2026-06-11

• Starling Group priced its debut £150m Tier 2 bond, the first rated public debt sale by a European neobank, amid strong oversubscription from international investors.

  • Sources: starlingbank

• Binance launches bStocks, tokenized securities backed 1:1 by underlying assets with 24/7 trading.

  • Sources: binance

• Kraken was recognized on Fortune’s inaugural Crypto 100 list for its role in building global financial infrastructure.

  • Sources: kraken

• The emerging agentic commerce revolution, where AI agents execute transactions on behalf of consumers, will be primarily shaped by user permission and trust frameworks rather than payment technologies.

  • Sources: pymnts