Payments
American Express Targets Agentic Commerce Shift with New Merchant Playbook
American Express is positioning itself to capture the next major evolution in digital transactions by helping merchants navigate the rise of AI-driven
Payments
Corpay Extends Exclusive FX Partnership with WBSC
Corpay is doubling down on its role within international sports governance by securing a long-term extension as the exclusive foreign exchange (FX)
Crypto
Cardano Foundation Launches CIP-0113 Programmable Token Standard
The Cardano Foundation is positioning its blockchain to capture regulated digital asset markets by embedding compliance directly into the ledger layer. By
Payments
State Street Study: Institutions Pivot to Digital Cash and Regulation
Institutional investors are shifting their focus from debating the fundamental viability of digital assets to solving the complex operational and regulatory hurdles
Fintech
Plaid Deploys AI Models to Enhance Credit and Fraud Detection
Plaid is attempting to redefine the accuracy of financial decision-making by integrating advanced AI foundation models into its core underwriting and risk
Payments
Wayfair and Klarna Expand North American Payment Integration
Wayfair is leveraging Klarna’s fintech infrastructure to capture more high-value home goods transactions by expanding flexible credit access across North America.
Payments
Authvia Secures Sixth U.S. Patent for Conversational Payments
Authvia is positioning itself as a critical infrastructure provider for the emerging era of agentic commerce by securing a new intellectual property
Crypto
Modern Treasury Seeks OCC Charter for National Trust Bank
Modern Treasury is attempting to vertically integrate its payment infrastructure by applying for a federal banking charter. The San Francisco-based company has
Payments
Basware Completes Acquisition of Trustpair to Secure Payment Lifecycles
Basware is attempting to close a critical vulnerability in the accounts payable process by integrating payment fraud prevention directly into the invoice
Payments
Payward and Singapore Gulf Bank Target 24/7 Institutional Settlement
The persistent mismatch between around-the-clock digital asset trading and the rigid, time-bound constraints of traditional banking is a primary friction point for
Payments
BHMI Wins CIO Bulletin Award for Payment Operations Platform
BHMI is positioning its back-office technology as a critical stabilizer for the increasingly volatile electronic payments landscape. The Omaha-based software provider was
Banking
Al Salam Bank Adopts J.P. Morgan Overnight Murabaha
Al Salam Bank is attempting to redefine treasury efficiency by becoming the first global institution to integrate J.P. Morgan Payments’ Overnight
Payments
Walapay Secures $4.6M Seed Round for Global Payment Infrastructure
Walapay is attempting to bypass the fragmented correspondent banking model by owning the underlying regulatory and banking layers of cross-border transactions. The
Crypto
OKX and BitGo Expand Off-Exchange Settlement Infrastructure
BitGo Holdings, Inc. and OKX are scaling their off-exchange settlement integration to provide eligible institutions outside the United States with a decoupled
Payments
Coupa Secures Fourth IDC Leader Position in AI Accounts Payable
The push toward autonomous financial operations is intensifying as large enterprises seek to transition back-office functions from cost centers into strategic value
Payments
Stripe to Acquire Parafin to Expand Embedded SMB Financing
Stripe is moving to consolidate its control over the digital economy's financial plumbing by acquiring Parafin, a move designed to
Banking
Member Loyalty Group Launches Journey Analytics for Credit Unions
Member Loyalty Group is targeting the data fragmentation issues inherent in credit union operations by launching Journey Analytics. This new solution aims
Payments
SWIVEL Integrates Kinective Gateway for Real-Time Payments
SWIVEL is attempting to bypass the traditional bottlenecks of core banking integration by adopting Kinective’s API-driven connectivity layer. By utilizing the
