October 28, 2025 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venmo, the money movement app redefining social payments for the next generation, announced a partnership with Bilt, the nation’s housing and neighborhood commerce platform, to expand how people use Venmo for everyday payments. The collab brings rent payments, mortgage repayments, and neighborhood commerce into the… Read More

 Tagged bilt, payments, venmo

October 28, 2025 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a global digital payments provider, announced a new strategic partnership with Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE: UBER), the world’s digital mobility platform. The collaboration will now reportedly see Checkout.com offer acquiring and gateway services to Uber’s ridesharing and on-demand delivery platforms across markets. Uber selected Checkout.com… Read More

 Tagged checkout.com, infrastructure, payments, uber

October 28, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (CRCL:NYSE) has recently announced the launch of the public testnet for Arc, which is described as an open L1 blockchain network intended to meet the needs of developers and companies bringing more economic activity to an onchain ecosystem. The launch arrives… Read More

 Tagged arc, blockchain adoption, circle, payments

October 28, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, has completed its acquisition of Apiture, a provider of digital banking solutions to U.S. financial institutions. The Apiture Digital Banking Platform delivers tools that help institutions win and retain account holders. “Acquiring Apiture supercharges our mission to deliver… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, apiture, chris babcock, csi, digital banking, Ian Benton, Nancy Langer

October 28, 2025 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Payroll firm ADP says it will now offer its Jobs Report weekly, starting today. The US data point is important as it can drive markets and set expectations for future policy actions. The report published today indicates a preliminary estimate of an average increase of… Read More

 Tagged adp, employment, jobs

October 28, 2025 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeel, the tech subsidiary of Riyad Bank, has teamed up with Mambu, the cloud-native core banking platform, to enhance the ecosystem powered by the recently launched Jeel Sandbox, Saudi Arabia’s fintech sandbox accelerator – developed by Jeel in collaboration with Fintech Saudi. The Jeel Sandbox… Read More

 Tagged core banking, mambu, saas, saudi arabia

October 28, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bunq, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest neobanks, has reportedly been approved by FINRA in order to operate as a US broker-dealer – a move that is said to have been driven by users who reside, work, and invest across Europe as well as… Read More

 Tagged broker-dealer, bunq, europe, finra, neobank, netherlands

October 28, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Natural, a fintech company building the infrastructure powering agentic payments, announced its emergence from stealth, driven by a $9.8 million seed round. Co-led by Abstract and Human Capital, the round was also supported by Forerunner Ventures, Terrain, Restive Ventures, Genius Ventures, and a coalition of… Read More

 Tagged Abstract, AI Agents, Baris Akis, Kahlil Lalji, Natural, payments, Ramtin Naimi

October 28, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase  (NASDAQ:COIN) is announcing a collaboration with Citi (NYSE: C) that’s said to be focused on solving a pressing challenge: making it more seamless for Citi’s clients to leverage the potential of digital assets as well as stablecoins to facilitate the transmission of value. The… Read More

 Tagged citi, coinbase, digital transactions, payments

October 28, 2025 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargebacks911 and its sister firm, Fi911, announced recently the official launch of their Unified Dispute Management System (UDMS)—which is described as the first Disputes-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform of its kind that brings together dispute-related data and workflows, offering a configurable interface for merchants, acquirers, payfacs, fintechs,… Read More

 Tagged chargebacks911, dispute management