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
nCino adds automated document income checks to mortgages
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digital transformation
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fintech
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rpa
nCino adds Argyle-powered tool to automate document income checks in its mortgage platform, targeting lenders when data feeds fall short.
OneVest unveils AI-powered workspace for wealth firms
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crm
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document management
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digital transformation
New York fintech OneVest has launched OneVest GO, an AI-powered CRM workspace to streamline communications and workflows for wealth advisors.
CFOs shift focus from manual month-end to live insight
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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financial systems
Mid-market CFOs ditch manual month-end marathons, turning to live, standardised reporting to drive faster, insight-led decisions.
Radial taps Gr4vy to tie payments closer to fulfilment
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cx
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martech
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risk & compliance
Radial partners with Gr4vy to embed payment orchestration into its fulfilment platform, tightening links between fraud, orders and logistics.
Xero unveils 'Accountable Intelligence' for AI in finance
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saas
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Xero launches Accountable Intelligence AI to automate bookkeeping while keeping decisions, audit trails and financial oversight with humans.
Rogo buys Offset to boost AI agents for finance pros
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saas
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fintech
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rpa
Rogo acquires AI agent firm Offset to deepen automation in investment banking and buy-side workflows after its USD $75 million Series C.
Oracle named IDC MarketScape leader in AI trade finance
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digital transformation
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fintech
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rpa
Oracle named IDC MarketScape leader for AI-enabled embedded trade finance apps, bolstering its position in bank trade digitisation.
Bybit unveils AI Trading Skill for automated crypto trades
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crypto
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fintech
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risk & compliance
Bybit launches AI Trading Skill, letting users place crypto trades and manage accounts via natural-language prompts across top AI tools.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.