The cryptocurrency platform KuCoin introduced its Tomorrowland Limited Edition KuCard, a Visa card issued in partnership with the Tomorrowland music festival taking place March 21-28. Glia, an AI platform for banks, has integrated a loan-payment technology from MessagePay in an effort to integrate payments into digital interactions between community banks and their …

Money-movement platform Thunes Financial Services Inc. announced Banco Cathay of Costa Rica has adopted its Pay-to-Wallet service for cross-border payments. Loyalzoo Ltd., a developer of customer-engagement software for merchants, announced an agreement under which it will integrate its customer-relationship technology with a new point-of-sale platform from Priority Technology Holdings Inc., the MX …

Oracle Corp. unveiled new technologies for its Simphony Cloud Point of Sale technology, including an embedded AI assistant. Mastercard Inc. adopted a new foundation for its generative artificial intelligence service. An AI foundation is a neural network trained on massive unlabeled datasets, according to technologist Nvidia. Zerohash, a technology provider for payments …

Early Warning Services LLC said Citi, a unit of Citigroup Inc., will offer Paze, the Early Warning online checkout service, to its cardholders. They can activate Paze via Citi.com, the Citi mobile app, or on Paze. Celero Commerce said it acquired substantially all of the assets of Petroleum Processing Solutions. The acquisition …

New York City-based payments and corporate card platform Ramp Business Corp., said it has acquired Juno, a platform that offers travel arrangements for non-employee travel. Terms were not announced. Ramp’s deal for Juno was preceded by its Friday announcement that it has acquired Billhop, a payments provider licensed in the United Kingdom …

Payment-software developer BHMI announced enhancements aimed at supporting debit processing in Canada on its Concourse Financial Software Suite, touching on settlement, reconciliation, dispute management, and reporting capabilities. Indiana has become the first state to impose a ban on cryptocurrency kiosks, alleging the machines have been used to steal millions of dollars from scam …

Peer-to-peer payments platform Zelle has collaborated with Bank of America to process charitable disbursements from Donor Advised Funds, enabling nonprofits to receive charitable grant funding in near real time. Zelle is a unit of Early Warning Services. Some 26% of bill-pay platforms said their systems are ready for the future, though 80% …

Mastercard Inc. has launched its Crypto Partner Program, an effort to bring together more than 85 companies and financial institutions involved in cryptocurrency payments around the world. The aim is to encourage dialogue and collaboration on crypto-based ventures. Bilt Technologies Inc., a payments and rewards platform related to homeownership, announced it …

Payments-software developer PCI Pal announced it is widening its relationship with Zoom Communications Inc. to integrate PCI Pal’s payment technology with Zoom Virtual Agent, a technology aimed at resolving customer issues. Payments-technology firm Thales and Verifone announced an expanded relationship in which Verifone’s devices will integrate Thales’s eSIM technology, a move the companies say …

Processor Jack Henry & Associates Inc. announced its anti-fraud platform, Financial Crimes Defender, has been adopted by the Independent Community Bankers of America in the ICBA’s Preferred Service Provider program. Affiniti Finance Inc., which offers corporate cards, bill pay, and banking services, said it has reached a financing agreement with Column N.A., …