November 1, 2025 @ 1:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Plynk, an app designed to simplify investing and empower users with intuitive tools, is expanding its mission with the launch of Plynk Serve: Military, a new in-app experience crafted specifically for veterans and active-duty service members. The customized onboarding experience offers a tailored pathway to… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Small business owners are feeling positive about their businesses and the broader economy, and that goodwill is showing up in steadily improving satisfaction with their primary banks, according to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study, released this week. However, despite reaching a… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 1:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and rate cuts dominated Web3 thoughts this week, but some still had time to weigh in on gold and crypto. Speaking of rate cuts… “The Federal Reserve’s rate cut was widely expected, though it comes at a unique moment… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to recent research from NordVPN, prices for stolen payment cards on dark-web marketplaces rose in most countries. While the global average still sits around $8, some markets jumped by as much as 444%. In Canada, the average price fell from C$11.06 in 2023 to… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 8:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to Ravelin’s Global Fraud Trends in Online Retail Report, 76% of retailers have seen fraud increase in the past year, with 16% reporting a significant rise.  The report finds that fraud is costing online retailers an average of $11 million a year. Ravelin finds… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 2:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bottomline, a provider of business payments and cash management, has announced the forthcoming launch of an advanced AI agent integrated into its Global Cash Management and Payments Hub solution. With a planned rollout in early 2026, this new technology will empower finance leaders with conversational… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 1:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tipalti, an AI-powered platform for finance automation, today released The Global Finance Outlook: Are Teams Equipped for Today’s Economy?, revealing a stark reality for finance professionals: the pace and complexity of global business are accelerating faster than most finance teams can manage. Based on a survey… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 11:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Hashgraph Group, a Swiss-based Web3 technology and engineering company operating within the Hedera ecosystem, has launched AssetGuard, an enterprise wallet that combines security, governance, and compliance for digital asset management. As enterprises and governments around the world accelerate digital adoption, there is an increasing… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 5:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Uniphore, a business AI company, has closed a $260 million Series F round. NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and Databricks invested in the round and were joined by financial and sovereign investors, including NEA, March Capital, BNF Capital, National Grid Partners, and Prosperity7 Ventures. “Our Series F… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 2:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Thredd, a global payments processor, is powering Gennius XYZ’s global expansion into new markets as its global issuer-processor partner, contributing to the fintech’s mission to tokenize loyalty rewards. With Thredd, Gennius XYZ can instantly issue virtual cards and scale its one-currency loyalty solution to customers… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 11:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Interledger Foundation, an organization building and advocating for an interoperable payments network, has released the first report of its three-part Future of Digital Finance Series, titled A Cashless Country and the Future of Banks–Consumer Perspectives. The first annual survey reveals that consumers are split… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, has completed its acquisition of Apiture, a provider of digital banking solutions to U.S. financial institutions. The Apiture Digital Banking Platform delivers tools that help institutions win and retain account holders. “Acquiring Apiture supercharges our mission to deliver… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Natural, a fintech company building the infrastructure powering agentic payments, announced its emergence from stealth, driven by a $9.8 million seed round. Co-led by Abstract and Human Capital, the round was also supported by Forerunner Ventures, Terrain, Restive Ventures, Genius Ventures, and a coalition of… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 5:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Infineon Technologies introduced two new secure prepaid tag solutions. Infineon’s secured EMV prepaid tag solution focuses on open-loop gift cards, while the secured prepaid tag solution is offered for closed-loop gift cards. The new additions address the challenges associated with traditional gift cards… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 1:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Modern Treasury this week announced the acquisition of Beam, a stablecoin and fiat payment platform for customers like Sling Money. With the addition of Beam’s technology and team, Modern Treasury’s money movement platform now spans both traditional and stablecoin settlement rails. “Instant payments and stablecoins… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 12:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CipherOwl, founded by the team that built Coinbase’s on-chain data and compliance platform, this week announced $15 million in seed financing co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Sancus Ventures, Enlight Capital, OKX Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Road Capital and Predictive VC. The company is emerging from stealth with an AI-native… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 9:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cybrid, a platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital, and Panache Ventures. The funding will accelerate Cybrid’s mission to drive stablecoins… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

PayNearMe has introduced its AI-powered Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) as part of its strategy to advance and modernize customer engagement for non-commerce businesses. Fully integrated into the PayXM platform, Intelligent Virtual Agent extends PayNearMe’s vision of Payment Experience Management by enabling organizations to automate and personalize inbound and… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 12:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Atrium has launched an enterprise SaaS platform that enables bank and real estate investors and analysts to drill from a bank’s balance sheet to every building it finances—in one click. The company has raised $4 million in financing from Castle Island Ventures and EJF Ventures to… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 12:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

DXC (NYSE: DXC), a Fortune 500 technology services provider, and Splitit, a provider of embedded card-linked installments, are partnering to enable banks to offer account holders installment plans at checkout and post-purchase, powered by Splitit’s proprietary AI engine that dynamically personalizes offers for each consumer. Leveraging DXC’s… Read More