Kuvi.ai, the platform pioneering Agentic Finance, has announced the successful completion of its $700,000 seed round, led by Moon Pursuit Capital, and the expansion of its strategic round, which is now oversubscribed. Recent additions include legendary crypto investor Michael Terpin of Transform Ventures and leading Web3 educator Dennis Liu (aka VirtualBacon).

Socure the leading provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, compliance, sanctions screening, and fraud prevention in over 190 countries, today announced the continued global expansion of its RiskOS™ platform, marking a major milestone in unifying identity, fraud, KYB and compliance decisioning across all regions, industries, and customer segments.

Today, Merso officially launches the world's first AI-powered lending infrastructure purpose-built for digital assets. Backed by $3 million in seed funding from founders and strategic investors, Merso is introducing a new paradigm in credit: one that is centered not on borrowers, but on the assets themselves.

J.P. Morgan Payments is unveiling its Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solution integrated with Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to optimize working capital — a solution that is being used by FedEx.

This milestone underscores J.P. Morgan Payments' commitment to delivering cutting-edge financial solutions to its clients.

Bitzero, the company redefining sustainable Blockchain and High-Performance Compute (HPC) data centers, today announced it has secured $25 million in funding to drive immediate revenue growth and further its mission of setting a new global standard for clean, community-centered mining operations. The investment marks a major step forward in Bitzero's commitment to transforming cryptocurrency's energy reputation, while delivering strong returns for investors.

Daloopa, the AI-powered fundamental data platform trusted by the world's leading equity investment and research teams, today announced a $13 million strategic investment to meet growing demand for high-quality data powering Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agents in financial services. The round saw participation from existing and new investors such as Pavilion Capital.

Experian today announced the launch of Experian Assistant for Model Risk Management, a first-of-its-kind solution to help financial institutions govern and manage models more efficiently across the entire model‑development lifecycle. Fully integrated into the Experian Ascend PlatformTM and powered by ValidMind technology, this solution helps accelerate model validation, improve auditability and transparency, and may aid financial institutions in reducing regulatory and reputational risk.

The stablecoin ecosystem is expanding, and Visa is at the forefront of its development. As global interest in stablecoins takes center stage, Visa is building on its leadership in the space and enabling support for more stablecoins and more blockchains to facilitate settlement transactions for issuers and acquirers.

Visa’s settlement platform is adding support for two additional USD-backed stablecoins, two blockchains and the euro-backed EURC.

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