November 16, 2025 @ 11:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) and Swift announced a trial that seemingly confirms the feasibility of settling payments between fiat and digital currencies, in a Payment-versus-Payment workflow. The trial now reportedly demonstrates a hybrid model for interoperability between TradFi systems and DLT networks. This was achieved by… Read More

 Tagged citi, digital currencies, payments, stablecoins, swift

November 16, 2025 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) launched a new solution designed to combat credit washing—the practice of removing legit, accurate and “non-obsolete” credit data from credit profiles. TransUnion’s so-called Credit Washing Solution helps financial institutions detect and combat this concerning threat. This year, around 5% of U.S. consumers… Read More

 Tagged credit, data, transunion

November 16, 2025 @ 10:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Credibly’s strategy for incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its underwriting system provides a blueprint for companies wishing to smoothly adopt transformative technologies. It’s a deliberate, well-thought-out plan, dating back several years. Chief revenue officer MJ Jiang said she immediately saw AI’s potential to change… Read More

 Tagged ai, credibly, MJ Jiang, underwriting

November 16, 2025 @ 9:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore and Cambodia have launched a cross-border QR code payment link that allows Cambodian visitors to pay at merchants across the city-state using their home-grown Bakong system and other mobile banking apps, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said. Under the first phase, Cambodian travellers… Read More

 Tagged cambodia, Liquid Group, national bank of cambodia, qr code, singapore

November 16, 2025 @ 2:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rippling, a business software platform, has released results of a survey demonstrating the staggering impact that software tool sprawl has on IT, HR, and finance departments. According to the Rippling State of Sprawl Report, fragmented technology stacks place a significant burden on organizations, requiring substantial investments of time and budget and… Read More

 Tagged rippling, Ryan Narod, software tool sprawl

November 16, 2025 @ 1:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Amplitude (Nasdaq: AMPL), a digital analytics platform, has launched AI Feedback, a customer feedback engine with a proprietary LLM process that automatically turns raw input into prioritized, actionable insights. In the era of AI, organizations have more customer data than ever. However, without a unified… Read More

 Tagged AI Feedback, Amol Jain, amplitude, Kraftful, Yana Welinder

November 16, 2025 @ 1:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ravelin is warning e-commerce merchants to urgently review their payment strategy ahead of Black Friday, as new research reveals a global drop in frictionless authentication rates, threatening sales conversions during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. Ravelin’s Global Payments Report 2026 reveals… Read More

 Tagged authentication friction, Black Friday, martin sweeney, psd2, ravelin

November 16, 2025 @ 1:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Study, mortgage lenders have evolved from a transactional, volume-at-all-costs approach to adopt more consultative, advisory-style engagements with customers. That shift is paying off in the form of significantly higher customer satisfaction scores, improved trust and… Read More

 Tagged Bruce Gehrke, customer service, jd power, mortgages

November 15, 2025 @ 11:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

EVE, an inbox revenue engine for B2B small businesses, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Firsthand.VC, with participation from a16z’s Scout Fund, Acquisition.com Ventures, Geek Ventures, Founders Future, Punch Capital, Silicon Gardens and prominent angels, including co-founders of Slack and Hugging Face,… Read More

 Tagged EVE, inbox revenue engine, Josh Hess, Simon Chan, Vadim Rogovskiy

November 15, 2025 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank and imagin are offering customers two investment vehicles designed to replicate the performance of Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency. The bank is said to be supporting crypto-assets investment via two ETPs (Exchange Traded Products) – financial instruments that allow participation in the so-called “evolution”… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, btc, CaixaBank, digital assets, europe, imagin