Tag: Payments Infrastructure
Swift’s payments overhaul reaches Canada through RBC and TD
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and TD Bank Group (TD) have become among the first financial institutions globally, and the first in Canada, to...
Circle claims top US blockchain patent spot with IBM deal
Circle Internet Group, the NYSE-listed financial technology company behind USDC, has acquired fundamental assets from IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio, becoming the largest holder of...
Marqeta taps zerohash to expand stablecoin card issuing
Marqeta has partnered with digital asset infrastructure provider zerohash to enable its customers to launch stablecoin-enabled card programmes, as demand grows for blockchain-based payment...
Cordant exits stealth with $8m to unify payments oversight
Cordant, a command centre platform for payments companies, FinTechs and banks operating across fragmented financial infrastructure, has emerged from stealth with an $8m seed...
Natural raises $30m to power payments for AI agents
Natural, a US startup building a payments stack designed specifically for AI agents, has secured $30m in Series A funding as it races to...
CSI acquires Qolo to expand embedded finance offering
CSI has acquired payments infrastructure provider Qolo as the financial technology company looks to strengthen its commercial banking capabilities and expand its position in...
Why banks can’t afford years-long payments overhauls
Payments modernisation has become the defining boardroom debate in banking, and according to Tieto, the banks that move in months rather than years will...
Visa and Thredd move closer to the age of agentic commerce
Thredd has joined Visa’s Agentic Ready programme, allowing European issuers using its processing platform to prepare for AI agent-initiated payments without replacing existing payments...
Velocity raises $38m to push stablecoins into treasury
Velocity, a stablecoin treasury and settlement platform targeting enterprise payments infrastructure, has raised $38m in Series A funding as businesses explore alternatives for cross-border...
Sardine integration arms Modern Treasury against fraud
Modern Treasury, a payments operations platform, has announced a partnership with fraud prevention specialist Sardine to bolster transaction monitoring and fraud detection for businesses...










