2026-01-29T19:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@nubank is (finally) coming to Argentina After years of false starts macro volatility and aborted dealsNubankwill open an office inBuenos Airesas part of aUS$474M investment plan through [----]. This wont (yet) mean consumer operations in Argentina but itdoesmean something else: Aregional development hub signaling long-term commitment to the market. Nubank currently has 9500+ employees globally in existing hubs in So Paulo Mexico City Bogot Miami & Palo Alto. Argentina is becoming one of the most competitive fintech battlegrounds in LatAm: 322M+ digital accounts Consumers averaging8 financial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2017249049020182724)  2026-01-30T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@stripe x @BigCommerce just expanded their partnership globally. Here's whats new: One global checkoutacross Americas EMEA & APAC Dynamic local payment methods(30+ + BNPL) surfaced by location Linkfor repeat customers up to3x faster checkout Stripe RadarAI fraud prevention 38% less fraud Single dashboardfor payments tax fraud & payouts Selling globally used to mean stitching together PSPs fraud tools tax logic and local payment methods market by market. This move flips that model:localised experiences without local complexity. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017309533220311330"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2017309533220311330)  2026-01-30T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨 :BancomatBizumSIBS MB WAYVipps MobilePayandEuropean Payments Initiative(EPI Company / Wero)signed an MoU to accelerate asovereign pan-European payments network. Why this matters: [---] million users connected from day one [--] countries at launch covering 72% of the EU + Norway One interoperability hub existing wallets stay intact Built on instant account-to-account payments (A2A) Clear roadmap: 2026:cross-border P2P 2027:e-commerce + POS Consumers keep using the apps they already trust. Merchants get a European alternative at scale. Europe reduces dependency on non-European card schemes and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018309626706395190)  2026-02-02T13:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@PayPal just broke a five year acquisition drought. And this move says a lot about PayPal's Strategy: With Cymbio PayPal is movingupstream into commerce orchestration helping brands sell across marketplaces AI assistants and new emerging channels. This fits PayPals long-standing M&A playbook: buyinfrastructure not shiny consumer features and expandwhereandhowtransactions happen. As agentic commerce takes shape interfaces will change. The payment rails wont. Cymbio is a clear signal that PayPal expects incumbents to anchor this next phase of commerce and its building for that future now. 📷"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018323191148540224)  2026-02-02T13:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🚨  @VaroBank announced a $123.9M growth investment in its Series G round Led by existing investor Warburg Pincus LLC and new investor Coliseum Capital Management LLC . Existing investors includingNorthview also participated. The bank also strengthened its board with Alice Milligan and kevin watters. Varo says the capital will support disciplined growth as it scales its nationally chartered all-digital banking and lending platform. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018417536967061749 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018417536967061749"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018417536967061749)  2026-02-02T20:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : @Klarna is backingGooglesUniversal Commerce Protocol (UCP) What this means in practice: Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an open standard designed to let AI agents merchants and payment providers work together across the entire shopping lifecycle. In practice: Shopping directly inside AI conversations Standardized interactions across AI platforms Payments discovery checkout and post-purchase support stitched together This builds on Klarnas earlier support for GooglesAgent Payments Protocol (AP2)and deepens their multi-year partnership across Google Pay Google Play and Google Cloud."  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2018457549532495910)  2026-02-02T22:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"👀 @Revolut launched Australias FIRST full-suite merchant acquiring platform What this means for Australian merchants: ✅ Starting from 0.5% processing fees (industry leading) ✅ 24hr settlement (incl weekends) ✅ Revolut Terminal + Tap to Pay on iPhone + Revolut Pay from Revolut Business ✅ 30+ currencies 99.99% uptime ✅ Direct access to 70M+ Revolut consumers https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019227372080296286 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019227372080296286"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/2019227372080296286)  2026-02-05T01:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"🚨 : Paysafe Ltd. the online Payments firm that went public through a merger with a blank-check company led byBill Foley is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest. London-headquartered Paysafe which is backed byBlackstone Inc.andCVC Capital Partners is working with a financial adviser as it explores options according to the people to Bloomberg who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information. Paysafe is also studying the potential disposal of non-core assets that could take place prior to the sale of the company the people said. Paysafe offers payment processing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/oost_marcel/status/1887798089886355614)  2025-02-07T09:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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