SAN FRANCISCO/BENGALURU – Neon, a leading direct-to-consumer payments platform for games, has partnered with Razorpay, India’s top payment service provider, to enable local currency payments […]
Category: Fintech
First Financial to Acquire BankFinancial in $142M All-Stock Deal, Expanding Chicago Footprint
Cincinnati-based First Financial Bank has signed an all-stock agreement to acquire BankFinancial, a century-old Chicago-based financial institution, in a deal valued at approximately $142 million. […]
BMO, Deloitte Launch $100K Grant Program for Canadian Women Entrepreneurs Advancing UN SDGs
BMO, in partnership with Deloitte Canada, has opened applications for its fifth annual BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program, offering a total of $100,000 in funding […]
Fibe in Talks to Raise $35M Led by IFC as Profitable Growth Boosts Investor Confidence
Fibe, the Pune-based digital consumer lending platform formerly known as EarlySalary, is reportedly in advanced talks to raise $35 million in a fresh funding round, […]
UPI Hits Record 19.47 Billion Transactions in July, Logs ₹25 Lakh Crore in Value
India’s flagship digital payments platform, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), achieved a record-breaking 19.47 billion transactions worth ₹25.08 lakh crore in July 2025, as per the […]
RBC Deploys Proprietary AI Model ‘Atom’ to Revolutionize Credit and Loyalty Programs
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has launched a proprietary AI foundation model, Atom (Asynchronous Temporal Model), developed by its Borealis AI research unit, to […]
India’s Digital Payments Surge 10.7% YoY, RBI Index Hits Record High in March 2025
India’s digital payments sector continues to show strong momentum, with transactions growing by 10.7% year-on-year as of March 2025, according to the Reserve Bank of […]
PayPal Unveils ‘Pay with Crypto’ to Cut Cross-Border Fees by 90%, Boost Global Merchant Access
PayPal has launched its new Pay with Crypto solution, designed to significantly reduce cross-border transaction costs by up to 90% while enabling seamless payments for […]
Mercado Pago Launches Official Dollar Trading with Daily Returns via App-Based Investment
Starting this week, leading Latin American fintech Mercado Pago has entered the official foreign exchange market by enabling U.S. dollar trading directly through its app. […]
PayPal Rolls Out AI Scam Alerts for Friends & Family Payments
PayPal has introduced dynamic, AI-driven scam alerts for Friends and Family payments on both PayPal and Venmo, marking a major enhancement to its global fraud […]