Socure Acquires Qlarifi, Establishing The First Real-Time BNPL Credit System And Setting A New Standard For Safe, Low-Cost Payments
- 8 months 2 weeks ago
- Lending
Socure, the AI-first platform for global identity, compliance and risk decisioning, today announced it has acquired Qlarifi, t
Airwallex Raises $330M Series G At $8B Valuation, Establishes San Francisco As Dual Global Headquarters
- 8 months 2 weeks ago
- Fundraising News
Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, raised $330 million in a Series G funding round, led by Addition and with participation from T. Rowe Price, Activant, Lingotto, Robinhood Ventures and TIAA Ventures. The financing values Airwallex at $8 billion, a ~30% increase since its Series F six months ago. The investment will fuel Airwallex’s continued growth in the U.S. and key markets worldwide, while driving expanded...
Komainu Secures MVP Licence From Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Komainu (Custodian), a regulated digital asset custody provider, has received the minimal viable product (MVP) licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). This is following the issuance of its provisional approval in July 2022.Komainu can now offer an approved range of virtual asset related services to institutional investors in Dubai within an internationally benchmarked legislative framework for virtual asset service...
63% Of SMBs Secure First-Ever Funding Through Embedded Finance, Liberis Reveals
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Meridian Credit Union Partners With Personetics To Embed Intelligent Financial Support Into Its Enhanced Advice Experience, OnYourWay
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Banking
Personetics, the global leader in AI-powered Cognitive Banking, announced today that it collaborated with Meridian Credit Union on Meridian’s new advice experience, OnYourWay, which is designed to help Members feel more confident about their money. With AI-supported features from the Personetics platform, the mobile banking app is elevated to a source of intelligent financial guidance and support. Now live, the new experience empowers Members...
Imper.ai Launches With $28 Million In Funding To Pioneer Real-Time Defense Against AI-Driven Impersonation And Social Engineering Cyber Attacks
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Fundraising News
imper.ai, a pioneer in real-time cyber impersonation prevention, today announced its public launch and $28 million in new funding from Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures, with participation from Maple VC, Vessy VC, and Cerca Partners. The company’s platform detects impersonation risk in real-time, ensuring privacy and accuracy across the most commonly used communication platforms such as Zoom, Teams, Slack, and more.
Zafran Triples ARR In $60M Round To Reinvent Exposure Management With Agentic AI
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Fundraising News
Zafran Security, the pioneer in AI-native Threat Exposure Management, today announced a $60 million Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Cyberstarts, in addition to PSP Growth, Vintage Investment Partners, and Knollwood Investment. By launching Agentic Exposure Management, Zafran is now poised to complete the entire end-to-end lifecycle across asset inventory, vulnerability...
Flex Raises $60M Series B To Scale AI-Native Finance
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Fundraising News
Most middle-market business owners manage complex companies, significant personal assets, and multi-entity financial lives. Yet the tools available to them have historically been built for someone else: Either small businesses with basic needs, or large enterprises with deep operational teams. That gap is where Flex has built its edge.
Quality Automotive Services Increases Employee Tenure By 32% Through Partnership With DailyPay
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Quality Automotive Services, a franchisee of Valvoline Instant Oil Change, is celebrating continued employee retention improvement in its third year of partnership with DailyPay, the leader of On-Demand Pay and financial wellness solutions.
Broken Beyond Excuse: PensionBee Calls On Government To End Pension Transfer Gridlock
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, has today launched its third report, Faster, Fairer, Digital: The Pension Transfer Reset, calling for urgent Government and regulatory action to modernise the UK’s outdated pension transfer system.
Nuuvia’s CUSO Secures $4M Investment From VyStar And Desert Financial Credit Unions
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Fundraising News
Nuuvia, formerly Incent, the leading provider of youth banking solutions for community banks and credit unions, announced today that VyStar Credit Union and Desert Financial Credit Union have completed a combined $4 million investment into its Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO).
Trulioo Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) To Help Build Trust In Agent-Led Payments
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Trulioo, an industry-leading identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, today announced it has joined Google's Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) initiative to help securely initiate and transact agent-led payments across platforms.
Klarna Launches Premium And Max Memberships In The U.S., Offering Lounge Access And Premium Perks Without Spending Requirements, As Americans Face $1.23 Trillion In Credit Card Balances
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Klarna, the global digital bank and payments provider, has expanded its membership program with the introduction of Premium and Max plans for U.S. consumers, building on its existing Core and Plus plans and following successful launches in the UK and EU.
Temenos Named Best Core Banking System At Banking Tech Awards 2025
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Banking
Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, today announced it has been named Best Core Banking System in the Banking Tech Awards 2025. These prestigious awards, now in their 26th year, celebrate financial institutions and technology providers that are shaping the future of the banking industry.
Fuse Rebrands As Lorum To Rebuild Institutional Clearing
- 8 months 3 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Global payments are not broken, incentives are. The real problem sits at the institutional edges where payments slow down. Fuse today announces its rebrand to Lorum, focused on rebuilding institutional clearing, not by ripping out the network, but by re-engineering the institutions at the edge.
