Visa Reimagines Visa Infinite for Asia Pacific’s Modern Affluent

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Payments

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today unveiled a refreshed Visa Infinite in Asia Pacific, designed for the modern affluent and how they live, spend and travel today. The refresh introduces a more flexible and personalised offering, anchored in a three-tier card suite. Alongside Visa Infinite, the portfolio includes the two newly launched tiers of Visa Infinite Privilege and Visa Infinite Private, each tailored to distinct affluent...

Red Rocks Credit Union Summer Squeeze Survey: Rising Costs Are Changing How Coloradans Navigate Wedding Season

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Personal Finance

Wedding costs have always extended beyond the couple. But with everyday expenses taking up more of the household budget, new research from Red Rocks Credit Union shows that the cost of participating in wedding season, from travel and attire to gifts and related events, is becoming harder for many Coloradans to absorb. Many are reconsidering, scaling back or financing the cost of showing up.

S&P Invests in SSImple

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Investment

We’re excited to announce that S&P Global has made a strategic investment in SSImple. This marks an important milestone in our collaboration and reflects a shared commitment to addressing one of the capital markets industry’s longstanding operational challenges: improving the quality, governance, and automation of Standing Settlement Instructions (SSIs).

MOTMX Partners with Fireblocks to Provide Self-Custody Wallets Through the GetC Pre-Built Rewards Product

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Blockchain

MOTMX, the next-generation on-chain payments and loyalty products company, today announced an integration with Fireblocks, the leading digital asset and stablecoin infrastructure company, to provide the benefit of self-custody wallets within GetC by MOTMX.

Payouts.com Launches Digital Employee, Bringing Autonomous AI Agents to Finance Operations

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Artificial Intelligence

Payouts.com, a Financial OS for global payouts and finance execution, announced today the launch of Digital Employee, a suite of role-based AI agents built to take on the day-to-day work of a finance department. The product gives companies access to off-the-shelf specialists for accounts payable, collections, treasury operations, and month-end close built on Payouts.com’s finance operations infrastructure, workflows, and compliance logic.  

BGFI Bank Group Lays the Foundation for the Next Generation of Digital Banking Across Africa with SBS Digital Banking Suite

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Banking

BGFI Bank Group, one of Africa's leading financial groups and already using SBS Core Amplitude, has renewed its strategic partnership with SBS through a new subscription agreement centered on SBS Digital Banking Suite (DBS). The agreement supports the execution of BGFI 30 (2026–2030), the Group's strategic plan to make performance, agility, and digitalization of the engines of its next phase of growth.

Supermicro Expands End-to-End DCBBS Liquid Cooling Portfolio with Rear Door Heat Exchangers for High-Density AI and HPC Infrastructure

• 2 weeks 2 days ago
• Artificial Intelligence

Super Micro Computer, Inc., an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and 5G/Edge IT Total Solution Provider, featuring Data Center Building Block Solutions® (DCBBS), today announced the expansion of its Rear Door Heat Exchanger (RDHx) portfolio, further strengthening its end-to-end liquid cooling solutions for high-density AI and HPC infrastructure. As a key component of DCBBS, the expanded RDHx portfolio offers flexible cooling capacities, providing data...

Grasshopper Becomes the First Bank Listed in Anthropic’s MCP Directory

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Artificial Intelligence

AI is quickly becoming part of how businesses get work done every day. More entrepreneurs are turning to AI assistants to answer questions, analyze financial data and make faster decisions. But getting meaningful insights from AI starts with having a secure, trusted way to connect your financial information. 

The Hidden Cost of Disconnected Brokerage Systems. The YOONIT Broker Technology Solution by PLUGIT

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Infrastructure

Every system works. The gaps between them are what is costing you.   Ask most brokers how their technology is performing and the answer is usually positive. The trading platform is stable. The CRM manages leads. The IB portal tracks commissions. The risk dashboard shows positions. Nothing is broken.  

Vikar Technologies Partners with Plaid to Deliver Seamless Account Funding and Identity Verification for Banks and Credit Unions

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Open Banking

Vikar Technologies, a leading provider of unified account opening, lending, KYC/KYB, treasury, and wealth management solutions for community banks and credit unions, today announced a partnership with Plaid, the data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. The integration embeds Plaid’s payments and identity verification services directly into the Vikar platform, enabling financial institutions to streamline account funding, reduce...

Lack of Early Investment Education Could Cost UK Adults £95k

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Personal Finance

A lack of early education on investing could cost UK adults £95k according to a new report commissioned by GoHenry, the money app giving 6-18-year olds a head start in life as they learn to earn, save, spend and invest. 

RAKBANK and Mastercard Strengthen Strategic Relationship to Drive Payments Innovation

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Banking

RAKBANK and Mastercard today renewed their collaboration agreement to support continued payments innovation by delivering enhanced solutions across retail, business  and wholesale banking. Building on their long-standing strategic relationship, the move reflects a shared commitment to developing secure and more seamless payment experiences that meet the evolving needs of consumers and businesses in an increasingly digital world. 

Thredd Joins the Visa Agentic Ready Programme, Bringing Agent Network Readiness to Issuers Across Europe, Starting with Zilch

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Payments

Thredd, the AI-first issuer processing platform, today announced it has joined the Visa Agentic Ready programme, enabling issuers across Europe to participate in agent-initiated payments without rebuilding their payments infrastructure. Consumer payments platform Zilch will be among the first issuers on the platform to enable agent-initiated payments for its cardholders.

Ramp Launches Ramp for Construction to Help Companies Catch Job Overruns Before Month-End

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Infrastructure

Ramp today launched Ramp for Construction, a suite of construction-specific capabilities across Ramp's financial operations platform to help general contractors, builders, and subcontractors control spend at the job level, protect margins, and catch overruns before they happen.

BBVA Goes Beyond Satisfaction Surveys and Uses AI to Measure the Real Customer Experience

• 2 weeks 3 days ago
• Artificial Intelligence