Truist Financial has teamed with Plaid to expand open banking access for its clients. The data access agreement is designed to give customers better financial control and insights, Sherry Graziano, Truist’s head of digital, client experience and marketing, said in a Thursday (March 12) news release. “This is...
FinTech Wizz Financial achieved a company milestone for cross-border transactions, according to a Thursday (March 12) press release. Wizz completed its first stablecoin-powered cross-border remittance and treasury transaction originating from the United States, with capabilities into 80 countries, the release said. The transaction was carried...
Visa and Santander have launched an agentic commerce partnership in Latin America. The companies announced Thursday (March 12) that they had completed a series of pilot agentic commerce transactions in five markets — Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay — powered by Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC) solution. The pilot marks...
Zelle introduced an application that permits charitable disbursements from donor advised funds (DAFs), according to a Thursday (March 12) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new offering, announced in partnership with Bank of America, lets nonprofits receive charitable grant funding in near real time, replacing...
Google says it has finalized its acquisition of cloud/artificial intelligence (AI) security platform Wiz. With the deal concluded, Wiz will become part of Google Cloud as that division of the company invests in improved cloud security, the tech giant said Wednesday (March 11). The $32...
Thredd is working with Cross River Bank to help international FinTechs enter the U.S. The collaboration makes Thredd one of Cross River’s strategic processing partners outside of the bank’s own stack, the companies said in a Wednesday (March 11) news release. “The arrangement enables Thredd to introduce a...
Merchant payments provider Citcon said it has formed a money movement-focused collaboration with Visa Direct. The partnership is designed to extend access to push payment capabilities in both U.S. domestic and cross-border corridors, the company said in a Tuesday (March 10) news release. “When we...
Polymarket plans to develop a “sports integrity platform” designed to prevent, identify and report anomalous or suspicious activity on the company’s prediction market, according to a Tuesday (March 10) press release. The firm partnered with software company Palantir Technologies and enterprise artificial intelligence company TWG...
Kraken parent Payward launched a tokenization-focused partnership with Nasdaq, according to a Monday (March 9) news release. The collaboration will see the two companies develop an “equities transformation gateway” joining tokenized equity capital markets with decentralized blockchain networks, the release said. The partnership is designed...