Mastercard reports that AI is contributing to unprecedented levels of fraud and cybercrime but simultaneously represents the best defense against these threats. The payments compan...
Orca Fraud secured $2.35 million in seed funding to expand its real-time fraud detection and transaction monitoring platform across African markets. The oversubscribed round will h...
Orca Fraud raised $2.35 million in seed funding to expand its real-time fraud intelligence platform across Africa and emerging markets. The company focuses on transaction monitorin...
A new Online Crime Centre has been established to combat fraud through coordinated efforts between government agencies, police, intelligence services, banks, mobile networks, and m...
President Trump issued a fraud order following a House subcommittee hearing where banking executives emphasized the need for better coordination among lenders, law enforcement, and...
Portuguese Bison Bank has partnered with Elliptic to integrate AI-powered blockchain analytics for digital asset compliance. The AI copilot will automate risk analysis processes an...
The White House is developing stricter rules for civilian AI contracts that would require AI companies to permit 'any lawful' use of their models. These new guidelines could signif...
Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has partnered with Quarticle to integrate cloud-native geointelligence solutions into commercial insurance workflows. This collaboration...
SumUp has launched a new accounting offering powered by Sage that integrates AI capabilities into merchant workflows to help with UK tax compliance. The service aims to assist UK m...
ClearToken, an FCA-authorized digital financial market infrastructure provider, has partnered with Canton Network to deploy three digital asset platforms: CT Register, CT Pay, and ...
LayerZero is developing technology to enable communication between 168 different blockchains, addressing the interoperability challenge similar to early internet connectivity issue...
MoneyGram, Pairpoint by Vodafone, and eToro have joined the Midnight Foundation as founding node operators for a privacy-enhancing blockchain network ahead of its mainnet launch. T...
The Islamic Development Bank Institute has secured a US patent for a novel 'Proof-of-Use' blockchain consensus mechanism that prioritizes actual network participation over computat...
The Treasury Department published three reports on combating financial crimes and released a congressional report on technologies used by financial institutions to counter illicit ...
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has removed all references to reputational risk from its Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual. T...
Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo argues that the cryptocurrency-focused Clarity Act will benefit banks more than the crypto industry itself. He notes that bank general couns...
The Clarity Act proposal seeks to establish clear regulatory jurisdiction over digital currencies by defining which agencies should oversee cryptocurrency operations. This regulato...
AMINA Bank AG, a FINMA-regulated Swiss crypto bank, has become the first regulated bank to join 21X as a listing sponsor. 21X is the European Union's first fully regulated distribu...
Kalshi, a prediction market platform, has expanded internationally for the first time by partnering with Brazilian brokerage firm XP. The partnership will offer U.S. investors and ...
The value of tokenized real-world assets has surged nearly fourfold to $26.4 billion from $6.6 billion year-over-year, according to RWA.xyz data that excludes stablecoins. This gro...
Payment fintech NjiaPay has successfully closed a $2.1 million seed funding round. The company positions itself as a payment performance partner, though specific details about thei...
Blockchain.com announced its expansion into Ghana as part of a broader African growth strategy. The company plans to scale operations to additional African countries in the future,...
Real-time payment systems across the US, Canada, and Mexico are transitioning from expansion to execution phase, with each country pursuing distinct strategic approaches. The US is...
Visa identifies Asia Pacific as leading the global shift toward AI-driven commerce, with over 75% of Singapore consumers already using AI for shopping research and product comparis...
A PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera report reveals that 86% of top-performing credit unions support open banking initiatives. The study examines how small and medium-sized business me...
Mark Walker interviews Vincent Chok, CEO of First Digital, at Abu Dhabi Finance Week about developments in stablecoins and the future of agentic payments. The discussion covers Fir...
SumUp, a fintech payment company, has launched a new accounting offering integrated into its platform, powered by Sage. The service includes a free Making Tax Digital for Income Ta...
Tide, a business banking provider, has partnered with Gigs to launch Tide Business Phone Number (BPN), making it the first business bank globally to offer mobile services. The mobi...
Kast, a stablecoin-based financial platform founded by former Circle executive Raagulan Pathy, secured $80 million in Series A funding from QED Investors and Left Lane Capital. The...
Visa launched Intelligent Authorization on its Visa Acceptance Platform, allowing acquirers to modernize payment processing through a single API connection. This new capability hel...
Hyundai Card, Korea's leading card issuer, is conducting Large Language Model training for its leadership team at the team leader level and above. This initiative represents the co...
Consumer credit growth remained positive in January as households continue relying on credit for spending. The increasing use of credit cards is intensifying competition among prem...
Kraken's parent company Payward partnered with Nasdaq to develop an 'equities transformation gateway' that connects tokenized equity capital markets with blockchain networks. The c...
Affiniti, a small business-focused platform, has partnered with Column bank to provide financing that will help scale their SMB card offering. The agreement establishes funding to ...
Par Technology, a point-of-sale software and payments processing company, is facing pressure from major shareholder Voss Capital (13.2% stake) to consider strategic alternatives in...
Amazon Web Services is preparing its cloud infrastructure to support AI-powered payment agents and transactions. This development could provide the technological foundation for aut...
The article explores how small business owners currently struggle with fragmented financial tools and multiple dashboards for managing their finances. It suggests that despite fint...
Teciem, a global provider of treasury and capital markets software solutions, has appointed Didier Bouillard as Chairman of its Board of Directors. The company offers front-to-back...
Nexi is launching its mobile payment service Zippay in Ireland starting March 10th. The in-app payment solution represents the company's expansion into the Irish market for digital...
Crowdcube is offering retail investors access to purchase shares in Blockchain.com through its private market investment platform. This represents a significant opportunity for ret...
Diebold Nixdorf, a leading banking technology company, has appointed Andy Zosel as executive vice president and chief product and technology officer. The appointment comes as the c...
Agentic AI firm Lyzr achieved a $250 million valuation in a Series A+ funding round, raising $14.5 million led by Accenture. The company focuses on deploying AI agents for enterpri...