Sage Expands Partnership with AWS to Accelerate SMB Cloud Migration and AI Adoption
Accounting software vendor Sage announced an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services at its Sage Future event in San Francisco. The collaboration will embed Sage’s AI‑powered financial tools into AWS’s Bedrock AgentCore and list them on the AWS Marketplace, aiming to accelerate cloud migration for small and midsized businesses. By offering ready‑to‑deploy AI agents for tasks such as accounts payable and payroll, Sage seeks to simplify the transition from legacy desktop solutions to a scalable, cloud‑based environment.
Airwallex: Sign Up & Get $400 Via Finder After First Transaction (Global Business Banking Platform)
Airwallex, a global business‑banking platform, is running a limited‑time promotion through shopping portal Finder that rewards new account sign‑ups with a $400 cash‑back incentive after the first qualifying transaction. The offer, which supersedes a previous $250 reward, expires at 2 p.m....
RealOpen and TRON Verify $9.4M in USDT for Crypto-Enabled Real Estate Purchases
RealOpen and TRON completed the “Fast Moves, Fast Payments” holiday campaign, verifying roughly $9.4 million in USDT on the TRON blockchain for crypto‑enabled home purchases. The initiative attracted 343 sign‑ups, 27 KYC‑verified buyers and onboarded 69 real‑estate agents, demonstrating tangible demand...
Onchain USDC Payments Seed Crypto Super Cycle
"Creators getting paid in USDC onchain is planting the seeds for the crypto super cycle" Luca on why the network effect of onchain payments changes everything "I'm a creator, I get paid in US dollars onchain. Then I see an NFT on...
Intuit Financial Intelligence Apps Now Available in Claude
Intuit announced that its suite of financial‑intelligence apps—QuickBooks, Mailchimp, TurboTax and Credit Karma—are now available inside Anthropic’s Claude chat platform. The integration lets consumers and small‑to‑mid‑size businesses retrieve tax estimates, run credit‑score analyses, generate marketing copy and pull financial reports...
DeepTarget Unveils Growth Hub to Cut “Disconnectivity Tax” For Community‑Bank Leaders
DeepTarget introduced a strategic growth hub on its revamped website to help community‑bank and credit‑union executives eliminate the “Disconnectivity Tax.” The platform offers a data‑driven blueprint for acquiring high‑value households, automating cross‑sell offers and retaining new accounts, positioning leaders to...
Fed Report Flags Surge in Fraud Across Debit, Check, ACH and Wire Payments
The Federal Reserve’s latest Financial Services Risk Officer Survey, covering more than 400 U.S. banks, shows fraud climbing on debit cards, checks, ACH and wire transfers. With unauthorized‑party fraud now responsible for 71% of incidents, banks are accelerating AI‑based detection...
Robinhood Q1 Revenue Jumps 15% as Gold Subscriptions Hit 4.3 Million
Robinhood reported $1.07 billion in net revenue for Q1 2026, a 15% year‑over‑year increase, propelled by a record 4.3 million Gold subscribers—a 36% jump. The fintech’s subscription‑based services, banking expansion, and a new public‑sector partnership signal a deeper move toward SaaS‑style monetization.
KeyBank and Qolo Unveil KeyVC Virtual Commercial Card for Business Clients
KeyBank and fintech provider Qolo have launched KeyVC, a virtual commercial card program that lives inside KeyBank's Virtual Account Management platform. The solution lets corporate clients create, control and reconcile virtual cards alongside existing treasury tools, promising faster supplier payments...
Robinhood Earnings Show a Significant Deceleration in Revenue Growth. Is This a Red Flag?
Robinhood reported first‑quarter revenue of $1.06 billion, up 15% year‑over‑year but falling 17% sequentially, and net income of $346 million, a modest 3% increase. The earnings missed analyst expectations, prompting a 14% drop in the stock, which is already more than 50%...
AI Could Unlock 10 Margin Points of Growth for CFOs by 2029: Gartner
According to Gartner’s 2026 Finance Technology Bullseye report, CFOs who align artificial‑intelligence initiatives with broader finance‑technology investments could generate an additional ten percentage points of margin growth by 2029. The study, based on a survey of 314 organizations, finds three‑quarters...
US and EU Sanctions Intensify Focus on Crypto Transactions : Research
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic highlighted new U.S. and EU sanctions aimed at curbing crypto‑facilitated sanctions evasion. The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC placed two Iran‑linked Tether wallets holding about $344 million on its sanctions list, while the EU approved its 20th package banning...
AI Agents Are Streamlining Economic Activities but Traditional Banks Still Expected to Serve Key Role in Financial Services : Analysis
Circle argues that AI agents are automating core economic tasks such as payments, invoicing, and short‑term financing, creating an "agentic economy" that runs at machine speed. While the shift reduces banks' role as the primary customer interface, it simultaneously elevates...
Figure Technology Solutions Reportedly Cuts Lending Costs by 117 Basis Points, Funds Loans Faster than Incumbents
Figure Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: FIGR) has leveraged its Cosmos‑based blockchain, Provenance, to shave 117 basis points off cumulative lending costs. The on‑chain architecture accelerates loan funding three to eight times faster than legacy platforms, enabling the firm to originate $17 billion...
PayPal's New CEO Makes Venmo a Standalone Business Unit as Potential Buyers Circle
PayPal announced that its Venmo app will be spun off into a standalone business unit, creating three distinct segments alongside its core PayPal‑branded services and a payment‑services division that houses Braintree and crypto. The move, driven by CEO Enrique Lores,...
Meta Launches Stablecoin Payouts In Colombia And The Philippines
Meta has begun offering creators in Colombia and the Philippines the option to receive payouts in the USDC stablecoin, using either the Solana or Polygon networks. Creators must link a compatible third‑party wallet such as MetaMask or Phantom, and Stripe...
Kustodia Launches Smart Contract Escrow for LATAM's $600m Fraud Crisis
Kustodia has rolled out Mexico’s first peso‑denominated blockchain escrow, linking the country’s instant SPEI payment rail with smart contracts on Arbitrum. The service lets buyers and sellers lock funds via a WhatsApp‑driven interface, releasing pesos only after mutual confirmation, and...
EToro Resolves Issue with Charts Not Loading for some Instruments
eToro experienced a temporary outage where price charts failed to load for several instruments, first detected at 15:24 UTC on April 29, 2026. The engineering team identified the root cause within an hour and began restoring functionality, achieving partial recovery by 16:16 UTC. Full...
Japan Issues New Prepaid Cards Exclusively for Tourists
Pasmo Co is launching a Tourist Pasmo prepaid card that works for 28 days and is accepted on trains, subways, buses and many retail outlets across Japan. The card will be sold at major transport hubs, costing about $15 at...
How a Payments Fintech Uses AI to Battle Tariff Refund Chaos
Tipalti has upgraded its AI platform with agentic tools that automate reporting, tax‑form processing, purchase‑request creation, and payee onboarding. The enhancements aim to help businesses navigate the surge in tariff‑related complexities, including eligibility for refunds on roughly $166 billion of shipments...
Better Partners with Stripe to Launch Home Equity Card
Better Home & Finance unveiled the Better Home Equity Card, a prepaid Mastercard built on Stripe Issuing and Treasury. The card lets homeowners draw instantly from a home‑equity line of credit, earning 1% cashback on eligible renovation purchases. With U.S....
US Judge Bans Celsius Founder Mashinsky From Any Product Involving 'Assets'
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote approved a $10 million FTC settlement with Alex Mashinsky, founder of the collapsed Celsius Network. The order permanently bars Mashinsky from promoting or operating any product involving the deposit, exchange, investment, or withdrawal of assets, effectively excluding...
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Paragon Connect, ICE’s MLS platform, has been rebuilt as a full‑featured, browser‑based solution that runs on any device, eliminating legacy desktop installations. The vendor stresses that successful migration hinges on thorough back‑end evaluation, documentation, and training rather than the technology...
Biometrics vs Privacy: Why Palm Payments Like Amazon One or Tencent & Visa Projects Would Face EU Legal Risks After...
Palm‑based payment systems such as Amazon One, Tencent's biometric checkout and Visa's pilot are drawing scrutiny from EU regulators. Under the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive, palm scans are classified as sensitive biometric data, requiring explicit consent and robust safeguards. While...
Rogo Scores $160M Series D
Rogo, an AI platform built for finance, announced a $160 million Series D round led by Kleiner Perkins. The financing also attracted Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, JPMorgan Growth Equity and several other investors. The new capital lifts Rogo’s total funding above...
SoFi Reports Record Revenue and Loan Origination
SoFi posted a record $1.1 billion net revenue in Q1 2026, a 43% year‑over‑year jump, driven by a 68% surge in loan originations to $12.2 billion. The company kept its full‑year revenue outlook unchanged, citing an expected Fed rate‑freeze and broader macro...
Square Still Doesn’t Support Crypto Payments for Merchants
I tried to get the owner of my local coffee shop to enable Bitcoin on his Square terminal (so I could pay him in Zcash), but he says Square hasn’t notified him about it by email and he doesn’t see...
Stablecoins Power Creator Payouts via Stripe, Meta
Creator payouts are one of the killer use cases for stablecoins Excited for @tempo to be working with Stripe and Meta to payout to shiny @link wallets
Stable Sea Taps WisdomTree to Bring Tokenized Treasury Yield to Business Operating Cash
Stable Sea has partnered with asset manager WisdomTree to embed its tokenized money‑market fund WTGXX into the Stable Sea Terminal platform, giving business treasuries direct access to on‑chain U.S. Treasury yields. WTGXX holds about $855 million in tokenized Treasuries and ranks...
Agentic AI: From Answers to Action in Banking
Agentic AI is not about answering questions. It is about taking action. In this episode, I explain why moving from passive to autonomous systems is critical for the future of banking. 👉 Watch the full episode: https://t.co/Sk040KYyAk https://t.co/BJPjJXhpkH
Six Fintech Startup Predictions for 2026
Six #Fintech #Startup Predictions For 2026 https://t.co/gsnoGYCtY6 #GoogleAlerts #AI #VentureCapital @SpirosMargaris @ahier @sallyeaves @efipm @anand_narang @TerenceLeungSF @davidjmaireles @JimMarous @FrRonconi @davidjmaireles @FinMKTG @BetaMoroney @JohnNosta @dinisguarda @mvollmer1 @JohnNosta @Khulood_Almani @HaroldSinnott @Fabriziobustama
Blockrise Looks to Bunq for Financial Infrastructure
European neobank bunq has gone live with its Banking‑as‑a‑Service (BaaS) platform, partnering with Bitcoin platform Blockrise to deliver Bitcoin‑friendly bank accounts. Through bunq’s Dutch banking licence, Blockrise users gain regulated fiat deposit protection up to €100,000 (about $108,000) under the...
Meta Pays Billions in USDC to 100M Creators
"100 million people being paid in USDC to the tune of billions of dollars is amazing." 😍 -- @kaiynne on Meta paying creators in stablecoins https://t.co/WRtMtepjzU
Meta's Stablecoin Payouts Could Trigger Crypto Supercycle
On Meta paying people in stablecoins: "The seeds being planted here, for all my delusional bulls, is setting us up for a supercycle." 🚀 -- @LucaNetz https://t.co/rVJpbAZab2
Securitize Teams Up With Computershare to Tokenize U.S.-Listed Equities
Securitize and global transfer agent Computershare have signed an agreement to issue Issuer‑Sponsored Tokens (ISTs) for U.S.-listed equities. ISTs represent direct on‑chain ownership of shares, eliminating the need for synthetic wrapper structures. Computershare will act as the transfer agent, processing...
Meta Shifts Creator Payments to Stablecoins, Expands Instagram Payout Engine
On Meta paying creators in stablecoins 😮 "The Instagram industrial complex must be one of the largest creator payout systems." -- @kaiynne https://t.co/WRtMtepjzU
DeFi Must Offer Massive Yields to Offset High Risk
What's the appropriate amount of yield to offer to lenders in DeFi? "If yield on Treasuries is 4%, but in DeFi, you get blown up every week, then in DeFi, you need to earn 104%" 😂 -- @kaiynne https://t.co/WRtMtepjzU
Ready to Sell? Here’s Why You Need an Assessment First
TSG advises payments‑focused companies to begin any sale process with a comprehensive assessment rather than jumping straight to valuation or pitch‑deck creation. The assessment uncovers the factors that drive a premium multiple, pinpoints operational gaps, and informs whether to sell...
Stablecoin Adoption Grows as Crypto Hype Wanes
Had too much fun chatting stablecoins with @segall_max, @zcabrams and @pariscribben at @stripe sessions. We were in a room full of bankers. And the biggest surprise? The more the hype blows off of crypto and stablecoins. The more enterprises and volume comes....
OneStream Delivers Unified, Global Financial Visibility
Multinational organizations juggling multiple systems and diverse data? OneStream unifies your financial consolidation, close planning, and forecasting. Get single-source-of-truth reporting for true global financial visibility. #FinanceTech #Accounting #ERP https://t.co/rqAzzjvUiQ
People Home Finance Ltd
People Home Finance Ltd is a new‑age housing finance firm in India that concentrates on affordable home loans for lower‑ and middle‑income, often self‑employed borrowers. The company leverages technology‑driven underwriting to streamline approvals and reduce paperwork. Its leadership includes MD & CEO...
Stripe's AI Infrastructure: Tokens, Gemini, and a Decade-Old Connection
Speaking with @collision soon. He wont remember it, but I met John 10 years ago at Web Summit (then in Ireland). Interviewing him for the first time and talking about Stripe building the economic infrastructure for AI, Stripe in AI...
Payments Industry Embarrassed as Stripe Dominates Agentic Commerce
its a little embarrassing for everyone in payments that you're just letting stripe run away with agentic commerce
Australia’s Grassroots Movement Fights to Preserve Cash Access
Australia’s grassroots “Cash Out Day” urged millions to withdraw cash, aiming to double typical ATM volume in a single day. The campaign helped drive a new cash‑acceptance mandate that obliges retailers to take cash for purchases under $500. Reserve Bank...
Stripe Demos Launch via CLI—Industry Standard?
Demos at @stripe sessions all start with a CLI Name another payments company that's true for
Stripe Link Turns Into Agent Wallet with Human Approval
Stripe link is now a wallet for agents Give your agents link creds It tries to buy something You approve (human in the loop)
Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act Forces Lenders to Upgrade Data Tools
The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, signed into law in September 2025 and effective March 5, 2026, bars credit bureaus from sharing mortgage trigger leads without explicit borrower consent. Lenders are scrambling to replace the lost channel with predictive‑analytics platforms, a...
AI Agents Revive Stripe's Long‑ignored CLI
Stripe launched a CLI seven years ago, and nobody used it Until AI agents came along. https://t.co/M5RIBzzzXw
Raiffeisenbankengruppe Oesterreich Deploys nCino Platform to Digitise Corporate Lending
Raiffeisenbankengruppe Oesterreich has chosen nCino's cloud‑based platform to overhaul its corporate loan origination, covering everything from application to disbursement. The move marks a major digital‑transformation step for one of Europe’s largest cooperative banking groups and signals growing SaaS adoption in...
First Multichain Payment Gateway Enables Nanopayments Across 11 Chains
We've just launched the first multichain payment gateway for agents, across 11 chains, USDC + x402 support for sellers and buyers, and support for 0.000001 sized nanopayments. It's an open and permissionless protocol on the internet. https://t.co/9fO4yaSGUn