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

April 25, 2025 @ 4:25 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Feedzai, a provider of fraud and financial crime prevention services, has acquired Demyst, a data management company. The deal includes Demyst’s Zonic data workflow orchestration platform, intellectual property, and sophisticated data-integration capabilities. This strategic move is part of Feedzai’s vision to unify data orchestration and risk management into… Read More

April 25, 2025 @ 4:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

UnionPay International, a global payment network, has announced a strategic partnership with Dojo, a United Kingdom SME payment provider. This collaboration could significantly increase UnionPay card acceptance across the UK, providing cardholders another payment option while enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to tap into a… Read More

April 25, 2025 @ 1:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

VoPay, a provider of embedded financial technology, today announced the launch of its new Cross-Border Payments-as-a-Service solution. Built for software platforms and financial institutions, the white-label technology enables organizations to move money globally with full transparency, compliance, and real-time FX, without building their own cross-border infrastructure. Global… Read More

April 25, 2025 @ 12:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from Bain & Company finds that 70% of companies are failing to effectively integrate their sales plays into their revenue technology tools, such as solutions used for customer relationship management (CRM). That limits their ability to achieve their expected growth gains. For its 2025… Read More

April 24, 2025 @ 5:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Chief of Chime Enterprise Jason Lee said that Chime Workplace allows employers to meet employees where they currently are while helping them get to where they want to go. The financial wellness solution comes at no cost to employers and employees. Lee said that… Read More

April 24, 2025 @ 1:19 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Donald Trump’s claim that he has “no intention” of firing Jerome Powell is not an act of restraint—it’s a “recognition of reality”, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green believes. Green spoke after Trump on Monday continued his criticism of the Federal Reserve chair, calling him a… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 10:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tally, a software platform for on-chain organizations, has secured an $8 million Series A funding round led by AppWorks, Blockchain Capital, 1kx and joined by CyberFund, Placeholder, BitGo and Bloccelerat. Tally powers infrastructure for organizations, including Arbitrum, Uniswap DAO, ZKsync, Wormhole, Eigenlayer, Obol, Hyperlane, and… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 12:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Skyfire, a payment and identity network built for the AI agent economy, and Cequence Security, a provider of API security and bot management, announced a partnership to enable access to digital services for autonomous AI agents. Cequence secures more than eight billion API interactions every day and… Read More