Newswire Summaries
Xero, Anthropic to bring AI-powered financial intelligence to millions of SMBs
Thursday, March 26, 2026 18:31:05 (UTC)
Mar 26, 2026 11:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time Xero and Anthropic Collaborate to Bring AI-Powered Financial Intelligence to Millions of Small Businesses Multi-year deal to bring Claude into Xero and Xero financial data into Claude.ai — continuously monitoring financials, surfacing insights, and recommending actions Xero teams adopt Claude Code and Cowork to accelerate product development SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xero (ASX: XRO), the global small business platform, and...
Rhinebeck Bank, MANTL partner to accelerate digital account opening
Thursday, March 26, 2026 18:13:36 (UTC)
Rhinebeck Bank Partners with MANTL to Accelerate Digital Account Opening The collaboration enhances business and retail account opening at Rhinebeck Bank, creating a seamless experience across every channel PLANO, Texas, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MANTL, an Alkami solution team and leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, today announced a partnership with Rhinebeck Bank to modernize and transform business and retail account opening across physical and digit...
Synthetic IDs, agentic bots posing as human contribute to 8% global rise in fraud
Thursday, March 26, 2026 18:11:11 (UTC)
Synthetic Identities and Agentic Bots Posing as Human Contribute to 8% Global Rise in Fraud Attacks – LexisNexis Risk Solutions Latest Cybercrime Report reveals rapid growth in synthetic identity fraud, bot-driven attacks and account takeover activity across global markets while first party fraud remains the most reported fraud type Alpharetta, Ga., March 26, 2026—LexisNexis® Risk Solutions’ latest Cybercrime Report reveals key global fraud trends emerging over the past year. ...
Global Payments leader Peter Theunis joins Paymentology as Principal Advisor
Thursday, March 26, 2026 18:08:02 (UTC)
Global Payments Leader Peter Theunis Joins Paymentology as Principal Advisor London, UK - 24.03.26 - Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announced that Peter Theunis, a highly regarded leader in the global payments industry, has joined the company as Principal Advisor, supporting its global growth strategy. Paymentology is entering its next phase of growth, expanding into new markets and strengthening its focus on unicorn fintechs, retail banks, and corporate banks. ...
TransPay rolls out BPC's O-CITY to digitalise fare collection, simplify commuting
Thursday, March 26, 2026 18:06:38 (UTC)
TransPay rolls out O-CITY by BPC to digitalise fare collection and simplify commuting through a new mobile app in Bridgetown, Barbados. Bridgetown, Barbados, March 26, 2026 – Leading Edge Technology Solutions Inc. the company behind TransPay Barbados, working with the Barbados Transport Board, has partnered with O-CITY, a next-generation automated fare collection platform developed by BPC, to modernise payments across the island’s public transport network. The programme supports the Tra...
Flywire appoints Christine Katziff to its Board of Directors
Thursday, March 26, 2026 17:08:41 (UTC)
Flywire Appoints Christine Katziff to its Board of Directors Former Bank of America Chief Audit Executive brings more than three decades of financial services leadership, risk expertise, and a proven record of innovation to Flywire's Board of Directors BOSTON, March 26, 2026 -- Flywire Corporation (Flywire) (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, today announced the appointment of Christine Katziff to its Board of Directors. In connection with her appointment...
HNB, BPC enable debit cards on Google Wallet, extending digital payments in Sri Lanka
Thursday, March 26, 2026 16:29:24 (UTC)
HNB enables debit cards on Google Wallet, extending everyday digital payments in Sri Lanka with BPC HNB debit cards can now be added to Google Wallet, enabling more convenient everyday digital payments for customers in-store, online and in apps. HNB now manages around 2.5 million cards in circulation through its unified SmartVista Card Management platform. The bank reports an 87.4% customer satisfaction score as it continues to strengthen the digital banking experience across Sri ...
NCC data reveals global ransomware attacks decreased 8% in February
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 19:47:28 (UTC)
NCC Group Research Finds Global Ransomware Attacks Decreased 8% in February Manchester, UK, March 25, 2026—Following record-breaking heights in February 2025 (1,099 attacks), there were 635 ransomware incidents in February 2026, according to a new report from NCC Group. The significant drop year-on-year reflects the ‘batch-listing’ from the Cl0p ransomware group in February 2025 which caused a spike in reported incidents. This fall year-on-year should not be mistaken for a reduce...
Plaid to acquire This Week in Fintech
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 18:57:31 (UTC)
Plaid is acquiring This Week in Fintech New York, Nik Milanović, March 25, 2026—Today, we’re excited to begin the next chapter in This Week in Fintech. In our continued pursuit to build the front page of fintech, we’re thrilled to share that Plaid is acquiring TWIF. You can read the Axios article here. At TWIF, what started out as a single fintech newsletter 6 ½ years ago has grown over time into the largest global fintech community, with 200k+ subscribers, 75k+ event attendees,...
New io.net platform allows AI agents to purchase their own computing power
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 18:53:36 (UTC)
io.net Launches World-First Platform Allowing AI Agents to Purchase Their Own Computing Power Agent Compute lets autonomous systems provision GPU resources without human intervention - no enterprise contracts required 25th March, New York - io.net, the world's largest decentralised GPU network, today launched Agent Compute, a first-of-its-kind platform that lets AI agents provision their own computing infrastructure. Agents can independently spin up GPU clusters, run workloads, and sca...
