Lobster.cash, a payments solution for artificial intelligence (AI) agents, has joined forces with Mastercard. The partnership, announced Thursday (April 16), will see Lobster.cash integrate Mastercard Agent Pay and Verifiable Intent to enable secure card transactions for AI agents. This integration lets Mastercard cardholders authorize autonomous agents to make...
American Express is set to acquire Hyper, an agentic expense management company. The deal, announced Thursday (April 16), is designed to add to American Express’ artificial intelligence expertise across its commercial services business, with Hyper’s team helping Amex build agentic and AI-powered automation tools for...
Trading and investing platform eToro is set to acquire cryptocurrency wallet provider Zengo. The deal, announced Wednesday (April 15), is designed to expand eToro’s digital asset capabilities and support Zengo’s growth by combining eToro’s multi-asset platform and distribution with Zengo’s non-custodial wallet technology. The company did not reveal the price...
Embedded finance firm Synctera has acquired compliance startup Cable. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 14), is designed to complement Synctera’s offerings in compliance areas such as know your customer (KYC). “What Cable offers sits on the other side of the equation: instead of executing compliance controls, it independently verifies that...
Instacart says it has acquired Colombia-based grocery technology firm Instaleap. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 14), is designed to promote Instacart’s global expansion while adding to its technological capabilities. “We see a meaningful opportunity to expand internationally through an enterprise-led strategy that empowers retailers across the globe to meet...
OpenAI has acquired artificial intelligence-(AI) powered personal finance startup Hiro Finance. The deal will see Hiro’s team join OpenAI, founder Ethan Bloch said in a LinkedIn post Monday (April 13). Bloch said the deal provides the opportunity to expand Hiro’s vision of creating an “AI...
AtlasClear Holdings plans to acquire Wyoming-based Commercial Bancorp, the parent company of Farmers State Bank, as part of its strategy to build a vertically integrated financial services platform. AtlasClear, which is a technology-enabled financial services holding company, submitted regulatory applications with the Federal Reserve Board...
Private equity firm STG plans to enable the development of an artificial intelligence (AI)-native less-than-truckload (LTL) solution with its acquisition of freight management software provider Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI). STG’s investment in CLI will accelerate product innovation by integrating agentic AI frameworks into CLI’s core architecture,...
Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk has sought approval from U.S. regulators to acquire the largest stake in Irvine, California-based Liberty Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday (April 13). Zuk, who retired last year and left Palo Alto Networks’ board, aims to invest in the bank to develop artificial intelligence...