November 7, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Higher Ed Innovation Index 2025, conducted by Transact + CBORD, finds 49% of campuses are accelerating tech investments, even as 44% cite implementation as their biggest challenge. While 99% of schools report using technology to cut costs and the majority reporting benefits from AI… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 4:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Hashgraph Group, the Swiss-based Web3 technology and engineering company operating within the Hedera ecosystem, has signed a strategic framework collaboration agreement with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – the executive department of the Philippines government responsible for directing, leading and coordinating science,… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 9:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

NEC X, the Silicon Valley venture studio backed by NEC Corporation’s (NEC; TSE: 6701) advanced technologies and global businesses, today announced a strategic investment in Indicio, a startup focusing on digital trust by enabling people, organizations, connected devices, and AI agents to control cryptographically verifiable… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 6:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedStone, an oracle network in DeFi, has launched HyperStone, an oracle powering HIP-3, Hyperliquid’s new standard for permissionless perpetual market creation. With HyperStone, anyone can now build and launch their own perpetual markets backed by fast, reliable, and secure on-chain data. HIP-3 allows builders to… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 6:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Block Street, a unified liquidity layer for tokenized assets, has announced a strategic integration with StableStock, the on-chain stock-liquidity infrastructure powering the StockFi era — connecting regulated brokers and global DeFi liquidity. The partnership combines Block Street’s cross-chain liquidity protocol with StableStock’s stock tokenization engine… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 9:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Martin Quensel has spent nearly a decade pursuing tokenization. The co-founder of Web3 native asset manager Anemoy, which is built on the Centrifuge protocol (which he also co-founded), Quensel believes in tokenization as the future of finance. His career has been preparing him for this… Read More

November 6, 2025 @ 6:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Block Street, a unified liquidity layer for tokenized assets, has announced a strategic partnership with Falcon Finance, issuer of USDf — an overcollateralized synthetic dollar designed to generate sustainable on-chain yield. Falcon Finance is a universal collateralization infrastructure, enabling users to mint USDf against a… Read More

November 5, 2025 @ 1:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Onbe, a corporate payouts platform, has partnered with Payroll Growth Partners to bring digital-first, choice-driven employee recognition and incentive solutions to its portfolio of companies. The collaboration enables Payroll Growth Partners, an investor in payroll companies across diverse industries and markets, to expand its offerings… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 12:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Stablecoin infrastructure firm Hercle this week announced $60 million in new capital. The round features a $10 million equity investment led by F-Prime, with participation from Fulgur Ventures and Exponential Science, alongside a $50 million credit line to support the expansion of institutional services and… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 3:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lili, a financial platform that offers business banking, credit building, and accounting solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, has released new data from Lili’s Accountant AI that reveals that small business owners are most concerned about implementing the right tax structure and how they can… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

LoanPro this week launched Model Context Protocol (MCP), a model-agnostic gateway allowing LoanPro clients and partners to begin testing and developing their AI-powered credit servicing and collections initiatives, while ensuring regulatory guardrails and auditability. With MCP, LoanPro clients can begin to define and operationalize their… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 1:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the latest IBM report, organizations experiencing data breaches that involve shadow AI — unauthorized AI tools used by employees — face additional costs averaging $670,000 per incident, compared to standard breaches. These findings align with a recent Cybernews survey, which shows 59% of… Read More

November 1, 2025 @ 11:34 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Vector Capital, a technology-focused investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Showpad, a provider of AI revenue enablement technology. In connection with the close of the transaction, Apratim Purakayastha has been named CEO, effective immediately. “We are pleased to unite Showpad and Bigtincan under one brand… Read More

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