August 24, 2026
AI in accounts receivable has moved well past the pilot stage at thousands of finance teams. Cash application, dunning sequences, credit scoring, collections triage. Every one of those functions now carries a vendor promise attached to it. So we asked three industry leaders a blunt question. Where does AI in accounts receivable genuinely earn its
August 22, 2026
By Vignesh Coumarane Agentic payments arrived in 2026, and artificial intelligence quietly crossed a critical line. It stopped just talking about money and started moving it. Almost overnight, the agentic payments infrastructure letting machines spend on our behalf went from experimental tech demos to active production. Stripe and OpenAI launched an agentic checkout protocol allowing
August 22, 2026
Swift retail transfers went live at two major US banks on August 5, announced from New York. Here Bank of America and J.P. Morgan rank among the first institutions globally to adopt the framework. Swift positions it as a new standard for international retail transfers. Three benefits define Swift retail transfers. The full amount arrives
August 22, 2026
Regen betting savings gained an investing layer on August 5, announced from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. FusionIQ, a cloud-native digital wealth technology provider, partnered with its affiliated registered investment advisor IQvestment and with Regen. Together they call it a first-of-its-kind embedded wealth platform built into sports gaming. The stack is clean enough. FusionIQ supplies infrastructure, while
August 22, 2026
Agibank subscription bank ambitions took concrete form on Wednesday, August 5, with the launch of Agi+ from São Paulo. The product extends the customer relationship beyond credit and transactions into recurring services built around daily needs. Agibank is a subsidiary of Agi Inc, which trades on the NYSE as AGBK. Agi reported second-quarter results the
August 21, 2026
False declines are the target of a new partnership between Riskified, the ecommerce fraud and risk intelligence company, and Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform. The two announced on 5 August that card issuers on the Marqeta platform will gain access to Riskified pre-authorization risk intelligence. Nothing flashy attaches to this one. No funding round,
August 21, 2026
Lithic Lightspark card settlement now runs on USDC rather than traditional fiat rails, and the mechanics matter more than the scale of the announcement. Lithic, the card issuing and processing platform, and Lightspark, the payments infrastructure company led by former PayPal president David Marcus, announced a partnership to power Lightspark's card program on the Visa
August 21, 2026
Yellow Card stablecoin infrastructure has drawn a cheque from a systemically significant bank, and that detail carries more weight than the headline figure. The company closed a $40 million strategic equity round from SC Ventures, the venture and fintech investment arm of Standard Chartered, alongside Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital and other strategic
August 20, 2026
Corpay epyx sale news arrived on Wednesday, August 5, from Atlanta, alongside second-quarter results. In the quarter, revenue reached $1.34 billion, up 21 percent and roughly $45 million above expectations. Cash earnings per share hit $7.00, a company record and a 36 percent increase. Alongside those results, Corpay signed a definitive agreement to sell UK-based
August 20, 2026
SoFi private markets access expanded on August 5 with three new funds built with CAZ Investments and AngelList Asset Management. The release says investments may include companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Anduril. Sectors span AI, fintech, healthcare and defence. Meanwhile, SoFi Securities distributes them alongside educational material for its 13.7 million members. Demand behind
August 20, 2026
Cash App Borrow drove the standout number in Block's second quarter, reported on August 5. In total, consumer lending originations reached $18.9 billion, up 59 percent year over year. Financial Solutions gross profit climbed roughly 43 percent to $1.29 billion. The wider result beat expectations. Revenue of $6.62 billion rose 9 percent against $6.49 billion
August 20, 2026
Circle Q2 earnings arrived on Wednesday, August 5, from New York. Total revenue and reserve income reached $701 million, up 7 percent year over year. That fell short of the roughly $712 million analysts had modelled. Net income from continuing operations landed at $48 million. That $530 million year-over-year swing is almost entirely an artefact.
