Visa’s Shift Toward Agentic Driven Commerce
Visa (NYSE: V) is leveraging its custom artificial intelligence (AI) technologies through its Visa Intelligent Commerce initiative. What makes this service stand out is the
January 18, 2026
Pluto Launches an AI-Powered Lending Platform to Unlock Liquidity in Private Markets, Backed by Leading Credit Investors
Pluto Financial Technologies, a next-generation embedded lending platform unlocking liquidity for investors using their portfolios, including alternative assets, as collateral, has launched an AI-powered lending
January 18, 2026
Atomic Invest Buys Groene Hart Financial Diensten to Boost EU Expansion
Atomic Invest, a US-based embedded investing and savings platform, has acquired Groene Hart Financial Diensten to secure a regulated EU foothold and accelerate its expansion
January 18, 2026
IAltA Expands Wealth Infrastructure Capabilities With BridgeFT Acquisition
iAltA Holdings, a US-based private markets infrastructure start-up, acquired BridgeFT to deepen its private markets and wealth infrastructure stack, marking its third acquisition since launching
January 18, 2026
WithCoverage Raises $42M to Disrupt Insurance Broking
WithCoverage, the New York-based InsurTech company, has raised $42 million in a Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures to scale an insurance
January 18, 2026
U.S. Bank to Buy BTIG for Up to $1 Billion in Trading Push
U.S. Bancorp, the country’s largest regional bank, has agreed to acquire BTIG for up to $1 billion, using a $725 million base price plus earnouts
January 18, 2026
OurPetPolicy Closes $8 Million Series A
OurPetPolicy, a Boise, Idaho–based AI-enabled animal and ESA management platform for rental housing operators, has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by RET
January 18, 2026
Stablecoin Firm Rain Valued at $1.95B in Latest Fundraise
Rain raised $250 million in a Series C led by ICONIQ, valuing the company at $1.95 billion and reflecting a sharp re-rating as stablecoins move
January 18, 2026
Fireblocks Acquires TRES Finance to Deliver the First Unified Operating System for Digital Assets
Fireblocks, the platform securing more than $4 trillion in digital asset transfers annually, is acquiring TRES Finance to integrate enterprise-grade accounting, reconciliation, auditability, and reporting
January 18, 2026