BBVA Joins Qivalis Banking Consortium to Advance Launch of Regulated Euro Stablecoin
- 3 weeks 3 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) has officially joined Qivalis, a consortium of leading European banks working to establish a MiCAR-compliant euro-stablecoin issuer, currently progressing towards authorisation by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). The consortium now comprises twelve European banks: Banca Sella, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit.
Supermicro Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results
- 3 weeks 3 days ago
- Infrastructure
Super Micro Computer, Inc., a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced unaudited financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended December 31, 2025. Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Highlights
Bolt Expands Its SuperApp With Embedded Investing Through Atomic
- 3 weeks 3 days ago
- Investment
Bolt, the checkout, identity and payments leader powering faster, smarter commerce, today announced a multi-year partnership with Atomic to bring embedded investing capabilities to the Bolt SuperApp. Through the partnership, Bolt will offer consumers the ability to open brokerage accounts, trade stocks and ETFs and invest through automated managed portfolios directly within the Bolt experience.
Visa Acceptance Platform Now Supports Tap to Pay on iPhone, Boosting Contactless Acceptance for Merchants
- 3 weeks 3 days ago
- Payments
Visa, a world leader in payments, has introduced a software development kit (SDK) that enables Visa Acceptance Platform clients to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone.
Cytora and Altitude Intelligence Partner to Embed Advanced Geospatial and Climate Risk Intelligence into Insurance Workflows
- 3 weeks 3 days ago
- Insurtech
Cytora, the digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Altitude Intelligence, a provider of specialized intelligence-as-a-service capabilities. This collaboration integrates Altitude Intelligence’s advanced geospatial (GEOINT) and multi-source fusion data directly into the Cytora platform, allowing commercial insurers to automatically enrich submissions with granular climate and location-based insights at the...
8 in 10 British Muslims Suffer “Financial Faith Penalty”: Offa National Survey Report
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 3 days 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
- 3 weeks 4 days 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
- 3 weeks 4 days 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.
