Infobip has expanded its partnership with NumHub, to offer Branded Calling ID™ (BCID) as part of their Voice product solution. Infobip has adopted NumHub’s API-driven cloud-based SaaS solution streamlining all aspects of BCID registration, onboarding, vetting, billing, and reporting. As a valued partner, Infobip will engage enterprise businesses, empowering them to own their brand identity through the platform’s simplified BCID adoption process. This development comes at a crucial time, aligning with the FCC’s Eighth Report and Order, which encourages the industry to proactively implement Rich Call Data display with branded calling solutions that are supported in the mandated STIR/SHAKEN framework. “Branded calling helps businesses to improve answer rates and ROI, while keeping customer satisfaction at the forefront of each interaction,” said Ivan Ostojić, Chief Business Officer at Infobip. Branded Calling ID (BCID) is an industry-adopted, CTIA-governed framework designed to restore trust in phone calls by enabling verified businesses to display their brand name, logo, call reason, and number directly on consumer devices. BCID integrates Rich Call Data (RCD) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) FCC-mandated STIR/SHAKEN authentication, ensuring that only legitimate, authenticated and vetted businesses can display branded caller ID information. By leveraging cryptographic signatures and industry-standard governance, BCID protects businesses from spoofing, enhances call answer rates, and ensures consumers can confidently identify and engage with trusted brands. Unlike traditional branded calling models that operate under vendor-controlled ecosystems, BCID is an open, standardized solution built to serve the entire telecom industry including enterprises, CSPs, OSPs, UCaaS/CCaaS providers, and consumers.
YELO Software’s AI-driven private markets intelligence platform delivers accurate, CRM-ready contact data across private equity and portfolio decision-makers and a dynamic map of firms, sectors, and interconnections to reveal hidden investment opportunities
YELO Software, has launched its full-service offerings alongside YELOsphere Connect the first module of its proprietary, AI-driven private markets intelligence platform designed to help teams identify and connect with key players across private equity and portfolio companies. Private equity teams work in high-stakes, low-visibility environments. YELOsphere is built to change that — delivering verified data, strategic insights, and AI-driven foresight in three stages: 1) YELOsphere Connect (Live) – Accurate, CRM-ready contact data on PE and portfolio decision-makers. 2) YELOsphere Insights (2025) – A dynamic map of firms, sectors, and interconnections to reveal hidden opportunities. 3) YELOsphere Analytics (In development) – Interactive dashboards and predictive strategy tools, powered by AI. YELOsphere Connect enables investment and marketing teams to move faster with cleaner, more actionable data, powered by smart automation and AI-driven data validation. Continuously validated contacts across PE firms and portco executive roles; Smart filters by firm, title, sector, and investment profile; Decision-grade contact intelligence across investors and operators; Built to move teams from research to outreach, faster.
With Perplexity’s new web browser a user can directly ask which website ships faster than others; it can also submit relevant responses to different types of questions after assessing multi-site information on its own
Perplexity recently announced the launch of Comet, a web browser built for the modern internet which, aims to be a more responsive and fluid option for modern internet users. Comet, serves to be an intelligent interface that works in tune with the user’s mind. It helps ease the challenges of switching between dozens of sites, applications and website to create a more seamless experience. The Comet intelligent assistant allows a user to focus on what really matters while taking care of actual browsing sessions. For instance, a user can directly ask Comet which website provides the ability to ship something they need faster than others. It can also connect the dots and submit relevant responses to different types of questions after assessing multi-site information on its own. Comet does away with complex workflows. Instead of simply searching for information, Comet allows users quick analysis at their fingertips and makes the internet an extension of their mind. One of the best things about Comet: accurate and trustworthy responses. Comet allows users to do a range of things at a faster pace than before, from compare insurance coverage plans to analyzing which technology is best to invest in for a business.
Now, with Plaid Layer natively integrated into its platform, fintech MANTL can provide a one-minute account opening time for its deposit and loan workflows
MANTL is the first fintech to resell and offer Plaid Layer, Plaid’s instant onboarding technology used by the most innovative neobanks. Through this first-of-its-kind integration, MANTL empowers regional and community financial institutions to deliver the same seamless digital onboarding experiences as tech-first neobanks while unlocking faster growth and stronger conversion. MANTL already delivers a best-in-class account opening experience, with average account opening times of under five minutes for consumers and under ten minutes for businesses. Now, with Plaid Layer natively integrated into its platform, MANTL can provide a one-minute account opening time. By embedding Plaid’s technology directly into its deposit and loan workflows, MANTL streamlines the entire onboarding process, accelerating time to open and enabling more users to successfully reach and complete applications—all within a secure, optimized experience. Key benefits of the MANTL–Plaid Layer integration include: Increase in conversion: Plaid customers using Layer have seen up to a 25% increase in end-to-end conversion rates. Faster onboarding: Layer can onboard an account holder in one minute by unifying the collection of identity data for verification and account linking into one conversion-optimized flow, streamlining the signup process by as much as 87%. Secure, scalable growth: MANTL paired with Plaid Layer unlocks an even more seamless, secure, and scalable path to customer growth.
Google confirms ChromeOS and Android are being merged into ‘a single platform’ with more robust app support likely on this combined platform
Google’s Android head has confirmed that ChromeOS is being combined with the company’s mobile platform. Sameer Samat, President of the Android Ecosystem, noted the usage of Apple’s typical ecosystem of products — including a MacBook Pro and an Apple Watch — before finally acknowledging the writing on the wall with ChromeOS. The only real hint comes from Samat’s curiosity over, as he says, how people currently use their laptops to get work done. That could hint at a focus towards providing more robust app support on this combined platform. This move comes with plenty of questions for current ChromeOS users, including how their laptops will adapt to this new platform and if the move to Android will change the typical decade-long support window provided by Google and various Chromebook OEMs. It could also cause plenty of headaches for enterprise users, especially schools, depending on how the rollout is conducted. It doesn’t sound like the move is right around the corner, of course — to reiterate, there’s nothing here that would really constitute real details. But with ChromeOS feeling stagnant at times and ARM laptops having a bit of a moment, it feels like there’s no better time than the present to enact this sort of shift.
CallRail’s AI-powered sales feature automatically tags calls that convert into appointments and integrates the outcomes back into ad platforms to generate higher quality leads
CallRail, the engagement platform, has launched conversion signals, a new AI-powered capability that automatically tags calls that convert into appointments so marketers can identify and replicate the best leads. Based on appointment outcomes (e.g. booked, not booked, or requested), these signals can then be integrated back into Google Ads to generate higher quality leads. With conversion signals, conversational AI automatically detects when a lead is requesting or booking an appointment directly within their trusted attribution platform, connecting all of their lead source data to conversions and ultimately to ad platforms. Marketers can better understand the outcomes of calls with leads, allowing them to make insights actionable to optimize marketing efforts. CallRail CMO Laura Beussman said “The conversion insights feed into Google Ads campaigns, optimizing marketing investments and improving ROI with new levels of efficiency and accuracy.” By leveraging conversion signals, users will be able to: Eliminate manual identification of which leads convert: Automatically identify which leads turn into appointments without having to manually review conversation content. Gain automatic insights into what activities drive conversions: Easily pinpoint which sources and keywords drove the most appointments. Data-backed campaign optimization: Integrate the insights from reports into Google Ads to optimize campaigns to deliver more high-value, likely to convert leads. This not only saves marketers time spent qualifying leads, but decreases wasted ad spend.
Two’s embedded deferred payment capabilities tailored for B2B transactions offers real-time, AI-driven net terms credit at scale and automates behind-the-scenes tasks to deliver frictionless experience for both merchants and buyers
Two Funding has reached €13 million, bringing the total funding to over €40 million to date. The fintech company elps businesses offer flexible payment terms. The fresh investment will fuel Two’s expansion into the US and select Western European markets. Less than three months after its official launch in the US, the market already represents more than 20% of total revenue for the company. The funding will also support further development of Two’s fully productised B2B payments infrastructure, which includes its proprietary risk engines, Frida and Delphi, an end-to-end business onboarding solution and embedded deferred payment capabilities tailored specifically for business transactions, already deployed by over 200 of merchants across the Nordics and Europe. Two was created with a bold mission of making B2B transactions as seamless as consumer checkouts. Its platform offers instant upfront payments to sellers, flexible net terms for buyers, and AI-powered fraud prevention. With rapid adoption across both large enterprises and SMEs, Two’s infrastructure has already become the go-to standard for B2B commerce in Northern Europe. With this funding, Two wants to improve its credit decision engine, make integrations stronger, and work with more suppliers around the world.
Atlas’s stablecoin accounts to enable businesses to send, receive, and hold stablecoin balances much like traditional fiat bank accounts, convert them into 26+ fiat currencies and earn yields of up to 11% APY on their balances
Atlas has launched stablecoin accounts. Allowing businesses and private wealth structures to send, receive, and hold stablecoin account balances, similar to how a traditional fiat bank account works. “The best fintech products have always been about providing access. Atlas is taking a multi-coin, multi-chain approach.” Said James Robertson, Head of Product at Atlas. “We are currently connected to more than 50 blockchains, with all 200 stablecoin issuers available, including USDC (Circle), USDT (Tether), (RLUSD) Ripple and PYUSD (PayPal). Always connected to whatever stablecoin and blockchain your customers want to pay you with.” Account holders can frictionlessly move between blockchain, currencies, and into over 26 fiat currencies. Even earn a yield on their stablecoin balances of up to 11% APY. “We’re taking the same principles of our core multi-currency banking product, and applying it to stablecoins. Funds are held in reserve 1:1 which can be verified on-chain. Customisable user permissions and approval processes, with downloadable statements and transaction reports. Backed up with a $30m insurance policy” added Robertson.
Wolters Kluwer unveils cloud-native and blockchain based bank confirmation platform that enables 100% bank statement retrieval from banks worldwide and entirely online experience and self-serve through a browser-based interface
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting (TAA) unveiled the enhanced CCH Validate, next-generation, cloud-native bank confirmation platform engineered to redefine how audit professionals operate. Purpose-built for speed, security, and intelligence, this fully online solution empowers firms with instant, client-authorized data access and intuitive onboarding—delivering a smarter, faster, and more reliable audit experience. Leveraging advanced technologies—including blockchain for tamper-proof assurance—it enables 100% bank statement retrieval from banks worldwide. Key Features of the New CCH Validate: Entirely Online Experience: Users can self-serve through a browser-based interface and begin using the tool in minutes. Client-Driven Authorization: Clients securely and privately authorize data access, removing the need to wait for bank responses. Trial First: Firms can try the platform before committing. Cloud-Native Architecture: Built for scalability, security, and speed, with compliance to SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and audit industry standards. Global Reach: Currently designed to support firms in the U.S., integration across platforms in Canada and the UK will soon follow. Security: Blockchain is leveraged to ensure requests are tamper-proof Audit Trail: Provides a comprehensive and immutable audit trail of the end-to-end process stored in the blockchain. Fraud Prevention: Eliminates the potential for fraud by eliminating human intermediaries in responding to requests.
AWS launches Kiro: a ‘spec coding’ developer environment integrated with AI agents that will build in “specs” and use “hooks” that will understand the width and breadth of taking a prototype to production
AWS launched a preview of a new development environment named Kiro, integrated with AI agents for software engineers, which will help them turn ideas into production-ready code. Now in preview, Kiro helps provide speed and resilience to has become known as “vibe coding,” a new way to use development tools to tell an AI assistant what the developer wants built using conversational English and then working with it like a pair programmer or sitting back and letting it do most of the work. Amazon’s newest tool is an integrated development environment, or an IDE, which is a software development interface where software engineers spend most of their time building, coding, testing and compiling software. Traditionally, the experience of vibe coding might start from a blank template or an existing app where a coder prompts the AI to write something. Then they prompt it again to either write more or fix what it wrote. This chain of prompts eventually leads to a final product. Amazon said Kiro will change that with integrated AI agents that will build in “specs” and use “hooks” that will understand the width and breadth of taking a prototype to production. As a result, Amazon calls what Kiro’s new capability “spec coding.” The important thing about this approach is that the code and the agent’s process are completely documented top-to-bottom. Nothing is left out and the developer has a bird’s eye view of how the app or function will be built and is able to guide it from the requirements view before anything happens. Amazon said this eliminates the costly back-and-forth usually associated with vibe coding.