May 5, 2025 @ 2:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rain, a global card issuing platform built for stablecoins, has joined Visa’s pilot program for stablecoin settlement. Rain has fully tokenized its credit card receivables and has transitioned all settlement transactions for its Visa cards to USDC The company provides backend infrastructure – APIs, compliance layers and… Read More

May 5, 2025 @ 12:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the JD Power 2025 U.S. Direct Banking Satisfaction Study, overall customer satisfaction with direct bank checking accounts is 692 (on a 1,000-point scale), which is 24 points higher than the average regional bank and 35 points higher than national banks. Savings account satisfaction… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 1:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Runa, a global fintech infrastructure for payouts, has released new payments research that provides businesses with data-driven insights into how to retain and engage gig workers, freelancers, direct sellers, and other independent workers. With workplace engagement continuing to plummet, more than one-third of the U.S. workforce… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Qenta, a global payments company, this week announced the acquisition of Pipit Global, a B2B cross-border payments platform operating in more than 45 countries. Pipit adds an international compliant network of more than one million pay-in points and integrations with mobile money systems across Africa,… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain company Tectum has officially launched TectumKeys — a hardware-based cryptographic key generator built to deliver quantum-level security, eliminate traditional software vulnerabilities, and protect against electromagnetic interception through physical isolation. At the core of TectumKeys is a physical entropy generator, RNG 1.0, developed by a… Read More

May 2, 2025 @ 11:35 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 executives comment on disappearing NFTs, data center shortages and other issues of the week. Disappearing/reappearing NFTs highlight risk with centralized cloud networks “After Nike’s CloneX collection went dark on Thursday, we worked closely with the Nike RTFKT team to hurriedly upload the files to… Read More

May 2, 2025 @ 7:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

DailyPay, a worktech company and provider of On-Demand Pay, has expanded into Canada. This marks the company’s second international expansion, after initially moving into the United Kingdom in September 2024. “Expanding into Canada is a major step in our mission to better serve our multinational… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) today announced the launch of AI agent capabilities that utilize data from the commodities sector, integrated with Microsoft 365 Copilot and powered by its Commodity Insights AI-Ready Data solution. The S&P Global AI agent on Microsoft 365 Copilot harnesses the expertise… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 1:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Dream Payments has launched the DreamPay Insurance Payment Hub — a two-way insurance payment network operating across North America, leveraging J.P. Morgan Payments’ capabilities. Insurers can accept premiums from policyholders in both the U.S. and Canada, and issue claims payments to individuals and businesses of every size, using digital… Read More

April 30, 2025 @ 5:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Investing.com, a financial news, tools, and data platform, has launched WarrenAI, an AI-driven financial researcher. According to the company, WarrenAI debuts with more than 30 languages. While existing AI software such as ChatGPT sources data from the entire web, WarrenAI has exclusive access to vetted,… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 9:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payments firm Ideem has announced a $2.4 million seed funding round, backed by Sovereigns Capital, Quona Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, Hustle Fund, Oread Angels, Network KS, and strategic angel investors. The funding will accelerate Ideem’s mission to remove the friction, fraud, and costs in today’s mobile payment… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 8:09 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SurgePays (Nasdaq: SURG), a wireless and point-of-sale technology company, announced today the completion of its nationwide launch on the AT&T network, following full integration as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The milestone positions SurgePays to aggressively scale its direct-to-consumer wireless services and its infrastructure… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 7:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Trulioo, a personal and business verification platform, has announced its partnership with PingPong, a provider of cross-border embedded payment solutions. PingPong selected Trulioo Business Verification and Watchlist Screening to minimize manual onboarding and deliver compliant payment experiences worldwide. PingPong said it holds more than 60 financial licenses and adheres to strict regulatory standards… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 5:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CapyFast, an embedded payments provider for digital commerce, and Bidwise, a performance marketing platform, have announced a new strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to improve the payments flow across the performance marketing spectrum by making it faster, cheaper, and more intelligent. The agreement, signed today… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 9:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Theo, a network connecting on-chain capital to global markets via institutional-grade trading infrastructure, has raised $20 million in funding. The round was jointly led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital, with participation from venture capital firms including Manifold Trading, Mirana Ventures, Metalayer Ventures, Flowdesk, SCB, MEXC, Amber… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 9:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Better.com (NASDAQ: BETR), an AI-powered digital homeownership company, today announced a new partnership with Biz2Credit, a financing platform for small businesses. This collaboration will provide Biz2Credit’s customers with the option to receive $50,000 to $500,000 in additional financing options through Better.com’s Home Equity Line of… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 9:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Interledger Foundation, an organization building and advocating for an open, interoperable payments network, has announced its participation in three technological initiatives and five research projects. Among these initiatives is work with private fintech companies to streamline remittances for a major bank in Pakistan, power… Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 7:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM) is expanding the credit reporting of its pay-over-time products to TransUnion (NYSE: TRU), the companies jointly announced today. All Affirm pay-over-time loans issued from May 1 onward, including Pay in 4 and longer-term monthly installments, will be reported to TransUnion…. Read More

April 27, 2025 @ 6:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Revionics, a provider of retail pricing, has unveiled the alpha release of its multi-agent AI pricing system. The live demonstration and innovation showcase took place at the Google Cloud Next 2025 event in Las Vegas. Revionics’ Aakriti Bhargava, VP of engineering and AI, and Alex Braylan,… Read More

April 26, 2025 @ 6:35 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Alternative Payments, a fully-integrated B2B payments and checkout infrastructure provider, has closed on $22 million in total funding, with rounds led by MissionOG and Third Prime, respectively. The investments will advance the company’s mission to digitize and automate B2B payment workflows for industries historically overlooked by fintech… Read More