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UiPath’s agentic AI platform could streamline FI workflows

Bank Automation

Software giant UiPath is rolling out an enterprise-grade agentic AI platform designed to serve as a liaison between AI agents, robotic process automations and humans to streamline workflow automation. The platform, dubbed Maestro, knows how to seamlessly orchestrate agents, robots and people, all at scale, Taqi Jaffrey, senior director of product management at UiPath, said […] The post UiPaths agentic AI platform could streamline FI workflows appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Stablecoin Payments Are Now Available on Apple Pay Through Mesh

Fintech Finance

Mesh , the first truly global crypto payments network, today unveiled its Apple Pay integration live on stage at Token2049 during Co-Founder and CEO Bam Azizi’s keynote address. This marks the first public demonstration of the new capability – available later in Q2 – that will enable merchants partnered with Mesh to accept crypto payments through Apple Pay without building their own crypto infrastructure.

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Clearwater Analytics Acquires Risk Analytics Firm Beacon

Finovate

Clearwater Analytics has completed its acquisition of risk analytics and developer infrastructure company Beacon. The acquisition will boost Clearwater’s capabilities in complex portfolio management for both public and private markets. Beacon made its Finovate debut at FinovateAsia in Hong Kong in 2018. The company is headquartered in New York.

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Kinexys by J.P. Morgan Flourishes in the MENA Region

Fintech Finance

Kinexys by J.P. Morgan , the firm’s blockchain business unit, has recently won mandates from Qatar National Bank and Saudi National Bank, solidifying our position as a leading global blockchain infrastructure provider for banks, with 8 of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) [1] such as Qatar National Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Saudi National Bank, Emirates NBD, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and Bank ABC now live on the Kinexys platform.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Lloyds builds on lending momentum with AI

Bank Automation

Lloyds Bank is expanding its lending and commercial banking capabilities through digitalization and AI deployment. THE BIG PICTURE: Manchester, U.K.-based Lloyds today reported 230.1 billion pounds ($306.5 billion) in risk-weighted assets (RWA) in the first quarter, up 2.4% from Q4 2024 and up 24.8% from Q1 2024. The growth in RWA was largely driven by […] The post Lloyds builds on lending momentum with AI appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Stripe Radar Now Protects ACH and SEPA Payments From Fraud

Fintech Finance

Stripe announced an expansion of Radar , Stripe’s AI-powered fraud prevention product, for ACH and SEPA payments. Radar assesses more than 1,000 characteristics of a potential transaction in order to determine, in less than 100 milliseconds, the likelihood that it’s fraudulent. On average, Radar users see a 42% reduction in SEPA fraud and a 20% reduction in ACH fraud.

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Modern Treasury Announces the First AI Platform Purpose-Built for Payments

Fintech Finance

Modern Treasury , the leading payment operations platform for businesses, today introduced Modern Treasury AI to deliver the first AI Platform purpose-built for the unique demands of enterprise payments. Built on the company’s industry-leading Payment Ops infrastructure, Modern Treasury AI blends a context-aware agent with a powerful, real-time workspace.

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Walmart drives toward instant payments

Payments Dive

The mega retailer is eager to use more real-time payments as it speeds up digital services for cost-conscious customers.

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Visa Announces New Era of Commerce Featuring AI

Fintech Finance

The future of commerce is on display at the Visa Global Product Drop with powerful AI-enabled advancements allowing consumers to find and buy with AI plus the introduction of new strategic partnerships and product innovations. “As new ways to pay emerge, they need to run on a network that is always on – that is safe, secure, scalable and relentlessly innovating,” said Visa CEO Ryan McInerney. “We are taking the power of our network and our decades-long expertise to bring

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AI’s Role in Transforming Core Platforms in Financial Services

The Fintech Times

AI is already disrupting every area of the financial services industry, and is being included in almost every strategic conversation around technology-enabled transformation. This transformation is exemplified by industry leaders like JP Morgan Chase, where CEO Jamie Dimon has championed a 12billion annual investment in data and technology overseeing over 400 AI use cases including fraud detection, customer service improvements and operational efficiencies across the bank.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Tide to Roll Out Tide Credit Flex After Successful Pilot

Fintech Finance

Tide , the UK’s leading business financial platform, has today, announced that the availability of its convenience credit product, Tide Credit Flex has been expanded to become a feature product available to all eligible members [1]. Credit Flex is a short-term loan facility integrated into the Tide app to help members with their short-term cash flow needs.

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Angela Yore: What It Really Takes to Get into National Media

The Fintech Times

For fintech companies, national media exposure in top-tier publications can be the ultimate credibility marker. It can influence investor confidence, policy decisions, customer perception and even hiring. But getting your name in these titles isnt easy, and for most fintechs, it takes more than just having some good news to share. Ten years ago, you could argue that just being a fintech was the news.

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FIS Harmonizes Payments With Launch of Unified Money Movement Hub

Fintech Finance

Global financial technology leader FIS ® (NYSE: FIS) has announced the launch of its Money Movement Hub, an innovative payments solution that helps to simplify the back-end infrastructure of financial institutions by enabling them to connect to multiple payment networks and process payments in one place. Designed as a turnkey solution for a wide range of institutions – from super regional banks to community banks – the Money Movement Hub supports a modernized payments journey th

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Behind the Idea: Juspay

The Fintech Times

Indias digital economy scaled fast, but paying online didnt always keep up. With strict security requirements and inconsistent user experiences, businesses faced real challenges in offering smooth, reliable payments. Juspay launched almost 13 years ago to address exactly that: building infrastructure that could handle scale, meet regulation and work for everyone.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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AfricaNenda Launches 2024 Annual Report: Advancing Inclusive Instant Payment Systems for Broader Financial Inclusion in Africa

Fintech Finance

AfricaNenda Foundation has released its 2024 Annual Report, marking a significant year of transformation and impact in its mission to accelerate access to inclusive instant payment systems (IIPS) across Africa. The report highlights key milestones, insights, and the organizations transition into an independent foundation, further strengthening its ability to drive financial inclusion across the continent.

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Visa Lifts the Curtain on AI Advancements, Stablecoin Partnerships and New Ways to Pay

The Fintech Times

Payments giant Visa unveiled a number of AI-enabled advancements at its Global Product Drop, alongside expanded stablecoin partnerships, as it looks to position itself as a key enabler of the AI-driven future of digital commerce. Kicking off its Product Drop, Visa revealed how combining AI and digital commerce could drastically change how consumers discover and buy products and services.

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Volt’s One-Click PayTo Payment Solution Made Available to Shopify Customers in Australia

Fintech Finance

Volt , the global real-time payments platform, today announces its expansion with Shopify to the Australian market. Volt is enabling Shopify merchants to offer Australian consumers a one-click checkout experience, powered by PayTo. Volt, which specialises in integrating domestic real-time payment schemes into its global network, has been an approved Shopify partner since 2023 , when its Pay by Bank offering became available to Shopify customers in the UK and Europe.

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Just Released! 2025 Strategy Benchmark

Bank Automation

Unlock Opportunities Amid Regulatory Changes: Insights from the Jack Henry 2025 Strategy Benchmark Study In times of uncertainty, regulatory upheaval can create opportunities for banks. The Jack Henry Strategy Benchmark uncovers these opportunities, offering in-depth insights from strategy experts who analyzed the results of our annual study, which highlights the top strategic priorities for banks […] The post Just Released!

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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bunq Partners With Kraken to Launch In-App Crypto Investment Capabilities

The Fintech Times

In a move to bring bank-level security to crypto investment, crypto exchange Kraken is teaming up with bunq , the European neobank, to launch a new offering that enables users to invest in crypto safely. The offering, dubbed ‘bunq Crypto’ is now live in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium, and hopes to make it easier for users to begin their crypto investing journey in the bunq app.

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Geoswift Integrates Visa Direct to Expand Cross-Border Payout Capabilities

Fintech News

Geoswift, a Canada-based cross-border payment services provider, has announced the integration of Visa Direct into its international payments platform. Visa Direct enables fund transfers to over 140 countries and territories. Through this integration, Geoswift will initially support payouts in 32 countries and territories across 13 currencies, covering key markets in the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, and the Middle East, with plans to expand further.

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Bitget Wallet Integrated Into Paydify Infrastructure to Make Crypto Viable for Everyday Payments

The Fintech Times

One of the biggest barriers holding crypto back is its limited use in an everyday setting. Looking to tackle this issue and enable merchants to accept stablecoin payments, Bitget Wallet , the Web3 non-custodial wallet, has been integrated into Paydify, the universal gateway enabling crypto payments across all wallets and blockchain networks. The integration will streamline crypto payment infrastructure, enabling Bitget Wallet users to pay with USDT and USDC at select physical and online merchant

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Wrapping Up Day Two of IPC 2025: Big Questions and Bold Conversations

Innovative Payments Association

As we head into the final stretch of the 2025 Innovative Payments Conference, today’s agenda delivered thoughtful insights, sharp debate, and high-level perspectives on the forces shaping the future of financial services. We started with a powerful panel on Bank-Fintech Relationships, where speakers tackled the fallout from the recent BaaS shakeups and how oversight, accountability, and collaboration must evolve.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Combatting Romaing Charges: Revolut Announces Mobile Plans

The Fintech Times

Global fintech Revolut is expanding its services once more into the mobile world as it looks to launch mobile plans. In 2024, Revolut became one of the first UK financial institutions for its customers to stay connected when travelling abroad. With millions of data plans created and with the service used in more than 100 locations worldwide, Revolut is now building on this success and announced its plan to provide its users with unlimited calls, texts and data at home, and a 20GB roaming allowan

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Turning Currency Conversion into a Revenue Source

Basis Theory

Payment providers make money by converting currencies, why cant merchants? Find out more, and how to boost your revenues here.

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PayPoint Furthers Inclusivity and Accessibility With Three New Translated Guides

Fintech Finance

PayPoint has launched an additional three translated training guides in Hindi, Tamil, and Gujarati to boost accessibility for retailers, following demand for a broader range of languages. Due to the positive feedback received from retailers after the initial launch, PayPoint has taken proactive steps to improve accessibility and usability for its diverse user base by providing three additional translated guide documents.

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System Intrusion Rises to Dominance in APAC Threat Landscape

Fintech News

Asia-Pacific (APAC) is experiencing a dramatic surge in system intrusion attacks, as cybercriminals increasingly favor more sophisticated, multi-stage methods to gain deeper, sustained access into organizational systems. Data from Verizon Businesss 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report reveal that system intrusion has risen considerably over the past four years, escalating to become the dominant threat pattern across APAC.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.

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Dub raises $30m for app that lets users copy influencers' stock trades

Finextra

Dub, a copy trading app that enables users to mimic the portfolio strategies of notable investors, has raised $30 million in funding.

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What Fintech Marketers Get Wrong About Digital Ads - Interview with Eric Cook

Fintech Weekly

Fintech marketing expert Eric Cook shares practical strategies for creating trustworthy, relevant, and effective digital advertising in a crowded space.

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FCA issues call to action to MPs over Big Tech and finfluencer roles in financial promotions

Finextra

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is calling on politicians to draft legislation to crackdown on Big Tech and finfluencers who promote unauthorised financial schemes.

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How Tariffs are Impacting Payments and Credit Card Processing

Clearly Payments

Tariffs government-imposed taxes on imported goods are often seen as a supply chain issue. But they also have a ripple effect that extends to merchants pricing strategies, customer behavior, and yes, even how payments are processed. While credit card processing fees arent directly subject to tariffs, many businesses are seeing indirect impacts that affect their bottom line.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt