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Fintech News 27 October 2025 - 6 November 2025

Switzerland crosses the crypto Rubicon: TWINT opens to CHF stablecoins & e‑ID as strong franc fuels bond boom — Nov 6, 2025

Switzerland crosses the crypto Rubicon: TWINT opens to CHF stablecoins & e‑ID as strong franc fuels bond boom — Nov 6, 2025

Dateline: Nov 6, 2025 — Switzerland’s carefully managed pivot into digital money and identity gathered pace today, with fresh commentary from the Financial Times amplifying the country’s regulatory push on stablecoins while the payments champion TWINT advances plans to integrate CHF‑backed tokens and the national e‑ID. In parallel, a resurgent Swiss franc is reshaping debt markets, handing bond issuers unusually…
6 November 2025
Affirm Ramps Up Lending Firepower With $750M New York Life Deal and Worldpay Distribution as Q1 FY26 Results Arrive Today (Nov. 6)

Affirm Ramps Up Lending Firepower With $750M New York Life Deal and Worldpay Distribution as Q1 FY26 Results Arrive Today (Nov. 6)

November 6, 2025 — Fintech & Payments | BNPL, AFRM, Worldpay, New York Life Affirm expands its long‑term capital partnership with New York Life and deepens distribution via Worldpay for Platforms—just hours before reporting Q1 FY26 earnings. Here’s what the deals mean for BNPL, merchants, and investors. Key takeaways What’s new Affirm × New York Life, expanded. Affirm said New…
6 November 2025
Upstart Holdings’ AI Lending Revolution: Surging Growth, Stock Turmoil, and What’s Next for UPST

Upstart Holdings’ AI Lending Revolution: Surging Growth, Stock Turmoil, and What’s Next for UPST

Company Overview: AI-Powered Lending Platform Upstart Holdings is a financial technology company founded in 2012 that has pioneered AI-driven lending. Instead of lending directly like a bank, Upstart runs a cloud-based platform that underwrites personal loans using artificial intelligence models, then connects approved borrowers with banks and credit unions that originate the loans Gurufocus. Upstart earns fees from banks for…
Global Payments (GPN) Surges on Earnings Beat and Transformation – What’s Next for This Fintech Powerhouse?

Global Payments (GPN) Surges on Earnings Beat and Transformation – What’s Next for This Fintech Powerhouse?

Company Overview Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions for merchants, issuers, and developers. The company enables businesses to process card, digital and contactless payments, as well as related services like payment security, analytics, and point-of-sale software Ft Businessmodelanalyst. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Global Payments has about 27,000 employees in 38…
SoFi Stock Rockets 230% in 2025 on Record Q3 and Fintech Boom

SoFi Stock Rockets 230% in 2025 on Record Q3 and Fintech Boom

Record Quarter and Outlook. SoFi’s Q3 results underscore its multi-pronged growth. The company added ~905,000 new members, bringing total membership to ~12.6 million Mlq, and 1.4 million new products (deposits, loans, investment accounts) cross-sold in the quarter Mlq. Adjusted EBITDA reached $277M (29% margin) Mlq. Management noted broad-based strength, with financial-services revenue up 76% YoY Reuters and fee revenue up…
Klarna (KLAR) Stock Dives Below IPO Level – Analysts Eye 30%+ Rebound

Klarna’s Wild Post-IPO Ride: Stock Slump, New Deals & Experts Predict What’s Next

A Blockbuster IPO Resets Klarna’s Valuation Klarna’s New York IPO (Sept 2025) marked one of the year’s biggest fintech debuts. Priced at $40 per share, the offering raised about $1.37 billion and valued the Swedish BNPL leader at roughly $15 billion ts2.tech. This valuation, while only one-third of Klarna’s pandemic-era $45.6 B peak, was more than double its 2022 low of $6.7 B after…
Mastercard Stock Climbs on New Tech, Stablecoin Push and Partnerships

Mastercard’s $2B Crypto Blitz: ZeroHash Acquisition & Stablecoin Push Ignite Stock Hype

Mega-Deals in Crypto Infrastructure According to multiple reports, Mastercard is making one of its largest crypto moves yet. On Oct. 29, 2025 Reuters cited Fortune to say the payment giant is “in late-stage talks” to buy ZeroHash for roughly $1.5–$2 billion Reuters. Crypto Briefing confirms Mastercard is “set to acquire crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provider ZeroHash for nearly $2 billion”…
Fiserv Earnings Miss Expectations, Shares Slide – What’s Next for the Fintech Giant?

Fiserv Earnings Miss Expectations, Shares Slide – What’s Next for the Fintech Giant?

Background: Fiserv (NYSE: FI) is a Fortune 500 payments and fintech company (owner of Clover point-of-sale systems, etc.). Before today’s release, analysts expected a solid quarter – roughly 9% revenue growth and $2.65 EPS Stockstory. Instead, Fiserv’s adjusted EPS came in at only $2.04 Gurufocus, missing estimates by about $0.60. Notably, GAAP EPS was $1.46 (up 49% YoY) due to…
SoFi Stock Surges 230%: Fintech Boom or Bubble Ahead of Q3 Earnings?

SoFi Stock Surges 230%: Fintech Boom or Bubble Ahead of Q3 Earnings?

Meteoric Rally and Earnings Catalyst SoFi Technologies – originally a student loan refi startup – has morphed into a full-suite fintech bank, attracting younger customers to its app-based services. This year alone, SOFI stock has more than tripled (≈+230%) ts2.tech ts2.tech. After a brief profit-taking lull in early October (stocks pulled back from the late-Sept highs ts2.tech), the rally resumed.…
PayPal’s Big Move: Shop in ChatGPT with One-Click Checkout

PayPal’s Big Move: Shop in ChatGPT with One-Click Checkout

Deal Details: Embedding PayPal in ChatGPT PayPal’s agreement with OpenAI will make its digital wallet the first payments option available in ChatGPT. As PayPal explained, consumers using ChatGPT’s chat interface will see product suggestions and offers (powered by AI agents) and can click to pay with their PayPal account Prnewswire. The checkout flow uses OpenAI’s new Instant Checkout feature, which…
SoFi Stock Skyrockets Ahead of Q3 Earnings – 230% 2025 Rally Fuels Fintech Frenzy

SoFi Stock Skyrockets Ahead of Q3 Earnings – 230% 2025 Rally Fuels Fintech Frenzy

October 27, 2025 – SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been on a tear in 2025, with its stock surging over 200% in the past year amid a fintech investing frenzy. As the company gears up to report third-quarter earnings on October 28, investors are eager to see if the momentum can continue. Below are the key facts and latest developments…

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  • CrowdStrike Stock Forecast 2025-2030: Legal Wins and Strategic Moves Amid Volatile Share Price
    January 24, 2026, 9:56 AM EST. CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD), a leader in cybersecurity, saw a recent shareholder lawsuit dismissed, clearing doubts about its software testing claims before a major 2024 outage. Despite announcing plans to acquire Seraphic and SGNL and a new partnership with Nord Security, its stock price fell 6.3% over the past month and 3.9% in six months, lagging the Nasdaq. Since its 2019 IPO, the share price surged over 562%, though it remains 14.9% below its all-time high of $566.90. CrowdStrike's 2024 software glitch caused worldwide disruptions, slashing its share price dramatically before partial recovery. Investors remain cautious about long-term performance amid ongoing market challenges and growth prospects, with the firm's valuation hitting $121 billion in 2025, reflecting its significant role in global cybersecurity.
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