Could US frontier AI labs dominate banking?

Financial services have become one of thehottest battlegrounds in AI. Financial services is Anthropic’s second- biggestindustry by enterprise revenue, while OpenAI has hired investment bankingexperts …

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

Nubank Comes To The U.S. With A Big Bet On Word Of Mouth

The $73 billion digital bank is bringing its Latin American playbook to one of the world’s most crowded banking markets.

Digital fund operations platform Fundcraft secures €12M growth financing

European digital fund operations provider Fundcraft hassecured €12 million in strategic growth financing to expand its operationsacross Europe and further develop its technology for alternative invest…

Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event

Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon Valley scene. Apply before the application closes tonight at midnight PT.

Instarc raises €1.25M to scale its cloud-native compliance platform

Tallinn-based regtech companyInstarc has secured a €1.25 million strategic investment to support thecommercial rollout of its cloud-native compliance platform in South Africa. Theinvestment was led by…

ID Finance secures €21M from nordIX to grow its Spanish lending business

Fintech company ID Financehas secured a €21 million debt facility from German asset manager nordIX tosupport the continued growth of its consumer lending business in Spain.Founded in Barcelona in2015,…

Kalshi bans George Santos for life over State of the Union bets

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.

Eyeing Expansion Into Wealth Management, Vanguard Buys Fintech Altruist For As Much As $5 Billion

The acquisition is only the second ever for the 51-year-old company as it tries to expand beyond index-fund fees.