PublicSquare (NYSE: PSQH) is making a bold move into fintech. The company announced plans to acquire key software assets from Tandym, Inc., a payments startup that helps brands launch white-labeled credit and payment solutions directly at checkout. The deal—expected to close in December 2025—marks a major step in PublicSquare’s evolution from a values-based marketplace into a full-stack fintech platform.
Upward, a rising fintech infrastructure platform, just got a major boost. The company announced an $8 million Series Seed+ round, co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater Ventures Fund, with participation from Techstars, Altari Ventures, Cascade Seed Fund, and Outside Ventures. The new funding, combined with a strategic partnership with Mastercard, positions Upward to accelerate how businesses launch and scale digital financial products—from credit cards to banking and payment solutions.
As global regulators tighten their grip on cryptocurrency tax reporting, Bybit—the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume—is taking a proactive stance. The exchange has announced a partnership with Taxbit, a leading provider of digital asset tax and accounting solutions, to automate compliance with the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and the EU’s DAC8 directive.
In a bold move to simplify one of finance’s most complex back-office functions, FIS has rolled out its new Asset Servicing Management Suite, a unified platform designed to automate and integrate critical post-trade processes—from corporate actions to proxy voting, class action claims, operational claims, and tax reclaims.
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HLI) is betting big on Europe’s infrastructure boom. The global investment bank announced that Seran Ahmetrasit has joined as Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Debt Advisory, Europe, marking a major step in the firm’s strategy to expand its infrastructure financing footprint across the region.
DeFi Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DEFT), the fintech firm bridging traditional markets and decentralized finance, has reported a $3.2 million gain from a successful arbitrage trade executed by its DeFi Alpha trading desk.
ChainUp, a Singapore-based provider of digital asset infrastructure, has been recognized as the Best Technology Solution Provider for Digital Assets (APAC) at the Digital Assets Awards 2025, hosted by The Digital Banker.
The fintech giant behind TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp has unveiled a sweeping rollout of new AI and “Agentic AI” experiences across TurboTax and Credit Karma. Together, they form what Intuit calls the only all-in-one Consumer Platform — a year-round ecosystem designed to automate everything from debt management to tax filing, credit building, and wealth growth.
In an age where finance teams are drowning in spreadsheets, Maxio and Rillet want to throw them a lifeline—powered by AI. The two fintechs have announced the early access launch of their integration, promising to fuse billing automation with AI-native ERP intelligence. The goal? Eliminate manual work, accelerate reconciliations, and give companies a single, real-time view from billing through close.
In a move that feels part trading floor, part tech showdown, cryptocurrency exchange BingX has launched AI Arena, an interactive platform where large language model (LLM)-powered AIs go head-to-head in live crypto trading battles — and users can join in by copying their trades.
