Tagged: ai

November 21, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The fintech world has begun to release its predictions for 2026. Read on to find out how AI, cybersecurity and general tech developments will shape the industry in the year ahead. Cybersecurity “2026’s cybersecurity threat landscape is high-tech, high-stakes, and fast-changing. From AI-driven hacks to… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maxima, the agentic AI platform for accounting automation, announced $41 million in Seed and Series A from Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Audacious Ventures. Maxima also mentioned in the announcement that the funding round has now been joined by former BlackLine CMO & Chief Strategy Officer… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the financial operations platform, is now reportedly valued at $32B following a $300 million primary financing round as well as an employee tender offer. According to the announcement from Ramp, Lightspeed Venture Partners has led the financing, with ongoing support from existing investors: Founders… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chargeflow, the AI-powered chargeback automation platform, announced a $35 million Series A round — including a $10 million debt facility, which was led by Viola Growth, with contributions by existing investors OpenView Venture Partners, bringing the firm’s total funding to $49 million. The capital injection… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a key driver in accounting and is also said to be noticeably changing processes. Over half of companies (53 percent) currently use AI in this area or are “in the process of implementing it.” This is shown by the… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has reportedly analyzed over 1,350 early-stage deals in October 2025 in order to identify the most promising or high-potential firms, major investors, as well as emerging categories to watch closely (all this was said to have been based on CB Insights predictive intelligence)…. Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 10:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Credibly’s strategy for incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its underwriting system provides a blueprint for companies wishing to smoothly adopt transformative technologies. It’s a deliberate, well-thought-out plan, dating back several years. Chief revenue officer MJ Jiang said she immediately saw AI’s potential to change… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is assisting regulated businesses with the introduction of new AML Compliance Solutions designed to lessen the burden of AML (anti-money laundering) regulatory compliance for FS firms and related industries by flagging potential associations between “a prospect and activities that may indicate potential… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an identity platform claiming global coverage for person and business verification, announced the launch of Trulioo credit decisioning, which is described as a capability that delivers financial, credit, and risk insights via the Trulioo identity platform. The roll-out follows a 102% YoY surge in… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital asset ecosystem, is taking a step forward to advance open, freedom-first AI and cloud services. Tether has signed an agreement to lease a share of a 20,000+ GPU network to power its… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have recently announced a new partnership on artificial intelligence in Finance between Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) – termed the UK-Singapore AI-in-Finance Partnership. Announced at the Singapore FinTech Festival, the partnership… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, a global enabler of Decision Intelligence, unveiled Quantexa AI, the so-called next evolution of its Decision Intelligence Platform, now agentic ready. As organizations increase their use of large language models and smaller, purpose-built and domain-trained models, many are discovering a common limitation: when AI… Read More

November 12, 2025 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG noted recently that treasury managers currently tend to operate at the interface of financial stability, digital tech advancements and strategic corporate management. KPMG pointed out that as a result of this, they typically have to deal with a range of challenges, such as the… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

APAC equities stayed fairly resilient throughout this year as the trade uncertainty, ongoing political shifts, and the acceleration of AI continued to impact regional markets. The key driver was a strong AI-led rise in tech and semiconductor stocks, helping cushion wider volatility. As the new… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance noted that when we imagine the future of fraud, it can be quite easy to picture Hollywood-type chaos: sophisticated deepfake heists, so-called AI super-hackers, and trust in digital payments crumbling in spectacular fashion. However, UK Finance pointed out in a blog post that… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A study by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has revealed that European organizations are placing more emphasis on maintaining control over their data and existing infrastructure which is on track to accelerate the overall demand for sovereign AI. Sovereign AI refers to the ability of a nation… Read More

November 11, 2025 @ 6:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights noted in a report that October’s record funding indicates that the AI infrastructure buildout remains far from over, with OpenAI’s $22.5B raise accounting for about half of the month’s total.  However, CB Insights also pointed out that unlike September’s relatively more concentrated focus… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital deal value in supply chain technology has now climbed by 26.1% as AI spurs investor confidence, according to an update from PitchBook. After several fairly sluggish quarters, venture capital is now said to be flowing back into high-potential supply chain technology. PitchBook further… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 2:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoneyGram, a global payments network for consumers, businesses and communities, has launched a strategic partnership with Oscilar, an AI risk decisioning platform, to power its risk infrastructure. The collaboration advances MoneyGram’s AI-first strategy, delivering real-time risk intelligence across its global network. MoneyGram operates one of the world’s largest… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 6:12 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Nasdaq-listed Freedom Holding Corp said it has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development to build a $2 billion “Sovereign AI Hub,” positioning the Central Asian nation to host one of the region’s largest dedicated artificial-intelligence facilities. The project will… Read More