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 6
Robinhood fund buys into Stripe, AI start-up ElevenLabs
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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genai
Robinhood Ventures Fund I adds Stripe and ElevenLabs stakes to give retail investors listed access to late-stage private tech firms.
Mastercard to buy BVNK in USD $1.8 billion stablecoin push
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crypto
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fintech
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blockchain
Mastercard to acquire stablecoin platform BVNK in a deal worth up to USD $1.8 billion, deepening its push into on-chain payments.
Deloitte offloads Auvenir which rebrands as Streamworks Tech
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digital transformation
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rpa
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risk & compliance
Deloitte has sold its audit software venture Auvenir to its management in a buyout, with the business rebranding as Streamworks Tech.
GPT-5.4 tops AI accounting test but errors remain high
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digital transformation
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fintech
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risk & compliance
GPT-5.4 leads new AI benchmark on real-world accounting tasks, but its 77.3% score leaves firms facing stubborn reliability gaps.
Black Kite adds Open FAIR to quantify third-party risk
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ransomware
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digital transformation
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supply chain
Black Kite weaves Open FAIR into its platform to automate financial loss estimates in third-party cyber risk assessments and reviews.
PayPal expands PYUSD stablecoin to 70 global markets
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crypto
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fintech
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blockchain
PayPal widens access to its PYUSD stablecoin, rolling it out to accounts in 70 markets to speed up and cut the cost of cross-border payments.
Bitget widens Ondo tokenised stocks, ETFs & metals
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crypto
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fintech
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blockchain
Bitget expands Ondo tokenised stocks, ETFs and metals, adding 24/7 tradable US equities, index funds and gold-silver exposure to its spot market.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.