April 23, 2025 @ 11:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Credibly, a GenAI-powered lending platform serving small businesses, today launched Credibly.ai, an innovation and technology showcase designed to highlight the company’s progress in artificial intelligence. This initiative provides small businesses with advanced financing tools and solutions. “(We were) bold from the outset in developing real applications… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 9:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Thunes has launched Thunes Business Payments, designed to facilitate cross-border payments for Thunes’ Direct Global Network members, including enterprises, merchants, neo-banks, traditional banks and mobile wallets. Via an API, members have a more efficient way to process international business payments, bypassing the complexities of legacy… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoneyThumb, a provider of automated document evaluation and fraud detection solutions, was recently awarded a U.S. patent for its Thumbprint® product, an AI-driven technology that enables the authentication of third-party PDF documents. Small business loan application fraud is a critical problem that leads to significant… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 7:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Spacecoin, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) powered by blockchain-enabled low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, today announced the appointment of Jim Cantrell as a strategic advisor. A founding member (former vice president and Elon Musk’s industry mentor as an aerospace consultant) of SpaceX, and currently… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 5:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

From crypto firms seeking bank charters to Circle’s payment network and energy-hungry centralized cloud systems, Web3 figures comment on the news of the week. STABLE Act driving crypto firms to seek bank charters “Reports that Circle, BitGo, and even Coinbase are considering applying for bank… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 5:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Socket, a software supply chain security provider, has acquired Coana, a static analysis and reachability engine built by security researchers from Aarhus University. Coana brings static control-flow and call graph analysis to Socket’s platform, allowing teams to prioritize vulnerabilities based on whether they’re actually exploitable… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NewCo Capital Group, a provider of business financing, has expanded into Canada. With nationwide service now available across every Canadian province and territory, NewCo brings accessible, non-bank funding solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises. The move strengthens NewCo’s international footprint as part of its broader global… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 10:43 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fiserv (NYSE: FI), a global provider of payments and financial services technology, together with the Kansas Office of the Governor, today announced their plan to open a new strategic fintech hub in Overland Park, the largest suburb in the Kansas City metropolitan area. This location will… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 9:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

ROH, a hospitality industry payments management platform, today announced the successful completion of a $9.2 million financing round, led by Highgate Technology Ventures, a venture and growth equity firm focused on the hospitality and travel industries, and Acrew Capital. As part of the transaction, Raja Goel and Kurien… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 3:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

DeFi Technologies, its subsidiary, Valour, an issuer of exchange-traded products, and SovFi have entered into a strategic partnership with the Nairobi Securities Exchange to design and establish the Kenya Digital Exchange. The proposed Kenya Digital Exchange will be a fully regulated platform dedicated to tokenizing real-world… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 3:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network has partnered with Monadnock Paper Mills to introduce Renovo, a sustainable, fibre-based gift card substrate. A more eco-friendly alternative to PVC, Renovo introduces a new level of card resilience and manufacturing compatibility through its 30-point thickness and proprietary treatments. Already certified for use… Read More

April 21, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc., a global financial technology company and stablecoin market participant, today announced Circle Payments Network to connect financial institutions – banks, neo-banks, payment service providers, virtual asset service providers and digital wallets – and enable real-time settlement of cross-border payments using regulated… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 10:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI is not only powering online shopping; it’s also making it easier than ever for Americans to buy counterfeits. According to The Counterfeit Buyer Teardown, a study of US counterfeit e-commerce, 28% of consumers who bought knock-off products online say they used AI tools to… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 7:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Another milestone for tokenized real-world assets, gold-backed assets surging, a Canadian Solana ETF approval, and increased acceptance of cryptocurrency payments are among the DeFi topics that caught the experts’ attention this week. Tokenized RWAs cross $20B threshold “The tokenized RWA market crossing $20 billion in… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

1Fort, an AI platform for business insurance, has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. The round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper); Karim Atiyeh, the founder of Ramp; and participation from all existing VCs: Village Global, Operator Partners, 8-Bit Capital, Character VC and Company Ventures. This latest round brings the 1Fort total funding to $10… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 7:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Spreedly, an open payments platform, and FlexFactor, a payment recovery platform, are partnering to help merchants recover lost sales. With more than $500 billion in sales lost each year due to false declines, this new collaboration aims to empower merchants to turn declines into revenue, enhancing shopping cart… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 7:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

PalmPay, a digital bank and fintech platform focused on emerging markets, has launched the PalmPay Debit Card in Nigeria in partnership with Verve, an African domestic card scheme. The PalmPay Debit Card brings advanced features such as savings yield on deposits and merchant rewards within reach for mass… Read More

April 19, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, HashKey Capital launched the HashKey XRP Tracker Fund. The company said it is the first investment fund in Asia designed to track the performance of XRP. One of the world’s leading digital assets infrastructure providers, Ripple, is an early investor. The HashKey XRP… Read More

April 19, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler’s chief of markets, Ruslan Lienkha, recently spoke about Bitcoin’s place in investment markets. What does Bitcoin’s near four-year dominance suggest about investor confidence amid global market uncertainty? The current trend in Bitcoin dominance differs significantly from the previous cycle. Unlike past bull markets, Bitcoin… Read More

April 18, 2025 @ 9:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Smart Controls, a solution developed by Paystand, a blockchain-enabled B2B payments provider, helps companies navigate tariffs, In the wake of escalating market fluctuations driven by the Trump administration’s updated tariff policies, midsized companies face unprecedented supply chain shifts—tariffs have become the new black swan. As… Read More