Frederic Yves Michel NOEL: The New Biometric Card Features (Fingerprint, Braille, Talking) Are Here — Here’s Why They Matter for Financial Inclusion
The card industry is finally building for the 2.2 billion people who cannot see the screen. Biometric[…]
Frederic Yves Michel NOEL: Meta just spent $900M on CRED’s founder to run WhatsApp — here’s what it means for fintech in emerging markets
Meta just spent $900M to put CRED’s founder in charge of WhatsApp. Not a partnership. Not a[…]
Airwallex just hit $11B valuation on agentic commerce — insights from Frederic Yves Michel NOEL on the hidden play for B2B payments
Airwallex just hit $11B on a bet that B2B payments need autonomous decisioning, not just better APIs.[…]
Google just opened the Play Store to alternative payments — Insights from Frederic Yves Michel NOEL
Google just opened the Play Store to alternative payments. Effective June 30, developers can use their own[…]
Frederic Yves Michel NOEL: Digital euro just cleared parliament. Here’s why PSPs should worry about settlement.
The digital euro just cleared parliament. Most people see it as a consumer wallet. For PSPs, it[…]
Adyen just bought Orb for $335M — Insights from Frederic Yves Michel NOEL on the hidden play for enterprise payments
Adyen just dropped $335M on Orb. Second acquisition in months. Talon.One last year, now this. Most people[…]
BoursoBank just joined Wero — insights from Frederic Yves Michel NOEL on why this is the tipping point for European payment sovereignty
BoursoBank just joined Wero. France’s largest online bank. 8 million customers. This is the moment European payment[…]
Frederic Yves Michel NOEL: Austrian banks just joined Wero — here’s why this changes the European payment map
Austrian banks just made a move that could reshape European payments overnight. Erste Group, Raiffeisen, and BAWAG[…]
The White House just defanged an AI testing unit — here’s why fintechs should care: Insights from Frederic Yves Michel NOEL
The White House just killed the one thing giving fintechs a clear AI roadmap. Here is why[…]
Frederic Yves Michel NOEL: Digital Asset just raised $355M from BNP, Coinbase, and HSBC — here’s why institutional blockchain is finally real
BNP, Coinbase, and HSBC just dropped $355M into Digital Asset. The Canton Network is the reason. And[…]