November 20, 2025 @ 9:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Insurtech Pibit.AI this week announced a $7 million Series A to accelerate development of its Centralized Underwriting Risk Environment (CURETM). The round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Arali Ventures. Pibit.AI was founded by engineer Akash Agarwal. Having grown… Read More

 Tagged Alok Goyal, CURETM, Michaela Morrison, Pibit.AI, underwriting

November 20, 2025 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solflare, the gateway to web3 and modern digital finance, partnered with Mastercard (NYSE: MA), in order to launch the Solflare Card, the self-custody debit card on Solana. Linking to users’ Solflare Wallets, the digital card enables users to complete instant debit card payments with USDC… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, sol, solana

November 20, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maxima, the agentic AI platform for accounting automation, announced $41 million in Seed and Series A from Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Audacious Ventures. Maxima also mentioned in the announcement that the funding round has now been joined by former BlackLine CMO & Chief Strategy Officer… Read More

 Tagged ai, automation, data, funding round, maxima

November 20, 2025 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fasanara Capital has reportedly increased its credit commitment to Addi, a commerce and financial platform in Colombia, by $11 million as part of a $71 million upsizing of Addi’s credit facilities along with Goldman Sachs. This commitment enhances Addi’s capital position and supports its goal… Read More

 Tagged addi, colombia, fasanara, fintech, latam

November 20, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei announced that its eCommerce merchants have started processing transactions via Wero, the digital wallet of the European Payments Initiative (EPI). Wero is designed to deliver instant, secure account-to-account payments across Europe. Earlier, Nuvei were among the payment processors to complete a Wero transaction in… Read More

 Tagged digitalization, europe, nuvei, payments

November 20, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zopa Group PLC, a digital bank reportedly being used by 1.6 million customers, has entered the Investments market in order to help the 15 million UK consumers who currently may hold excess cash and want to grow their money. Intended for the nation’s new generation… Read More

 Tagged investments, savings, uk, united kingdom, zopa bank

November 20, 2025 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, a global financial platform for modern businesses, announced its partnership with the European Payments Initiative (EPI), which developed Wero, the European digital wallet. Via this collab, Airwallex becomes a Principal Member of EPI, allowing merchants on its platform to offer Wero Wallet as a… Read More

 Tagged airwallex, digital finance, payments

November 20, 2025 @ 12:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IG (LSEG:IGG), a global trading and investments platform, has selected investment infrastructure provider Upvest to power its stock and ETF trading offering in France, marking the first step in a broader European rollout. This partnership supports IG’s strategy to broaden its product offering through access… Read More

 Tagged europe, ig, infrastructure, trading, upvest

November 19, 2025 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forbo Movement Systems, a global belt supplier, has partnered with DailyPay, the enabler of On-Demand Pay and financial wellness solutions. With this collab, Forbo’s U.S. and Canada-based workers are now enabled with more choice and greater control over their earned pay. Forbo Movement Systems has… Read More

 Tagged dailypay, earned wages, ewa, worktech

November 19, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, the so-called Smart Superhighway to move money across the globe, announced that First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s Global bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions, has reportedly selected Thunes as its provider to support international mobile wallet payouts via its… Read More

 Tagged first abu dhabi bank, middle east, payments, thunes, uae