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Blnk raises $37M to expand consumer credit in Egypt
Egyptian fintech Blnk closed a $37M funding round to scale point-of-sale lending to underbanked populations. The company reached profitability in 2025 and serves over 1M customers, 75% previously without formal credit access.
Monzo and Fair4All Finance Launch £250 Credit Pilot for 16M Excluded Britons
Monzo's Flex Build product now lets UK adults with poor or thin credit files borrow up to £250 with a one-time deposit, backed by Fair4All Finance's £7m guarantee. Repayment track record unlocks higher limits and mainstream credit access.
Fed Strips Discretion From Bank Exams, Raising Risks Regulators Missed Before
Federal regulators are narrowing how examiners evaluate bank management quality, making oversight more quantitative and less judgmental. The shift worries former risk officers who say it mirrors the blind spots that preceded 2008 and the SVB collapse.
Private credit funds bet $1.5T on AI data centers with weak fraud controls
A UBS private credit fund fell for the Aspiration Partners neobank fraud. Now analysts worry: if professional investors miss obvious red flags, what standards protect the $1.5 trillion in AI infrastructure loans?
Bank asset thresholds push 130K lenders into regulatory cliffs
Fixed dollar thresholds written into law 15 years ago now trigger unintended consequences: banks avoid growth, fintech fragments deposits across multiple partners, and 1 million people lost bank accounts. Congress is finally considering inflation indexing.
Powell lost the Fed chair and his legacy to Trump's rate fight
Jerome Powell's final months as Fed chair ended in a loss. He failed to cut inflation to target, chose institutional defense over bold rate moves, and was replaced by Kevin Warsh. Here's what the Trump-Powell battle cost him.
Trade Desk CRO Anders Mortensen exits after 7 months
Anders Mortensen, chief revenue officer at The Trade Desk, is departing the adtech company just seven months into the role. COO Vivek Kundra will assume the position with an expanded remit.
Cable news ratings plunge 17-30% in May as sports steal viewers
Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN all posted sharp month-on-month declines in May 2026 with no major news events to drive engagement. Sports playoffs pulled demo viewers away from the news networks entirely.
Chris Anthony joins The Independent as North America president
The former Gallery Media Group executive will oversee The Independent's full P&L and plans to expand lifestyle verticals, events, and creator partnerships across North America.
ADWEEK Opens 2026 Experiential Awards: Submit by July 10 for Early-Bird Pricing
The 2026 ADWEEK Experiential Awards are accepting entries across 28 categories, from pop-ups under $1M to agency recognition. Early-bird submissions cost $495 until July 10.
SAP Builds AI-Native Stack to Connect Reasoning Across Enterprise Systems
SAP published its North Star Architecture, a four-layer blueprint pairing deterministic processes with AI agents that reason across fragmented data. Takeda reports up to 10% productivity gains from the approach.
Vertical AI startups ditch product-led growth for direct sales as deal sizes hit 6-7 figures
Vertical AI companies are moving from SDR-led playbooks to direct sales, PE networks, and industry conferences as annual contract values climb into six and seven figures. Here's why the go-to-market math has flipped.