/payments
UK-based decentralised payments platform Ryft has raised £5.7 million in Series A funding to help acquiring banks take on industry giants Stripe Connect and Adyen.
09 April 2025
/regulation
DailyPay has sued New York Attorney General Letitia James over efforts to apply usury laws to the earned wage access sector.
/security
Scams impersonating businesses and government officials cost Americans $2.95 billion last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
/crypto
Firefish, a European open marketplace for bitcoin-collateralised loans, has raised $1.8 million seed funding.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency says "highly sensitive information" was accessed in a hack on its email system.
08 April 2025
/ai
Bank of America says that over 90% of its 213,000 employees now use its AI-driven internal virtual assistant, cutting calls into the IT services desk by half.
Blackbird Labs, a blockchain-based restaurant loyalty and payments app, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round.
NatWest has made a minorty investment in rewards credit card startup Yonder.
Ripple is to acquire crypo-friendly prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, representing one of the largest deals in the digital assets space.
AI-powered anti-money laundering, screening and fraud prevention outfit Hawk has raised $56 million in a Series C funding round led by One Peak.
Félix, a chat-based platform that utilises WhatsApp and stablecoins to enable Latino immigrants in the US to send money abroad, has secured $75 million Series B in equity and growth financing.
Turkish emebedded finance fintech Sipay has raised $78 million at a valuation of $875 million.
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