09/04/2026
By David Penn on 2026/09/03 19:18 -0400
With FinovateFall 2026 less than a week away, there's not much time left to make your last-minute preparations before the conference begins on September 9 (September 8 for those lucky delegates attending one of our exclusive Leaders+ or Credit Union Spotlight pre-events!).
We're looking forward to hosting more than 2,000 senior-level decision-makers, including more than 1,000 from banks and financial institutions, and more than 300 from credit unions and community banks. Add to that our...
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) on 2026/09/03 18:13 -0400
- EMVCo released a draft framework for card-based agentic payments designed to promote secure, interoperable, and scalable transactions involving AI agents.
- The framework introduces Intent Services, a shared layer that would help payment participants register, retrieve, reference, and update consumer-authorized intent as it changes over time.
- EMVCo is exploring additional agentic payment capabilities, including Know Your Agent (KYA) and Agentic Transaction Indicators, while seeking...
By David Penn on 2026/09/03 17:55 -0400
- Banking transformation company Finzly has launched its AI-powered security and assurance layer Assure.
- Assure provides banks and other financial institutions using Finzly's BankOS with AI-powered security, compliance monitoring, and operational resilience that is native to the infrastructure they rely on.
- Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Finzly is a two-time Best of Show winner. The company most recently demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2022.
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By David Penn on 2026/09/02 17:08 -0400
- Cross-border money transfer and top-up firm Félix Pago (Félix) has raised $200 million in combined equity and debt funding.
- The equity component, in the amount of $87 million, was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The General Catalyst Customer Value Fund provided a $113 million credit facility.
- Félix will use the funding to scale its existing remittance business and to support the expansion of its product suite to include lending and savings. The Miami, Florida-based company made its...
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) on 2026/09/02 16:13 -0400
- Tyfone is acquiring ATTUNE to add consumer and business account opening, deposit funding, loan origination, and servicing capabilities to its digital banking platform.
- The deal gives Tyfone a role earlier in the customer lifecycle, allowing it to support financial institutions from acquisition and onboarding through lending, payments, servicing, and ongoing digital banking.
- The acquisition advances Tyfone’s evolution into a broader end-to-end banking technology provider, building...
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