Time-Strapped Small Business Owners Prioritise AI Among Strategies
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Infrastructure
Time pressures are limiting the ability of small businesses to focus on growth, according to new American Express research, with over two-fifths (43%) of small businesses looking to AI to help tackle this challenge.
Tuum Powers Bank CenterCredit’s Digital Transformation, Setting a Blueprint for BaaS and Core Modernization in Global Banking
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Banking
Tuum, the leading next-generation core banking provider, today announced it has been selected by Bank CenterCredit (BCC), Kazakhstan’s third-largest bank, to power its new Banking as a Service (BaaS) proposition. This landmark partnership establishes a strategic model for incumbent banks globally to innovate at speed, compete with digital challengers, and unlock new revenue streams through embedded finance.
WorkFusion Raises $45 Million in Funding to Fuel Growth for Agentic AI for Financial Crime Compliance
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Fundraising News
WorkFusion, a pioneer in AI agents for financial crime compliance (FCC), today announced it raised $45 million in funding. The round was led by Georgian, a growth-stage B2B investor helping companies scale faster via its AI Lab. The new investment furthers the company’s focus on delivering agentic AI to the burgeoning $155 billion FCC operations industry.
Over Half of Brits Lack Retirement Confidence as Cost-of-Living Bites
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Personal Finance
New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals that September is a pinch point for household budgets, with rising bills leading many to reconsider their long-term savings. A nationally representative survey of 1,000 UK adults found that utilities and energy bills (26%) and food (20%) top the list of September money worries, followed by back-to-school costs (16%) and rent or mortgage payments (15%).
Qasemi Islamic Microfinance Bank and TerraPay Partner to Enable Real-Time Inbound Payments to South Yemen Accounts and Wallets
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Payments
Qasemi Islamic Microfinance Bank (QIMB) and TerraPay, a global money movement company, today announced a strategic partnership at Money2020 Middle East. The partnership is to enable digital payouts in USD and SAR to all bank accounts and mobile wallets across South Yemen.
MANTL Clients Raise Over $3 Billion in Deposits From Existing Banking Relationships in Six Months
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Banking
MANTL, an Alkami solution team and leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, today announced that its clients raised over $3B in deposits with existing banking relationships in the first half of 2025. This achievement highlights the significant opportunity financial institutions have to achieve low-cost, sustainable growth by strengthening customer and member relationships and driving banking primacy with omnichannel...
Yuno Launches NOVA, AI Agents to Turn Payment Friction Into Growth; Merchants Recover Up to 75 Percent of Failed Transactions
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Yuno, the global payment orchestration platform, today announced the launch of NOVA, a series of AI agents that turns payment friction into growth for merchants. NOVA turns card declines, abandoned checkouts, and missed payments into AI-powered customer conversations via phone and WhatsApp that recover revenue and surface additional data signals from customers in the process.
MiniPay Turns Two With 10 Million Wallets and 270 Million Transactions Pointing to Stablecoins Leading Web3
- 12 months 4 days ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Opera Limited , a leading global browser and AI agent company, today announced that MiniPay has reached 10 million activated wallets. Two years ago MiniPay set out to make digital dollars feel effortless. Today, the wallet marks its second anniversary with proof that everyday stablecoin money is no longer a theory. Since launch, MiniPay users have activated 10 million MiniPay wallets, showing 500% YoY growth, and completed 271 million...
Capitolis Appoints Fintech and Capital Markets Executive Melanie Carucci as Global Head of Sales
- 1 year 8 hours ago
- People Moves
Capitolis, the financial technology company, announced the appointment of Melanie Carucci as Global Head of Sales, effective September 15. Reporting to Gil Mandelzis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Capitolis, Carucci will be responsible for leading the company’s global sales strategy and execution, overseeing commercial growth, and deepening strategic client relationships.
BaseKit and Mastercard Partner to Boost Digital Inclusion for MSMEs
- 1 year 8 hours ago
- Infrastructure
Today, global white-label website builder and e-commerce builder BaseKit and Mastercard - announce a new partnership to help democratise tech for entrepreneurs and MSMEs around the world.
TreviPay Powers Walmart Business Pay by Invoice Offering
- 1 year 8 hours ago
- Payments
TreviPay, a fully managed B2B payments platform, has collaborated with Walmart Business to launch the next phase of the retailer’s Pay By Invoice program. The program enables eligible business customers to access a line of credit with 30-day net terms, powered by TreviPay’s next-generation payments and A/R automation technology. The offering is available for purchases online, in the Walmart Business app or in-store.
Shift Technology Launches Shift Claims to Power Claims Transformation With Agentic AI
- 1 year 8 hours ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Shift Technology, the leading AI platform for insurance, today launched Shift Claims. Powered by agentic artificial intelligence (AI), Shift Claims helps transform claims operations by assessing and prioritizing cases, guiding and assisting claim handlers and automating tasks across the claims lifecycle.
Domino Data Lab Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification and SOC 2 Type II Compliance With Zero Findings
- 1 year 8 hours ago
- Data
Domino Data Lab, provider of the leading Enterprise AI platform trusted by the world’s largest AI-driven companies, today announced it has strengthened its commitment to unburdening enterprises from the pains of enterprise AI security, quality and compliance. The company has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification and successfully completed a SOC 2 Type II audit with zero findings, the strongest possible outcome.
areeba Partners With Entrust to Become First-to-Market With Google Pay™ Enablement in Lebanon
- 1 year 9 hours ago
- Payments
Entrust, a global leader in identity-centric security solutions, today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with areeba, a global leader in payment infrastructure. Now, areeba’s bank and fintech customers can enable Google Pay for both their Visa and Mastercard cardholders processed through its platform.
Iris Finance Raises $6.2M to Scale AI-Native CFO Platform for CPG Brands
- 1 year 9 hours ago
- Fundraising News
Iris Finance, the AI-native financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform purpose-built for companies that sell physical products, today announced that it has raised $6.2M in seed funding led by Glasswing Ventures, with participation from Founder Collective, Hyde Park Angels (HPA), as well as existing investors Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Barrel Ventures, and Rosecliff Ventures.
