December 18, 2025 @ 1:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, announced the successful completion of its $107 million Series B round, bringing the total capital raised in 2025 to US$194 million. This round is said to be a signal of investor confidence in RedotPay’s growth momentum and its market… Read More

 Tagged digital assets, funding, payments, redotpay, stablecoins

December 17, 2025 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Olea Global Pte Ltd, a platform enabling global trade, announced the completion of its $30 million Series A round. The funding round was led by BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A), with participation from XDC Network, theDOCK, others, as well as existing shareholder SC Ventures,… Read More

 Tagged funding round, olea, singapore, trade finance

December 17, 2025 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the so-called “Smart Superhighway” to move money around the world, has joined the World Economic Forum (WEF) Unicorn Community, which is described as a curated network of tech-driven, “high-growth” companies shaping the “future of global industries.” The latest collab between Thunes and WEF is… Read More

 Tagged digital payments, money movement, thunes, wef, world economic forum

December 17, 2025 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Animoca Brands, a digital assets leader building blockchain and tokenized assets to advance the future of Web3, announced it entered into a term sheet with GROW Investment Group , China’s investment and asset management platform backed by Julius Baer. Under the term sheet, Animoca Brands… Read More

 Tagged animoca brands, digital assets, grow, investing, wealth management, Web3

December 17, 2025 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

An affiliate of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL), a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC through its regulated entities, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with LianLian Global, a licensed cross-border payments provider. The collab will explore opportunities in stablecoin-enabled payment infrastructure to… Read More

 Tagged circle, lianlian global, payments, stablecoins

December 17, 2025 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Erebor Bank’s deposit insurance application has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Erebor received approval for a bank charter in October, the first de novo national bank charter issued under the current administration. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the bank… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, erebor bank, fdic

December 17, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The growing prevalence of card-not-present transactions will drive a 24% increase in global chargeback volumes by 2028, Sift predicts in its Q4 2025 Digital Trust Index: The Rising Impact of Chargebacks and Consumer Disputes. Card-not-present payments represent 63% of transactions. This growth will drive losses projected to… Read More

 Tagged chargeback, chargeback fraud, first-party fraud, sift

December 17, 2025 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the launch of USDC settlement in the United States, marking a key milestone in the company’s stablecoin settlement pilot program and strategy to “modernize its settlement layer underpinning commerce.” Now, U.S. issuer and acquirer partners can settle with Visa in… Read More

 Tagged circle, settlement, stablecoins, visa

December 17, 2025 @ 10:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Backbase’s 2026 Banking Predictions Report reveals how artificial intelligence, unified platforms, and invisible payments will shift from pilot projects to production-scale transformation across retail, commercial, wealth, and private banking. Drawing on feedback from executives at McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, EY, EverBank, Nedbank… Read More

 Tagged Adrian McPhee, ai, backbase, jouk pleiter, payments

December 17, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from Tipalti on AI in finance finds that trust and transparency are two key concerns as more companies adopt the emerging technology. The State of AI in Finance: Exploring the AI Trust Gap surveyed 500 companies from Canada, the United Kingdom, and… Read More

 Tagged compliance, finance, tipalti