Stripe stories
Backers say the move will give AI agents and apps a neutral, open payments standard for web transactions, with support from Amazon, Visa and others.
The acquisition strengthens Multiplier’s push into professional services as AI and rising client demands reshape the startup advisory market.
Finance teams can now cut manual close and approval work as Rillet links its ERP to more than 8,000 apps on Zapier.
European fintech is maturing as G+D's Sofiane Chouane charts a future shaped by stricter regulation, AI, and bank-startup partnerships.
Tempo launches Mainnet and unveils Machine Payments Protocol to automate stablecoin and card payments between AI agents and online services.
Robinhood Ventures Fund I adds Stripe and ElevenLabs stakes to give retail investors listed access to late-stage private tech firms.
Anthropic has launched an in-house institute to study AI's societal risks, governance and economic upheaval as it predicts rapid progress.
Payoneer teams with FundPark to offer Hong Kong eCommerce sellers AI-driven credit lines of up to USD $10 million via integrated accounts.
Xero is axing its app store billing by June 2026, forcing developers onto new API-based tiers and their own subscription systems.
Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.
Deel launches The Pitch, a global contest offering up to USD $15m in SAFE funding to seed start-ups, with APAC entries closing 21 April.
As analogue-era banking creaks under digital demand, DeFi is quietly rewiring the rails of global finance, not blowing them up.
Demand from larger businesses has lifted Ramp’s enterprise customer base 133% in 2025, as Visa adopts its software too.
Visa widens Bridge tie-up to let more firms issue stablecoin-backed cards, targeting faster, more certain cross-border SMB payments.
Alludium opens its no-code AI agent platform to the public, offering paid plans from launch as it shifts from design partners to wider use.
London startup Alludium has publicly launched its no-code Agent Operating System, letting teams build and run shared AI agents via chat.
Anthropic dangles EUR €355,000 AI engineering pay as it ramps up Dublin hiring drive and cements the city as a key European hub.
New York fintech Ramp is betting on 'self-driving' finance, using AI and Visa cards to automate spend, bills and cash for US firms.
Akeneo and Stripe launch integration to pipe AI-ready product data into agentic checkout flows, cutting disruption for merchants.
Beast Industries acquires fintech app Step, betting on financial literacy tools to turn his vast creator audience into customers.
