November 23, 2025 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers are reporting that they are expecting to rely more heavily on credit cards this season, with 42% naming it their preferred payment method—up from 38% last year. According to TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) Q4 2025 U.S. Consumer Pulse study, US consumers remain interested in shopping… Read More

 Tagged credit, financial wellbeing, insights, reserach, us

November 23, 2025 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayQuicker, the enabler of global payouts orchestration, and dLocal, the cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, announced the expansion of PayQuicker’s payout solutions into various global regions / jurisdictions. This latest collab aims to further strengthen PayQuicker‘s position as the global payouts… Read More

 Tagged dlocal, global payments, latam, payquicker

November 23, 2025 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaaj, an agentic AI credit intelligence platform that simplifies small business lending, announced it secured $3.8 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures, with contributions from Better Tomorrow Ventures and others. Established in 2024, Kaaj’s aim / goal is to expand access to affordable… Read More

 Tagged ai, funding round, kaaj, lending

November 23, 2025 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse Group, Societe Generale Group and Societe Generale – FORGE (SG-FORGE) signed an agreement to enable the integration of token-based cash solutions with traditional financial market infrastructure. Deutsche Börse Group is now said to be further driving the adoption of stablecoins for digital European… Read More

 Tagged deutsche borse group, europe, forge, stablecoins

November 23, 2025 @ 12:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Exegy, a provider of market data and trading technology for capital markets, this week announced that a major investment bank has signed a multi-year agreement to deploy Exegy Nexus, the company’s FPGA-powered market-data appliance designed for ultra-low-latency trading environments. The bank will use Exegy Nexus to process all… Read More

 Tagged Exegy, Exegy Nexus, Laurent de Barry, low-latency trading, market making

November 23, 2025 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust, the enabler of B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software, released findings from a new research study exploring finance leaders’ trust in artificial intelligence (AI) and their expectations for responsible AI deployment. The research study, based on a survey of 500 finance professionals and… Read More

 Tagged ai, automation, billtrust, insights, survey

November 23, 2025 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced a partnership with Pingo Doce, the Portuguese multinational food retail group, to support its online store. The partnership marks a key milestone in Pingo Doce’s digital transformation, allowing the group to provide a so-called high performing online shopping… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, europe, payments, portugal

November 23, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qantas Business Rewards members doing business overseas now have access to Yield, an investment tool powered by financial and payments platform Airwallex. Yield joins a suite of Qantas Business Money products, offering members with a savings option for their AUD as well as USD account… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, australia, savings

November 23, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tailor, the headless ERP platform enabling modern retail and e-commerce brands to build fully composable business systems, has completed its Series A funding round, bringing total investment to $37 million. “We’re grateful to our investors and customers who share our belief that ERP should be composable and… Read More

 Tagged erp, series a, Tailor, y combinator, Yo Shibata

November 23, 2025 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundbox, the embedded capital infrastructure provider for small businesses, announced a partnership with Wave, the financial management technology platform trusted by more than 350,000 small business owners and solopreneurs. Via this collab, Fundbox’s financing solutions are now said to have been directly integrated into Wave… Read More

 Tagged financial services, fundbox, small businesses, wave