Payment experience company PayNearMe unveiled its latest tool this week. The California-based company is launching an AI Servicing and Collections Agent, an AI agent to facilitate inbound self-service for consumers and outbound engagement about ...
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10/03/2026

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) on 2026/10/02 18:10 -0400
  • PayNearMe launched an AI Servicing and Collections Agent that handles inbound and outbound customer interactions, including calls, texts, payment scheduling, and issue resolution.
  • The Agent is embedded in PayNearMe’s PayXM platform, allowing it to use payment data, business rules, and workflows to take action while escalating cases that require human assistance.
  • The launch reflects agentic AI’s shift from assistance to execution, demonstrating how AI can move beyond answering...
By David Penn on 2026/10/02 10:13 -0400

This week's edition of Finovate Global features the latest fintech news from Indonesia.


Digital financial platform DANA secures investment

Indonesian digital financial platform DANA has secured an investment from 01Fintech, the growth-stage fintech private equity arm of 01FGroup. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

A leading Indonesian digital e-wallet and financial services platform, DANA serves consumers, merchants, and financial institutions, providing...

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) on 2026/10/02 00:48 -0400
  • Stripe has agreed to acquire embedded finance platform Parafin, marking its third acquisition of 2026 and 24th overall.
  • Parafin brings embedded credit and risk capabilities that have helped more than 60,000 small businesses access capital through platforms including DoorDash, Gusto, Jobber, and Mindbody.
  • The acquisition advances Stripe beyond its payments roots, expanding the infrastructure platforms can use to become more comprehensive financial hubs for their business...
By David Penn on 2026/10/01 18:17 -0400

For years the discourse on technological innovation in banking and financial services favored the fintechs. But is it possible that the ones best positioned to take advantage of the biggest technological revolution in decades—artificial intelligence—aren't bold, new fintech startups, but are instead banks and credit unions?

In this fascinating conversation with Rob Rooney, Co-Founder and CEO of Hyperlayer, we discuss what banks and credit unions can do to overcome the disadvantages...

By David Penn on 2026/10/01 16:26 -0400
  • EquiTrust Life Insurance Company has announced a strategic partnership with life and annuity platform Sureify.
  • EquiTrust will deploy Sureify's CoreCONNECT platform to connect its core systems via a single integration layer that facilitates efficient movement of data internally.
  • Headquartered in San Jose, California, Sureify made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2014.

EquiTrust Life Insurance Company announced a strategic partnership with life and annuity platform ...

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