Rafael Ortiz

Fintech

Credit unions weigh wallet access as members test digital assets

PYMNTS Intelligence and Velera data show member confusion over crypto and stablecoin services, while younger users show stronger i...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Retailers add financial services as cash meets digital wallets

Executives from Green Dot, PayPal and PayNearMe told PYMNTS that stores are becoming practical access points for payments, deposit...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Turnstile adds AI agent controls to quote-to-cash platform

Turnstile says its read-and-write Model Context Protocol lets AI agents act across quoting, billing and revenue operations from a...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

BitMEX to close exchange after 11 years

HDR Global Trading says BitMEX will wind down, halting new accounts and telling users to close positions and withdraw assets by 23...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Monzo and Inclusive Money examine pension saving for sole traders

The project will test whether banking design can raise pension participation among the UK’s self-employed, where only 17% save int...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Deals

Bowmark to take significant stake in UK maintenance standard SFG20

Bowmark Capital has agreed to invest in SFG20 alongside BESA, backing a digitised building maintenance standard with revenue growt...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Manifest and Mastercard launch debit card for creator businesses

The card combines payments, banking tools and Mastercard services for creators managing income streams, taxes, expenses and global...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Stripe broadens AI billing push as revenue rises to $6.8 billion

Stripe is extending beyond payment processing into AI billing, usage tracking and stablecoins as reported PayPal talks test its ac...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Anna Money buys BDG and UK Business Forums

The small-business finance platform said the deal adds a company formation network and a 160,000-member business owner community.

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Finance data quality emerges as a barrier to AI in payments

Fynapse executive Ben Catterall told PYMNTS that payments firms need transaction-level financial data before AI tools can deliver...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

Alphabet lifts AI spending as Google Cloud backlog reaches $514bn

Alphabet said enterprise AI demand drove Google Cloud growth, while higher planned capital spending weighed on shares after the re...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago

Fintech

BancaStato adds crypto trading through Sygnum and Avaloq

The Ticino cantonal bank will let clients buy, hold and sell four cryptocurrencies inside its existing web and mobile banking chan...

By Rafael Ortiz · 1 month ago