Stripe backed Tempo Announces Investment in Crypto Infrastructure Firm Commonware

Stripe-backed Tempo has announced its first venture focused move with a $25 million investment in cryptocurrency infrastructure firm Commonware. As part of the latest transaction, the stablecoin-powered blockchain, Tempo, being developed by venture firm Paradigm and payments Fintech Stripe, will leverage the Commonware Library. It… Read More

Fintech Wise Focuses on US Business Expansion Plans Amid Challenges Posed by Incumbents

Global fintech Wise Plc (LON:WISE) remains committed to its business expansion plans in the United States. The financial technology company, known for its relatively low-cost international money transfers, is pressing forward with two pivotal strategies: securing approval as a national trust bank and introducing a… Read More

DailyPay Names Nelson Chai CEO

DailyPay, a provider of on-demand pay and financial wellness solutions, has named Nelson Chai its new CEO. Chai brings more than three decades of leadership experience in top executive posts at companies including Uber, where, as CFO, he led the company’s IPO. He also previously served as… Read More

European Banking Institutions Call for EU to Rethink Digital Euro Design and Launch

Major banking institutions are now reportedly calling for the European Union to rethink the Digital Euro. According to media reports, there are now at least 14 large banks asking the EU reexamine its digital euro roll-out strategy. The European Payments Initiative (EPI Company) has now… Read More

Axiom GRC Acquires Auditing Firm IS Partners

Axiom GRC, a governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform, has acquired IS Partners, a provider of cyber assurance and compliance services. The deal represents Axiom’s first U.S.-headquartered acquisition. IS Partners provides recurring audits to approximately 600 customers, covering key frameworks such as SOC 1, SOC… Read More

Nuvei Integrates Visa Direct For Account

Nuvei has integrated Visa Direct for Account into its global payments platform, giving merchants the ability to send funds directly to consumers’ and workers’ bank accounts in eligible countries. The new functionality expands Nuvei’s portfolio of payout solutions, enabling businesses to provide customers with quick, reliable,… Read More

LendingClub Announces Common Stock Acquisition Program, Expands into Home Improvement Financing

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has announced that the firm’s Board of Directors has approved a program to repurchase and acquire “up to $100 million” of the company’s common stock through Dec 31, 2026. LendingClub shares are trading near their 52-week high with a market cap of over… Read More

Payment Tech Both Exciting, Challenging For Campuses: Transact + CBORD

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

Concordium and Bitcoin.com Introduce Identity-Anchored, Verified Payments for Digital Wallets

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

Digital Banking : Tangerine and Engine by Starling to Provide Banking Services for Canadian Clients

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

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