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i2c to Join Nacha 2026 Panel on Embedded Finance Risk
April 27, 20264 min
Meredith Carlo, General Counsel at i2c, to Share Industry Perspective on Regulatory and Compliance Challenges in Payments-as-a-Service Models
Embedded Finance The Future of Payments and Financial Services
April 27, 202618 min
Embedded finance is reshaping the future of payments by integrating financial services directly into digital platforms.
Aperture Capital Appoints Sinead Fitzmaurice as Operating Partner
April 23, 20268 min
Sinead, the first female CEO of an Irish unicorn, brings decades of global fintech leadership experience and will play a central role in supporting Aperture’s portfolio companies as they scale. The appointment is Aperture’s second senior hire this year, as the business builds a leading team of experts to offer strategy and GTM support to its startup portfolio Aperture Capital, a Swiss-headquartered Venture Capital (VC) firm focused on early-growth fintech and AI infrastructure investing, is...
Alviere Grows Cash Loading Reach with InComm Partnership
April 20, 20263 min
Alviere, the embedded finance platform powering global money movement, today announced an expanded technology partnership with InComm Payments, enabling Alivere’s customers to make cash deposits at more than 90,000 retail locations nationwide. “Expanding our cash acceptance technology and footprint with InComm Payments was a natural next step,” said Pedro Silva, CEO of Alviere. “Integrating InComm Payments’ VanillaDirect™ solution to the Alviere HIVE platform offers extensive cash load capabilities wherever our clients need it, while maintaining...
Fifth Third’s Newline Extends MCP Server Capabilities with Skills
April 14, 20264 min
As enterprises look to deploy AI safely at scale, Fifth Third continued investment in Model Context Protocol (MCP) capabilities through Newline™ by Fifth Third, its embedded finance business. The next phase of Newline’s MCP Server introduces Skills. This new layer standardizes how AI models use tools, workflows and helps developers automate faster and with more intelligent system performance, while maintaining stronger governance. The Newline MCP Server securely connects AI models to external resources, data and...
Max Chuard Named Investor, Committee Member at Aperture
April 1, 20266 min
Through Aperture Capital, Max will support fintechs as they scale from Seed to Series B Run by senior ex-Temenos colleagues, Aperture Capital’s unique VC model offers portfolio companies deep domain expertise and hands-on operational support Aperture Capital, a Swiss Venture Capital (VC) firm focused on early-growth fintech and AI infrastructure investing, is welcoming Max Chuard, former Temenos CEO, as a strategic investor and member of its Investment Committee. Until 2023, Max Chuard was Group CEO...
Circles, Airwallex Enable Telco Digibanking Across 70+ Markets
March 17, 20267 min
Circles and Airwallex today announced a strategic global partnership to integrate Airwallex’s industry-leading embedded finance solutions into CirclesX, Circles’ award-winning SaaS platform for telecom operators. This partnership opens a significant new growth opportunity, enabling telecom operators globally to increase customer lifetime value by offering a full suite of digital banking services or digibanking solutions across 70+ countries. The CirclesX platform has seen rapid success over the past decade, helping telcos such as KDDI, e&, and AT&T launch market-redefining...
RS2, a Tier-1 global provider of payment processing infrastructure and technology solutions, today announced the launch of Beyond by RS2, a new digital payments brand designed to help fintech companies, platforms, and payment providers rapidly launch card issuing and payment acceptance services across Europe. Built on RS2’s globally proven BankWORKS platform, Beyond by RS2 offers fintechs a comprehensive sponsored issuer and acquiring program, enabling partners to issue cards and process payments without needing their own...