March 14, 2026 @ 4:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) adoption continues to grow rapidly, with 37% of consumers in the United States making a purchase using this method in the past 90 days. That is a five-percentage-point increase in just one year. According to the JD Power 2026 U.S…. Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 8:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Onbe, a corporate disbursements platform, this week released findings of the Spring 2026 Patient Refund Survey, revealing strong patient preference for digital refunds.  According to Onbe’s research, 83% of respondents stated that faster digital payments would improve satisfaction with their healthcare provider, a 13% increase from… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 8:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ncontracts, a provider of integrated compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions to the financial services industry, recently released the 2026 State of Third-Party Risk Management Survey. It reveals that for the first time, financial institutions rank AI risk on par with cybersecurity as their top… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 5:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ark Labs has raised $5.2 million in a seed round to unlock Bitcoin capital using its flagship technology, Arkade. The round includes Tether, Ego Death Capital, Epoch VC, Lion26, Sats Ventures, and Contribution Capital, with participation from Anchorage Digital, Ralph Ho (former VP of finance at PayPal), and other digital asset and… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 3:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bold Security has emerged from stealth and announced a $40 million funding round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Picture Capital, and Red Dot Capital Partners.  The company focuses on what workers and AI tools are actually doing on enterprise edge devices, and reduces risk… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 2:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitget Wallet has integrated with the Stellar Network to advance stablecoin-based payment infrastructure. The integration marks a key expansion of the company’s payment infrastructure designed to align blockchains, stablecoin issuers, wallets, and payment networks. Integrating the Stellar network expands real-world crypto utility with speed and… Read More

March 12, 2026 @ 7:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

InformedIQ, a developer of AI-based software for income and employment verifications, has released the results of an industry-wide survey, presented to more than 2,500 auto finance professionals. The findings reveal that while fraud levels are reaching new heights, lenders are increasingly wary of generic AI… Read More

March 12, 2026 @ 9:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A NordVPN and Saily study found a surge in “dark web travel agencies”, where stolen credit cards are used to purchase flights, hotels, and other travel services and later sold at steep discounts on illicit online marketplaces. In the heat of early-bird discounts and yearly vacation… Read More

March 12, 2026 @ 8:49 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sybilion has closed a $4.2 million seed round to build what it calls a decision layer, designed to give industrial companies the ability to act earlier and protect margins in volatile markets. The round was co-led by Venturefriends and Semapa Next. This funding announcement comes… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 5:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sonic Labs introduced USSD, a U.S. Treasury–backed stablecoin designed to serve as the native source of stable liquidity across the Sonic network and support on-chain financial activity throughout its ecosystem. It is is built on Frax’s GENIUS-compatible frxUSD stablecoin infrastructure, providing Sonic with… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 4:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global Citizen Solutions, an advisory firm in citizenship and residency planning, released a new briefing entitled Crypto Secure Jurisdictions: Where Crypto Actually Works. It examines how 22 jurisdictions are integrating digital assets into tax systems, licensing regimes, and banking frameworks as cryptocurrencies transition from speculative… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 12:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Sutherland launched Sutherland FinAI Hub, an enterprise Agentic AI platform built for banking and financial services. As financial institutions accelerate AI adoption, many initiatives remain confined to pilots, unable to scale across legacy systems and core operations. Sutherland FinAI Hub is designed to… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 11:44 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedStone, a DeFi oracle network, has launched its enterprise-grade oracle infrastructure on the Stellar network, introducing a data layer needed to support lending markets, decentralized exchanges, derivatives, and tokenized real-world assets. Stellar processes nearly six million operations daily and powers global payment infrastructure for Circle,… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 10:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CommerceIQ, a retail AI platform, has launched a suite of AI agents designed to help brands move beyond dashboard-driven e-commerce management to continuous, AI-powered execution across sales, digital shelf, content, and retail media. The platform deploys AI agents to handle repetitive, high-volume operational tasks that… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 9:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Jazz, a company turning data loss prevention (DLP) into an intelligence system, has emerged from stealth with $61 million in Seed and Series A funding. The rounds were led by Glilot Capital Partners and Team8, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures (1011vc), Merlin Ventures, Encoded… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 4:59 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

KBC, a Belgian bank-insurance group, has selected Taurus as its custody partner for crypto assets. Under the partnership, KBC will leverage Taurus-PROTECT, Taurus’ banking-grade digital asset custody platform, to support its regulated crypto offering. The partnership supports KBC’s move into regulated crypto services and builds… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 4:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Verituity, a provider of intelligent, verified payouts solutions, has expanded its verification framework with confidence-based Payment Method Verification at the point of payout. Building on its long-standing verification framework, the company’s enhanced Payment Method Verification capability helps organizations assess risk and proceed with greater confidence… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 3:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

JetStream Security has launched its AI governance platform and raised $34 million in a seed round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from the CrowdStrike Falcon Fund. George Kurtz (CrowdStrike), Assaf Rappaport (Wiz), and Frederic Kerrest (Okta) are some of its angel investors. Companies are… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 1:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fee Navigator, Optimized Payments and Verisave have joined forces to create an AI-powered compliance verification tool for Visa’s Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP). The free tool gives B2B merchants an instant assessment of their compliance status under CEDP’s rules and identifies potential savings opportunities. Visa’s… Read More

March 10, 2026 @ 11:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin movement is on the minds of Web3 investors this week. “Price has corrected aggressively, but the underlying framework around Bitcoin has not fractured. In previous downturns, infrastructure failed alongside valuations. Major intermediaries collapsed and confidence evaporated. This time, regulated products are functioning, custodians remain… Read More