Senior Correspondent, Private Capital & Fintech
Priya Raghunathan covers private credit, buyout funds and the financial infrastructure companies building alternatives to bank lending.
Her reporting focuses on disclosure: what private funds and late-stage fintechs report about their own performance, and what those figures leave out. She has written extensively on valuation marks in private credit portfolios and on the gap between announced and deployed capital in payments infrastructure.
She holds the publication’s private-capital beat and contributes to its columns on market structure.
The consortium — which also includes Bank of America and Deutsche Bank — plans to stand up a new, separately owned entity in the second half of 2026 and target a market launch for its dollar-backed stablecoin in the first half of 2027, with a euro-denominated version to follow.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 26, 2026
TOYOSA, Toyota's official distributor in Bolivia, added Bitcoin as a vehicle-purchase payment option at the Expocruz 2026 trade fair, using BitGo Bank & Trust for wallet infrastructure and Towerbank for transaction processing — an expansion of a program that began accepting USDT in 2025.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 21, 2026
The money-movement platform plans to acquire Denver-based Transact Bank, rename it TabaBank, and fold it into a new holding company, giving TabaPay a chartered, FDIC-insured bank of its own rather than relying entirely on third-party sponsor banks.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 12, 2026
Nu Global converts deposits into Circle’s USDC and EURC and advertises daily yields of 3.50% and 2.20% APY on those balances. Nu is operating in the U.S. through FDIC-insured partner Lead Bank while it pursues its own national charter.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 11, 2026
The three payment giants are aligning their separate AI-agent protocols into a shared “Know-Your-Agent” framework, coordinated through a Singapore fintech initiative, as autonomous shopping bots start making purchases on behalf of consumers.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 11, 2026
The virtual card lets eligible users spend a USDC balance anywhere Visa is accepted, built on infrastructure from Rain and Crossmint and settled on the Stellar network. A physical card is planned for later this year.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 11, 2026
A deal for the Singapore-based buy-now-pay-later platform could value the fintech unit of Advance Intelligence Group at more than $2 billion. Both companies have declined to comment, and no final agreement has been reached.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 10, 2026
The Mexico City-based fintech, which reached unicorn status a year ago, says the new financing will fund its AI platform and expansion into the U.S. and other markets. The company has not specified whether the round is equity or debt.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 9, 2026
The consumer neobank reported net income of about $28 million for the June quarter, its second consecutive period of GAAP profitability as it settles into life as a public company.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 2, 2026
The Brazilian fintech’s adjusted net income more than doubled from a year earlier and beat its own guidance, helped by credit portfolio growth and a tax incentive that will not repeat indefinitely.
By Priya Raghunathan · Sept. 1, 2026
The Dubai company’s Series C, led by Japan’s SBI Group, funds an Arbitrum-based settlement layer it says already reaches more than 100 banking corridors.
By Priya Raghunathan · Aug. 24, 2026
Non-accruals are rising and retail BDCs face liquidity strain across a $2 trillion-to-$3 trillion market. Whether that is a healthy reset or the start of something worse divides the people who own it.
By Priya Raghunathan · Aug. 24, 2026