January 25, 2026 @ 4:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the latest research, scammers seem to be getting more creative, and this trend appears to be changing as QR codes gain more popularity now among scammers. Recent research from cybersecurity company NordVPN reveals that more than 26 million people could have unknowingly been… Read More

January 25, 2026 @ 4:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin “Another weekend, another sell-off in digital assets on the back of tariff news and geopolitics. Bitcoin has broken below a key support level of $94,000, which marked the January breakout trend line.  “From here, it’s likely we’ll see further downside unless buyers step in,… Read More

January 25, 2026 @ 6:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

ThetaRay, a provider of Cognitive AI financial crime compliance, this week announced the appointment of Brad Levy as CEO. Levy is a financial markets infrastructure executive and former CEO of Symphony. Symphony is a financial markets infrastructure and technology platform established by a consortium of… Read More

January 24, 2026 @ 2:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, TreviPay launched its Pay by Invoice solution for Visa-issuing banks, enabling issuers to capture a greater share of the $58 trillion North American B2B payments market. Through this collaboration with Visa, TreviPay’s order-to-cash automation technology combines with Visa’s commercial payment capabilities to help… Read More

January 23, 2026 @ 8:57 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ballerine, an AI-native risk and compliance platform for financial institutions, Fintechs, and marketplaces, this week launched its Trusted Agentic Commerce Governance Platform, a real-time operating solution designed to help payment service providers and payment facilitators prepare and govern merchants for agent-driven commerce. As artificial intelligence… Read More

January 22, 2026 @ 11:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

While safeguarding autonomous agents from fraud comes with its unique challenges, time, and experience, it is on the good side, Accertify’s vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Conrad Kennington, said. With 20 years of experience in e-commerce and fraud prevention, Kennington knows how to adapt to new technologies. Autonomous… Read More

January 22, 2026 @ 8:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Goodfin, an agentic wealth platform unlocking access to private market investing, today unveiled Goodfin Go, an agentic system built specifically for pre-IPO investors. Following engagement with thousands of users and testing by human advisors, Go is now publicly available, bringing AI-powered intelligence to every step… Read More

January 21, 2026 @ 5:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

2026 is the year e-commerce stops growing fast, and starts getting ruthless, Sociallyin’s Keith Kakadia believes. Slower growth doesn’t mean less opportunity. It means the rules of winning are changing. After more than a decade of near-constant expansion, global e-commerce is entering a new phase…. Read More

January 21, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Alkami, a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., this week announced the launch of its One-Click Software Development Kit (SDK) Manager. It allows users to self-manage deployments across staging and production, reducing effort and accelerating time-to-market. By removing development… Read More

January 20, 2026 @ 8:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rising consumer interest in digital wallets, debit and credit cards, BNPL and even cryptocurrency has small business owners accepting more forms of payment than ever before, which puts third-party merchant services providers at the center of their livelihoods. According to the J.D. Power 2026 U.S…. Read More

January 20, 2026 @ 8:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Stablecoins, Bitcoin v. Ethereum, and MSCI’s decision not to exclude DATs from indexes had Web3 minds talking this week. MSCI won’t be excluding digital asset treasuries (DATs) from its indexes “(Recently) the MSCI decided it won’t be excluding digital asset treasuries (DATs) from its indexes… Read More

January 19, 2026 @ 9:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A Canadian licensed insolvency trustee is calling on Meta (NASDAQ:META) to explain why illegal debt-relief advertising continues to run on its platforms, despite repeated warnings, direct outreach, and mounting federal evidence that such practices are misleading, harmful, and in some cases criminal. Joshua Harris, CEO… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 12:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cardless, a credit card technology platform, has been named the technology provider for Bilt Card 2.0, the suite of three new credit cards that extend rewards to homeowners, providing them the ability to earn points on mortgage payments. The Cardless platform provides the digital card… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 12:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Hawk, a provider of AI-powered anti-money laundering, screening and fraud prevention solutions, this week announced the launch of Analytics Studio, its AI lifecycle management solution giving banks and payment companies more control over the creation, maintenance, and governance of their AI models. With 91% of… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 11:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

PayEngine, a processor-agnostic payment middleware company, is partnering with ServiceTitan, the software platform that powers the trades, to bring SoftPOS tap-to-pay capabilities to field service contractors across HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other service verticals. The integration enables ServiceTitan customers to accept contactless card payments directly… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 10:03 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Checkbook, a provider of digital payment solutions, has named Pia Thompson and Aditya Raikar as co-CEOs. Thompson and Raikar succeed founder PJ Gupta, who will continue to serve as executive chairman of Checkbook’s board while pursuing outside opportunities.  Collectively, Thompson and Raikar bring more than… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 9:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) this week announced a strategic partnership with Pay.com, a payments orchestration platform. The partnership sees Paysafe become one of the recommended acquirers for card transactions for online merchants using the Pay.com platform, which has also integrated Paysafe’s Skrill and Neteller digital wallets… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 8:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Atomic Insights, a provider of money-movement and workflow automation tools for RIAs and family offices, has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Aquiline with participation from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and existing investors. Atomic Insights is targeting a large and fast-growing segment of the… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Insight (NASDAQ: NSIT) this week announced an expanded global partnership with Stripe to help enterprises modernize legacy financial infrastructure, improve checkout conversion, and harness the next era of AI-driven commerce. The collaboration brings together Stripe’s programmable financial services platform and Insight’s Solutions Integrator capabilities to… Read More

January 18, 2026 @ 8:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Accertify, a unified risk decisioning platform provider, this week announced the appointment of Greg Dukat as CEO, along with several key additions to its leadership team.  Dukat brings more than 30 years of experience leading technology companies through growth, expansion, and market transformation. He will… Read More