FCA Safeguarding Reforms Will Strengthen Consumer Trust in Payments Sector
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Deep Patel, Partner & UK Payments Lead at global management and technology consultancy Capco, comments on the changes to payment safeguarding rules introduced by the FCA today.
Amazon Introduces AgentCore Payments to Power the Next Generation of Autonomous AI Commerce
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Amazon today announced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments (preview), a new capability that enables AI agents to securely discover, access, and pay for digital services in real time — including APIs, MCP servers, web content, and other agents. Built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe, AgentCore Payments represents one of the first managed payment infrastructures designed specifically for autonomous AI systems.
Bitget Launches QR-Based Payments for Daily Needs, Targets 2.2 Billion Users Globally
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Payments
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has introduced its Scan to Pay feature on Bitget Pay, enabling users to spend USDT directly at offline merchants by scanning QR codes through the Bitget App.
Broadridge Extends Proxy Voting and Disclosure Solution to Support All Models of Tokenized Securities
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Asset Management
Building on recent announcements with Galaxy and Ondo Finance regarding governance solutions for issuer-sponsored and third party-sponsored tokenized securities, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced it is now extending its market-leading proxy voting and disclosure solutions to third party-custodied tokenized securities, effectively supporting governance across all security tokenization models outlined by the U.S....
Pit Launches With $16 Million Led by Andreessen Horowitz
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
Pit, an AI-native platform that replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, inboxes, and rigid SaaS tools that run enterprise operations today, announced its public launch alongside $16 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The round includes participation from Lakestar, the Pit founders and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Deel, and Revolut, as well as the Stena and Lundin families.
Sapiens Recognized by Everest Group as a Top 50™ Insurance Technology Provider
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Insurtech
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (Sapiens) today announced its recognition in two of Everest Group’s influential global industry benchmarks: The Top 50™ Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance Technology Providers list 2026 The Top 50™ Life & Annuities (L&A) Insurance Technology Providers list 2026
Era Becomes the First Personal Finance Connector in Anthropic's Claude Directory — and Every Other MCP-Compatible Agent
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Personal Finance
Era today became the first personal finance connector available in Anthropic's Claude directory. Claude users can now hand the AI a real view of their finances and ask it to do something about them. From everyday prompts to tangible financial improvements users can see in their accounts. Users can turn complex financial goals into automated actions that show up as real changes.
Dun & Bradstreet Brings Risk & Compliance Workflows to Anthropic's Claude
- 2 months 1 week ago
- AML and KYC
Dun & Bradstreet today announced that it will collaborate with Anthropic to bring D&B risk data directly inside Claude to speed up businesses' onboarding and compliance work. By integrating the D&B Commercial Graph™ into Claude via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, clients can create customized KYC/KYB workflows in minutes, accelerating onboarding processes through Claude.
Squads Raises $18M to Build Business Finance on Stablecoin Infrastructure
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
Squads today announced an $18 million strategic round led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1D, Collab+Currency, Electric Capital, Placeholder, Jump Crypto, and Robot Ventures, bringing total funding to $42.9M. This raise accelerates Altitude, a financial operating system built on stablecoin infrastructure.
Mastercard Launches Regional SME Resilience Program
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Supply Chain Finance
Mastercard has launched Built Small. Moving Strong, a regional resilience program designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they navigate a challenging operating environment marked by supply chain disruption and tightening financial conditions.
City of London Corporation Plan Digital Identity Verification Network to Tackle UK Fraud Crisis
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Digital Identity
The City of London Corporation has called for tech firms to support the construction of a digital identity verification network, improving security between banks and financial institutions in the fight against fraud. The City Corporation estimate that the new system could unlock economic benefits of nearly £5 billion over five years through reducing the financial losses of fraud and the efficiency from improved infrastructure.
Juspay and Cumbuca Launch the Open Finance Playground, an Open-Source Developer Guide for Brazil's Open Finance Ecosystem
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Juspay, a leading global payments technology company, and Cumbuca, the first regulatory proxy for Brazil's Open Finance and PIX ecosystem, today launched the Open Finance Playground, an open-source implementation guide designed to make Brazil's Open Finance ecosystem accessible to any developer for the first time.
Weel Achieves SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Certifications, Reinforcing Commitment to Trust
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Cybersecurity
Weel, the leading AI-powered Australia and New Zealand expense management platform, today announced it has achieved SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 and ISO 27001:2022 certifications, marking a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing investment in security, compliance and operational excellence The certifications provide independent validation that Weel’s systems, controls and processes are designed and operating effectively to safeguard customer...
Eltropy Names Kavitha Nalla as Chief Financial Officer
- 2 months 1 week ago
- People Moves
Eltropy, the leading agentic AI platform for credit unions and community banks, today announced the appointment of Kavitha Nalla as Chief Financial Officer.
Corgi Raises $160 Million Series B at $1.3 Billion Valuation Led by TCV
- 2 months 1 week ago
- Fundraising News
Corgi today announced a $160 million Series B financing round at a $1.3 billion valuation, led by TCV. The new financing comes just 16 weeks after the company announced its $108 million Series A, bringing total funding to more than $268 million.
