- Intuit launched a QuickBooks-native business credit card that combines spending, expense management, and accounting in a single platform.
- The move puts Intuit in more direct competition with spend management fintechs like Ramp, Brex, and Expensify by eliminating the need for multiple corporate spend tools.
- With native access to QuickBooks data and nearly 100 million customers across its ecosystem, Intuit enters the market with significant underwriting, distribution, and cross-selling...
More and more credit unions and community banks are weighing the challenges and opportunities of deploying AI-powered solutions for their members and customers. Yet, while there is much attention paid to the technical details of integrating AI-based technologies into banking operations, there is often less focus on the critical issues of AI governance: the rules, policies, and processes that ensure that a given use of AI is safe, non-discriminatory, and transparent.
With this in...
- ANNA Money has acquired Business Data Group (BDG) and UK Business Forums (UKBF) as part of its goal of building an AI-powered operating system for small business founders and owners.
- BDG is a leading, UK-based independent company formation platform. UKBF is a 160,000-member, online community of small business owners, freelancers, and other professionals.
- Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, ANNA made its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope 2020 in Berlin.
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It is clear that the payments industry is entering its next phase. With stablecoins, AI advancements, and real-time payments, the payments scene of 2026 is a vastly different landscape from what it was in 2012. In this new era, success depends on scale, specialization, and settlement infrastructure.
This summer, three major announcements in the payments space have both supported evidence of this new era and hinted at where we can expect it to go next. Here are the top three headlines...
- Expensify has expanded its partnership with Marqeta to launch the Expensify Card in Spain, Ireland, Poland, and the Netherlands.
- The European rollout gives multinational businesses access to spend controls, virtual and physical cards, receipt matching, and no foreign transaction fees.
- The launch reflects growing competition among US spend management providers to expand internationally, while highlighting Marqeta’s role in enabling cross-border card programs.
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