8 in 10 British Muslims Suffer “Financial Faith Penalty”: Offa National Survey Report
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Personal Finance
A new report by Islamic home finance fintech firm Offa, based on a national survey of 3,000 people, reveals that British Muslims are suffering a “financial faith penalty”, with 8 in 10 saying their home finance choices are restricted due to their faith.
Backbase Appoints Jodi Slomp as Chief People Officer as it Transitions to AI-native Operations
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- People Moves
Backbase, the global leader in AI-powered banking technology, announces the appointment of Jodi Slomp as Chief People Officer (CPO). Slomp brings deep people and culture leadership experience from high-growth technology companies. She joins Backbase at a pivotal moment as the company accelerates its mission to put bankers in the driver's seat of the AI revolution.
Bitso Business Announces Second Edition of “The Push,” the First Global Stablecoin Startup Accelerator
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Building on the success of its inaugural cohort, Bitso Business, the B2B arm of Bitso that provides infrastructure for efficient and transparent local and cross-border payments, today announced the launch of the second edition of The Push, its global stablecoin-focused startup accelerator designed to support founders building the next generation of financial infrastructure for Latin America.
One Inc Unveils Model Context Protocol to Accelerate Insurance Payments Integration and Secure AI Data Access
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Insurtech
One Inc, the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, today announced new AI-driven capabilities designed to accelerate how insurance carriers integrate with One Inc and securely analyze and manage payments data. Central to this innovation is Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open protocol that leverages a client’s own corporate LLM-based AI assistants, including Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, and others, to...
dLocal Partners with DHL Express Brazil To Automate Pix Payments and Accelerate Parcel Release
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Payments
dLocal, the leading cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has partnered with DHL Express Brazil, the leading international express shipping provide
Visa Direct and UnionPay International Will Extend Global Money Movement Network to Billions of UnionPay Cards in Chinese Mainland
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Payments
At Web Summit Qatar, Visa announced an agreement with UnionPay International (UPI) to enable cross-border money movement into the Chinese mainland through Visa Direct. Once fully rolled out, clients will be able to send cross-border remittances and business-to-consumer payouts to more than 95 percent of UnionPay debit cardholders in the Chinese mainland, through a single connection.
Fingerprint Launches Signed AI Agent Ecosystem To Identify Authorized Agentic AI on the Web
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Digital Identity
Fingerprint, a leader in device intelligence for fraud prevention, today announced the launch of Authorized AI Agent Detection, its new ecosystem of signed AI agents, including OpenAI, AWS AgentCore, Browserbase, Manus and Anchor Browser. The ecosystem enables enterprises to detect authorized agentic AI traffic with 100% certainty, allowing organizations to distinguish trusted, permissioned automation from malicious bots and scrapers.
Retail Stablecoin Use Surges 10x in 2025
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Orbital, a global payment orchestration platform across stablecoins and traditional payment rails, today released its Q4 Stablecoin Retail Payments Index Snapshot. With data sourced from Artemis, the Index reveals that stablecoin use for smaller, retail-sized transactions under $10,000, has increased more than tenfold across 2025.
Klarna Backs Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) To Enable Agentic Commerce Across Platforms
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, is joining Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard designed to help AI agents and commerce systems work together across the full shopping lifecycle, from discovery and purchase through post-purchase support. UCP enables consumers to shop seamlessly in AI conversations while giving agents, merchant systems, and payment providers a standardized way to interact...
Varo Bank Announces Growth Investment Led by Coliseum Capital Management
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Fundraising News
Varo Bank, the first all-digital nationally chartered bank in the U.S., today announced that it raised a growth investment of $123.9 million. Varo’s Series G round led by existing investor Warburg Pincus and new investor Coliseum Capital Management, LLC. Existing investors, including Northview, further increased their investment in the company.
Oracle Reimagines Banking for the AI Era with New Agentic Platform
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Banking
Oracle Financial Services Summit -- Oracle Financial Services is transforming banking with an enterprise-class suite of AI-infused applications, design tools, frameworks and pre-built AI agents. With these advancements, banks can benefit from intelligent, conversational interfaces and autonomous AI agents. These capabilities allow financial institutions to better understand and anticipate customers' evolving needs and deliver hyper-personalized...
Trading Technologies Promotes Reena Raichura to SVP and Chief Product Officer
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- People Moves
Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform services provider, announced today the promotion of Reena Raichura to SVP and Chief Product Officer. Raichura, an award-winning fintech and product development executive, has more than 25 years of experience in technology and capital markets.
Basware Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- People Moves
Basware, a global leader in Invoice Lifecycle Management, is poised for breakout growth. And the company today announced the appointment of Kira Mondrus as Chief Marketing Officer to help fuel it.
How Digital Transformation Is Reshaping the Automotive Industry
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- IT Innovations
Going digital isn't just about getting rid of paperwork—it’s about staying competitive, enhancing brand value, and preparing for the future. With technologies like AI, machine learning, and automation becoming standard, automotive companies are under increasing pressure to embrace digital transformation.
Paysafe Enables FuturePay’s Latin American Expansion with Local Payments Suite
- 4 months 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Paysafe, a leading payments platform, has partnered with FuturePay Global Limited, a provider of cross-border payment solutions established in 2016.
