September 23, 2025 @ 8:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Grvt, a decentralized exchange for on-chain financial privacy that is powered by zero-knowledge technology, has closed a $19 million Series A funding round. The Series A round was co-led by Grvt technology partner ZKsync; Further Ventures, a capital markets infrastructure investment firm based in Abu Dhabi; EigenCloud, a verifiable… Read More

September 23, 2025 @ 8:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, DeAgentAI, a decentralized AI agent infrastructure project, announced that its native token, AIA, is available for trading on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures. This marks the first-ever listing of AIA on Binance, underscoring growing demand for decentralized AI solutions and advancing DeAgentAI’s… Read More

September 23, 2025 @ 8:32 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new study conducted by MoneyThumb, a provider of automated document evaluation and fraud detection solutions, in partnership with deBanked, a merchant cash advance publication, reveals an alarming trend in the small business lending sector: fraud is not only on the rise but is significantly… Read More

September 23, 2025 @ 8:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

An analysis of financial behaviour from social finance app Frich’s community of more than one million Gen Zers reveals a generation with ambitious retirement dreams but a concerning financial reality. Retirement optimism vs. financial constraints Gen Z’s confidence about their financial future contrasts sharply with… Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 6:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fraud prevention platform Ravelin urges merchants to take immediate action on Visa’s updated VAMP (Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program). It warns that failure to minimize fraud will mean incurring significant, recurring fees, and even losing the ability to accept Visa payments. VAMP enforcement begins on Oct. 1…. Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 6:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While the Fed rate cuts dominated discussions this week, Web3 also looked at some new developments with ETFs Did the Fed cut enough? “Markets are on edge this week as investors await the outcome of the most important FOMC meeting of 2025. Some analysts expect… Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 2:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Arcanis has launched as an AI-powered “decision research” solution for growth and late-stage venture capital markets, adding a transparent AI trust layer through meeting standardized criteria for completeness, systematics, transparency, and clarity of output. Venture capital is often characterized by incomplete, fragmented, or incorrect data…. Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 10:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Last week, Scalekit launched an authentication stack purpose-built for agentic apps and announced a $5.5 million seed round led by Together Fund and Z47, with angel backing from Adam Frankl, Oliver Jay, Jagadeesh Kunda, and others. Gartner predicts that by 2028, 25% of enterprise breaches… Read More

September 21, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Flywire (Nasdaq: FLYW) unveiled enhancements to its Student Financial Software (SFS) solution. With direct integrations into ERPs Banner Ethos and Unit4 (Agresso), Flywire delivered its first SFS implementations featuring real-time student account presentment for U.K. customers, which is then linked to Flywire payment… Read More

September 21, 2025 @ 5:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Senpi, the AI wallet, this week announced its $4 million seed round led by Lemniscap, with participation from Coinbase Ventures Base Ecosystem Fund, SuperLayer, Primal, Auros, Mana, and angel investors. This funding round will help Senpi continue on its accelerated growth trajectory, with plans to… Read More

September 21, 2025 @ 2:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sift’s Q3 2025 Digital Trust Index reveals that account takeover attacks targeting the fintech and finance industry have surged 122% year-over-year. Travel and ticketing platforms also faced significant increases with a 56% year-over-year rise in account takeover attacks, as fraudsters target accounts rich with loyalty… Read More

September 21, 2025 @ 2:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While large retail and investment banks go all in on AI, Canadian credit unions are taking a different approach to implementing the technology, according to a new report released today. Part 2 of the two-part Banking Disruption Index from global AI and digital transformation company… Read More

September 20, 2025 @ 12:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Envive AI, a digital commerce Fintech, has closed a $15 million Series A round led by Fuse VC, bringing total funding to $20 million. The company is developing brand-safe, self-improving AI agents designed to drive every customer interaction towards business outcomes, enabling performance and growth at scale. Consumer… Read More

September 20, 2025 @ 12:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bolt, a checkout, identity, and payments provider, this week announced the launch of Bolt Activate, a program designed to help digital commerce founders bring their ideas to market and scale. “The future of commerce won’t be written by the biggest companies with the deepest pockets…. Read More

September 19, 2025 @ 6:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Finastra, a provider of financial services software, has developed new functionality within Fusion Invest to serve the specific needs of annuity carriers. Enhancements include the automation of dynamic hedging of annuity contracts, providing greater transparency and operational efficiency for both traders and risk management teams…. Read More

September 19, 2025 @ 3:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gr4vy, a cloud-native payment orchestration platform, has released its alpha MVP for Agentic Payments Orchestration. It comes alongside a strategic collaboration with Google to support a new open protocol for agentic payments designed to ensure trust and transparency across ecosystems. As agentic commerce emerges, Gr4vy… Read More

September 19, 2025 @ 8:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, global digital transformation company GFT Technologies announced its work to launch a generative AI-powered credit risk assistant in the U.S. to inform and scale lending decisions for private capital firms and banks. The new tool automatically pieces together financial data to create credit… Read More

September 19, 2025 @ 4:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pi Squared, the team building Web3 infrastructure beyond blockchain, has announced a strategic partnership with EigenCloud, the developer platform that extends the trust and verifiability of blockchains to any application, on or off-chain. Through this collaboration, Pi Squared will leverage EigenCloud as the default registry… Read More

September 19, 2025 @ 12:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Seapoint, a Fintech for European startups, has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from Tapestry VC and the ex-COOs of Stripe, Revolut, Tide, and Tines. After nine months of building, the team has launched a private… Read More

September 18, 2025 @ 11:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Extend, a spend and expense management platform, has secured $20 million in additional capital, including new venture debt and an equity investment led by B Capital. Additional participation came from March Capital, Point72 Ventures, FinTech Collective, and a new investor, Commerce Ventures. Through its partnerships… Read More