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Bite Investments raises $25m

Bite Investments, a technology provider for the alternative investments sector, has secured $25 million in funding from NewSpring Growth.

/ai

PayOS and Mastercard complete milestone agentic payment transaction

PayOS and Mastercard have completed an autonomos agentic payment transaction using a Mastercard Agentic Token.

/crypto

Stripe and Brex make stablecoin moves

Payments giant Stripe and corporate spend management player Brex have unveiled products that bring stablecoins closer to the mainstream.

/Sibos

Sibos 2025: Why Europe needs the integration of capital markets

In the only Europe-centric session at Sibos in Frankfurt, Swift’s Marianne Demarchi led a conversation titled: “View from the Top: Securing Europe’s financial future - Resilience, autonomy, and global impact.”

/startups

Frank founder Javice sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan

Charlie Javice has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding JP Morgan Chase in the $175 million deal to buy her fintech Frank.

/Sibos

Sibos 2025: How to build the bank of tomorrow

Following the popular session on building tomorrow’s bank at Sibos 2024, McKinsey’s Megha Kansal moderated a follow-up session on the year’s developments in Frankfurt.

/Sibos

EPAA calls for industry-wide preparation for quantum threats in new report

The Emerging Payments Association of Asia (EPAA) has released a report on how quantum computing will exacerbate the payments fraud landscape, and what financial institutions need to be doing to prepare before quantum slips into the mainstream.

/payments

Visa Direct to pilot pre-funded stablecoins

Visa is promising financial institutions a long-overdue upgrade to the movement of capital in cross-border payments via a pre-funding stablecoin platform.

/ai

Bank of America rolls out GenAI assistant for Global Payment Solutions business

Bank of America has rolled out an AI assistant to help staff deal with complex queries from institutional users of its Global Payments Solutions product.

/crypto

Sibos 2025: Unpacking the impact and future of digital assets

Digital assets are one of the key themes at Sibos 2025, and day one featured several sessions covering the intricacies of stablecoins, CBDCs, and the world of crypto.

/retail

Fiserv to buy StoneCastle Cash Management

Fiserv has signed a definitive agreement to buy StoneCastle Cash Management. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/ai

Visa launches VCS Hub for AI-powered commercial payments

Visa has launched a hub to help issuers and fintechs deliver commercial payment and embedded finance experiences.