November 21, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage, has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital, with participation from New York Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Allegis. Total funds raised sit at $35 million “Life insurance remains one of the biggest… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 11:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Advances in payment technology are giving small businesses new tools to compete for holiday shoppers, according to a study released today by the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) and TSG (The Strawhecker Group). The sixth annual Consumer Holiday Spending Study found that 36% of consumers who… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 10:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Chargeflow, an AI-powered chargeback automation platform, this week announced a $35 million Series A funding round, including a $10 million debt facility, led by Viola Growth, with participation by existing investors OpenView Venture Partners. It brings the company’s total funding to $49 million. The new… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The fintech world has begun to release its predictions for 2026. Read on to find out how AI, cybersecurity and general tech developments will shape the industry in the year ahead. Cybersecurity “2026’s cybersecurity threat landscape is high-tech, high-stakes, and fast-changing. From AI-driven hacks to… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 1:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI insurtech Federato has raised $100 million in Series D funding led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from returning investors Emergence Capital, Caffeinated Capital, StepStone Group, and Pear VC. This latest capital infusion reinforces a major shift in insurer sentiment away… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 1:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global payments infrastructure platform Mercuryo, blockchain infrastructure provider Polygon Labs and Mastercard are partnering to expand Mastercard Crypto Credential to include self-custody wallets. Mastercard Crypto Credential helps verify interactions among consumers and businesses using blockchain networks by offering simple aliases to replace typically long and complex addresses. Making the solution available to self-custody wallets… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 12:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asseta AI, a purpose-built accounting platform for family offices, today announced a $4.2 million seed funding round co-led by Nyca Partners and Motive Partners. The platform supports more than $10 billion in assets. Nearly one-third of family office clients manage over $1 billion. The capital… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 9:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Insurtech Pibit.AI this week announced a $7 million Series A to accelerate development of its Centralized Underwriting Risk Environment (CURETM). The round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Arali Ventures. Pibit.AI was founded by engineer Akash Agarwal. Having grown… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 9:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

april, an embedded tax technology platform, has launched a real-time, personalized tax calculation product for equity transactions. At the point of decision-making, the solution gives users visibility into potential tax liabilities from liquidation events ranging from stock sales to equity compensation. Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) served as an innovation partner and initial launch partner to address the growing need among employee shareholders for… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 8:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Haiqu, a quantum software company, said it has demonstrated that today’s quantum computers could detect anomalies more efficiently than classical systems in classification problems across finance, healthcare, weather and more. The work, run over the cloud on an IBM Quantum Heron processor, indicates that quantum… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 10:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Credibly’s strategy for incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its underwriting system provides a blueprint for companies wishing to smoothly adopt transformative technologies. It’s a deliberate, well-thought-out plan, dating back several years. Chief revenue officer MJ Jiang said she immediately saw AI’s potential to change… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rippling, a business software platform, has released results of a survey demonstrating the staggering impact that software tool sprawl has on IT, HR, and finance departments. According to the Rippling State of Sprawl Report, fragmented technology stacks place a significant burden on organizations, requiring substantial investments of time and budget and… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin’s sharp fall below US$100,000 could already be shaping the next major buying opportunity for those with a medium- to long-term horizon, predicts deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. Green said the renewed slide — taking Bitcoin to its weakest level since May — has triggered… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Amplitude (Nasdaq: AMPL), a digital analytics platform, has launched AI Feedback, a customer feedback engine with a proprietary LLM process that automatically turns raw input into prioritized, actionable insights. In the era of AI, organizations have more customer data than ever. However, without a unified… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ravelin is warning e-commerce merchants to urgently review their payment strategy ahead of Black Friday, as new research reveals a global drop in frictionless authentication rates, threatening sales conversions during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. Ravelin’s Global Payments Report 2026 reveals… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Study, mortgage lenders have evolved from a transactional, volume-at-all-costs approach to adopt more consultative, advisory-style engagements with customers. That shift is paying off in the form of significantly higher customer satisfaction scores, improved trust and… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Agent IQ, a provider of AI-powered relationship banking, has integrated  IDScan.net’s Digital Identity Verification (DIVE) technology into its Lynq platform. Sophisticated criminals exploit vulnerable one-time passcodes through phishing and SIM swap attacks, while rigid security measures damage the personal relationships these institutions depend on for… Read More

November 15, 2025 @ 11:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

EVE, an inbox revenue engine for B2B small businesses, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Firsthand.VC, with participation from a16z’s Scout Fund, Acquisition.com Ventures, Geek Ventures, Founders Future, Punch Capital, Silicon Gardens and prominent angels, including co-founders of Slack and Hugging Face,… Read More

November 15, 2025 @ 11:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Agentic AI is poised to reshape the way consumers shop online, making agentic commerce strategies critical for retailers, Bain & Company finds in a new report Agentic AI in Retail: How Autonomous Shopping Is Redefining the Customer Journey. But while shoppers increasingly use Generative AI, around… Read More

November 15, 2025 @ 11:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Extend, an artificial intelligence-powered spend and expense management platform, and PNC Bank have announced new modern payment capabilities for PNC’s commercial clients. By enrolling their existing PNC Bank commercial cards, businesses can access Extend’s mobile and web platform—unlocking a full suite of digital tools to control,… Read More