Daily brief

October 29, 2026

3 stories curated for this day.

British digital bank Monzo has officially launched in Spain, marking its first move into continental Europe and making its digital banking service available to customers there. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
Commodities trading went live on Kraken Prop on October 29, 2026, adding gold, silver, WTI and Brent oil, copper, and natural gas markets alongside its existing offerings. Commission on all non-crypto markets was halved from 4bps to 2bps per side on plans other than Lite, and gold offers up to 5x leverage with a $500,000 notional cap. Sources: kraken (opens in a new tab)
Remittance firm TransferGo and UNITED24, the Ukrainian government's official fundraising platform, have launched the named co-branded campaign "Transfers That Unite", under which TransferGo will contribute an additional 0.2% of every transfer sent to a Ukrainian IBAN, at no extra cost to senders, until 29 October 2026. The contributions fund UNITED24's Education and Science programme for Ukrainian students, and the initiative was marked at TransferGo's BigThings 2.0 event in Warsaw on 10 October, which drew nearly 150 attendees including over 100 Ukrainian content creators based in Poland. Sources: thefintechtimes (opens in a new tab)