Finance

Financial and investment listings 3245 public listings.

• PYMNTS | Google Helps Local Governments Communicate Via AI (pymnts.com)
  Google says it wants to help local governments have “civic conversations” with artificial intelligence’s assistance.
• PYMNTS | Anthropic Alumni Startup Sees Valuation Jump Fivefold (pymnts.com)
  Mirendil, an AI startup founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise new funding at a $5 billion valuation.
• PYMNTS | Shopify Brings Shop Pay Checkout to Meta’s Muse AI Agent (pymnts.com)
  Shopify and Meta have partnered to extend the shopping capabilities of Meta’s Muse AI assistant, executives said Monday (Sept. 21).
• PYMNTS | Anthropic Cuts AI Processing Costs 40% With Opus 5.5 Debut (pymnts.com)
  Anthropic said its new Claude Opus 5.5 represents a “major step up” from Opus 5 and costs 40% less to run on typical workloads.
• PYMNTS | Adyen Names Klarna CFO Niclas Neglen as New Finance Chief (pymnts.com)
  Payments FinTech Adyen hired Klarna Chief Financial Officer Niclas Neglen as its new CFO, effective Feb. 1, 2027.
• PYMNTS | SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot Gains Early Traction in AI Agent Push (pymnts.com)
  SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot surpassed 400,000 weekly users about a month after its launch, offering an early measure of demand.
• PYMNTS | Crocs Puts One AI Agent in Charge of Sales and Service (pymnts.com)
  Crocs built one AI agent, Rivet, to recommend shoes, answer sizing questions, track orders and process returns in a single conversation.
• PYMNTS | Meta Tests Human Callers for Muse After Merchants Hang Up on… (pymnts.com)
  Meta tested having human contractors handle some calls for the phone-calling feature of its personal AI assistant Muse.
• PYMNTS | OpenAI Recruits External Watchdogs to Police AI Risk (pymnts.com)
  OpenAI is talking with multiple independent assessors to help grow the number third-party assessments of frontier AI safety.
• PYMNTS | JPMorgan Weighs Opening Card Business to Private Credit (pymnts.com)
  J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly exploring whether other funding sources could approve some of the cards it rejects.
• PYMNTS | Ema Secures $77 Million to Scale AI Agents Across Enterprises (pymnts.com)
  Ema raised $77 million to expand its AI Employee platform that delivers autonomous AI agents to perform work in HR, IT and finance.
• PYMNTS | Citi Launches Commerce Media Platform Ahead of Kard Acquisit… (pymnts.com)
  Citi launched a commerce media platform that connects brands with its credit card customers across Citi.com, Citi Mobile App and paid media.
• PYMNTS | Tink Founders Debut Agentic Compliance Platform Freda (pymnts.com)
  The founders of open banking platform Tink have launched a new compliance platform using artificial intelligence.
• PYMNTS | Amazon Expands UK BNPL Footprint With Affirm Partnership (pymnts.com)
  The partnership lets Amazon customers choose Affirm as their payment method at checkout and apply to get an instant eligibility decision.
• PYMNTS | MoonPay Boosts Tokenization Business With North Capital Deal (pymnts.com)
  MoonPay is continuing its acquisition spree by merging with private markets infrastructure platform North Capital.
• PYMNTS | Blockchain.com Inks Deal for Access to NYSE Tokenized Stocks (pymnts.com)
  Blockchain.com users may get access to tokenized U.S. exchange-listed equities and exchange-traded funds on the NYSE.
• PYMNTS | Cyera Raises $400M As Customers Push For AI Cyber Defense (pymnts.com)
  Cyera is reportedly a now $12 billion company amid concerns about artificial intelligence (AI)-related cyberthreats.
• PYMNTS | NMI Expands Business Capital Program for Small Merchants (pymnts.com)
  Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI is expanding its NMI Business Capital service to help more merchants access financing.
• PYMNTS | Report: UK Orders Apple to Allow Access to User Data (pymnts.com)
  Apple is reportedly facing an order from British authorities to give the government a way to access global user data.
• PYMNTS | Congress Testimonies Take Aim at ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ (pymnts.com)
  At a House subcommittee hearing on digital assets, industry experts called for clearer federal oversight but warned against overreach.
• PYMNTS | Big Tech’s AI Gatekeepers Could Draw Regulatory Scrutiny (pymnts.com)
  Zaiger Linden Roberti & Pepe’s Anant Raut says the next agentic commerce issue may be about which agents platforms allow through checkout.
• PYMNTS | Revolut and Nubank Face Steep Climb in Scaling US Banking (pymnts.com)
  Revolut and Nubank, the world’s two most-valued digital banks, want to conquer the United States but face challenges in cracking the market.
• PYMNTS | Mastercard and SoFi Bring Stablecoin Settlement to Cards (pymnts.com)
  Mastercard and SoFi Technologies are now using stablecoin settlement across SoFi Bank, N.A.’s debit and credit card program.
• PYMNTS | ECB Brings the Digital Euro to Checkout While the US Sits It… (pymnts.com)
  The European Central Bank is moving its digital euro work into merchant checkout, where processors and acquirers will help deliver payment.
• PYMNTS | Binance Makes $100 Million Bet on Circle’s USDC Stablecoin (pymnts.com)
  With an expanded, five-year agreement, Binance is investing $100 million in Circle, issuer of the USDC stablecoin.
• PYMNTS | Anthropic Could Land Nvidia as $10 Billion IPO Investor (pymnts.com)
  Anthropic is in talks to have Nvidia invest in its landmark stock market listing. The chipmaker would come on as an anchor investor.
• PYMNTS | Chewy Puts a $50 Million Price Tag on AI Productivity (pymnts.com)
  Chewy expects AI to cut its costs by about $50 million in fiscal 2027. Its customer assistant resolves about 30% of chats without a human.
• The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs (techcrunch.com)
  From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
• PYMNTS | Anthropic Mulls New AI Model Despite Investors' Pre-IPO Worr… (pymnts.com)
  Anthropic is considering the launch of a new AI model before it goes public. This could offset the momentum OpenAI has enjoyed.
• PYMNTS | Paymob Secures $35M to Expand Payment Coverage in MENA (pymnts.com)
  Paymob raised $35 million, which it will invest in wider payment coverage across MENA and new products for SMBs.
• Insight Partners' Deven Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on (techcrunch.com)
  Insight Partners' Devin Parekh opens up about losing Legora to General Catalyst, why he's fine holding stakes in rival AI labs, and why — e…
• PYMNTS | Target Tests Shoppable TV to Pitch Summer Products (pymnts.com)
  Viewers of a new Bravo digital series, “Shop What Happens,” will be able to discover and shop curated Target products.
• PYMNTS | Martha Stewart-Founded Hint Launches Homeownership App (pymnts.com)
  An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered homeownership platform co-founded by Martha Stewart has launched in the United States.
• Learn how to build lasting AI defensibility at Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)
  Secure your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to hear how founders, operators, and investors are redefining AI defensibility. Save up to $200…
• Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women's health research with vaginal microbiome data (techcrunch.com)
  Women’s health company Evvy announced Tuesday a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.
• PYMNTS | Ford and GM Use Agentic Data to Drive Subscription Revenue (pymnts.com)
  Ford and GM are building AI assistants that know a vehicle’s exact data, from tire pressure to maintenance history.
• Musk's long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors (techcrunch.com)
  Valor Equity Partners is handing out stock to its LPs instead of cash returns.
• Comp AI sets eyes on a continuously agentic future for security and compliance (techcrunch.com)
  Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced a $34 million Series A round led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.
• PYMNTS | Urban Institute Urges Guardrails as Governments Test Agentic… (pymnts.com)
  According to the Urban Institute, making sure governance structures are in place before AI become embedded in public services is vital.
• PYMNTS | EU Central Banks Push to Eliminate Stablecoin Deposit Rule (pymnts.com)
  Europe’s central banks say stablecoin deposit regulations included in MiCA could mean less stability for lenders.
• How Bain Capital Ventures plans to deploy its fresh $1.6B fund (techcrunch.com)
  BCV's latest fund targets early-stage founders harnessing AGI and building the infrastructure to run it efficiently.
• Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular 'AI factories' (techcrunch.com)
  The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion.
• PYMNTS | Open Infrastructure Reshapes Multi-Provider Payments (pymnts.com)
  Open infrastructure resolves the trade-off between control and flexibility, giving merchants one place to manage every provider they use. A…
• Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s joins Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)
  Inertia co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson joins the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $200 by Sept 25.
• PYMNTS | Modern Issuing Platforms Separate AI Leaders From Pilots (pymnts.com)
  Modern issuing platforms separate issuers scaling agentic AI from those stuck in pilots, where operational maturity matters more. A PYMNTS…
• PYMNTS | New York’s AI Safety Law Puts Banks’ Vendor Plans to the Tes… (pymnts.com)
  Starting in November, AI developers must register under New York's RAISE Act. In January, other requirements take effect.
• Family offices are clamoring for AI investments (techcrunch.com)
  Whether it's a permanent shift or part of a familiar cycle is worth asking, though.
• PYMNTS | Modern Card Infrastructure Decides What Benefits Deliver (pymnts.com)
  Modern card infrastructure determines what a benefits program gives back and lets employers measure that value before choosing a platform.…
• Benchmark’s full partnership joins the main stage at Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)
  Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Save up to $200 before S…
• PYMNTS | Digital Fraud Forces Issuers to Rethink Trust in the AI Era (pymnts.com)
  Digital fraud is evolving into AI-driven identity impersonation as issuers shift from static checks to continuous trust verification. A PYM…