Newswire Summaries
ZenBusiness brings AI-powered formation, compliance infrastructure to SMB platforms
Thursday, May 14, 2026 18:54:40 (UTC)
ZenBusiness Brings AI-Powered Formation and Compliance Infrastructure to SMB Platforms With nearly one million businesses formed since 2015, ZenBusiness enables payroll, fintech, commerce, accounting, and AI-native platforms to integrate trusted formation and compliance workflows directly into their platforms AUSTIN, Texas, May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ZenBusiness®, the AI platform providing trusted guidance to nearly one million small business owners, today announced the ex...
New evolution of vcita's BizAI revolutionizes SMB business management
Thursday, May 14, 2026 18:52:30 (UTC)
From SaaS to Agentic: vcita's BizAI Revolutionizes SMB Business Management ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- vcita, an SMB technology company that has long led the SMB market with its all-in-one business management solution, today announced a significant evolution of BizAI, evolving from AI-powered capabilities into a fully agentic AI experience. BizAI, first introduced in 2024, is vcita's AI agent for SMBs and is now becoming the foundation of a new AI-native busines...
equipifi secures $34M Series B to accelerate BNPL across U.S. financial institutions
Thursday, May 14, 2026 18:49:34 (UTC)
equipifi Secures $34 Million Series B to Accelerate Buy Now, Pay Later Across U.S. Financial Institutions Left Lane Capital Leads Round as All Existing Investors Double Down; Funding to Expand Product Capabilities and Financial Institution Partnerships SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- equipifi, the fintech platform enabling banks and credit unions to offer flexible payment solutions natively within their digital banking experience, today announced the close of its $34-mill...
Exponent raises $40M to build financial OS for America's franchise operators
Thursday, May 14, 2026 18:47:35 (UTC)
Exponent Raises $40M to Build the Financial Operating System for America's Franchise Operators Founded and seeded by Jasper Lau's Era Funds, Exponent — the first integrated capital, expense management, and AI-powered accounting platform built for the $921 billion U.S. franchise economy— closes Series A anchored by Chailease, Taiwan's largest leasing corporation, and Andre Koo, the Chairman of Chailease, with significant participation from K8 Capital, Inauguration Capital, and NBA star K...
NEAR AI brings private USDC stablecoin payments to agentic economy
Thursday, May 14, 2026 18:45:26 (UTC)
NEAR AI Brings Private USDC Stablecoin Payments to the Agentic Economy NEAR AI has integrated USDC with Confidential Intents to support the NEAR AI Agent Market, enabling AI agents to transact with enhanced confidentiality across the agentic payment cycle. SAN FRANCISCO, May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NEAR AI, NEAR's initiative to build confidential, verifiable AI infrastructure for a user-owned AI economy, today announced an integration with USDC and Confidential Intents to bring privat...
meshIQ debuts agentic AI, petabyte-scale engineering to unified middleware management
Thursday, May 14, 2026 18:28:12 (UTC)
meshIQ Introduces Agentic AI and Petabyte-Scale Engineering to Unified Middleware Management Version 12.1 brings a modern Command Center and predictive intelligence to complex middleware environments, helping enterprises move from fragmented oversight to unified, AI-ready operations. Plainview, N.Y. – May 14, 2026 – meshIQ, a leader in middleware observability and management, today announced Version 12.1, a major platform release designed to help middleware administrators, platfor...
OBA's Synergy launches Emerging Vendor Program, Dolphin Debit first participant
Thursday, May 14, 2026 17:06:17 (UTC)
Synergy by Association Launches Emerging Vendor Program, Introduces Dolphin Debit as First Participant Salem, Ore., May 14, 2026 – The Oregon Bankers Association (OBA), through its wholly owned subsidiary Synergy by Association (Synergy), has launched its new Emerging Vendor Program, a strategic initiative designed to introduce innovative solution providers to Oregon’s banking community while establishing a structured pathway toward potential future endorsement. The program is inte...
OBA's Synergy launches Emerging Vendor Program, Dolphin Debit first participant
Thursday, May 14, 2026 17:05:50 (UTC)
Synergy by Association Launches Emerging Vendor Program, Introduces Dolphin Debit as First Participant Salem, Ore., May 14, 2026 – The Oregon Bankers Association (OBA), through its wholly owned subsidiary Synergy by Association (Synergy), has launched its new Emerging Vendor Program, a strategic initiative designed to introduce innovative solution providers to Oregon’s banking community while establishing a structured pathway toward potential future endorsement. The program is inte...
Nuvei, Syspro team up to modernize payment operations for underserved sectors
Thursday, May 14, 2026 16:55:01 (UTC)
Partnership modernizes payment operations for underserved sectors, enabling businesses to collect funds faster, operate with greater control, and scale across markets LONDON and MONTREAL, May 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Syspro, the purpose-built ERP platform for manufacturing and distribution, and Nuvei, the global fintech building the infrastructure for every payment, everywhere, today announced a partnership to embed integrated payments directly into Syspro's ERP platform for manufacturers a...
Chargebacks911 warns AI agents are creating new era of dispute risk
Thursday, May 14, 2026 16:20:47 (UTC)
Chargebacks911 warns AI agents are creating a new era of dispute risk for merchants and banks Visa, Mastercard and Amex have moved to activate AI agent payments in 2026 but the dispute infrastructure needed to support them does not yet exist Tampa, FL – Chargebacks911, a global leader in dispute resolution and chargeback prevention, is warning that the payments industry is building agentic commerce from the wrong end. As Visa, Mastercard, and American Express announce frameworks, pr...
