November 7, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Higher Ed Innovation Index 2025, conducted by Transact + CBORD, finds 49% of campuses are accelerating tech investments, even as 44% cite implementation as their biggest challenge. While 99% of schools report using technology to cut costs and the majority reporting benefits from AI… Read More

 Tagged CBORD, Laura Newell-McLaughlin, payment fragmentation, Transact Campus, tuition payments

November 7, 2025 @ 1:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin.com and Concordium have joined forces to bring age-verification, and identity-anchored payments to users globally. Concordium’s identity-first blockchain – as well as its token, CCD, and suite of stablecoins – will become accessible to Bitcoin.com’s ecosystem, which includes networks like Ethereum, Polygon, and BNB Smart Chain…. Read More

 Tagged concordium, Crypto Transactions, digital commerce, digitalization, verification

November 7, 2025 @ 11:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tangerine Bank (Canada’s digital bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Scotiabank, one of the “Big 5” banks in Canada with assets of approximately $1.4 trillion) and Engine by Starling (the Starling Group‘s banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business) announced an agreement to deliver a  banking platform for Tangerine… Read More

 Tagged canada, digital banks, engine by starling, starling, tangerine

November 7, 2025 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE: NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces that it will implement a hybrid work model starting in July of next year. This latest decision from the digital banking platform follows the last 5… Read More

 Tagged digital banking, hybrid working model, latam, nubank, remote working

November 7, 2025 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and Transcard announced the launch of an embedded finance platform, intended to support payments and working capital solutions in the freight and logistics sector. As a part of their effort, Visa and Transcard are working on agentic initiatives for the B2B segment…. Read More

 Tagged digitalization, payments, transcard, visa

November 7, 2025 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Easterseals New Jersey, a disability services nonprofit, and Cross River Bank, a tech infrastructure provider offering embedded financial solutions, have partners in order to assist people who may currently be experiencing either partial or delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due primarily to the… Read More

 Tagged cross river bank, government shutdown, snap benefits, us

November 7, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AI adoption within UK accountancy and bookkeeping practices is now said to be signficantly enhancing sector profitability, driving a considerable boost to the wider economy and fundamentally transforming hiring across the industry. This is according to a recent research study released by Xero, the small… Read More

 Tagged ai, ai adoption, professional services, uk, united kingdom

November 7, 2025 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple has announced a collaboration with Mastercard (NYSE:MA) , WebBank, and Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI). Together they’ll explore the use of Ripple USD (RLUSD) on the XRPL, a public blockchain built for efficient payments, in order support stablecoin settlement of fiat card transactions. The initiative is supposed… Read More

 Tagged gemini, ripple, webbank, xrp

November 6, 2025 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of Robinhood Markets‘ (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock surged modestly after the brokerage firm released its Q3 2025 results. The company reported transaction-based revenues increasing 129% YoY to $730 million, mainly driven by cryptocurrencies-focused revenue, according to Robinhood’s latest earnings report. Crypto-related revenue surged more than… Read More

 Tagged crypto trading, digital assets, earnings report, options, robinhood

November 6, 2025 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK Treasury has asked the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC) to prepare a report on AI focused skills requirements, training as well as ongoing tech advancements in financial services. With AI talent in growing demand and increase in the technology’s overall adoption, the United… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, research, uk, united kingdom