Beehive, the MENA region’s premier digital SME lending platform, has reached a major milestone by underwriting over USD 1 billion in SME funding. This achievement comes on the heels of a USD 140 million structured funding agreement with institutional partners, positioning Beehive to significantly expand its lending capacity across the region.
Palla, a leading international payments platform enabling instant cross-border transfers for financial institutions and fintech firms, has announced a successful $14.5 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Revolution Ventures, with participation from notable investors including Y Combinator, Ardent, Cowboy Ventures, and others.
Chargebacks911, a global leader in chargeback prevention and dispute management, has appointed Donald Kossmann as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Kossmann, a highly esteemed AI and data systems pioneer, brings decades of innovation leadership from Microsoft and academia to advance Chargebacks911’s mission: transforming the post-transaction payments ecosystem through AI.
DataVisor, a global leader in AI-powered fraud and risk management, has released its 2025 Executive Report, revealing a rapidly intensifying fraud environment. The report highlights how fraudsters are now outpacing institutions in deploying cutting-edge tools like generative AI, emphasizing an urgent need for organizations to shift strategies and adopt modern, unified approaches to fraud and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) defense.
Payouts Network, a leading B2C payments platform revolutionizing real-time consumer disbursements, has announced the appointment of Judson Preuss as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Preuss will be responsible for steering the company’s product innovation strategy, enhancing real-time payout solutions, and deepening partnerships that improve end-to-end customer experiences.
FreedomPay and Verifone, two leaders in payment technology, have collaborated with Retail Dive’s studioID to investigate the growing disconnect between retailer perceptions and actual consumer experiences in the payments space. Their joint study, Data Says Retailer Perceptions and Consumer Experiences Don’t Align, surveyed 150 retailers and 1,000 consumers. The results reveal critical blind spots in payment strategy, technology adoption, and customer engagement
Catchpoint, the global leader in Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM), has published its comprehensive 2025 Banking Website Performance Benchmark Report. This in-depth analysis evaluates 49 major financial institutions across eight crucial digital performance metrics—including availability, DNS resolution, load time, layout stability, and server responsiveness—shedding light on the wide variability in user experience across the banking sector.
Synder, the leading accounting automation platform for ecommerce, retail, SaaS businesses, and accounting professionals, has launched AI Dashboards, a groundbreaking feature that delivers dynamic, AI-driven financial insights through natural language queries. By integrating real-time data from platforms like Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, Stripe, PayPal, and Square, Synder enables users to access critical financial metrics with ease…
CoreTrust, a trusted Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), has announced a strategic partnership with Ramp, the leading financial operations platform. This collaboration brings AI-driven financial automation to CoreTrust’s members—helping them reduce costs, streamline expense management, and navigate economic complexities with agility and precision.
Imagine simply speaking to your credit card or viewing your financial data through smart glasses. Flybits has made that vision a reality with XRCard, a revolutionary development from Flybits Labs that merges generative AI, spatial computing, and physical card technology into a single, immersive financial tool. Currently in testing with select partners, XRCard marks a new frontier in user-centered retail banking.
