March 11, 2026 @ 4:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

KBC, a Belgian bank-insurance group, has selected Taurus as its custody partner for crypto assets. Under the partnership, KBC will leverage Taurus-PROTECT, Taurus’ banking-grade digital asset custody platform, to support its regulated crypto offering. The partnership supports KBC’s move into regulated crypto services and builds… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 4:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Verituity, a provider of intelligent, verified payouts solutions, has expanded its verification framework with confidence-based Payment Method Verification at the point of payout. Building on its long-standing verification framework, the company’s enhanced Payment Method Verification capability helps organizations assess risk and proceed with greater confidence… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 3:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

JetStream Security has launched its AI governance platform and raised $34 million in a seed round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund. George Kurtz (CrowdStrike), Assaf Rappaport (Wiz), and Frederic Kerrest (Okta) are some of its angel investors. Companies are… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 1:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fee Navigator, Optimized Payments and Verisave have joined forces to create an AI-powered compliance verification tool for Visa’s Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP). The free tool gives B2B merchants an instant assessment of their compliance status under CEDP’s rules and identifies potential savings opportunities. Visa’s… Read More

March 10, 2026 @ 11:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin movement is on the minds of Web3 investors this week. “Price has corrected aggressively, but the underlying framework around Bitcoin has not fractured. In previous downturns, infrastructure failed alongside valuations. Major intermediaries collapsed and confidence evaporated. This time, regulated products are functioning, custodians remain… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 9:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

DolFinTech, a privately held money transfer company serving outbound remittance markets in the U.S., Canada and Spain to more than 20 destination countries, has expanded its suite of financial services with new demand deposit accounts (DDAs) designed to empower Hispanic and other underserved communities. Powered… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 9:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) has integrated with CloudSEK, a provider of predictive threat intelligence and AI-driven external risk monitoring, to help enterprises proactively defend against identity-based cyberattacks fueled by stolen and exposed credentials. As identity becomes the new attack surface, 80% of breaches involve compromised credentials…. Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 8:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

EtherMail has launched moltmail, a purpose-built email and wallet infrastructure for AI agents. The platform enables any AI agent to create its own email address, send and receive messages, hold a crypto wallet, and interact with the internet independently — without requiring access to a… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 5:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Western Union and Sasai Fintech have launched an international money transfer mobile app tailored for South Africans. “South Africa, is home to a growing population of digitally savvy consumers, many with deep ties across borders, that seek ways to move money internationally with flexibility and… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 4:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Absa Group, an African diversified financial services provider, has partnered with Thunes, to launch digital-first remittance solution. Absa Global Pay aims to make sending money across borders faster, simpler and more affordable for millions of customers across Africa. With international remittances playing an increasingly critical… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 10:36 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Spreedly this week announced that agentic commerce is now live as a channel within its open payments platform, enabling merchants to process agent-initiated transactions over their existing payment infrastructure. Spreedly enables agent-initiated transactions to flow through existing payment service provider (PSP) relationships while merchants remain… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 9:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Cyclops announced an $8 million strategic investment from Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime and Shift4 Payments to build the stablecoin and crypto platform exclusively for the payments industry. Created by repeat founders Pat Duffy, Alex Wilson and David Johnson, the new platform enables payment… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 7:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) testified before Congress on legislative and regulatory recommendations to help community banks combat fraud and scams. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Gay G. Dempsey—the CEO of Bank of Lincoln County in Fayetteville, Tenn.—said the fraud problem is urgent and… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Wirex unveiled Wirex Agents – a non-custodial infrastructure layer enabling AI agents to create stablecoin cards, open virtual accounts, and execute autonomous financial transactions directly onchain. AI is already managing workflows like subscription operations, payout routing, and cost settlement, but execution still often stops… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 6:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

UQPAY, a Singapore-headquartered global fintech company, has launched a dual-rail full-stack payment platform, purpose-built to help businesses operate across traditional finance and stablecoin-based payment ecosystems. Supporting 200-plus markets and more than 140 currencies, the platform integrates global acquiring, global accounts, card issuing, and stablecoin accounts… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 4:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fideo Intelligence, an AI-driven identity intelligence engine supporting fraud and identity platforms, has expanded its dark web monitoring and threat intelligence capabilities to help financial institutions, fintech companies, payment service providers (PSPs), and merchants detect fraud earlier and reduce payment risk. As payment credentials, identity data, and fraud… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 4:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crossover Markets this week announced a $31 million Series B financing round. The round values Crossover at $200 million and was led by Tradeweb Markets (Nasdaq: TW), a global provider of electronic trading across asset classes, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Ripple, Virtu Financial,… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 4:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Vivox AI, a UK-based technology company building regulator-ready, atomic AI agents for AML, KYB/KYC and financial crime, has raised £1.3 million (€1.5 million) to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform. The round includes backing from Axel Weber, former president of Germany’s central bank… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 4:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Billtrust this week introduced Agentic Credit Lines, a new AI‑powered capability that helps finance teams proactively identify payment risk and make faster, more confident credit decisions. Agentic Credit Lines, embedded in the Billtrust Credit Review workflow, analyzes payment history, utilization patterns, and external credit data… Read More

March 7, 2026 @ 4:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Evervault has raised $25 million Series B financing led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Operator Partners. The round brings Evervault’s total funding to $46 million, and will be used to expand its encryption infrastructure, invest in product… Read More