March 31, 2025 @ 4:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payment network Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) is deepening its multi-year agreement with J.P. Morgan Payments. The agreement will make Affirm’s solutions available to J.P. Morgan Payments’ network of merchants, enabling U.S. merchants using Commerce Platform to offer Affirm’s pay-over-time plans at checkout. Affirm said its active consumer base grew… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 10:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Extend, a virtual card and spend management platform, announced it has entered into a referral agreement with Visa. Extend’s solution enables what Visa defines as emerging middle-market companies to manage spending with the power of virtual cards to increase controls, fight fraud, and close their… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 9:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, the Polymesh Association and Ocree Capital announced the launch of a Canadian-regulated real estate platform utilizing blockchain, featuring a $51.9 million commercial real estate property as its inaugural listing. This strategic partnership brings together Polymesh’s purpose-built blockchain for regulated assets with Ocree’s exempt… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fipto, a blockchain-based stablecoin payments infrastructure company, has been officially licensed as a payments institution by the French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (ACPR), part of the Bank of France. Fipto’s infrastructure bridges digital and fiat currencies, enabling businesses to make instant payments with stablecoins… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 6:35 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Grazzy, a digital tipping platform, has joined with U.S. Bank to offer a prepaid debit card program for hourly employees to easily access tips. Employers enrolled with Grazzy’s digital tip service and the prepaid debit card program can issue employees a physical debit card and… Read More

March 30, 2025 @ 10:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain and cryptocurrency executives comment on some of this week’s Web3 news. The removal of sanctions from Tornado Cash is a signal that crypto developers can innovate without fear of repercussions. “The recent decision by the US Treasury Department to lift sanctions against Tornado Cash… Read More

March 30, 2025 @ 7:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

TreasurySpring, a global cash investment platform, has launched a new currency conversion capability. This integrated feature targets converting cash between major currencies, providing financial directors and treasurers with an option besides foreign exchange. The new functionality enables platform users to benefit from competitive, auditable, and… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler’s chief of markets Ruslan Lienkha comments on Bitcoin, the S&P 500, and gold in this recent Q&A. BTC reclaiming its 200-day moving average is a bullish sign, but what confirmation signals should traders watch to validate the uptrend? The price is currently approaching the… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 11:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech is one of the best-funded sectors for female-led startups, research from Tracxn suggests. The global tech sector has over 69,000 women-founded tech companies, which have collectively raised $309 billion in funding to date. Despite a peak in 2021, when these companies secured $65 billion,… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 4:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the redesigned J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Investor Satisfaction Study, younger, value-conscious do-it-yourself (DIY) investors who were supposed to drive the transformation of the industry are actively seeking the guidance of live professional advisors in an increasingly uncertain economy. “For younger generations of investors who’ve… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 11:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crossmint, a platform for companies building on-chain, this week announced the completion of a $23.6 million funding round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Nyca, First Round, and Lightspeed Faction. The company said more than 40,000 companies and developers use its services,… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 11:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

ClearGrid has launched with $10 million in funding to build “the modern debt collection infrastructure for the digital age.” The funding comes across two rounds, with the pre-seed round co-led by Raed Ventures and Beco Capital. The seed round was co-led by Nuwa Capital and… Read More

March 24, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain industry executives share their thoughts on some issues of the week. High tokenization treasury totals suggest market defensiveness but obscure real-world asset opportunities. “News that tokenized treasuries have hit an all-time high of $4.6 billion, combined with Aave’s decision to abandon new tokens in… Read More

March 23, 2025 @ 6:57 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While the Fed held rates at 4.5% this week, YouHodler’s head of risk, Sergei Gorev, doesn’t expect that to last much longer. Gorev said the decision is neutral for the market as it is within expectations. While the market initially perceived Trump’s assumption of office… Read More

March 23, 2025 @ 6:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Plug and Play announced the lineup for its XDC Network RWA Accelerator program, which launched on March 18. The three-month initiative features tokenization projects and collaborations with industry stakeholders, all with an eye to real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. Plug and Play will host… Read More

March 23, 2025 @ 3:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new whitepaper from payment processor Silverflow suggests network tokenization can improve authorization rates by up to 6% while decreasing unnecessary churn. Launched at MPE Berlin 2025, a European merchant payments conference, Exploring the power of network tokenization for the modern payments stack explores how… Read More

March 23, 2025 @ 12:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, Finastra, a global provider of financial services software applications, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled their collaboration on an enhanced cloud-based lending managed services offering. Finastra’s Lending Cloud Service (LCS) offers options for its Corporate Lending solutions — Loan IQ, Trade Innovation and… Read More

March 22, 2025 @ 9:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canada’s two most popular credit cards, and four of its top 10, are non-bank-branded, results of a study by Money.ca revealed this week. Money.ca surveyed more than 2,000 Canadians. The PC Mastercard is tops with 17.55%. PC stands for President’s Choice, a brand associated with… Read More

March 22, 2025 @ 5:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Frubana, a B2B online marketplace for the food service industry, has partnered with global nonprofit Accion and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to provide embedded financing solutions to small-scale restaurant owners in Brazil. The partnership seeks to provide access to credit to more than… Read More

March 22, 2025 @ 5:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New SMB founders prefer social media marketing, results of a survey by digital marketing platform Constant Contact reveal. Constant Contact surveyed 1,600 small business owners across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada who have operated for five years or less. These businesses are… Read More