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Apple and Amazon Push Embedded Finance Further Into the Checkout Experience
Fintech & Ecommerce

Apple and Amazon Push Embedded Finance Further Into the Checkout Experience

Apple and Amazon have put embedded finance back in the spotlight this week. While Apple is preparing to launch a new financing program for its devices, Amazon Business is renewing attention around its existing partnership with Affirm. Such a synchronization among Big Tech players underscore the growing role of installment payments as an integrated part […]

Wise’s US Banking Ambitions Hit a Wall as Shifting Payment-Access Rules Sink Trust Bank Bid
Fintech & Ecommerce

Wise’s US Banking Ambitions Hit a Wall as Shifting Payment-Access Rules Sink Trust Bank Bid

Wise, the London-founded cross-border payments giant, saw its US banking ambitions stall on July 24 after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) rejected its application for a national trust bank charter — a decision the company says was driven as much by a changing regulatory landscape as by its own compliance history.

iGB L!VE 2026 Post-Event Review: Scale, AI, and Where Payments Fit
Articles

iGB L!VE 2026 Post-Event Review: Scale, AI, and Where Payments Fit

iGB L!VE returned to ExCeL London on 1–2 July 2026, and by most measures it delivered on its “biggest yet” billing.

Clearwater Analytics: 66% Of Fund Managers Fear Firms Are Over-Investing In AI
Science & Technology

Clearwater Analytics: 66% Of Fund Managers Fear Firms Are Over-Investing In AI

Vast majority (66%) of fund managers believe their firms are over-investing in AI, while 25% believe their organizations are not investing enough, according to new global AI investment research from Clearwater Analytics.

Glia Launches Three AI Response Modes For Banking Amid Industry Security Scrutiny
Fintech & Ecommerce

Glia Launches Three AI Response Modes For Banking Amid Industry Security Scrutiny

Glia’s July 21 launch of three configurable AI response modes for Glia Banker has taken on added context following a security incident disclosed this week by OpenAI and Hugging Face.

Kurv Launches Agent Portal to Streamline Merchant Onboarding and Portfolio Management
Fintech & Ecommerce

Kurv Launches Agent Portal to Streamline Merchant Onboarding and Portfolio Management

Kurv has introduced Kurv Agent, a new digital platform designed for independent sales organizations (ISOs) and independent payment agents, bringing merchant onboarding, portfolio management, and residual reporting into a single online portal.

Juspay Partners With Recurly, Connecting Hundreds PSPs to Subscription Billing
Fintech & Ecommerce

Juspay Partners With Recurly, Connecting Hundreds PSPs to Subscription Billing

Juspay has partnered with Recurly to integrate its open-source payment orchestration platform, Hyperswitch, into Recurly’s subscription management offering. The partnership gives Recurly merchants access to more than 300 payment service providers and acquirers through a single integration.

Rezolve Ai Brings Agentic Commerce to Zilch’s 6 Million Customers
Fintech & Ecommerce

Rezolve Ai Brings Agentic Commerce to Zilch’s 6 Million Customers

Rezolve Ai announced a partnership with UK fintech Zilch on July 21, 2026, to bring personalized retailer offers directly into the Zilch payments app used by nearly 6 million customers.

SBC Summit 2026 to Spotlight AI and Fintech Innovation Across Payments, Security and Player Experience
Fintech & Ecommerce

SBC Summit 2026 to Spotlight AI and Fintech Innovation Across Payments, Security and Player Experience

As artificial intelligence and fintech continue to reshape the global gaming industry, SBC Summit 2026 is introducing two dedicated educational programmes designed to help operators, suppliers and technology leaders navigate the next phase of digital transformation. Taking place from 29 September to 1 October 2026 at Feira Internacional de Lisboa & MEO Arena in Lisbon, […]

StepFun and Alipay Expand AI Agent Capabilities Through New System-Level Partnership
Fintech & Ecommerce

StepFun and Alipay Expand AI Agent Capabilities Through New System-Level Partnership

Foundation model developer StepFun and Alipay have announced a system-level partnership aimed at bringing AI agents beyond conversational assistance and into everyday consumer services. The collaboration was unveiled on July 17 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai.

ECB Warns Stablecoins Could Drain Bank Deposits, Reinforces Case for Digital Euro
Blockchain & Crypto

ECB Warns Stablecoins Could Drain Bank Deposits, Reinforces Case for Digital Euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) has renewed its warning that widespread stablecoin adoption could weaken Europe’s banking system by diverting deposits away from commercial banks, strengthening the central bank’s case for introducing a digital euro as a secure, publicly backed alternative for digital payments.

GreenVibe Raises $12 Million as Reconstruction Financing Demands Real-Time Verification
Science & Technology

GreenVibe Raises $12 Million as Reconstruction Financing Demands Real-Time Verification

GreenVibe has raised $12 million to date to close what it describes as a longstanding blind spot in construction: whether poured concrete actually matches its specification. The company embeds wireless sensors into concrete before pouring, delivering strength and status readings every 30 minutes.

Natural Secures $30M to Build AI Agent Payments Infrastructure
Fintech & Ecommerce

Natural Secures $30M to Build AI Agent Payments Infrastructure

AI agent payments infrastructure is rapidly becoming one of fintech’s fastest-growing segments, with startups and global payment networks racing to build financial rails for autonomous AI. Natural’s latest funding round suggests investors believe AI agents will soon become independent economic participants, propelling beyond simple productivity tools.

Sunrate And Mastercard Release White Paper Defining Agentic Global Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Sunrate And Mastercard Release White Paper Defining Agentic Global Payments

Sunrate and Mastercard have released a joint white paper, Beyond Automation: Defining Agentic Global Payments, at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai.

Bitcoin Today: Strategy’s BTC Sale and U.S. Strategic Reserve Legal Debate — What Investors Need to Know
Blockchain & Crypto

Bitcoin Today: Strategy’s BTC Sale and U.S. Strategic Reserve Legal Debate — What Investors Need to Know

Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) latest Bitcoin sale and President Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plan have become two of the most closely watched developments in the cryptocurrency market. While Strategy’s first net-selling activity briefly pressured Bitcoin prices, investors are also assessing how the U.S. government’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve could influence future Bitcoin supply, regulation and market […]

Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform as Regulatory Framework Remains Unfinished
Blockchain & Crypto

Visa Launches Institutional Stablecoin Platform as Regulatory Framework Remains Unfinished

Visa has unveiled a new institutional stablecoin platform, marking another step in the payment giant’s expansion beyond traditional card processing towards blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The new tool is not a consumer payment product. The initiative is designed to support institutional participants managing stablecoin operations at scale instead.

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