# Finextra: Fintech & banking beat

**Pitch Fit Score:** 70/100

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication | Finextra |
| Beat | Fintech & banking |
| Posts per week | 25 |
| Current topics | platform, payments, banking, financial, real-time, payment, services, open |
| Latest headlines | Who controls payment initiation? The battle for the future of payments / An industry in motion: Why real-time becomes the foundation for everything in 2027 / Financial messaging at a tipping point: A blueprint for modern platforms / Self-service, AI-enabled payments: Putting corporates in control of exceptions / What defines the issuer of tomorrow? |
| Last post | 2027-01-26 |
| Site | https://finextra.com |

## Why this score
- 20+ posts a week: many openings for news pitches.
- Posted in the last 3 days.

Source: Publications' public RSS/Atom feeds (https://finextra.com). Last refreshed: 2026-11-04T06:03:39.688Z.
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