November 10, 2025 @ 8:51 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

UKG, a leading global AI platform unifying HR, pay, and workforce management used by 80,000 organizations globally, has made Chime Workplace available in its UKG Marketplace. Chime’s no-cost financial wellness suite will integrate with UKG’s Workforce Operating Platform. Maxwell Group, a senior living provider and a UKG customer, said… Read More

 Tagged chime, ewa, Maxwell Group, Nerissa Nelson, UKG Marketplace

November 10, 2025 @ 5:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Upward, a fintech infrastructure platform provider, this week announced its $8 million Series Seed-plus round. It was co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater Ventures Fund, with participation from Techstars, Altari Ventures, Cascade Seed Fund, and Outside Ventures. The company also announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard to provide its embedded financial technology solutions… Read More

 Tagged Aaron Gregory, Danielle Hill, funding round, Ginger Siegel, mastercard, Upward

November 10, 2025 @ 3:49 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Billtrust, a provider of B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software, this week announced the launch of Collections Agentic Procedures, a capability within its Collections solution. Collections Agentic Procedures replaces static playbooks with adaptive methods that learn from every customer interaction and recommend the most… Read More

 Tagged agentic ai, billtrust, kevin permenter, Lee An Schommer

November 10, 2025 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has recently released its Market Pulse Third Quarter U.S. Consumer Credit Trends, which now reportedly includes U.S. national consumer credit data and trends through September 2025 sourced from Equifax data. According to Equifax, delinquency on total U.S. consumer debt inched up to… Read More

 Tagged debt, equifax, insights, research, us

November 9, 2025 @ 11:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has debuted Bybit Pay in Sri Lanka. The initial rollout covers 50 physical point-of-sale and 50 digital merchant activations. With mobile penetration exceeding 130% and ever-growing digital adoption, Sri Lanka has a vibrant payment ecosystem with significant opportunities for innovation and demands for… Read More

 Tagged bybit, Bybit Pay, Ceylon Cash, cryptocurrency, Nazar Tymoshchuk, sri lanka

November 9, 2025 @ 7:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

In an era shaped by financial meltdowns and record-low trust in large financial institutions, community financial institutions are perfectly positioned to differentiate themselves as important and lasting parts of the communities they serve. Market Mentors helps them do that by focusing on authenticity, accountability, and… Read More

 Tagged community financial institutions, generation z, Market Mentors, Michelle Abdow, millennials

November 9, 2025 @ 6:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Paystand, a blockchain‑powered B2B payments network, has acquired Bitwage, a platform for stablecoin‑enabled cross‑border payouts. The deal positions Paystand to deliver enterprise‑grade stablecoin settlement and FX across its network, which has processed more than $20 billion in payment volume for 1,000-plus enterprises and over one… Read More

 Tagged bitwage, foreign exchange, Jeremy Almond, jonathan chester, paystand, stablecoins

November 9, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MightyBot, the policy-driven agentic AI platform for mission-critical business, is partnering with Built, a financial operations platform designed for real estate and construction finance. The collaboration led to the successful launch of Draw Agent, Built’s first agentic AI offering, which represents a new operating model… Read More

 Tagged AI Agents, built, John Forrester, MightyBot, Thomas Schlegel

November 9, 2025 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AvidXchange Inc, a provider of accounts payable automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers, announced key findings from its 2026 Trends Survey of middle market finance professionals. The data reveals that economic pressures are now said to be accelerating investment… Read More

 Tagged avidxchange, finance, insights, research, survey

November 9, 2025 @ 5:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian UK&I is introducing what it claims is an improved credit score that better reflects how credit applications are assessed, giving consumers a clearer picture of their overall borrowing potential and “more ways to improve their score.” The updated score includes new data, such “as… Read More

 Tagged credit, experian, financial inclusion, uk, united kingdom