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 7
KuCoin unveils AI Skills Hub to power smarter crypto
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data protection
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devops
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crypto
KuCoin launches AI Skills Hub, an open marketplace of modular tools letting agents tap exchange data and automate crypto workflows.
EBANX opens Singapore APAC HQ amid surging payment growth
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saas
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gaming
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fintech
EBANX launches Singapore APAC HQ to drive payments innovation and regulation as Total Payment Volume surges 48% and growth shifts beyond Brazil.
AI-fuelled crime drives illicit funds to $4.4 trillion
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fintech
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phishing
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email security
AI-fuelled scams help push illicit finance to an estimated USD $4.4 trillion in 2025, with fraud losses hitting USD $579.4 billion.
Cryptio raises USD $45m to scale digital asset ERP tools
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fintech
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blockchain
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financial systems
Cryptio raises USD $45m Series B to scale its digital asset ERP platform for banks, auditors and tokenisation firms handling on-chain data.
Modern Treasury joins Mastercard crypto partner push
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crypto
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fintech
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blockchain
Modern Treasury joins Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program to power fiat-crypto on/off-ramps and cross-border blockchain payment flows.
Fairview selects Workday to modernise HR, finance, supply
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digital transformation
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hcm
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rpa
Fairview selects Workday to overhaul HR, finance and supply chain in a multi-year move to a single AI-enabled operations platform.
Aon pilots stablecoin premium payments with Coinbase, Paxos
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crypto
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fintech
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blockchain
Aon pilots stablecoin insurance premium payments with Coinbase and Paxos, testing USDC and PYUSD settlement across Ethereum and Solana.
Tower raises USD $6.4m to bring AI data and code to production
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saas
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siem
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martech
Tower raises USD $6.4m to help data teams turn AI-generated code into reliable production pipelines on an Apache Iceberg-based platform.
Finastra adds real-time AI fraud checks to payments
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saas
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crypto
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fintech
Finastra is embedding FraudAverse's AI-driven fraud checks into its Financial Messaging platform to secure real-time global and instant payments.
RedotPay expands global crypto payments with new licences
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crypto
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fintech
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risk & compliance
RedotPay wins new Canada, US and Argentina licences as it builds a global crypto payments hub and expands stablecoin-based services.
Payoneer, FundPark launch eCommerce credit for sellers
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Payoneer teams with FundPark to offer Hong Kong eCommerce sellers AI-driven credit lines of up to USD $10 million via integrated accounts.
PixVerse hits unicorn status with record AI video round
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digital transformation
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e-learning
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rpa
AI video platform PixVerse becomes a unicorn after a record Asia Series C funding round valuing the company at over USD $1 billion.
Wonderful raises USD $150m to scale global AI agents
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digital transformation
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erp
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ai
Wonderful secures USD $150m Series B at a USD $2bn valuation to scale its agentic AI platform and triple headcount for global expansion.
Gumloop raises USD $50m to scale workplace AI agents
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saas
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uc
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data protection
Gumloop secures USD $50m Series B to scale workplace AI agents, deepen security tools and court larger enterprise customers.
Plaid, Perplexity launch AI-powered portfolio tool
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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genai
Plaid and Perplexity debut Portfolio, an AI tool that links brokerage accounts for personalised, conversational investment insights.
Diligent launches AuditAI to streamline internal audits
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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rpa
Diligent unveils AuditAI, an agentic AI suite that cuts audit admin by up to 70% while turning board-level risk signals into concrete actions.
Replit raises USD $400m, hits USD $9bn AI valuation
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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martech
Replit secures USD $400m funding, lifting its valuation to USD $9bn as it bets on AI coding agents and rapid global expansion.
AI leaders lack rules & data to scale finance tools
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manufacturing
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data analytics
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digital transformation
AI 'leaders' in finance rush to pilots but lack rules, data and governance to scale tools into core, high‑accountability workflows.
Oracle Q3 boosted by AI cloud surge & USD $553bn RPO
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saas
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Oracle Q3 revenue jumps 22% to USD $17.2 billion as AI-fuelled cloud demand soars and contracted backlog swells to USD $553 billion.
G2A adds Klarna to offer flexible payments for gamers
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gaming
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fintech
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digital entertainment
G2A adds Klarna at checkout, letting European gamers split or delay payments on over 90,000 digital titles and in-game purchases.