June 19, 2026
Stablecoin infrastructure just pulled in fresh institutional capital. Trace Finance raised a $32 million Series A led by CoinFund, with backing from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, Jump Crypto, Valor Capital, Paxos, and HOF Capital. The money funds Trace's push to scale regulated stablecoin infrastructure across Brazil, the United States, and emerging markets. The thesis is
June 19, 2026
AI trade surveillance just drew a major vote of confidence. Behavox secured a $175 million preferred equity investment from HPS Investment Partners, the private credit firm now part of BlackRock. The capital sets up Behavox to expand globally, widen its platform, and pursue disciplined acquisitions. The raise carries weight for two reasons. It is Behavox's
June 19, 2026
Embedded lending just gained fresh firepower. Parafin secured a new credit facility led by Goldman Sachs, alongside One William Street Capital Management. The deal expands the capital Parafin can route to small businesses through the platforms they already use to run their operations. The move matters because demand keeps climbing. Small firms increasingly want financing
June 17, 2026
Author: Girish Songirkar, Founder, ArionERP Financial product integration promises new revenue streams and deeper customer value, yet the real expense rarely sits where teams expect it. Lending, payments, and credit features look like product problems at first glance. Beneath that surface, though, they demand systems work, workflow redesign, and compliance muscle that few non-financial businesses
June 12, 2026
Corporate treasury management is reaching more finance teams, as Ramp and Moment collaborate to bring fixed income tools into a single platform. The partnership gives finance teams access to a fixed income portfolio alongside their operating cash, all in one place. Key Facts How the Corporate Treasury Management Tools Work The partnership eliminates the barriers
June 11, 2026
Tokenised deposits are fast becoming the UK's preferred route for digital money. Regulators here are much more leery of stablecoins than their peers across the Pond, which has informed the cautious approach they have adopted to bringing them into mainstream finance. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is currently road-testing its Regulatory Sandbox, where firms are
June 2, 2026
What is fintech? Ask ten people and you get ten answers. One points to a banking app, another to Bitcoin, a third to the algorithm that clears a loan in seconds. Every one of them is right. Fintech, short for financial technology, is the umbrella term for any tool built to improve, automate, or disrupt
May 25, 2026
Every business owner has felt the pull of a low headline rate. We asked three industry leaders a blunt question. How can an owner judge whether fintech lending costs genuinely come in below a traditional bank line of credit? Every answer pointed past the advertised APR. Fintech lending costs live in the math behind the
May 23, 2026
True Cost of Capital: What a Fintech Loan Really Costs You The true cost of capital rarely matches the number a lender prints at the top of a term sheet. A headline rate looks clean and simple. Behind it sit origination fees, monthly charges, and repayment schedules that quietly reshape the true cost of capital.
May 22, 2026
Late B2B payments rarely announce themselves as a crisis. One invoice slips past its due date, then another, and the strain builds quietly while the work carries on. For most small and medium businesses, the missing cash is only the visible part. The deeper damage sits out of sight, in lost hours, frayed nerves, and
May 19, 2026
Author: Raul Tudor, Fractional Chief Technology Officer, Tudor Software House Modern expense management still runs on a workflow designed for a world that no longer exists. An employee pays out of pocket, uploads a receipt, waits for approval, and finance reconciles the spend days or weeks later. The pattern feels administrative, slow, and oddly disconnected from
May 18, 2026
Mobile payments will hit $6.78 trillion in 2026. Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and real-time rails are reshaping global commerce. We break down who is winning and what comes next.
