April 6, 2026 @ 1:47 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wirex and Crossmint have directly connected Crossmint’s smart wallet and stablecoin orchestration infrastructure with Wirex’s card issuance platform, giving Fintechs a single connected stack that takes users from stablecoin balance to real-world spending. What previously required separate relationships with a wallet provider, a card issuer, and… Read More

April 6, 2026 @ 12:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has launched SoFi Big Business Banking, an offering allowing enterprise partners to manage both fiat and crypto banking from a single, nationally chartered bank. This launch builds on SoFi’s integration of blockchain into its core platform. Over the last year, SoFi… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 10:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Visa Business-to-AI Report (B2AI), conducted in conjunction with Morning Consult, highlights how AI is already influencing demand. Nearly 40% of Americans have made a purchase they normally would not have considered as a result of using an AI agent or tool. This is an… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 7:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Thunes has launched a direct-to-workforce cross-border payout solution that allows businesses to pay remote overseas teams, freelancers, and gig workers instantly. The company enables real-time compensation to be paid into 12 billion bank accounts, mobile wallets, and stablecoin wallets, across 140 countries, 24/7. The solution… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 7:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

9fin, an AI-native platform for global debt markets, has raised $170 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by HarbourVest, with participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and earlier investors Redalpine, Highland Europe, Spark Capital, and Seedcamp. The funding will accelerate development of 9fin’s AI capabilities, expand its  proprietary dataset, and support continued growth… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 6:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Personetics and Atomic, a provider of embedded financial connectivity, are partnering to deliver a native, end-to-end solution for contextual direct deposit and bill payment switching within digital banking experiences. With this new capability, banks can identify the right customers and financial moments using transaction intelligence,… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 6:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from the CPPO, the nonprofit organization fueling the growth of the $14 billion open-loop prepaid economy, shows Canadians are expanding how they manage, move, and grow their money by combining traditional and digital-first providers that better align with their lifestyles. The shift reflects… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nium, a payments and card issuance platform, has launched its stablecoin card issuance platform.  The solution enables companies holding stablecoins to issue spending cards on both the Visa and Mastercard networks through a single API integration, allowing stablecoins to be used at hundreds of millions… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 6:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa recently unveiled Enhanced Subscription Manager, a value‑added service within its Digital Issuer Solutions business. As the number of subscriptions worldwide is projected to reach 12 billion by 2030, consumers are seeking simple, transparent ways to track and manage recurring charges. In support of this,… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 6:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

OpenFX, the FX infrastructure company targeting the rails powering cross-border money movement, has raised $94 million in Series A funding from Accel, Atomico, Lightspeed Faction, M13, Northzone, & Pantera. Founded in 2024 by FalconX co-founder Prabhakar Reddy, OpenFX connects traditional banking systems with digital-native infrastructure,… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 3:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Results of a study from Billtrust find that rising costs, slowing customer payments, and ongoing tariff pressures are causing finance leaders are fundamentally reengineering their strategies to stay resilient. Navigating Economic Headwinds: Why Cash Generation Has Become the Ultimate Competitive Edge in 2026 surveyed 550… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 3:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, is partnering with Episode Six, a payment technology company and card issuer processor. Episode Six will serve as a key processing partner for Rain’s credit, debit, and prepaid card programs. The initial focus is on Asia-Pacific (APAC), where… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 11:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Latitude, a global payments infrastructure company, has launched, alongside an $8 million seed round led by NEA with participation from Lightspeed Faction, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, Bitso, and Solana Foundation. Founded by former officials from Stripe, Coinbase, Uber, Zero Hash, and Facebook, Latitude is addressing one… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 10:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Flutterwave, an African payments technology company, has secured a Nigerian banking license. It enables the company to hold funds and deposits directly, strengthening its financial infrastructure across its largest market and enabling more efficient financial services and settlement flows for consumers, businesses and enterprises. Historically,… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 10:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

PayPal Holdings, (NASDAQ: PYPL) has added Alyssa Henry, former CEO of Block’s Square business, to its board of directors. The company also announced that Gail J. McGovern, who has served on the board since 2015, will not stand for re-election at PayPal’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Stampli, a finance operations platform, announced Stampli Deep Finance this week. Every organization’s finance data holds spending patterns, pricing shifts, and vendor risks that stay buried in invoice data. Stampli Deep Finance brings those findings into focus. It analyzes invoice data already inside Stampli and… Read More

April 3, 2026 @ 8:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

New national survey data from Accion Opportunity Fund (AOF), a national nonprofit small business lender, finds that small business owners operating in underserved communities are increasingly relying on digital tools and evaluating cryptocurrency payments and AI-powered platforms as part of their business operations. The findings… Read More

April 2, 2026 @ 4:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Uniblock, the managed infrastructure layer for blockchain applications, has raised $5.2 million in funding, bringing its total raise to $7.5 million. Participants include investors across the US, Japan, India, Singapore, and the Solana ecosystem, including SBI, AllianceDAO, CoinSwitch, Blockchain Founders Fund, Hustle Fund, AAF Management,… Read More

April 2, 2026 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wirex, a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, and Ultra Stellar, the company behind Stellar’s largest wallet LOBSTR and leading decentralized exchange StellarX, have launched a native Stellar payment infrastructure, built directly on Soroban, Stellar’s smart contract platform. Both companies will continue to co-develop and expand the infrastructure,… Read More

April 2, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Credit Vouched for quickly identifying the need for agent verification before agentic commerce was even talked about. Now that everyone is talking about it, CEO Peter Horadan says Vouched’s Agent Checkpoint addresses security concerns that could prevent agentic commerce from fulfilling its potential. Agent Checkpoint… Read More