April 16, 2026 @ 7:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sonatype, a provider of AI-driven DevSecOps, unveiled the Q1 2026 Open Source Malware Index, identifying 21,764 malicious open source packages in the first quarter of the year, bringing the total logged since 2017 to 1,346,867. The npm registry continues to be the target… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 1:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Finastra has announced a strategic partnership with Marketnode to digitize and automate the onboarding of credit agreements for corporate lenders. The collaboration brings together Marketnode’s LLM- and AI‑powered intelligent document automation and Finastra’s Loan IQ platform via the Loan IQ Nexus Build module. It enables financial institutions… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Columbia University, t54 Labs, and Virtuals Protocol propose the Agentic Risk Standard (ARS), a framework that applies financial risk management principles to AI agent transactions. Their paper, Quantifying Trust: Financial Risk Management for Trustworthy AI Agents introduces a settlement-layer… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 10:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitget Wallet is exploring the integration of self-custodial crypto payments into Japan’s stablecoin payment ecosystem through discussions with Netstars, a payment infrastructure provider. The initiative centers on how Web3 wallets can connect to existing merchant networks, marking a potential step toward bringing stablecoin payments into… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 6:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

PCP (Programmable Credit Protocol), a credit orchestration infrastructure for tokenized assets, is partnering with Digital Asset, the technology company behind the Canton Network, and the Canton Foundation, the independent governing body of the Canton Network, to bring institutional credit infrastructure to the Canton ecosystem. The collaboration was confirmed… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 9:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The early effects of the ceasefire and an interesting take on tokenization highlight our Web3 Thoughts of the Week. CLARITY Act – tokenization legislation “While the US Congress debates how to fit tokenization into existing securities law, and European leaders build legal frameworks around third-party… Read More

April 11, 2026 @ 8:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ampd, the agentic suite of solutions connecting brand media to commerce, this week launched Agentic Shoppable Media. This solution addresses the challenges many brands have faced with their shoppable media strategies, namely shopper drop-offs (up to 95%), and concerns around meeting equitable retailer routing. The… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 9:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ latest Cybercrime Report reveals key global fraud trends emerging over the past year. The report shows a significant 8% rise in global fraud rates driven by attacks targeting the gaming, gambling and e-commerce sectors, cost of living pressures and new emerging fraud… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Securitize this week announced that Brett Redfearn, former Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets, has been appointed president of the company. He also joins Securitize’s board of directors. Redfearn will work with Securitize’s leadership team to scale the… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Persistent Systems has launched Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection, powered by Databricks Data Intelligence platform. The solution helps financial institutions reduce fraud losses, improve detection accuracy and lower manual review effort through real-time, intelligence-driven decisions. As digital payments scale, financial institutions, payment service providers, digital… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Aspire, a finance stack for global founders, has launched in the United States. Its AI-driven financial command center unites multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, yield, global payroll infrastructure, spend management and real-time financial controls into a single platform. “As the world’s largest startup ecosystem and a… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 2:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoonPay, a provider of crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure, is now powering crypto payments inside Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a global payments platform that processed $167 billion in transactions in 2025. The integration embeds stablecoin rails directly into Paysafe’s platform, giving merchants crypto payment capability alongside… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 2:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A cybersecurity expert suggests a burner email address can help protect people from online fraud. According to the latest data from threat exposure management platform NordStellar, 501 million unique email addresses ended up in breached databases on the dark web in 2025. Although no user… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 2:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NEWITY has selected the Canton Network to support on-chain distribution of small business credit, creating one of the first dedicated on-chain markets for small business loans. The announcement follows NEWITY’s recent $11 million strategic investment led by CMT Digital, secured to scale AI-driven origination and… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The intersection of fintech, legacy systems and digital currencies make this an interesting time for attorneys like Ernest Simons. A corporate and M&A attorney at Thompson Corburn, Simons works with fintechs, payment platforms and PE investors on transactions and product launches. Simons helps companies evaluate… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 7:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The latest edition of Sift’s Digital Trust Index describes an ever-evolving world of fraud, one where different access points are being used and old methods are becoming less popular. Fraud is increasingly being committed earlier in the life cycle as criminals look to compromise credentials… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 4:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Daylit has launched its AI agents platform for accounts receivable (AR), enabling finance teams to accelerate collections and transform receivables into a strategic driver of working capital performance. Early adopters have reportedly increased collections on high-risk accounts by nearly 3x, reduced manual follow-up work by… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 2:25 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Linx Security, a provider of identity security and governance solutions, has completed a $50 million Series B financing round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with continued participation from Cyberstarts and Index Ventures. This brings Linx’s total funding to $83 million. The 100-person startup… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 1:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bluwhale, an AI-powered financial intelligence platform, has introduced Bluprint, a no-code tool that allows anyone to design and deploy autonomous financial AI agents in Bluwhale’s Agent Store — and earn revenue from their use. While builders can set the price for their agents’ use, audiences… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 1:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

BitGo Prime, a subsidiary of BitGo (NYSE: BTGO), has launched a unified, on-platform financing offering designed to give institutions collateralized borrowing and lending capabilities integrated within BitGo’s institutional platform. As institutional participation in digital assets has grown, financing infrastructure has often remained fragmented – requiring… Read More