October 17, 2025 @ 1:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech Upgrade has raised $165 million in new equity investment. Upgrade’s Series G preferred round was led by Neuberger, with participation from LuminArx Capital Management. Existing shareholders, including DST Global, Ribbit Capital and several others, also increased their investment in the company. Peter Sterling, head… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 1:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Currently launching its pilot program in New York City, the largest real estate market in the United States, Feesback said it is poised to save customers across the country money on their largest transactions while giving real estate agents a smarter, more sustainable way to grow their… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitpanda, a provider of crypto investment infrastructure, has partnered with Onda Finance, an international digital payment and investment platform headquartered in Brazil, to provide the technology behind its new crypto offering for wealth and corporate clients. The partnership will allow Onda to offer digital asset… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 12:57 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lightning Stock Exchange (Lise) this week announced that it has secured a DLT TSS license from the ACPR, under the European Union’s DLT Pilot Regime. This authorization process was carried out in collaboration with the ACPR, Banque de France, ESMA, AMF, Eurosystem and ECB. This… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 9:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Could zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs prevent data breaches? “Centralized servers that stockpile sensitive personal data will always remain prime targets for attackers – whether the breach comes through technical exploits or social engineering. Incidents like the Discord leak make it clear that this model is unsustainable…. Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 3:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lumera Protocol, the AI-first Layer-1 blockchain evolved from Pastel Network, this week announced the rollout of the Lumera Hub, a dedicated user and developer interface that serves as the gateway to the Lumera ecosystem. The launch follows Lumera’s recent mainnet debut and introduces a streamlined,… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 11:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crypto investors got the scare of their lives last weekend. That, Bhutan’s move to the blockchain, and asset investment dominated Web3 minds this week. Crypto investors get early Halloween scare “The bloodbath we saw in markets over the weekend is a brutal reminder that, as… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 2:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Colombia has launched its first government-backed real-time payments rail. Bre-B debuted on Oct. 8. It is the national real-time payment system developed by Banco de la República, and integrates into institutional mobile wallets and platforms. Paytech dLocal wasted little time in integrating Bre-B payments for its customers. dLocal… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 10:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedotPay, a stablecoin payments firm, this week announced an expansion of its integration with Circle Payments Network. RedotPay introduces “Send Crypto, Receive MXN”, designed to provide a nearly instant and more cost-effective payment solution for Mexico, one of the world’s largest payment corridors. This new… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 8:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

EXL [NASDAQ: EXLS] is unlocking the data foundation to make AI real for enterprises with its newly unveiled agentic AI suite of data solutions, EXLdata.ai. In partnership with Databricks, this suite of data solutions tackles a top barrier to AI adoption by making enterprise data usable for… Read More

October 14, 2025 @ 11:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Toku, a stablecoin payroll platform, has announced a partnership with Lagrange, a provider of verifiable AI. Over the past four years, Toku has built the first global system for token compensation, solving for taxes and compliance across more than 100 jurisdictions. With the 2025 stablecoin… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Waterlily, which uses AI to predict long-term care (LTC) needs up to decades before they happen, announced today the launch of Quote-and-Apply. This new offering is said to utilize AI and computation across hundreds of thousands of insurance policy configurations to identify the mathematically optimal… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 8:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

NoFraud, an e-commerce fraud prevention provider, has acquired Yofi AI, a return fraud and policy abuse detection platform for e-commerce retailers backed by Nyca Partners, Point72 Ventures, and eBay Ventures. With Yofi AI, NoFraud is expanding beyond payment fraud to stop policy abuse at scale… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 7:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Shoppers are strategically shifting toward more gift card purchases to maintain holiday gifting traditions amid economic pressures, according to new research from Blackhawk Network (BHN), a global provider of branded payment solutions. BHN’s annual holiday forecast, which surveyed more than 2,100 U.S. consumers, reveals that… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 10:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rakuten has unveiled new research conducted by Harris Poll highlighting a sharply divided outlook for holiday shopping this year. Just 28% plan to spend less, while 26% expect to spend more. This divide is even more pronounced among households with children, which are gearing up… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 9:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new study by Maclear shows that the P2P lending sector in Europe is gaining momentum as investors look for higher yields and stronger safeguards, while small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) turn to crowdlending for more flexible access to capital. According to the study, European… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 6:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Yendo, the company behind a vehicle-secured credit card, this week announced a $50 million Series B funding round. It includes investors Spice Expeditions, Autotech Ventures, FPV Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Mark Cuban, and Clocktower Technology Ventures. The funding will accelerate Yendo’s expansion beyond secured lending… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Block Street, a startup building an execution and lending layer for tokenized equities, has raised $11.5 million in strategic funding to deploy its intent/RFQ-based trading infrastructure on Monad and major EVM networks. The round was led by Hack VC with participation from Generative Venture, DWF… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Jiko, a platform built on U.S. T-bills, this week announced strategic backing by Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and Blockstream Capital Partners. Alongside this investment, Jiko is entering new strategic partnerships with Crypto.com, Blockstream Capital Partners, Bitso, and Coinbase. These strategic partners will join other institutions adopting… Read More

October 11, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payment processor Thredd this week announced the introduction of One View, a fraud solution developed in collaboration with global fraud and financial crime detection firm Featurespace (a Visa solution). The solution enables card transactions and non-card payments to be intelligently monitored under one network-agnostic interface… Read More