January, 2025

January, 2025

Digitizing the B2B Payments Landscape Starts With … Sales?
The digitization of the B2B landscape is looking like an increasingly inevitable one. But in the near-term, the success of operational modernizations, including key B2B payment processes, could hinge ...

CFPB Sues Capital One, Alleging Misleading Promotion of ‘Highest’ Rates
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Capital One Tuesday (Jan. 14), alleging that the bank promoted one savings account as offering one of the nation’s “highest” interest rates a...

Thunes Adds PayPal’s Hyperwallet to Cross-Border Payments Network
Money movement platform Thunes says it has added PayPal’s Hyperwallet to its Direct Global Network. With this movement, Hyperwallet customers can send money in real time to more than 450 millio...

Google’s Search Business Faces UK Antitrust Investigation
Google is the first tech company investigated under the United Kingdom’s new competition law. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) began its first strategic market status (SMS) designation in...

Genesy Raises $5.1 Million to Build AI Agents for B2B Sales
Genesy raised 5 million euros (about $5.1 million) in a seed round to grow and expand its product offering, which includes artificial intelligence agents that help with B2B sales processes. The compan...

UK’s Antitrust Regulator Tests New Powers Targeting Google
Since Jan. 1, the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted new powers to regulate digital markets, investigate firms, impose remedies and enforce sanctions. The newly introduc...

Report: Amazon to Refashion Alexa Into AI Agent
Amazon is reportedly turning its digital assistant, Alexa, into an artificial intelligence agent. In the new role, Alexa would be able to complete practical tasks, although the tech giant must resolve...

European Growth Equity Investor Smartfin Closes New Fund at €250M Target
Smartfin, a growth equity investor in European B2B technology companies, has reportedly closed its third growth fund at its €250 million target. This fund marks a key milestone for the firm, with an...

David Duccini, CEO and Founder of Silicon Prairie, Explains Why He Canceled Funding Portal Status, Expectations for Crowdfunding Industry
Recently, CI reported that Silicon Prairie had exited its status as a Funding Portal. A Funding Portal is a relatively new FINRA-regulated intermediary created under the JOBS Act of 2012. Initially vi...

Republic and Hamilton Lane to Bring Blockchain-based Assets to Retail Investors
Republic, the largest securities crowdfunding platform in the world, has partnered with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) to bring digital assets to retail investors. Hamilton Lane is a large private-marke...

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