Stripe to Acquire Metronome in $1B Bet on Usage-Based Billing
Stripe’s acquisition of Metronome signals a major shift toward usage-based billing as the norm for AI and cloud-era businesses.
Stripe’s acquisition of Metronome signals a major shift toward usage-based billing as the norm for AI and cloud-era businesses.
If you’ve been following the AI hype, you know that lots of companies now say they’re using AI in multiple areas. But the reality is that most of them are still in their early adoption days, far from full-range enterprise-grade scaling of AI tools.
Showroom.fm has launched a first-of-its-kind platform that finally makes the physical showroom visible to AI assistants, search engines, and consumers asking, “Where can I see this today?”
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a powerful combination of next-generation AI chips and autonomous software agents, marking one of its most significant steps yet toward building a fully intelligent cloud ecosystem.
New industry research reveals that while data streaming is becoming essential for AI workloads, quality and scalability gaps are creating serious friction for large enterprises.
As we reached the end of November 2025, a number of fintech and fintech-adjacent startups closed significant funding rounds, highlighting ongoing investor confidence in innovation across AI, wealth-tech, digital banking, and financial inclusion.
The new Income Prediction Model from Credolab requires no personally identifiable information, financial history, or documents, enabling lenders to assess creditworthiness even when traditional income data is unavailable.
As AI in banking 2025 surges worldwide, central bank AI adoption remains modest, showing that the institutions tasked with economic stability are still holding back from deep algorithmic integration.
With the wealth management industry in Asia projected to reach $363 trillion by 2026, AI-driven portfolio tools are emerging as a defining factor for firms aiming to capture the coming wave of growth.
Agentic AI commerce is moving from concept to infrastructure. Over the last few days, four separate announcements show how payments, market intelligence, platform tooling, and compute capacity are being aligned to let AI agents discover, decide, and pay on behalf of people.
Sustainable finance is going AI. Across the globe, financial institutions are starting to lean on artificial intelligence to power green lending: loans that only go to projects or firms committed to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. These AI-driven platforms help banks underwrite, monitor, and report on sustainability-linked loans with more speed, data, and transparency.
AI shopping agents are officially becoming a thing. Big payment providers are building the infrastructure to let digital agents handle your purchases, compare prices, and even snag the best deals, without you lifting a finger. While it all sounds extremely exciting, here’s a bummer – most people aren’t exactly lining up to hand over the […]
Tietoevry has officially unveiled a major strategic shift: the company is renewing its brand and returning to the simplified name Tieto as it enters its next chapter of growth. The move comes after the divestment of its Tech Services division in September 2025, which sharpened the company’s focus on its core vertical software and digital […]
Mastercard confirmed that its Agent Pay platform, a breakthrough in agentic, AI-powered payments, is now live in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it the first market outside the U.S. to adopt this next-generation payments innovation.
Statista’s new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server aims to bring over 1 million reliable data points directly into the AI platforms professionals use daily, as AI assistants and automation tools become integral to business decision-making.
As fintechs increasingly seek to balance rapid growth with high-quality customer service, AI-powered solutions are emerging as a key tool. Flametree’s collaboration with Mexican credit card issuer NOVACARD offers an example of how agentic AI is being deployed to streamline customer interactions while maintaining personalization.
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