April 27, 2025 @ 9:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Interledger Foundation, an organization building and advocating for an open, interoperable payments network, has announced its participation in three technological initiatives and five research projects. Among these initiatives is work with private fintech companies to streamline remittances for a major bank in Pakistan, power… Read More

 Tagged caribbean, Chris Lawrence, interledger foundation, jamaica, pakistan, payments, uganda

April 27, 2025 @ 7:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM) is expanding the credit reporting of its pay-over-time products to TransUnion (NYSE: TRU), the companies jointly announced today. All Affirm pay-over-time loans issued from May 1 onward, including Pay in 4 and longer-term monthly installments, will be reported to TransUnion…. Read More

 Tagged affirm, installment payments, Libor Michalek, steve chaouki, transunion

April 27, 2025 @ 6:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Revionics, a provider of retail pricing, has unveiled the alpha release of its multi-agent AI pricing system. The live demonstration and innovation showcase took place at the Google Cloud Next 2025 event in Las Vegas. Revionics’ Aakriti Bhargava, VP of engineering and AI, and Alex Braylan,… Read More

 Tagged Aakriti Bhargava, Alex Braylan, Josh Oettle, Revionics, Scott Zucker

April 27, 2025 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spendesk, the spend management and procurement platform for mid-market companies, announces its company-wide adoption of Dust, European specialist in custom AI agents for enterprises. This collaboration enables Spendesk to increase efficiency, eliminate fragmented internal AI tool usage, and “ensure data security and compliance with UK… Read More

 Tagged dust, spendesk, uk, united kingdom

April 27, 2025 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flex, the fintech company enhancing back office finance for ambitious business owners, and Maza, one of the largest entity formation and payments apps for Spanish-speaking solopreneurs and consumers, announce their M&A. As part of the deal, Maza will rebrand as Flex Consumer, “a new arm… Read More

 Tagged flex, latam, mas, maza, payments, spain

April 27, 2025 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A widespread outage struck Arvest Bank’s online and mobile banking platforms on April 25, 2025, affecting thousands of customers across Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. The disruption, which began around 3 a.m. ET, reportedly prevented users from accessing their accounts, paying bills, or making transactions,… Read More

 Tagged arvest bank, online banking, outage, us

April 27, 2025 @ 5:40 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Ant Bank (Hong Kong), the digital banking arm of Ant International, has received a $100 million capital infusion from its parent company as it seeks to scale up its services and broaden its role in Hong Kong’s digital financial ecosystem. The funding, according to an… Read More

 Tagged ant bank, ant financial, ant international, digital banking, fintech, hong kong

April 27, 2025 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced that Illinois-based NuMark Credit Union has chosen Alkami’s Digital Banking Platform to enhance its online and mobile banking experience for retail and business members. This partnership underscores… Read More

 Tagged alkami, cloud, digital banking, integration, us

April 27, 2025 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FundThrough, the Fintech invoice factoring platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced its acquisition of Ampla, the provider of financial technology solutions for consumer brands offering working capital, business banking, corporate cards, and analytics. Ampla has reportedly surpassed +$2B of loan originations and “handled… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, ampla, fundthrough, sme's

April 27, 2025 @ 9:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The global financial landscape is undergoing a transformation, driven by the rise of open banking, open finance, and open data. According to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School, over 95 jurisdictions worldwide have embraced these data-sharing frameworks, signaling a… Read More

 Tagged ai, ccaf, emerging tech, open banking, open finance