News about FinTech

The company behind the USDC, Circle, has unveiled a “wrapped” version of the first cryptocurrency, cirBTC.

Yesterday, Polish financial and technical company ZEN.com won the tender “to withdraw the bankrupt PINbank from the Ukrainian market”. The company will buy 100 percent of the institution’s shares from the state Deposit Guarantee Fund. Apparently, a new foreign player will enter the Ukrainian market of financial services.

Commercialization of artificial intelligence and its large-scale implementation into business processes were at the center of the Seattle Startup Summit 2026 agenda. The forum takes place on April 1-2 and brought together 1,500 participants from all over the world – startup founders, venture capitalists and engineers.

Meta is strengthening its strategy of developing WhatsApp as a key channel for brands to interact with consumers, gradually moving the messenger beyond personal communication. The platform, which has billions of users worldwide, is increasingly integrated into companies’ marketing and CRM strategies, offering a more direct and personalized communication format.

The war will affect international payment systems and capital markets more than is currently thought. It is naïve to think that if the Strait of Hormuz is opened, everything will work itself out. Petro-dollars may be replaced by the yuan or another global currency. And global mutual settlements between countries will no longer be based on single payment systems like SWIFT.

Chisinau hosted the GPeC Meetup Chisinau, one of the most relevant events dedicated to e-commerce and digital transformation in the region, supported by iute Moldova as official partner. The event brought together entrepreneurs, online sales experts, business representatives and technology specialists, in a context marked by accelerated digitalization and the adoption of artificial intelligence.

The Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA), with the support of the Moldovan government and development partners, announced the start of applications for grants related to non-refundable financial support programs and instruments managed by the organization in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization.

Since the beginning of 2026, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has withdrawn bitcoins totaling $150 million from its reserves and continues to actively sell the cryptocurrency. This makes investors carefully analyze the purpose and motives behind such actions.

Since January 2023, total transaction volume in stable tokens pegged to non-U.S. dollar currencies has increased from $600 million to $10 billion.

Bank of America has begun rolling out an AI-enabled platform for financial advisors in what could be a game changer in transforming the wealth management industry.

The UK is betting on artificial intelligence in the fight against the shadow economy. The country’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has launched a pilot project using an analytics platform from the US company Palantir Technologies, hoping to radically improve the efficiency of market oversight.

In March 2026, citizens invested about 30.4 million lei through the eVMS.md platform. This is much more modest than in the first two months of this year, when citizens purchased state securities worth 193.13 million lei.

The National Commission of Financial Market (NCFM) and the Inspectorate General of Police (IGP) are joining forces in the fight against financial fraud and cybercrime in Moldova. The agencies have agreed on a mechanism for joint actions and formalized it with a formal cooperation agreement.

Beijing is betting on one of the world’s most talked-about markets – overweight drugs. At the center of attention is the American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, whose developments are already changing the industry.

Reporting financial institutions (so-called reporting units) will submit to the State Tax Service (STS) additional information on the financial accounts of enterprises.

The Executive Committee of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) at its March 19 meeting kept the prime rate at 5% per annum, leaving at the current level the norms of mandatory reserve requirements for commercial banks of the Republic of Moldova.

The National Financial Market Commission (NFMC) has launched an online DAE (effective annual interest rate) calculator to help consumers objectively assess the cost of loans.

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) imposed a fine of 3,017,230 lei on the non-bank credit organization Prima Finanțare S.R.L., the largest sanction ever imposed on the non-bank credit market.

IuteBank, a member of the Estonian Iute Group, has completed the transition period following the process of establishing a transitional bank and will start operating as a commercial bank on the Ukrainian market from March 17.

Exchanges are rapidly moving towards blockchain-based equity trading and 24/7 operations. However, institutional investors are wary of liquidity and funding risks.