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Fintech
AI & ML
Blockchain

Chinese fintech capital surge redraws AI, payments and token landscape

A wave of Chinese tech funding rounds and product launches signals a decisive push into agentic AI, tokenised finance and stablecoin infrastructure.
A wave of Chinese tech funding rounds and product launches signals a decisive push into agentic AI, tokenised finance and stablecoin infrastructure.
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Fintech
AI & ML

BMLL and Simudyne build Large Market Models for AI trading simulation

Historical order-book data meets generative AI as two fintech firms create reactive market simulators for capital markets.
Historical order-book data meets generative AI as two fintech firms create reactive market simulators for capital markets.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Thought Machine and AWS target Tier 1 bank mainframe debt with AI

A joint Vault Forge and AWS Transform pipeline converts COBOL mainframe logic into cloud-native products, compressing multi-year migrations into days.
A joint Vault Forge and AWS Transform pipeline converts COBOL mainframe logic into cloud-native products, compressing multi-year migrations into days.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Payrails launches open Merchant of Record for fast-scaling fintechs

Payrails' hybrid MoR lets AI and SaaS companies sell globally from day one, then exit to direct acquiring without re-integrating.
Payrails' hybrid MoR lets AI and SaaS companies sell globally from day one, then exit to direct acquiring without re-integrating.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Sustainability

M-KOPA hits 10m customers and $600m revenue on Africa fintech surge

The inclusive fintech's 45% revenue jump signals how embedded credit is reshaping Africa's digital economy at scale.
The inclusive fintech's 45% revenue jump signals how embedded credit is reshaping Africa's digital economy at scale.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Internet of Things

stc pay Bahrain goes physical via Diebold Nixdorf kiosk deal

A telecom-affiliated mobile wallet installs cash-recycling kiosks, testing whether Gulf fintechs can bypass legacy bank infrastructure entirely.
A telecom-affiliated mobile wallet installs cash-recycling kiosks, testing whether Gulf fintechs can bypass legacy bank infrastructure entirely.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Thought Machine and AWS target core banking's COBOL problem with AI

Vault Forge and AWS Transform combine to compress multi-year mainframe migrations into days, rewriting the economics of core banking modernisation.
Vault Forge and AWS Transform combine to compress multi-year mainframe migrations into days, rewriting the economics of core banking modernisation.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
AI & ML

Agentic shopping raises liability gap no bank or retailer has solved

As AI shopping agents go mainstream, banks, retailers and card networks face unresolved questions over who bears the cost when software buys wrong.
As AI shopping agents go mainstream, banks, retailers and card networks face unresolved questions over who bears the cost when software buys wrong.
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Fintech
AI & ML

PlannerPal raises $6m to build AI client intelligence for UK advice

Mercia Ventures leads a $6m round backing PlannerPal's push to unify fragmented client data across UK wealth and mortgage advice firms.
Mercia Ventures leads a $6m round backing PlannerPal's push to unify fragmented client data across UK wealth and mortgage advice firms.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Stuut raises $52.5M to automate enterprise order-to-cash with AI

Insight Partners and a16z back the agentic fintech as $16 trillion in global unpaid receivables makes AI-run collections a CFO priority.
Insight Partners and a16z back the agentic fintech as $16 trillion in global unpaid receivables makes AI-run collections a CFO priority.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Circle and Volante bring USDC into Tier 1 bank payment rails

The stablecoin-to-bank-infrastructure deal signals digital dollars moving from pilots into everyday settlement operations at scale.
The stablecoin-to-bank-infrastructure deal signals digital dollars moving from pilots into everyday settlement operations at scale.
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Fintech
Blockchain
Cybersecurity

Sumsub's Reusable KYC Gateway goes live with MiniPay's 20m wallets

Sumsub's new KYC Gateway lets stablecoin wallet users verify once and reuse identity across MiniPay's entire regulated partner network.
Sumsub's new KYC Gateway lets stablecoin wallet users verify once and reuse identity across MiniPay's entire regulated partner network.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Carpe Data: insurance fraud costs rise as frequency falls

New fraud data shows AI-driven detection scaling across 100% of claims as per-incident losses grow and social media evidence dominates.
New fraud data shows AI-driven detection scaling across 100% of claims as per-incident losses grow and social media evidence dominates.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Transportation & Logistics

BDO Unibank upgrades payments core with Finastra Global PAYplus

The Philippines' largest commercial bank consolidates high-value and mass payments on a single ISO 20022-ready platform.
The Philippines' largest commercial bank consolidates high-value and mass payments on a single ISO 20022-ready platform.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

FI Works and OMNICOMMANDER partner to close community bank data gap

A fintech data-intelligence and digital-marketing tie-up targets the 57% of community banks failing to act on their own customer data.
A fintech data-intelligence and digital-marketing tie-up targets the 57% of community banks failing to act on their own customer data.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Sapiens index: 67% of insurers expect full AI autonomy by 2029

A 475-firm global study finds agentic AI adoption lagging far behind ambition, with only 16% of insurers using it.
A 475-firm global study finds agentic AI adoption lagging far behind ambition, with only 16% of insurers using it.
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AI & ML
Fintech
Energy

Intuitive.ai wins Preferred status in Anthropic Claude Partner Network

The enterprise AI firm joins a select tier of Anthropic partners, deploying Claude across insurance, healthcare, energy and manufacturing.
The enterprise AI firm joins a select tier of Anthropic partners, deploying Claude across insurance, healthcare, energy and manufacturing.
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Fintech

Root Founder Arpit Goel on Making US Instant Payment Rails Usable

Out of stealth, Root founder and CEO Arpit Goel explains how one API connecting businesses directly to banks aims to make instant payments practical.

Root, an instant payment platform for receivables, payables and money transmission, came out of stealth at the end of June.

Rowen Brooks  · 
Fintech
AI & ML

AlphaSense SuperAnalyst bets AI agents are bank infrastructure

AlphaSense's autonomous agent now serves 18 of the top 20 investment banks, with AI performing 99% of research activity on the platform.
AlphaSense's autonomous agent now serves 18 of the top 20 investment banks, with AI performing 99% of research activity on the platform.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Media & Publishing

82% of Americans prefer human bankers, even as AI adoption surges

New US survey data reveals a deep trust gap between AI use at work and AI acceptance in high-stakes financial decisions.
New US survey data reveals a deep trust gap between AI use at work and AI acceptance in high-stakes financial decisions.
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