News & Perspectives
Corporate America Is Still Stuck on Banker's Hours, Jiko Survey Finds
Jiko released its 2026 Corporate Cash Confidence Survey of nearly 200 treasury professionals, revealing that over 81% of corporate finance teams are hampered by legacy banking hours and integration friction, driving demand for 24/7 T-bill settlement.
Jiko Appoints Eduardo Vergara as President and Matthew Mengerink as Chief Technology Officer
Jiko expanded its C-suite leadership team to accelerate commercial growth after doubling its assets under management across its corporate treasury platform.
Kraken To Launch Agentic Trading as Crypto Exchanges Evolve Beyond Crypto
Kraken Financial (Payward Inc.) is rebuilding its app around agentic trading.
Climate First Bancorp Closes New $67 Million Strategic Funding Round
The values-based community bank closed a $67 million capital raise led by Wellington Management and AllianceBernstein, bringing total capital raised to $222 million on its fifth anniversary.
Huntington Bank and True Link Win 2026 Banking Tech Award for Best Bank-Fintech Partnership
Huntington Bank and True Link were awarded Best Bank-Fintech Partnership at the 2026 Banking Tech Awards USA for their integrated family banking platform.
eCurrency Launches World's First ISO 20022 Compliant CBDC-to-RTGS Implementation
eCurrency Mint launched the first ISO 20022 messaging-compliant CBDC bridge integrated directly into a live Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system in Jamaica.
Climate First Bank Launches 'Summer Solar Savings Event' to Counter Rising Costs
Climate First Bank introduced a nationwide transparent solar loan program offering lower rates and no dealer fees to make residential solar adoption accessible.
Climate First Bancorp Releases 2025 Annual Impact Report
Climate First Bank published its annual impact metrics, detailing over $555 million financed in solar projects and operationally net-zero performance.
Aclima Named One of TIME's America's Top GreenTech Companies of 2026
TIME selected Aclima as a top GreenTech leader for its hyper-local air pollution measurement technology and block-by-block environmental data mapping.
Notpla Secures €4M in Horizon Europe Funding for Disposable Seaweed Coffee Cups
Sustainable packaging pioneer Notpla was awarded a €4 million Horizon Europe grant to lead a 14-partner consortium developing home-compostable seaweed-coated coffee cups.
Kraken Receives Federal Reserve Master Account in Historic First for Crypto
Kraken Financial (Payward Inc.) was approved by the Kansas City Fed for a limited-purpose master account, giving a digital asset bank direct connection to Fedwire settlement rails.
Bonsai Robotics Expands Amiga Platform with New Autonomous Weeding and Spraying Solutions
At World Ag Expo, Bonsai Robotics introduced four new autonomous weeding and spraying attachments powered by its vision-based Bonsai Intelligence software on the modular Amiga farm tractor.
NRF 2026: Five Tech Start-ups Reshaping Retail Landscape
The National Retail Federation showcased SuperCircle in its 2026 Innovators Showcase for scaling AI reverse logistics and circular recycling programs across major apparel brands.
SuperCircle Raises $24M Series A to Scale Retail's Waste Management Operating System
SuperCircle closed a $24M Series A round led by Foundry to accelerate its AI reverse-logistics OS and expand sortation infrastructure for brand partners including J.Crew, Reformation, and GUESS.
Aether Biomachines Raises $15M to Reindustrialize America with AI Designed Proteins
Backed by Tribe Capital, Natural Capital, Henkel Corporation, and Radicle Impact, Aether Bio leverages AI to design working proteins for materials, critical mineral extraction, CO2 removal, and forever-chemical cleanup.
Kraken Scores $800M Strategic Capital Raise at $20B Valuation
Crypto exchange operator Kraken secured $800 million in funding backed by Citadel Securities, Apollo, and Tribe Capital to prepare for clearing infrastructure expansion and institutional growth.
Solid State Power Will Rewrite the Rules of Infrastructure
While the world focuses on AI's rise, a quieter shift is underway in the power infrastructure that fuels it: the move to solid-state technology, transforming static hardware into software-integrated systems — the equivalent of upgrading from a rotary phone to a cell phone.
Jiko Announces Strategic Investments from Coinbase and Blockstream Capital Partners
Treasury platform Jiko raised strategic capital from institutional crypto and asset management leaders to scale 24/7 T-bill-backed settlement accounts.
Energy Web Foundation Announces Technology Partnership with BlockDeep Labs
Energy Web partnered with BlockDeep Labs to scale consensus verification and worker node security across the Energy Web X (EWX) decentralized grid infrastructure network.
Bonsai Robotics Acquires Farm-NG to Lead Autonomous Farming Hardware
Bonsai Robotics officially acquired modular robotics startup Farm-NG, unifying vision-guided AI software with Farm-NG's adaptable micro-tractor hardware platform.