Google plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered gaming platform in partnership with video game company Unity. The partnership is designed to “put game creation in the hands of millions of new creators, and bring new experiences to billions of players worldwide,” Google said in...
FedEx Dataworks, the insights and intelligence subsidiary of FedEx Corp., and Stripe plan to leverage their respective platforms to expand access to financing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This project, which they plan to...
BNY and Kraken parent company Payward are discussing a partnership that would span digital assets and financial market infrastructure, CoinDesk reported Friday (Oct. 2), citing unnamed sources. The agreement could include crypto products, custody, wealth management, trading, payments and infrastructure offerings that are provided by Payward’s B2B platform for banks, exchanges and asset...
Intuit says its small business-focused financial intelligence services are now part of Meta’s new AI assistant. The QuickBooks connector is now live in Meta’s Muse, and is designed to make it easier for businesses to link conversations to the financial tools, insights, and actions they...
BankPro is teaming with Thredd to power its physical and virtual debit and credit card programs. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Sept. 29), involves BankPro tapping into Thredd’s platform to enhance BankPro’s payment infrastructure and provide payment solutions to the Bahamas-based private bank’s international high-net-worth customers. “This isn’t just about issuing...
Ebanx has teamed with NetEase Games Club to expand payment access for Latin America’s video game community. “Latin America is one of the fastest-growing video game markets in the world, yet millions of its players have long faced barriers to purchasing content because of how...
FIS says it has a new way to offer debit-issuing clients better merchant data. That’s possible due to a new integration marrying Spade’s real-time enrichment technology into FIS’ debit processing platform, the company announced Monday (Sept. 28). “The integration is designed to give FIS debit...
Square sellers can now use their Square Dashboard to manage their presence across Apple Maps, Siri AI, Apple Wallet and other Apple apps, Square said in a Thursday (Sept. 24) press release emailed to PYMNTS. This capability is enabled by Square’s new integration with Apple...
Thredd is expanding its issuer processing platform to include stablecoin-powered money movement capabilities. This expansion stems from a partnership with stablecoin treasury and settlement platform Velocity, Thredd announced in a Wednesday (Sept. 23) news release. “Stablecoins are rapidly becoming an important part of global payments infrastructure, but clients...