Kurv Reorganizes Sales and Embedded Payments Leadership for SMB, ISV Growth

Kurv, formerly known as Electronic Merchant Systems, announced today that industry veteran Nick Bencivenga has joined the organization as its new VP of Sales and that Jesse Spears has been promoted to VP of Strategic Partnerships. These personnel moves further strengthen Kurv’s leadership team following its transformative rebrand last November. Afshin Yazdian, Chairman and CEO of Kurv, stated, “We’ve made a lot of extraordinary changes to our organization in the past year. Nick and Jesse will...

Flutterwave Expands Payments Infrastructure With Acquisition of Mono

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has acquired Mono, a pioneer in open banking infrastructure across the continent. The transaction deepens Flutterwave’s long-term commitment to building a connected, interoperable financial system for Africa and positions open banking as a core pillar in the evolution of alternative payment methods across the region. Mono’s API-driven platform enables secure access to financial data, identity verification, and account-to-account payments; capabilities that are increasingly critical as African markets move toward more trusted,...

Coinbax Raises $4.2M to Bring Institutional Controls to Stablecoin Payments

Coinbax, the programmable trust layer for stablecoin payments, today announced $4.2 million in seed funding to bring escrow, policy enforcement, and programmable settlement to digital assets. The round was led by BankTech Ventures, with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Paxos, SpringTime Ventures, and industry leaders across banking, payments, and digital asset infrastructure. While traditional instant payment rails like RTP and FedNow have improved settlement speed, financial institutions still lack the programmable control layer necessary to deploy...

BLAQclouds Launches ApolloCASH on December 20

BLAQclouds, Inc., a Web3 infrastructure and fintech innovation company, today announced that ApolloCASH will transition from testing to full retail launch on December 20, 2025. ApolloCASH is a zero-knowledge, single-use liquidity settlement protocol designed to enable secure, always-on cross-border remittances—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Built for speed, security, and efficiency, ApolloCASH provides a modern way to send money—whether across town or across the globe – recognizing the critical...

Truist streamlines digital account opening with direct deposit switching

Truist Financial Corporation, announced the launch of electronic direct deposit switching capabilities to the Truist client digital onboarding process, further enhancing the ease and speed of opening new accounts. Developed in partnership with Atomic, this new capability is fully embedded into Truist’s digital account opening process, allowing clients to easily transfer direct deposits from other accounts. Since its launch in August, 19% of new digital account applicants that engaged with the feature officially made the...

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