May 25, 2025 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratyfy, a company specializing in credit decisioning, and Parlay Finance, a loan intelligence system, announced a partnership aimed at transforming how financial institutions lend small businesses the capital they need to thrive. The collab unites AI-powered technologies to deliver a frictionless intake and underwriting experience… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 6:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

RevenueCat, a platform for managing consumer app monetization, has raised a $50 million Series C round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Returning investors Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Adjacent, Volo Ventures and SaaStr Fund also participated. This adds to the prior $12 million Series C that… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 5:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This past week, SukuPay, a cryptocurrency-cross-border payments company, has been fully embedded as the remittance engine inside Zigi, the mobile app of Banco Industrial, Guatemala’s largest bank. SukuPay claims this is the first time a crypto-native protocol has gone live at this depth inside a… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BoomFi, a payment suite bridging crypto and fiat currencies, announced a  partnership with Paytiko, a payment orchestration platform. This collaboration aims to provide merchants “with access to cryptocurrency payment options, enhancing flexibility and expanding customer reach.” Founded in 2020, Paytiko has established itself as a… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EBA CLEARING announced that over 55 RT1 and STEP2 Participants across 14 countries are preparing to adopt its Fraud Pattern and Anomaly Detection (FPAD) Verification of Payee (VOP) solution to deliver VOP checks in compliance with the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR). These participants will connect… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vouched, the enabler of AI-powered identity verification, announced the launch of several initiatives to ensure the coming ecosystem of AI Software Agents is built on “a foundation of strong identity and trust.” These include Agent Reputation Directory, a solution designed “to address the gap in… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime Report concisely describes how fraud has evolved over the past two years. First-party fraud, for one, surged in 2024, with BNPL and financial services companies popular targets. Fraudsters’ attack modes are also changing. In 2023, the top three types were… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arena Investors, LP , a global institutional asset manager, announced the final close of Arena Special Opportunities Partners Fund III and associated vehicles, inclusive of co-investments and programmatic capital, with $1.091 billion of commitments. Arena’s flagship reportedly strategy has a “track record of generating alpha… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:41 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Personal finance startup Monarch has secured $75 million in Series B financing, co-led by FPV Ventures and Forerunner Ventures, with continued backing from existing investors Menlo Ventures, Accel, SignalFire, and Clocktower Ventures. The raise underscores growing investor interest in digital tools aimed at tackling one… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nakamoto Holdings Inc., Kindly MD, Inc. (NASDAQ: KDLY), and Anchorage Digital announced a partnership to advance the future of corporate Bitcoin adoption. Through this partnership, Anchorage Digital, home to the only U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank, will “provide custody and trading services to KindlyMD… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:31 pm By Michael Wong  |  

UAE-based Fintech startup Gainz has closed a seven-figure pre-seed funding round, combining equity and debt, as it looks to transform access to Shariah-compliant alternative financing for underserved small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The round was led by Antler MENAP,… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mantle, the “sustainable” hub for on-chain finance with over $3 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL), announced a partnership with Republic Technologies, the Ethereum (ETH) treasury of publicly listed Canadian company Beyond Medical Technologies Inc. This partnership marks a milestone “in institutional cryptocurrency adoption, positioning… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 3:28 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Dubai Land Department (DLD) has launched the region’s first tokenized real estate investment project via the Prypco Mint platform, in a landmark step toward redefining property investment in the Middle East. The initiative, developed in collaboration with Prypco, VARA, the Central Bank of the… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 6:11 pm By Michael Wong  |  

India has established a new Payments Regulatory Board (PRB), a significant move that restructures the oversight of the country’s rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem. The formation of the PRB under the Payments Regulatory Board Regulations, 2025, reflects a hybrid model of governance between the Reserve… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Pakistan’s financial markets regulator has banned 141 fraudulent digital loan applications as part of an intensified crackdown on online financial scams, according to 24NewsHD. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said the platforms were offering interest-free loans via Facebook and other social media… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 2:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KAYAK, the world’s travel search engine, and Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced the expansion of their exclusive partnership into Canada. This builds on the companies’ collaboration in the U.S., which has empowered consumers “to… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OP Financial Group, the largest banking group of Finland, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have expanded their existing partnership to modernize OP’s non-life insurance business division, Pohjola Insurance. The collaboration builds on the firms’ work together in the banking sector and will “transform OP’s insurance business… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

areeba, a global enabler of payment infrastructure, has partnered with Foo, a provider of digital banking and fintech solutions, to introduce a fully integrated – program for digital services. This bundled offering enables banks and fintechs to “build their own secure and scalable card programs… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, a technology platform built on crypto that unlocks access and reduces inefficiencies to drive financial freedom, today announced a strategic partnership with Backed, the issuer of tokenized stocks, and the Solana Foundation to bring tokenized U.S. equities to investors worldwide. Announced at Solana Accelerate,… Read More

May 24, 2025 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two Prime, an SEC-registered bitcoin investment advisor, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with MARA, an  energy technology company. MARA will allocate an initial 500 BTC to the firm’s “managed yield strategies as part of the deepened relationship.” This builds on an existing… Read More