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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
Modern Treasury joins Mastercard crypto partner push
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crypto
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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.
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.
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.
Tower raises USD $6.4m to bring AI data and code to production
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siem
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cartech
Tower raises USD $6.4m to help data teams turn AI-generated code into reliable production pipelines on an Apache Iceberg-based 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.
Sage expands AccountsPrep to help firms scale for MTD
Yesterday
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financial systems
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rpa
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risk & compliance
Sage expands AccountsPrep in Sage for Accountants as firms brace for MTD for Income Tax, targeting paper-based clients at GBP £3 per month.
Fairview selects Workday to modernise HR, finance, supply
Yesterday
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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.
Finastra adds real-time AI fraud checks to payments
Yesterday
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saas
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fintech
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financial systems
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
Yesterday
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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payment technologies
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
Yesterday
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fintech
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commerce systems
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risk & compliance
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
Yesterday
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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
Yesterday
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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
Yesterday
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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
Yesterday
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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.
Replit raises USD $400m, hits USD $9bn AI valuation
Yesterday
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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.
Diligent launches AuditAI to streamline internal audits
Yesterday
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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.
G2A adds Klarna to offer flexible payments for gamers
2 days ago
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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.
Oracle Q3 boosted by AI cloud surge & USD $553bn RPO
2 days ago
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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.
London tops fintech as Europe urges pension funding
2 days ago
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saas
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fintech
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risk & compliance
London tops global fintech funding as Europe outperforms in regulated niches but leans on US backers and eyes pensions to plug gaps.
ANNA Money gains HMRC nod for Making Tax Digital app
2 days ago
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fintech
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financial systems
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risk & compliance
ANNA Money wins HMRC approval for its Making Tax Digital for Income Tax app, enabling sole traders to file quarterly updates from 2026.