October 10, 2025 @ 12:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Deepgram, a real-time Voice AI platform, has launched Flux, a conversational speech recognition (CSR) model designed specifically for real-time voice agents. Unlike traditional automatic speech recognition (ASR), which was built for transcription use cases like captions or meeting notes, Flux is trained to understand the… Read More

 Tagged Deepgram, Flo Crivello, flux, Jordan Dearsley, real-time voice agents, Scott Stephenson, voice ai

October 9, 2025 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), announced the launch of the IADS Developer Hackathon and held the Kick-off Ceremony, marking the beginning of a journey to foster tech breakthroughs and advancements for the… Read More

 Tagged banking, digitalization, hkma, hong kong

October 9, 2025 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from global small business platform Xero reveals a significant problem facing small business owners: many acknowledge the potential of targeted promotional strategies, but are being held back from taking part in these initiatives primarily due to lack of adequate financial resources. A Xero research… Read More

 Tagged financial stress, research, small businesses, survey, xero

October 9, 2025 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

zerohash, the crypto and stablecoin as-a-service platform, announced that it has been selected as the crypto trading provider for Public, the platform focused on enabling “long-term” investing. By partnering with zerohash, Public is able to roll out various updates to its crypto offering. These reportedly… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, investing, public, zerohash

October 9, 2025 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Japan is one of the world’s largest digital economies, and the demand for integrations between traditional finance and digital assets continues to grow at a steady. To unlock this potential, Binance Japan and PayPay have entered into a capital and business alliance that will aim… Read More

 Tagged binance, digital assets, japan, Web3

October 9, 2025 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a global provider of payments and financial services technology, in partnership with the Bank of North Dakota, announced the Roughrider coin, North Dakota’s stablecoin. Backed by U.S. dollars, the Roughrider coin will reportedly become the first U.S. state stablecoin to launch… Read More

 Tagged fiserv, north dakota, stablecoins

October 9, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The payments industry has been combatting fraud for many years. But according to Chargebacks911, a global firm focused on dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, data reveals that merchants are losing more money and goodwill to false declines than to fraudulent activities. This appears to be… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks, chargebacks011, fraud, research

October 9, 2025 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report highlights fintech startup Ramp‘s seemingly aggressive push to disrupt American Express‘ current dominance in the $2 trillion U.S. corporate and small-business credit card sector. Founded in 2019 by Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh, Fintech firm Ramp has scaled to $1 billion in… Read More

 Tagged american express, amex, cards, fintech, ramp, spending

October 9, 2025 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QED Investors, a VC firm focused on investing in high-potential financial services firms in the US, has looked into why 2025 appears to have been the year of the bank charter. Since January of this year, there have been 20 filings for de novo charters,… Read More

 Tagged banking, fintech trends, insights, qed investors

October 9, 2025 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The Laffer Curve continues to shed light on how to manage tax policy more effectively. Unfortunately, too few recognize the pragmatech theory that posits a too high tax burden will alter individual behavior. As taxes rise, especially on the affluent, who may relocate easily, this… Read More

 Tagged laffer curve, revolut, taxes, uae, uk, united kingdom