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...
Prediction market platform Kalshi expanded to Brazil by partnering with brokerage firm XP. This is Kalshi’s first expansion outside the United States, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (March 8). Kalshi will offer U.S investors and select XP users in Brazil, beginning with clients of the XP...
Small business-focused platform Affiniti launched a financing agreement with Column bank, according to a Monday (March 9) press release. The agreement will see Column provide financing to boost the growth of Affini’s small- to medium-sized business (SMB) customers, per the release. The partnership establishes funding...
Oura Health is acquiring Finland-based startup Doublepoint Technologies as the smart ring maker moves to add gesture and voice interactions to future versions of its wearable devices, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (March 5). The deal brings gesture-recognition technology developed by Doublepoint into Oura’s product roadmap,...
Payments/commerce technology Shift4 says it has completed its acquisition of Worldline’s North American subsidiaries. By purchasing Worldline’s Bambora North America business, Shift4 adds more than 140,000 merchants to its platform, the company said in a Monday (March 2) news release. “This deal brings a substantial...
Visa completed its acquisition of Argentina-based companies Prisma and Newpay, eight days after announcing that it planned to do so. The company said Feb. 19 that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the firms and expected the transaction to close during the current quarter, subject to closing conditions. Visa...
InComm Payments and SKUx announced Friday morning (Feb. 27) a strategic partnership to improve how digital payments are distributed for humanitarian aid and other applications for emerging markets. The announcement lands as disaster recovery funding faces tighter scrutiny, shifting more responsibility to state and local...