06/18/2026
By David Penn on 2026/06/17 18:27 -0400
A newly announced, multi-year partnership between HSBC and Google Cloud will enable the financial institution to work with engineering teams from Google Cloud and DeepMind to develop new AI-powered tools and capabilities. The partnership will allow HSBC to benefit from access to Google's latest agentic AI capabilities including Gemini and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
The agreement will enable more than 200 new AI use cases for HSBC over the next two years, with a focus on the...
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) on 2026/06/17 14:25 -0400
- Ripple participated in Flutterwave's Series E round, helping push the African payments company's total funding above $500 million and valuing it at $3.2 billion.
- The partnership will embed Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin and XRP Ledger into Flutterwave's payment infrastructure to support faster settlement, liquidity management, remittances, and cross-border payments.
- The deal highlights the growing race to control stablecoin infrastructure, with Ripple seeking to establish RLUSD and XRPL...
By David Penn on 2026/06/17 13:35 -0400
- AI platform for financial services Zocks has launched its Zocks Client Queries solution.
- Zocks Client Queries enables financial advisors to uncover potential growth opportunities and respond to unmet client needs by querying data using plain language.
- Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Zocks made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2026. Mark Gilbert is Co-Founder and CEO.
AI platform for financial services Zocks unveiled its Zocks Client...
By David Penn on 2026/06/16 14:44 -0400
- ACI Worldwide has joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will integrate EPI's Wero wallet into its Payments Orchestration Platform.
- The integration will enable merchants and financial intermediaries across Europe to offer Wero as a payment option at a time when instant payments are growing in popularity.
- Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Nebraska, ACI Worldwide has been a Finovate alum since 2011. Thomas Warsop is CEO.
International paytech ACI Worldwide has ...
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) on 2026/06/16 14:27 -0400
- SumUp has expanded into Canada, its 38th market, bringing its payment acceptance tools to a country where small businesses account for 98% of all businesses.
- Canadian merchants will gain access to the SumUp Go card reader for in-person payments and Payment Links for accepting online payments without specialized hardware.
- The launch reflects SumUp's broader strategy of evolving from a card reader provider into a full commerce platform as competition for small business merchants...
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