Life insurance has long been synonymous with paperwork, phone calls, and waiting weeks for approval. InstaBrain Inc. and Life Quotes.com think that model is obsolete—and they’re betting that artificial intelligence can make life insurance as fast and frictionless as booking a flight online.
Americor, the Irvine-based consumer financial services provider best known for its debt relief solutions, has promoted Drew Bourne to Senior Vice President of Strategic Finance and FP&A. The move signals the company’s growing emphasis on long-term capital planning and enterprise-wide financial strategy.
When it comes to financial advisors, investors often face a paradox: picking the right professional is critical, but keeping tabs on them afterward is harder than it should be. AdvisorCheck, a fintech startup focused on investor protection, wants to change that.
Specialty investment bank Ziegler has closed a $93.5 million Series 2025 bond issue for Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, a continuing care retirement community in Gainesville. The deal, issued through the Alachua County Health Facilities Authority, will bankroll a significant expansion and modernization of the nonprofit’s facilities.
Digital convenience in life insurance has come with an ugly side effect: the bait-and-switch quote. Many algorithm-driven platforms tempt users with rock-bottom premiums, only to hike the rates—sometimes by nearly double—once the application is approved. Now, Wealth Express® says it’s had enough.
Payroc is officially shedding its middleman status. The payment solutions provider announced a definitive agreement to acquire LedgerPay Inc., better known in the market as PayiQ. The acquisition, expected to close in Q3 2025, marks Payroc’s transition into a full-stack acquirer—giving it direct network access to all major card brands and debit networks, and positioning the company to control the entire lifecycle of a transaction, from swipe to settlement.
Burkland, the fractional CFO and finance operations firm trusted by over 800 venture-backed startups, has officially expanded into the small and medium-sized business (SMB) segment with the launch of Burkland for Business—a new service line tailored to the needs of mature, scaling companies seeking expert financial guidance.
The financial tech consultancy has introduced a powerful new platform that marries Quickbase’s low-code app-building capabilities with Zaptiva Automate’s AI-driven workflow engine—a blend designed to help small and mid-sized businesses ditch manual inefficiencies and finally connect the dots across finance, ops, and IT.
In the increasingly high-stakes game of customer retention, Payway just launched a secret weapon for subscription-driven businesses. Announced today at the 2025 ADMA Annual Conference, Payway Censalytics™ is a new business intelligence platform designed to give media companies and card-not-present businesses real-time insight into payment performance—and the tools to do something about it.
Bluefin, best known for its encryption-first approach to payment security, just made it easier for businesses to get paid—by embedding payment directly into text messages. The company announced a partnership with Authvia, the conversational commerce firm behind TXT2PAY®, bringing secure, app-free payments to messaging platforms like SMS, RCS, and email via Bluefin’s flagship PayConex™ platform.
