Pluto Financial Launches AI-Powered Lending Platform to Unlock Private Market Liquidity
Pluto Financial Technologies, Inc. has officially launched the first AI-powered lending platform designed specifically for private markets, backed by heavyweight investors including Motive Ventures, Portage, Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO), Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), Tectonic Ventures, and Broadhaven Ventures. The startup has raised $8.6 million in equity and secured hundreds of millions in lending capacity, signaling its intent to transform private market liquidity.
Onbe Names Kevin Ryan as CFO to Fuel Next-Gen Corporate Payouts Growth
Corporate payouts platform Onbe has tapped Kevin Ryan as its new Chief Financial Officer, signaling a strategic push to scale its financial operations and accelerate its growth trajectory. Reporting to CEO Bala Janakiraman, Ryan will oversee FP&A, Accounting, and Treasury functions while collaborating with the executive team to execute Onbe’s long-term vision.
Qupto Wants to Reboot Digital Assets With Quantum Tech, Anti-Whale Design, and Gen Z Values
The digital asset space is no stranger to reinvention. Every cycle promises a cleaner break from the excesses of the last—less speculation, more utility, broader participation. Qupto™ is the latest entrant to make that claim, but with a noticeably different pitch: less “number go up,” more ethics, equity, and computational novelty.
Apollo Backs QXO With $1.2B War Chest for Acquisition Spree
QXO, Inc. is loading up on dry powder—and it’s coming from one of Wall Street’s most influential dealmakers.
Bybit’s Stress-Test Year: How a $1.4B Hack, Regulation Wins, and Ecosystem Expansion Shaped 2025
The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume entered the year riding momentum and exited it having survived one of the biggest security breaches in crypto history, expanded its global regulatory footprint, and quietly built one of the industry’s most diversified trading ecosystems. The result: 80 million registered users, sustained No. 2 market positioning, and a platform increasingly designed to blur the line between crypto, traditional finance, and on-chain activity.
Flutterwave Buys Mono to Make Open Banking Africa’s Next Payments Backbone
The continent’s largest payments technology company has acquired Mono, one of Africa’s most influential open banking infrastructure providers. The deal strengthens Flutterwave’s long-term strategy to move beyond card-centric payments and toward a more connected, bank-based, and data-driven financial ecosystem—one designed for trust, compliance, and scale across fragmented African markets.
Cango’s Bitcoin Bet Gets Bigger: December Output Rises as Miner Stockpiles 7,500+ BTC
Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) ended 2025 with a familiar but increasingly consequential message: more Bitcoin mined, more Bitcoin held, and a growing conviction that scale—and patience—matter in the post-halving mining economy.
Sesimi and InvestiFi Team Up to Fix Fintech’s Compliance Bottleneck in Marketing Automation
Sesimi, a creative automation and digital asset management platform built for regulated industries, thinks it can untangle this mess. And InvestiFi, a fast-growing fintech serving banks, credit unions, and financial institutions, is betting on it.
i2c Leads Agentic AI Conversations, Shaping the Future of Payments Automation
As Agentic AI moves from concept to real-world application, i2c Inc., the global fintech innovator, is positioning itself at the center of the conversation. The company is actively sharing insights on how autonomous intelligence is reshaping automation, risk management, and customer engagement in the payments industry.
Subotiz Showcases AI-Powered Subscription Payments at Singapore FinTech Festival 2025
At the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF 2025), Subotiz, an emerging AI-driven fintech platform, took center stage by demonstrating advanced subscription and payment solutions for digital businesses. Attendees got a firsthand look at how the platform streamlines recurring billing, enhances transaction efficiency, and scales revenue flows across global markets.
