About Karen Joy
Karen Joy Bacudo
Finance Editor
Karen wears two hats at TechDay, balancing her role as an editor while assisting with finance tasks. She bridges writing content and reconciling numbers to support the team, with the same level of accuracy and precision.
Stories by Karen Joy - Page 6
Klarna tops 1 million merchants as leisure spend surges
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Klarna has topped 1 million merchants worldwide as it accelerates into everyday and leisure spending, led by sport, hobby and wellness.
Circles, Airwallex bring embedded finance to global telcos
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Circles partners with Airwallex to plug embedded banking into CirclesX, letting telcos launch financial services across more than 70 markets.
Circles.Life launches Zerofy card with instant cashback
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Circles.Life rolls out Zerofy Cashback Card in Singapore, touting instant, uncapped rewards on global spend via Airwallex and Visa.
Thunes links Swift banks to global stablecoin wallets
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Thunes opens Swift banks to direct USDC and USDT payouts, linking 11,500 institutions with 500 million stablecoin wallets worldwide.
Capital One launches dedicated app for integrated travel
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Capital One debuts a dedicated travel app, bringing tech and suppliers in-house to create a more integrated, end-to-end travel ecosystem.
Robinhood fund buys into Stripe, AI start-up ElevenLabs
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Robinhood Ventures Fund I adds Stripe and ElevenLabs stakes to give retail investors listed access to late-stage private tech firms.
Black Kite adds Open FAIR to quantify third-party risk
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Black Kite weaves Open FAIR into its platform to automate financial loss estimates in third-party cyber risk assessments and reviews.
GPT-5.4 tops AI accounting test but errors remain high
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GPT-5.4 leads new AI benchmark on real-world accounting tasks, but its 77.3% score leaves firms facing stubborn reliability gaps.
Deloitte offloads Auvenir which rebrands as Streamworks Tech
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Deloitte has sold its audit software venture Auvenir to its management in a buyout, with the business rebranding as Streamworks Tech.
PayPal expands PYUSD stablecoin to 70 global markets
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PayPal widens access to its PYUSD stablecoin, rolling it out to accounts in 70 markets to speed up and cut the cost of cross-border payments.
Mastercard to buy BVNK in USD $1.8 billion stablecoin push
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Mastercard to acquire stablecoin platform BVNK in a deal worth up to USD $1.8 billion, deepening its push into on-chain payments.
PWL Capital selects d1g1t for wealth tech overhaul
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PWL Capital taps d1g1t to replace spreadsheets with a bilingual, API-driven wealth platform for its USD $7 billion advisory business.
Lightspeed rolls out Mobile Tap for Quebec eateries
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Lightspeed launches Mobile Tap in Quebec, letting restaurant staff take orders and accept cards on iPhone to speed service and cut walks.
Bitget widens Ondo tokenised stocks, ETFs & metals
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Bitget expands Ondo tokenised stocks, ETFs and metals, adding 24/7 tradable US equities, index funds and gold-silver exposure to its spot market.
OneVest unveils AI-powered workspace for wealth firms
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New York fintech OneVest has launched OneVest GO, an AI-powered CRM workspace to streamline communications and workflows for wealth advisors.
nCino adds automated document income checks to mortgages
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nCino adds Argyle-powered tool to automate document income checks in its mortgage platform, targeting lenders when data feeds fall short.
Radial taps Gr4vy to tie payments closer to fulfilment
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Radial partners with Gr4vy to embed payment orchestration into its fulfilment platform, tightening links between fraud, orders and logistics.
CFOs shift focus from manual month-end to live insight
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Mid-market CFOs ditch manual month-end marathons, turning to live, standardised reporting to drive faster, insight-led decisions.
PureFacts, Innover unite to bring AI to revenue ops
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PureFacts and Innover Digital partner to embed AI and automation into revenue operations for asset and wealth managers in key global markets.
Xero unveils 'Accountable Intelligence' for AI in finance
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Xero launches Accountable Intelligence AI to automate bookkeeping while keeping decisions, audit trails and financial oversight with humans.