Artificial Intelligence

May 23, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Michael Wong  |  

StackHawk, a shift-left API security platform, has raised $12 million in additional funding from Sapphire and Costanoa Ventures to accelerate its efforts in securing software built with AI-assisted development tools. The latest investment brings the company’s total funding to $47.3 million. The funding will be… Read More

May 23, 2025 @ 7:23 am By Michael Wong  |  

New York-listed customer engagement platform Twilio Inc. has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft aimed at accelerating the adoption of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) across enterprise customer engagement. The collaboration, unveiled during the company’s annual SIGNAL event, brings together Twilio’s robust customer engagement platform… Read More

May 22, 2025 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announces its collaboration with Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC of Sri Lanka to modernize the bank’s digital infrastructure and deliver faster, more secure banking services across Sri Lanka. Banks in Sri Lanka are undergoing transformations to meet “the needs of new and… Read More

May 22, 2025 @ 8:27 am By Michael Wong  |  

A sweeping new report from KPMG and Melbourne Business School finds a widening gap between public trust and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), as nearly 87% of global respondents call for stronger regulation amid rising concerns about misinformation and ethical usage. Titled Trust,… Read More

May 22, 2025 @ 2:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

World has reportedly raised $135M from Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto to fund network expansion. To date, more than “26M users participate in the World network and more than 12.5M people have an Orb-verified World ID.” To meet increasing demand for Orb-verified World IDs… Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Issuer processing Fintech Enfuce unveils the Fortitude Pledge, a compliance and security standard, that aims to “eliminate 100% of financial crime risks across all Enfuce-processed card transactions.” Because aiming to stop “100% of human trafficking, money laundering, and terrorist financing is not optional—it’s essential.” Anything… Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Through an expansion of their partnership, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) have launched ADVANCE. The two companies have worked together to create a pathway to the cloud for organizations pursuing growth with “annual revenue of up to $5 billion to help create… Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 6:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar, the technology and data platform for wealth, investment, and asset management, announced the acquisition of Arcus, an innovator in enterprise AI workflows. This move accelerates Addepar’s technology roadmap to “embed sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across its platform, supported by the… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 11:30 am By Nikolay Mironenko  |  

Fraud has escalated into a major threat within the fintech sector. In 2024, global financial crime losses—including scams, cyberattacks, and identity fraud—are estimated to have reached $485.6 billion, according to Nasdaq’s Global Financial Crime Report. This surge is largely fueled by the rise of AI-driven… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

QuantumLight, founded by Nik Storonsky, co-founder and CEO of digital bank Revolut, has announced the closing of a $250 million venture capital fund. According to a release, the money will be utilized to invest in firms in the AI, Web3, Fintech, SaaS and Healthtech sectors…. Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments and commerce network, announced its Q1 2025 results, unveiling consumer milestones, surging market traction, and exceptional returns from its AI strategy. Klarna is a Fintech that is widely expected to list its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) later… Read More

May 19, 2025 @ 1:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be the largest company in the digital asset industry,  announced its upcoming QVAC (QuantumVerse Automatic Computer), a development platform for Infinite Intelligence, designed for humans and machines, that enables “scalable AI applications and agents to run directly on local devices without… Read More

May 18, 2025 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Openlayer, a unified platform for evaluation and governance of AI systems at the enterprise level, announced a $14.5 million Series A round, led by Race Capital with participation from NXTP, KPN Ventures, Mindset, Y Combinator, Quiet Capital, and Telefonica. The company will leverage the new… Read More

May 18, 2025 @ 10:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Mashreq, a MENA financial institution, is set to announce a strategic partnership with Clari5, a provider of real-time financial crime management, to launch Clari5 Genie, a Gen AI-powered fraud detection and investigation platform. Clari5 Genie is designed to help banks proactively manage fraud by using Gen-AI to uncover… Read More

May 18, 2025 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riskified, a firm focused on e-commerce fraud and risk intelligence, has achieved AWS Accelerate Partner status. This global co-sell initiative strengthens Riskified’s collaboration with AWS, enabling the company to “extend its fraud and risk intelligence solutions to online sellers worldwide.” With this partnership, Riskified’s advanced… Read More

May 17, 2025 @ 11:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CrediLinq, an AI-powered embedded finance platform for digital-first SMEs, has closed an $8.5 million Series A funding round. The round was led by OM/VC and MS&AD Ventures. New investors include Citi North America and the Rustem Family office. Returning investors include 500 Global, Epic Angels, 1982 VC and… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On May 16, 2025, Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX:GLXY) (NASDAQ:GLXY)began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, marking a significant milestone for the company and the broader digital asset industry. The company’s shares opened at $23.50 closing at $22.80 after topping $25 a share. Galaxy… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nekuda, a startup building infrastructure for agentic payments, announced a $5M funding round led by Madrona Ventures with participation from global financial services providers including Amex Ventures and Visa Ventures. The funding will accelerate Nekuda’s mission to “enable AI agents to make secure, autonomous online… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Perplexity announced that it has partnered with PayPal to power agentic commerce across its Perplexity Pro platform. Starting this summer in the U.S., consumers can “check out instantly with PayPal or Venmo when they ask Perplexity to find products, book travel, or buy tickets.” Aravind… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a review of the market, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has selected Moneyhub to categorize and enrich all retail and non-retail transactions across LBG’s customer base and brands, “including Lloyds, Halifax, Scottish Widows and Bank of Scotland.” This will support customers to understand what they… Read More