March 12, 2026 @ 9:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A NordVPN and Saily study found a surge in “dark web travel agencies”, where stolen credit cards are used to purchase flights, hotels, and other travel services and later sold at steep discounts on illicit online marketplaces. In the heat of early-bird discounts and yearly vacation… Read More

March 12, 2026 @ 8:49 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sybilion has closed a $4.2 million seed round to build what it calls a decision layer, designed to give industrial companies the ability to act earlier and protect margins in volatile markets. The round was co-led by Venturefriends and Semapa Next. This funding announcement comes… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 5:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sonic Labs introduced USSD, a U.S. Treasury–backed stablecoin designed to serve as the native source of stable liquidity across the Sonic network and support on-chain financial activity throughout its ecosystem. It is is built on Frax’s GENIUS-compatible frxUSD stablecoin infrastructure, providing Sonic with… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 4:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global Citizen Solutions, an advisory firm in citizenship and residency planning, released a new briefing entitled Crypto Secure Jurisdictions: Where Crypto Actually Works. It examines how 22 jurisdictions are integrating digital assets into tax systems, licensing regimes, and banking frameworks as cryptocurrencies transition from speculative… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 12:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sutherland launched Sutherland FinAI Hub, an enterprise Agentic AI platform built for banking and financial services. As financial institutions accelerate AI adoption, many initiatives remain confined to pilots, unable to scale across legacy systems and core operations. Sutherland FinAI Hub is designed to… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 11:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedStone, a DeFi oracle network, has launched its enterprise-grade oracle infrastructure on the Stellar network, introducing a data layer needed to support lending markets, decentralized exchanges, derivatives, and tokenized real-world assets. Stellar processes nearly six million operations daily and powers global payment infrastructure for Circle,… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 10:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CommerceIQ, a retail AI platform, has launched a suite of AI agents designed to help brands move beyond dashboard-driven e-commerce management to continuous, AI-powered execution across sales, digital shelf, content, and retail media. The platform deploys AI agents to handle repetitive, high-volume operational tasks that… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 9:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Jazz, a company turning data loss prevention (DLP) into an intelligence system, has emerged from stealth with $61 million in Seed and Series A funding. The rounds were led by Glilot Capital Partners and Team8, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures (1011vc), Merlin Ventures, Encoded… Read More

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