December 20, 2025 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercury announced they have submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national bank charter and applied for federal deposit insurance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The applications mark a milestone in their evolution and a… Read More

 Tagged bank charter, banking, mercury, occ

December 20, 2025 @ 10:55 am By Michael Wong  |  

FINNY AI Inc, an AI prospecting and marketing platform for financial advisors, has raised $17 million in Series A funding as firms seek to automate client acquisition for registered investment advisers. The round was led by venture firm Venrock, with participation from former Vanguard chairman… Read More

 Tagged FINNY AI, funding round, Venrock

December 20, 2025 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LSEG and Citi announced a multi‑year strategic partnership to deploy LSEG’s data, analytics and workflow solutions at enterprise scale. The partnership strengthens Citi’s data foundations, supports its broader modernisation efforts and enhances the quality and speed of client delivery. Under the multi-year agreement, LSEG’s data… Read More

 Tagged analytics, citi, compliance, data, lseg

December 20, 2025 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plata, the Mexican financial technology company, has reportedly secured  financing of up to $500 million arranged by Nomura Securities International, Inc. The transaction also sets a precedent: it marks the first time a Japanese investment bank participates in a financing of this scale within Mexico’s… Read More

 Tagged financing, mexico, nomura securities, plata

December 20, 2025 @ 3:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and LoanPro announced a new strategic partnership to launch Loan on Card, a solution designed to enable lenders to deliver loans to approved consumer and small business borrowers through virtual and physical card-based experiences. Set to launch in 2026, Loan on Card… Read More

 Tagged installment plans, loans, mastercard, payments

December 20, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that protects business online, announced a collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V) to bring identity, user recognition, and security controls to the world of agentic commerce. Via its integration of Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol with… Read More

 Tagged commerce, digitalization, security, visa

December 19, 2025 @ 3:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Sutherland and ComplyAdvantage have united to develop an AI-driven financial crime management solution designed to help banks and fintechs respond to the rapid rise of AI-designed fraud, complex AML risks, fast-evolving financial crime threats, and complex compliance requirements. Today, financial crime requires sophisticated, AI-intelligence-based solutions,… Read More

 Tagged ai, aml, Banwari Agarwal, Doug Gilbert, financial crime, vatsa narasimha

December 19, 2025 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) secured 27 patents in the second half of 2025, bringing the total number of patents secured for the year to 62. Twenty of these patents support the company’s approach to artificial intelligence, complementing its EFX.AI strategy and “helping to accelerate the development… Read More

 Tagged ai, analytics, data, equifax, patents, technology

December 19, 2025 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, announced a partnership with TJM Investments, a FINRA registered Broker Dealer and TJM Institutional Services, a N.F.A. registered Introducing Broker. TJM’s entities help institutional clients access global markets. Under the terms of the partnership,… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, digitalization, payments, ripple

December 19, 2025 @ 1:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced financial and capital markets initiatives to deepen financial cooperation with China. The initiatives were announced at the 21st Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting in Chongqing, China, which was “co-chaired by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister… Read More

 Tagged china, mas, singapore