Daily brief

September 23, 2026

4 stories curated for this day.

Flutterwave announced a leadership transition, naming Morounke Olufemi — currently CFO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a former Access Holdings CFO — as its new Global CFO, succeeding Mitesh Popat, who has stepped down; the appointment was announced as decided and takes effect as part of the planned transition. Sources: flutterwave (opens in a new tab)
Binance introduced Hold to Earn, a new feature now live that lets users earn up to 4.75% APR by holding the stablecoins U, USDe, and USDS in Binance Wallet. Sources: binance (opens in a new tab)
Revolut and Nubank have each obtained conditional approval for U.S. banking charters this year, and Brazil-based Nubank has officially debuted its U.S. offering this month, though both neobanks face a steep climb scaling in the competitive U.S. banking market, per an FT report. Sources: pymnts (opens in a new tab)
bunq has completed its rollout of Wero, becoming the first bank to make the payment scheme available for both person-to-person payments and online purchases to customers in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Belgium. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)