December 4, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A CB Insights report has examined the top 25 Italy venture investors. The team at CB Insights said that to prepare the report, they have extensively used their so-called predictive signals in order to identify Italy’s major venture firms and then ranked them based primarily… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aberdeen, which claims to be the provider of the UK’s second largest adviser platform by assets, announces the launch of a new Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) and Junior SIPP. The SIPP and Junior SIPP brings flexibility, “intergenerational financial planning and enhanced user experience.” Clients are reportedly… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has recently released its latest Household Finance Review for Q3 2025, which explores trends in overall household spending, savings as well as borrowing. Mortgage lending activity returned to growth in Q3, after a quieter second quarter caused by many transactions having been brought… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto ETF ecosystem has grown considerably in size and scope during this past year. VanEck has also added to this activity this last month when it launched the VanEck Solana ETF (VSOL), which is now reportedly the third SOL ETF in the United States… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has recently extended its fraud prevention scheme, reinforcing a commitment to protecting unsuspecting consumers from the perils / harms of fraud. The latest update revealed by Lloyds Bank in the UK initiative, launched back in 2021, will have seen £15 million of… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MRI Software, a global enabler of real estate solutions and services, has partnered with bank payment company GoCardless in order to launch MRI Payment Connector in the UK residential property market. The integration will enable property professionals and finance teams “to offer flexible payment options… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aeropay, a U.S. pay-by-bank provider, announced the launch of Request for Payment (RfP) in partnership with Cross River Bank, a tech infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions. This offering expands on the two companies’ current instant payment offerings and “enables U.S. businesses to accept… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 4:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

A CFTC Wells notice is a formal notification from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicating that its staff is recommending an enforcement action. The same process is used by the Securities and Exchange Commission. While not determinative, in the past, a Wells notice was… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) released survey data, revealing AI’s influence and overall impact in commerce / shopping and spending, a generational shift in consumer spending behavior, and emerging payments trends this festive season. Bruce Cundiff, vice president, Consumer Insights at Visa said: “The data tells… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ostium Labs has raised $24 million, which includes $20 million Series A led by Catalyst and Jump Crypto, plus a previously unannounced $4 million strategic round. The total raised to date is set at $27.8 million. Existing investors include Balaji Srinivasan, Localglobe, Susquehanna International Group… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feedzai, the AI-native RiskOps platform for financial crime prevention, released “The AI Advantage: Fraud Fighters’ New Career Guide,” a new research report showing that financial services employees who embrace AI are outperforming their peers “across every measure of career success — from compensation to promotions… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since their founding back in 2013, Circle says that it has been focused on their mission of raising global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value. And, for over 1o years in parallel, they’ve deployed their people and technology to expand access to financial… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Reflecting on a survey released today by Santander that addresses the UK payments market as well as fraud concerns. A BioCatch executive says the results indicate a need to change payment regulations in the UK. BioCatch is a cyber firm that tackles the vulnerabilities in… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Santander has published a report on the future of payments in the UK that also highlights concerns about fraud. The survey used data garnered from 3,022 adults (February 2025), 501 SME finance decision-makers, 14 in-depth interviews, and a “London citizens’ jury on crypto and the digital… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services, announced its integration with Immersive Finance, a provider of risk and portfolio analytics. The integration now enables institutional and professional customers to connect their trading activity on Bullish… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 8:05 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As AI agents make inroads into payments, they’re raising many questions that the industry is rushing to answer. In some cases, the industry isn’t moving fast enough. Sift’s senior trust and safety architect, Brittany Allen, said AI agents are a popular session topic at conferences…. Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and OpenAI announced a collaboration to help enterprise clients unlock new levels of innovation and growth by bringing agentic AI systems into the core of business. As part of the deal, Accenture will equip professionals with ChatGPT Enterprise, leveraging it in its… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, businesses on Stripe reportedly processed over 578 million transactions with a total payment volume of over $40 billion. It was said to be the largest 4-day period in Stripe’s history, capped by a solid Cyber Monday that saw more… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Data announced the launch of QVAC Fabric LLM, a new LLM inference runtime and fine-tuning framework that makes it possible to execute, train and personalize large language models on hardware, including consumer GPUs, laptops, and smartphones. What had once reportedly required more high-end cloud… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealth manager Foster Denovo has extended its partnership with Third Financial, part of the Nucleus group, signing a deal for a bespoke Adviser-as-a-Platform (AaaP) solution. AaaP is when the proposition to clients, along with parts of the service provided by the platform, are branded and… Read More