Upstart Announces Multi-Year $4 Billion Forward Flow Agreement with Castlelake
- 2 months 6 days ago
- Lending
Upstart Holdings, Inc., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace, today announced a new multi-year forward-flow agreement with Castlelake, L.P. (“Castlelake”), a global alternative investment firm specializing in asset-based private credit.
With Swift, RBC and TD, a New Era for International Money Transfers Arrives in Canada
- 2 months 6 days ago
- Banking
People in Canada receiving money from family, friends or businesses abroad will get a significantly better experience as Canadian financial institutions go live with a new consumer payments initiative from Swift, the organisation behind the global network that connects more than 11,500 financial institutions in over 200 markets. The initiative sets a new standard for international retail transfers so consumers experience several key benefits:
75% of Small Business Owners Tapped Personal Credit for Business Expenses, Bluevine Study Finds
- 2 months 6 days ago
- Infrastructure
A new national survey published today by Bluevine—the largest digital banking platform for small businesses in the U.S.—reveals that small business financing challenges are often driven by a gap in preparation and financial literacy rather than a lack of available capital. According to the study of more than 800 U.S. small business owners, 25% of their recent business financing applications were delayed or denied due to avoidable application...
MiFinity to Launch PayAnyCoin, Delivering Global Stablecoin Payouts Enabled by BVNK Infrastructure
- 2 months 6 days ago
- Payments
MiFinity, the award-winning global payments provider, today announced the launch of PayAnyCoin, a new enterprise payout service that enables merchants to send secure payouts globally, leveraging stablecoins as a faster, more efficient, and more transparent cross-border settlement mechanism. The service will be enabled by BVNK, the stablecoin payments infrastructure provider.
AU10TIX and Reality Defender Partner to Detect Deepfake Identity Fraud
- 2 months 6 days ago
- Digital Identity
AU10TIX, a global identity verification and fraud intelligence company trusted by enterprises worldwide, today announced a partnership with Reality Defender to strengthen its ability to identify AI-generated and manipulated selfies used to bypass digital identity verification and liveness checks.
Tipalti’s New Payout Infrastructure Gap Report Reveals Outdated Payout Infrastructure Is Slowing Business Growth
- 2 months 6 days ago
- Infrastructure
New research from Tipalti, the AI-powered platform for finance automation, finds that as businesses increasingly rely on distributed business networks to fuel growth, many are being held back by payout infrastructure that has not kept pace with the scale and complexity of today's global economy.
Sumsub Partners With Cyvers To Bring Real-Time AI Threat Detection to Crypto Compliance
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Compliance
Sumsub, the first AI-powered trust infrastructure for compliance operations at scale, and Cyvers, an AI-driven security, fraud prevention, and compliance platform, today announced a strategic partnership to strengthen trust, security, and compliance across the rapidly evolving crypto ecosystem.
FinregE Launches Roadmap to Navigate the Complexity of the EU AMLA Single Rulebook
- 2 months 1 week ago
- RegTech
FinregE, The End-to-End Regulatory Operating System (FinregE ROS), today announced the release of its comprehensive expert guide, “The European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) Single Rulebook: 2027 Compliance Guide.” This strategic roadmap is designed to assist financial institutions, obliged entities and compliance officers in navigating the most significant overhaul of the European Union’s Anti-Money
TerraPay Partners with HDBank to Power Real-Time International Payments from Vietnam
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Payments
TerraPay, a global money movement company, has partnered with HDBank, one of Vietnam’s leading commercial banks known for its strong retail and SME franchise, to enable real-time outbound international payments from Vietnam to bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide.
LemonEdge Announces $21M Series A Funding Round
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
LemonEdge, a modern fund accounting platform built for private markets, has completed a $21 million Series A investment round to accelerate product development and continued expansion in the US and Europe. Blackstone Innovations Investments, Blackstone’s early-stage investment arm, led the funding round. They’re joined by BNY (NYSE: BNY), a global financial services company, with participation from long-time investor, Sidekick Partners, bringing...
PayPal and Amazon Launch Buy Now, Pay Later for Customers in Germany and Austria
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Lending
PayPal and Amazon today announced that starting in August eligible Amazon customers in Germany and Austria will be able to use PayPal Ratenzahlung on Amazon.de1 and in the Amazon app over the coming weeks, giving shoppers more flexibility to pay over time for eligible purchases. Amazon customers will benefit as PayPal continues to expand its Pay Later footprint and brings its trusted Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution to Amazon.de.
EBANX and Pagaleve Blend Pix and BNPL to Expand Access to Installment Plans for 60 Million Consumers in Brazil
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Lending
EBANX today announced a strategic partnership with Pagaleve to introduce Pix 4x, a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution that enables purchases to be split into installments using Pix as the payment method. While installment payments are a decades-long tradition in the largest Latin American economy—practiced by 70% of consumers, per Serasa Experian—this method makes installment purchasing accessible without a credit card, a trend on the rise in...
Nubank Launches Nubank Croma with a Platinum Card, Cashback, and Exclusive Perks
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Digital banking
Nubank introduces its new segment, Nubank Croma, featuring an exclusive selection of benefits. With it, customers gain access to the Mastercard Platinum card with 0.8% cashback or 1 point for every 1.4 dollars spent on all credit purchases. The cashback or points are immediately available for redemption in the account or for transfer to LATAM Pass, Azul Fidelidade, and Smiles programs.
Stablecoin Wallets Are Becoming a Parallel Global Dollar Banking Layer for Businesses, New BVNK Data Shows
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Businesses are increasingly replacing elements of traditional banking infrastructure with embedded stablecoin wallets, according to new proprietary data from BVNK. It shows embedded wallet volume increasing 263x during 2025 as companies adopted digital dollar accounts for global payments, enabling faster and lower-cost ways of holding, moving and converting value.
Juniper Square Launches New AI-Powered Fund Admin Oversight Agent for GPs
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Juniper Square, the operations partner to more than 2,300 private markets GPs, today announced its new Admin Oversight Agent, Fay.
