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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.

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Canadian Stories

Written by Karen Joy

Equifax Canada warns of 31% rise in first-party fraud
Fintech

Equifax Canada warns of 31% rise in first-party fraud

Equifax Canada flags 31% jump in first-party fraud as credit cards and banking see more applicants overstating income and finances.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Written by Karen Joy

Lua raises USD $5.8 million seed round led by Norrsken22
Digital Transformation

Lua raises USD $5.8 million seed round led by Norrsken22

London's Lua secures USD $5.8 million seed backing from Norrsken22 as it expands its platform for businesses to manage AI agents.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
Tether backs Drift Protocol relaunch with GBP £150m
Crypto

Tether backs Drift Protocol relaunch with GBP £150m

Tether leads USD $150 million recovery plan as Drift Protocol seeks to restore user balances and restart trading after April exploit.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
Blackhawk launches digital wallet for unified stored value
Crypto

Blackhawk launches digital wallet for unified stored value

Blackhawk Network has unveiled a Digital Wallet API that lets brands pool gift cards, refunds, loyalty rewards and promo credit into one spendable balance.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Global study finds 78% use AI for investment insights
Digital Transformation

Global study finds 78% use AI for investment insights

Study finds AI now shapes investment research for 78.3% of users, with strongest enthusiasm in the Middle East and Latin America.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Gr4vy launches toolkit for ChatGPT agentic payments
Crypto

Gr4vy launches toolkit for ChatGPT agentic payments

Gr4vy unveils Agentic Development Kit to help merchants sell inside ChatGPT and other AI platforms without overhauling their payment systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
WealthArc launches AI agent to structure portfolio data
Digital Transformation

WealthArc launches AI agent to structure portfolio data

WealthArc unveils AI Agent to turn messy custodian records into structured portfolio data for wealth managers, backed by human review.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Aryza acquires Umbrella Tech in AI collections push
Software-as-a-Service

Aryza acquires Umbrella Tech in AI collections push

Aryza buys Toronto-based Umbrella Tech to add voice AI, speech analytics and autonomous agents to its collections and recoveries software.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Karen Joy

payabl. launches Visa Click to Pay for European merchants
Fintech

payabl. launches Visa Click to Pay for European merchants

payabl. adds Visa Click to Pay across Europe, aiming to cut checkout friction, lift authorisations and reduce fraud for merchants.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Raindrop reunites GBP £447 million in lost pensions
Fintech

Raindrop reunites GBP £447 million in lost pensions

Raindrop says a surge in demand helped it trace GBP £447 million in forgotten pensions in the first quarter, with use still skewed towards men.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
British Business Bank backs Apposite with GBP £100m
Health Technologies

British Business Bank backs Apposite with GBP £100m

British Business Bank makes GBP £100 million first close commitment to Apposite Healthcare Growth I, aiming to fill the UK's life sciences scale-up gap.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
HCS to invest EUR €13.2m & create 125 jobs in Dublin
Digital Transformation

HCS to invest EUR €13.2m & create 125 jobs in Dublin

HCS plans EUR €13.2m expansion with new Dublin office and 125 hires as AI-led managed services drive revenue growth.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Paymentology enters Australia with local payments ties
Disaster Recovery

Paymentology enters Australia with local payments ties

Paymentology launches in Australia with Cuscal and Constantinople alliances, tapping the nation's fast-growing digital payments market and domestic rails.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
Neato raises USD $25 million to expand beyond Amazon
Data Analytics

Neato raises USD $25 million to expand beyond Amazon

Neato secures USD $25 million in growth funding to open new operations centres and push its second-party marketplace model into more sales channels.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Maestra posts USD $833,000 in new ARR on demand shift
Data Analytics

Maestra posts USD $833,000 in new ARR on demand shift

Maestra says brands are ditching fragmented marketing stacks as quarterly new ARR more than doubled plan, with inbound sales topping half of new business.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
ControlUp tops USD $100 million ARR & becomes unicorn
Digital Transformation

ControlUp tops USD $100 million ARR & becomes unicorn

ControlUp crosses USD $100 million ARR as enterprise demand, channel growth and AI-driven endpoint management push the London firm into unicorn territory.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Ripple & Kyobo Life test blockchain bond settlement
Digital Transformation

Ripple & Kyobo Life test blockchain bond settlement

Ripple and Kyobo Life trial blockchain settlement for South Korean government bonds, aiming to cut processing times from two days to near real-time.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month