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 2 months agoFintech Correspondent
Rafael Ortiz
Rafael covers payments, banking infrastructure, and the software eating financial services. Former product lead at a payments processor.
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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 2 months ago
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 2 months ago
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 2 months agoBancaStato 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 2 months agoBoerse Stuttgart Digital adds SocGen’s euro stablecoin
The integration gives institutional clients access to SG-FORGE’s MiCAR-compliant EUR CoinVertible through Boerse Stuttgart Digital...
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago
Passionfroot raises $15mn Series A for creator-led B2B marketing
Insight Partners led the round as Passionfroot plans product investment, a New York office and hiring across New York, Berlin and...
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago
CLARITY Act would curb passive stablecoin yield, not all rewards
The digital asset market structure proposal would bar interest-like payments on idle stablecoin balances while allowing activity-b...
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago
OpenAI launches Presence for enterprise voice and chat agents
OpenAI Presence pairs AI agents with deployment support to help large companies run customer-service and sales workflows.
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago
Lummis adds ethics ban to Clarity Act in bid for Senate deal
The revised crypto market structure bill would bar federal officials, including the president, from issuing or sponsoring digital...
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago
Block launches Buzz workspace for teams and AI agents
The open-source platform gives AI agents their own accounts, permissions and audit trails as companies test digital workers inside...
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago
DoorDash adds Astra-powered instant deposits for Crimson drivers
DoorDash Crimson drivers can now move funds from outside accounts in real time using Visa Direct and Mastercard Send, according to...
By Rafael Ortiz 2 months ago