AI in fintech
News
Baselayer raises $35M Series A led by M13 to extend identity checks to AI agents
Baselayer has raised a $35 million Series A led by M13, with participation from Torch Capital, Picus Ventures, Afore Capital and Matt Thompson of Socure.…
CellPoint secures $34M from Toscafund, names a new CEO and launches AI payments platform Zenith
CellPoint, the payments technology provider for airlines and hospitality, has secured $34 million from Toscafund, invested through its private equity affiliate…
Sela raises $21M across seed and Series A led by Costanoa for AI mortgage sales agents
Sela has announced $21 million in total funding across its seed and Series A rounds, led by Costanoa with participation from Emergence Capital. The company…
Mirai RiskTech raises €5M from Inveready to take its AI balance sheet platform global
Madrid-based Mirai RiskTech has closed a €5 million funding round with Spanish investment firm Inveready. The capital goes to expansion across Europe, the UK,…
FintechOS raises $28M in equity and debt after reaching profitability
FintechOS raises $28M in equity and debt from existing investors and Santander to expand in the US.
Footprint raises $25M Series B led by QED Investors for agentic AI compliance
Footprint raises a $25M Series B led by QED Investors to scale Percy, its AI operating system for financial crime compliance.
Abwab.ai raises $4M seed led by Speedinvest, the VC's first investment in Saudi Arabia
Abwab.ai raises a $4M seed led by Speedinvest, the firm's first investment in Saudi Arabia, to scale AI lending infrastructure for SMEs.
BlackLine acquires NetNow to add AI credit risk and customer onboarding to Invoice-to-Cash
BlackLine acquires NetNow, an AI-enabled B2B customer onboarding and credit risk platform, to push its Invoice-to-Cash suite upstream of the invoice.
Angle Health raises $200M Series C at $2.7B valuation led by Vitruvian Partners
Angle Health raises a $200M Series C at a $2.7B valuation led by Vitruvian Partners, alongside a $400M tender offer.
Mastercard and Alchemy bring Mastercard credentials to AgentCard for AI agent payments
Mastercard and Alchemy bring Mastercard credentials to AgentCard, so AI agents can pay wherever Mastercard is accepted online.
Newsletters
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Tabby | تابي raises $233M at a $6.5B valuation as it expands beyond BNPL. barq closes a $329.5M Series A at $1.85B, two years after launch. S&P Global agrees to acquire OpenZeppelin , the security standard behind $37T in onchain value. Circle launches the Arc mainnet with BlackRock, DTCC, Masterc…
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Podcasts
Fintech compliance in MENA with AI (Episode 45)
In this episode, I sit down with Bhavin Shah, founder and CEO of Sherlocq.
Episode 31 - Tomas Campos
In this episode, I sit down with Tomas Campos, founder of Spinwheel.
Episode 29 - Victor Orlovski
In this episode, I sit down with Victor Orlovski, Managing Partner at R136 Ventures.
Companies
33 licensed companies linked to this topic
Products
- Abwab.ai · Abwab.ai · Provided by the company
AI credit decisioning and lending infrastructure for MSME lenders in Saudi
- Adyen · Adyen · Provided by the company
Unified payments, data and financial products for enterprises
- Agentcard · Agentcard · Provided by the company
Let your users' AI agents pay online with their own card
- Airwallex · Airwallex · Provided by the company
Global business accounts, payments, spend and embedded finance APIs
- AIUC · Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) · Provided by the company
Certification, audits and insurance for AI agents and frontier AI models
- Alchemy · Alchemy · Provided by the company
Blockchain node, data and wallet APIs for developers
- Alpian · Alpian · Provided by the company
Swiss digital bank for banking, saving, investing and pensions
- Angle Health · Angle Health · Provided by the company
Level-funded, AI-enabled employer health insurance plans for employees
- Apiax · Apiax · Provided by the company
Embedded cross-border compliance rules for financial institutions
- Aviva · Aviva · Provided by the company
Personal loans in Mexico applied for at kiosks by video call, managed in an app
- Baselayer · Baselayer · Provided by the company
Business identity, KYB, credit and fraud checks in one API
- Behavox · Behavox · Provided by the company
AI compliance and conduct surveillance for financial firms
- Bizcap · Bizcap · Provided by the company
Fast, flexible working capital for established US small businesses
- Brex · Brex · Provided by the company
Corporate cards, expense management, bill pay and business banking
- CapitalOS · CapitalOS · Provided by the company
Embedded cards, bill pay and cash tools for B2B platforms
- Casap · Casap · Provided by the company
Agentic AI that resolves disputes, fraud, claims and collections
- Celligence · Celligence · Provided by the company
AI software for financial services, including the AngelAi assistant
- CellPoint Digital · CellPoint · Provided by the company
Payment orchestration and optimisation for airlines, travel and merchants
- Chariot Claims · Chariot Claims · Provided by the company
Consumer platform that finds, files and tracks claims against corporations
- Chime · Chime · Provided by the company
US mobile banking app: fee-free checking, SpotMe overdraft, credit building
- Clara · Clara · Provided by the company
Corporate credit cards and spend management for companies in Latin America
- Coinbase · Coinbase · Provided by the company
Crypto exchange, custody and developer platform for consumers and institutions
- Comparables.ai · Comparables.ai · Provided by the company
AI deal sourcing and valuation intelligence for M&A teams
- Computis · Computis · Provided by the company
AI-assisted bookkeeping with partner accountants for SRLs and SMEs
Funding rounds
$4M
$28M
Bek Ventures, Cipio Partners, IFC, Molten Ventures, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
$24M
Software Defined AutomationLead, Commerce Ventures, Fifth Wall, Y Combinator
$250M
$10M
Behind Genius Ventures, Character Capital, CloudPay, Crosslink Capital, UKG Ventures
€21M
$3M
TetherLead
$155M
FTV CapitalLead
€1.3M
HFO InvestmentsLead
$87M
Andreessen HorowitzLead, Castle Island Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, QED Investors, Swish Ventures
Reports
- Banking on AI: How a new operating model can transform distressed credit management · McKinsey & Company
- Rewiring securities services for a new era of competition and growth · McKinsey & Company
- The rise of the agentic coworker: A banking CIO's guide to the next wave of AI · McKinsey & Company
- Agentic AI in financial-crime prevention: Lessons from winners · McKinsey & Company
- Agentic AI in transaction monitoring: How banks can scale AI in compliance · McKinsey & Company
- The next era of US retirement: Four shifts redefining competition · McKinsey & Company