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Archive · November 13, 2026

November 13, 2026.
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Story 01

Visa Adds Western Union’s USDPT to Stablecoin Settlement Initiative

Visa and Anchorage Digital announced support for selected Anchorage-issued stablecoins as native settlement assets on Visa’s network, beginning with Western Union’s USDPT. The arrangement connects USDPT to card-network settlement infrastructure; it does not establish merchant acceptance or displacement of bank settlement. The reports do not identify participating institutions, corridor coverage, pricing or settlement volumes, leaving banks without those inputs for comparing the option with existing arrangements.

Source: The Block
Also Worth Knowing
№02

Fiserv Moves Debit Clients Ahead of Potential Network Sale

Fiserv is moving clients to one of its two debit networks as it prepares to sell the other, according to Finextra’s account of comments by Takis Georgakopoulos. The report does not identify the network, buyer, transaction value or timetable. For banks and processors using the networks, client migration makes this more than a portfolio-review announcement, but the report does not confirm changes to routing, network participation or contractual terms.

Source: Finextra
№03

Hancock Whitney Agrees to $3.2 Billion Trustmark Acquisition

An approximately $3.2 billion all-stock agreement would combine Hancock Whitney and Trustmark into a bank with roughly $58 billion in assets and $48 billion in deposits, Banking Dive reports. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2027. Management projects $205.5 million in pre-tax run-rate net expense savings—not realized savings. The acquisition would expand Hancock Whitney’s deposit base and geographic coverage, while the article does not establish which payment platforms the combined bank would retain.

Source: Banking Dive
№04

Imprint Raises $130 Million and Adds $1.5 Billion in Borrowing Capacity

Imprint raised $130 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures at an approximately $1.9 billion valuation, according to PYMNTS. Separately, it added $1.5 billion in borrowing capacity to fund card balances; that capacity is not additional equity or a measure of borrowing already drawn. The company reports more than two million members and 2026 program launches with Albertsons, Fanatics, Kroger and Shell. The financing supports both company investment and receivables funding for its retailer card programs.

Source: PYMNTS
№05

Unocoin’s Multiday Login Suspension Blocks Customer Account Access

Customers of Indian crypto exchange Unocoin remained unable to log in across multiple days, The Block reports. The exchange also flagged outgoing ether transactions associated with BitGo, but the reported transfers do not establish unauthorized activity, custody-provider fault or customer losses. The confirmed operational issue is interrupted account access; the report does not establish total exposure or support assigning responsibility to BitGo.

Source: The Block
The Long Memory
“The U.S. Treasury launched the modern TreasuryDirect system in 2002 with electronic savings bonds—not in 1999. Earlier electronic holdings of marketable Treasury securities belonged to a different stage of Treasury’s digital history. Source: U.S. Treasury, “Historical Perspective” — https://www.treasurydirect.gov/about/historical-perspective/

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