The Volante Circle Deal Drops USDC Into Bank Payment Engines
September 30, 2026
The release describes testing, not production: no bank is named as live and no launch date is given for the USDC workflows.
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Clearwater Says Its AI Agents Are Now Just Part of the Job
September 26, 2026
Nearly 900 Clearwater Analytics clients now run agentic workflows in production across investment operations, risk and private markets. The company paired the figure with research on why AI pays off for some investors and not others.
Earnix Puts 25 AI Agents Inside Insurance Pricing and Underwriting Workflows
September 21, 2026
Earnix Agent Hub lands 25 insurance AI agents inside pricing and underwriting. The agent count does more marketing work than the launch admits.
Zinnia Builds a Whole Life Chassis for the Small Policies Carriers Cannot Process Fast Enough
September 20, 2026
Zinnia Zahara now carries a whole life chassis aimed at final expense volume, promising product launches in as little as three months.
Luzern Risk Raises $45M to Sell Captive Insurance to Companies That Are Not the Fortune 500
September 20, 2026
The Luzern Risk Series B raises $45m led by Insight Partners to bring captive insurance to the mid-market. A bet on a hard market lasting.
Wayflyer Adds a $50M Corporate Facility on Top of a Very Busy Year of Borrowing
September 20, 2026
The new Wayflyer debt facility adds $50m from Trinity Capital, the sixth funding move in eight months. Still no disclosure on loss rates.
Elliptic’s Decode Agent Bets That Auditable Answers Beat Fast Ones
September 20, 2026
Elliptic Decode answers on-chain risk questions in seconds and returns the evidence. Elliptic also wrote the standard its own agent passes.
ACI Worldwide Adds Financial Messaging to Connetic, Which Is the Boring Part That Matters
September 20, 2026
ACI Connetic gains cloud-native financial messaging for Swift and ISO 20022. Less a new front than a gap closed to defend payments hub deals.
Intuit Holds Guidance Flat at Investor Day and Lets the Mix Do the Talking
September 19, 2026
Intuit FY27 guidance holds at $23.3bn to $23.5bn. QuickBooks and Credit Karma carry the company while Mailchimp is guided flat to negative.
Better Pays Coinbase One Members Up to $10,000 to Take Out a HELOC
September 19, 2026
The Better Coinbase HELOC rebate pays 1% up to $10,000 as Better home equity volume hits 18% of originations. A costly bet on a good channel.
WisdomTree Sends a Tokenized Money Market Fund Through MoonPay’s Retail Pipes
September 19, 2026
The WisdomTree MoonPay deal opens WTGXX to 35 million accounts, but the stablecoin reserve arrangement is what will actually move assets.
Affirm Puts a Transformer Model Behind Its Checkout Underwriting
September 19, 2026
Affirm underwriting has moved to a transformer model, lifting completed purchases 3.4%. The explainability claim is the part worth watching.