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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.

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Global Stories

Encryption

Bitcoin rebounds as institutional demand & tokenisation grow

Institutional demand for crypto assets revived in April as Bitcoin climbed above USD $78,000 and tokenised treasury products gained traction, Talos said.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

FIS launches Lyriq digital money platform for banks

FIS unveils Lyriq digital money platform for banks, enabling tokenised deposits and CBDC settlements while keeping funds on balance sheets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

xReality lifts revenue 67% as cashflow turns positive

xReality Group's US defence push lifts annual recurring revenue 67% to GBP £5.6 million as quarterly cashflow turns positive at GBP £1.3 million.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Crypto

Ondo & Broadridge add proxy voting to tokenised ETFs

Ondo Finance and Broadridge bring proxy voting and investor disclosures to more than 250 tokenised ETFs and stocks on a Web3 platform.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

Thunes & WireBarley launch real-time Korea payments

Thunes and WireBarley deepen Asian remittance reach with real-time payments into South Korea, linking 1.1 million users across 520 corridors.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Banks struggle to move AI pilots beyond test stage

Banks are hitting old systems, poor data and regulatory hurdles as AI pilots stall, with most projects still stuck in test mode.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Temenos named Forrester leader in digital banking tech

Temenos wins Forrester leader status in digital banking after review praised its app support, APIs, localisation and headless architecture.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

Digital Transformation

Sage acquires Doyen AI to speed finance software migration

Sage buys Doyen AI to cut finance software migration from weeks to days, as the group pushes deeper into AI-led onboarding tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

Revolut partners Akahu on open banking credit cards

Revolut and Akahu to use New Zealand's open banking rails for real-time credit card checks, speeding approvals and cutting paperwork.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

BlueSnap launches NZ local acquiring for merchants

BlueSnap launches local acquiring in New Zealand to lift approval rates and cut cross-border costs for eligible merchants with a local legal entity.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Crypto

OnePay to launch Tempo validator for stablecoin payments

OnePay partners with Tempo to test stablecoin payouts and instant account funding, and plans to join the network's validator set.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Vernon Building Society taps FintechOS for mortgage overhaul

Vernon Building Society taps FintechOS to speed mortgage processing with AI tools, while keeping its core banking systems unchanged.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Fintech

LemFi names London global HQ in GBP £100m UK pledge

LemFi to create London hub with GBP £100 million UK investment as fintech expands compliance, hiring and product development.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Disaster Recovery

Bloxley chooses Equals Money for cross-border push

Bloxley has chosen Equals Money to power multi-currency accounts and cross-border payments as the AI-driven neobank prepares a European launch.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

eir business inks ServiceNow deal for managed services

Eir business to shift managed services onto ServiceNow AI Platform in multi-million-euro deal targeting public sector, enterprises and SMEs.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Guinness Enterprise Centre start-ups generate €140m

Guinness Enterprise Centre start-ups generated EUR 140 million last year as the Dublin hub marked 25 years with 743 jobs and EUR 31 million to the exchequer.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week