Artificial Intelligence

November 28, 2025 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase, the enabler of AI-powered banking, announces a strategic partnership with Unblu, a key player in conversational engagement for financial institutions. Together, they’re solving a pressing challenge: transforming digital banking from a self-service utility into a more “human-connected” user experience. The partnership addresses a fundamental… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 3:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has recently announced that it has enabled PayPal merchants to become discoverable within Perplexity, giving consumers the option to checkout in chat. As of now, U.S. users exploring Perplexity’s shopping experience can transition from research to purchase, leveraging PayPal’s identity verification, Purchase… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announced its support for the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), which is described as an open standard for AI commerce that lets AI agents, businesses work to complete purchases, powering agentic commerce for enterprise merchants. Checkout.com will support ACP, allowing merchants… Read More

November 25, 2025 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero research has revealed a seemingly critical AI “paradox” for U.S. based small businesses: while regular or more typical AI users are more likely to see revenue growth, more than half (53%) say their business “wouldn’t be impacted if AI tools disappeared tomorrow.”  Xero’s white… Read More

November 25, 2025 @ 12:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

GFT Technologies and FICO have joined forces in a new global partnership. Their goal: help banks act in real-time, stop fraud early, and simplify risk decisions using AI. “This partnership reflects what the market needs most: speed, trust, and intelligence at scale,” said Marco Santos, global CEO of… Read More

November 25, 2025 @ 8:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Target (NYSE: TGT) this week announced that consumers can shop inside ChatGPT, part of an effort to reimagine AI-powered shopping as a curated, conversational experience. In the new Target app in ChatGPT, users can ask for help. Launching next week in beta, Target will offer a complete… Read More

November 24, 2025 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from financial and payments platform, Airwallex, indicates that one in five (19%) Australian business professionals now expect to see a Chief AI Officer (CAIO) working along with the CFO as more businesses begin to effectively embed AI into their core operations. The Airwallex Future… Read More

November 24, 2025 @ 1:02 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A global reset is unfolding across AI and tech markets as investors confront the limits of a model that has powered equity gains for two years, warns the CEO of a global financial advisory giant. The warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group follows four… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 11:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Zurich-based robotics software startup Flexion has raised $50 million in Series A funding to develop what it calls an “intelligence stack” for humanoid robots, betting that advances in generative AI can finally push machines beyond tightly scripted tasks. The round was led by DST Global… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 7:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Albatross, a Zurich-based AI company founded by former Amazon AI leaders, has raised $12.5 million to develop what it says is the world’s first platform for real-time product and content discovery – one that learns, reasons, and adapts as users interact. The round was led… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Loyalty’s definition changes with generations, but one thing is certain: For a company to survive in the modern age, its loyalty strategy must begin with payments. Gr4vy helps foster that loyalty. Founded by three-decade payment industry veteran John Lunn, Gr4vy helps merchants simplify fragmented payment… Read More

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

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

November 23, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Michael Wong  |  

Agentic AI startup Genspark has raised $275 million in an oversubscribed Series B round that values the company at $1.25 billion post-money, as investors bet businesses will adopt software that completes work autonomously rather than only chatting with users. The financing was led by Emergence… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 1:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Maxio, a platform for billing automation and revenue management for B2B SaaS and AI companies, is partnering with Anrok, a global tax compliance platform built for modern software businesses. The partnership integrates Maxio’s billing and revenue engine and Anrok’s automated global tax platform—giving finance teams… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that its EY Grants Accelerator platform, an AI-enabled platform intended to transform the way governments manage and disburse critical grant funding, has earned FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) Authorization. This reportedly confirms that the solution meets… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programs that enable card-based payments– announced that it is working on how global specifications can support tech advancements and product development in agentic payment solutions by increasing interoperability across the ecosystem. Agentic commerce… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage, has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital, with participation from New York Life Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Allegis. Total funds raised sit at $35 million “Life insurance remains one of the biggest… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 10:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Chargeflow, an AI-powered chargeback automation platform, this week announced a $35 million Series A funding round, including a $10 million debt facility, led by Viola Growth, with participation by existing investors OpenView Venture Partners. It brings the company’s total funding to $49 million. The new… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research noted in a new report that the Fintech sector is evolving fast. From stablecoins to agentic AI, their latest update examines the significant shifts that are now said to be redefining the payments landscape. Juniper Research also looks at the impact of digital… Read More