October 28, 2025 @ 5:11 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Infineon Technologies introduced two new secure prepaid tag solutions. Infineon’s secured EMV prepaid tag solution focuses on open-loop gift cards, while the secured prepaid tag solution is offered for closed-loop gift cards. The new additions address the challenges associated with traditional gift cards… Read More

 Tagged David Anderson, Infineon, Karta, security tags, Tolgahan Yildiz

October 28, 2025 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gotrade, an investment app in Malaysia, announced recently the roll-out of options trading for its users across Southeast Asia. This expansion is powered in partnership with Alpaca, a brokerage infrastructure API offering access to options, stocks, ETFs, fixed income, as well as crypto. Investors residing… Read More

 Tagged alpaca, gotrade, options trading, southeast asia

October 28, 2025 @ 12:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

CipherOwl, founded by the team that built Coinbase’s on-chain data and compliance platform, this week announced $15 million in seed financing co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Sancus Ventures, Enlight Capital, OKX Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Road Capital and Predictive VC. The company is emerging from stealth with an AI-native… Read More

 Tagged CipherOwl, compliance, John Onwualu, Leo Liang, Marc Bhagava

October 27, 2025 @ 9:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cybrid, a platform for compliant stablecoins and fiat payment infrastructure, has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by the Growth Venture Fund at BDC Capital with participation from Golden Ventures, Luge Capital, and Panache Ventures. The funding will accelerate Cybrid’s mission to drive stablecoins… Read More

 Tagged Avinash Chidambaram, Brent Carrara, Cybrid, funding round, Jack Fraser, Michael Carrara, payments, stablecoins

October 27, 2025 @ 8:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) unveiled plans to allocate around $1.5T over the next decade as part of its so-called Security and Resiliency Initiative, including as much as $10B in direct equity investments, in order to support the US’s move towards improved national security. As global competition… Read More

 Tagged ai, finance, investments, jpmorgan, security, startups, us

October 27, 2025 @ 4:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gradient Labs, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that targets conversational engagements for finance, is looking to expand its services into the US following “explosive” growth in Europe. Based in the UK, Gradient Labs was co-founded by Dimitri Masin, Neal Lathia, and Danai Antoniou. Each of… Read More

 Tagged gradient labs, uk, united kingdom

October 27, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

PayNearMe has introduced its AI-powered Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) as part of its strategy to advance and modernize customer engagement for non-commerce businesses. Fully integrated into the PayXM platform, Intelligent Virtual Agent extends PayNearMe’s vision of Payment Experience Management by enabling organizations to automate and personalize inbound and… Read More

 Tagged Intelligent Virtual Agent, John Minor, PayNearMe

October 27, 2025 @ 12:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Atrium has launched an enterprise SaaS platform that enables bank and real estate investors and analysts to drill from a bank’s balance sheet to every building it finances—in one click. The company has raised $4 million in financing from Castle Island Ventures and EJF Ventures to… Read More

 Tagged Atrium, John Maxfield, Ryan Alfred, Wendy Cai-Lee

October 27, 2025 @ 12:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

DXC (NYSE: DXC), a Fortune 500 technology services provider, and Splitit, a provider of embedded card-linked installments, are partnering to enable banks to offer account holders installment plans at checkout and post-purchase, powered by Splitit’s proprietary AI engine that dynamically personalizes offers for each consumer. Leveraging DXC’s… Read More

 Tagged DXC, installment payments, nandan sheth, Sandeep Bhanote, splitit

October 27, 2025 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank Monzo is reportedly planning a new private share sale, according to sources familiar with the matter. The fintech, known for its app-based banking services, is said to be engaging in discussions that could see existing investors and employees offload shares, potentially valuing… Read More

 Tagged digital bank, europe, monzo, uk, united kingdom