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- Pay.com Adds Paysafe as a Recommended Acquirer for Card TransactionsPay.com has expanded the number of options offered by its payment orchestration platform by adding Paysafe as a recommended acquirer for card transactions for online merchants. The platform also integrated Paysafe’s Skrill and Neteller digital wallets and the firm’s PaysafeCard eCash solution, the companies said in a Friday (Jan. 16) press release. With the addition of these offerings, Pay.com can […] […]
- Electric Rate Shock Triggers White House Crackdown on Data CentersThe explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has also led to explosive growth in electricity demand. Infrastructure is straining under the weight of that demand, and nowhere is the strain more visible than in the PJM Interconnection region. Data centers supporting AI workloads are driving unprecedented power needs, colliding with grid limitations and pushing […] […]
- ClickHouse Raises $400 Million to Expand AI-Focused Data Infrastructure PlatformClickHouse, a provider of data infrastructure for artificial intelligence systems, raised $400 million in a Series D funding round. The company will use the new capital to expand its offerings in real-time data analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI and machine learning, it said in a Friday (Jan. 16) press release. “As we look […] […]
- Earnings Show Banks Turning Transaction Banking Into a Platform BusinessSome of the world’s largest banks posted their final earnings for the 2025 fiscal year this week. The most surprising narrative from firms like Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, BNY, Wells Fargo and others was the excitement with which their leaders pointed to tangible returns from years of investment in transaction banking modernization. […] […]
- Italian Competition Authority Investigates Activision Blizzard’s Promotions and Parental ControlsThe Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) launched two investigations into the Microsoft-owned gaming company Activision Blizzard, alleging that it engaged in “misleading and aggressive practices.â€� The investigations focus on the video games “Diablo Immortalâ€� and “Call of Duty Mobile,â€� and whether some of the company’s practices around these games violate Italy’s consumer protection rules, the […] […]
- Fintech Small Business Lender Origination Volume SnapshotIt was full speed ahead in 2025. Here’s how the origination volume stats were trending among the biggest fintech small business lenders for the first nine months of last year. Lender First Three Quarters 2025 All of 2024 Square Loans $5 billion $5.7 billion BHG Financial $4.4 billion $3.7 billion Enova $4 billion $3.98 billion […]
- Heron Expands into SMB Credit Broker Market with Full Deal Flow AutomationNew York, NY – January 2026 – Heron Data, an AI platform that helps fintechs automate document-heavy workflows, today announced its expansion into the SMB credit broker market with the launch of Heron Broker Suite — an end-to-end solution that automates the entire broker deal flow from application intake to CRM. The launch marks Heron’s […]
- How a Mother-Daughter Broker Shop Persevered and is Positioned for GrowthSharpe Capital facilitated nearly $5 million in funding to small businesses across the United States in 2025. Next year, they hope to double it. What makes the company unique is that it operates as a mother-daughter team, one of the very few in the industry to be structured that way. But how Wendy Rivera and […]
- New Jersey Reintroduces APR Disclosure Bill for Commercial FinancingA commercial financing APR disclosure bill was introduced in the New Jersey State Senate on Tuesday. The bill is mostly templated from other state legislation in which estimated APR disclosures on sales-based financing transactions would be determinable by using either the Historical method or Opt-in method. Senator Troy Singleton introduced it as Senate Bill 1760 […]
- California Partnered With a Revenue Based Financing ProviderOn the California Small Business Loan Match website operated by The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank), is a list of vetted partner small business lenders that the state guarantees loans for. One of those lenders is AltCap California which actually offers revenue based financing. At face value, AltCap describes the cost of its […]