Boomi announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS to help customers build, manage, monitor and govern Gen AI agents across enterprise operations. Additionally, the SCA will aim to help customers accelerate SAP migrations from on-premises to AWS. By integrating Amazon Bedrock with the Boomi Agent Control Tower, a centralized management solution for deploying, monitoring, and governing AI agents across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, customers can easily discover, build, and manage agents executing in their AWS accounts, while also maintaining visibility and control over agents running in other cloud provider or third-party environments. Through a single API, Amazon Bedrock provides a broad set of capabilities to build generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI in mind, including support for Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new open standard that enables developers to build secure, two-way connections between their data and AI-powered tools. MCP enables agents to effectively interpret and work with ERP data while complying with data governance and security requirements. Steve Lucas, Chairman and CEO at Boomi. “By integrating Amazon Bedrock’s powerful generative AI capabilities with Boomi’s Agent Control Tower, we’re giving organizations unprecedented visibility and control across their entire AI ecosystem while simultaneously accelerating their critical SAP workload migrations to AWS. This partnership enables enterprises to confidently scale their AI initiatives with the security, compliance, and operational excellence their business demands.” Apart from Agent Control Tower, the collaboration will introduce several strategic joint initiatives, including: Enhanced Agent Designer; and New Native AWS Connectors and Boomi for SAP.
Keyfactor acquires InfoSec Global and CipherInsights for quantum-safe security expansion
Keyfactor has acquired InfoSec Global and CipherInsights to further expand cryptographic posture management and quantum readiness. The acquisitions enable Keyfactor to deliver deep cryptographic asset discovery, real-time risk monitoring, and seamless transition to quantum-safe standards. With these acquisitions, Keyfactor is addressing the critical gap in cryptographic observability, helping organizations take control of their non-human identities and prepare for the next era of secure infrastructure. Key capabilities include AgileSec Analytics for deep cryptographic visibility, AgileSec Agility for managing and updating cryptography without source code changes, and CipherInsights for real-time passive network monitoring of cryptographic risks. Customers will benefit from enhanced capabilities that will empower security teams to take control of their cryptographic landscape including Comprehensive Visibility; Actionable Intelligence; Risk Remediation.
Webull Pay to use Coinbase’s institutional grade Crypto-as-a-Service platform to offer users staking capabilities, stablecoin rewards, custody, trading execution and access to USDC
Webull Pay partnered with Coinbase in a deal that enables Webull Pay’s crypto services to run on Coinbase’s institutional-grade infrastructure. The agreement aims to offer staking, stablecoin rewards, and more trading options starting next month. Coinbase will provide its Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform to support Webull Pay’s crypto operations. The agreement also covers trading execution, custody, staking capabilities, and access to USDC, Coinbase’s dollar-backed stablecoin. For Webull Pay, the move delivers a critical backend upgrade using infrastructure already used by major financial institutions. The companies now aim to offer a secure, seamless user experience, which is expected to allow Webull Pay to scale with the evolving crypto market. The platform expects the new offering to enable users to gain access to deep liquidity, tight spreads, and the potential for yield through staking and USDC rewards. Beyond the domestic rollout, Coinbase and Webull Pay are also exploring joint efforts to extend their services globally. That would bring Webull Pay-branded crypto offerings to new markets, riding on Coinbase’s existing global infrastructure and compliance frameworks. The deal reportedly includes access to Coinbase’s USDC rewards program. Users who hold USDC through Webull Pay will automatically be enrolled in the loyalty scheme unless they opt out.
Supermicro’s data center solution enables deploying liquid-cooled AI infrastructure in three months with 20% lower TCO offering packages of pre-validated floor plans, rack elevations and bill of materials
Supermicro introduced its Data Center Building Block Solutions, designed to simplify the deployment of liquid-cooled AI infrastructure. The offering includes servers, storage, networking, racks, liquid cooling systems, software, services, and support. As an expansion of Supermicro’s System Building Block Solutions, DCBBS adopts a standardized, yet flexible solution architecture, vastly expanded in scope to handle the most demanding AI data center training and inference workloads, enabling easier data center planning, buildout, and operation – all while reducing cost. “Supermicro’s DCBBS enables clients to easily construct data center infrastructure with the fastest time-to-market and time-to-online advantage, deploying as quickly as three months,” said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. “With our total solution coverage, including designing data center layouts and network topologies, power and battery backup-units, DCBBS simplifies and accelerates AI data center buildouts leading to reduced costs and improved quality.” DCBBS offers packages of pre-validated data center-level scalable units, including a 256-node AI Factory DCBBS scalable unit, designed to alleviate the burden of prolonged data center design by providing a streamlined package of floor plans, rack elevations, bill of materials, and more. Supermicro provides comprehensive first-party services to ensure project success, starting from consultation to on-site deployment and continued on-site support. DCBBS is customizable at the system-level, rack cluster-level, and data center-level to meet virtually any project requirements. Along with DLC-2 technology, DCBBS also helps customers save up to 40% power, reducing 60% data center footprint, and decreasing 40% water consumption, all of which leads to 20% lower TCO. Solutions from Supermicro include up to 256 Liquid Cooled 4U Supermicro NVIDIA HGX system nodes, each system equipped with 8 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs (2,048 GPUs in total), interconnected with up to 800Gb/s NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand or NVIDIA Spectrum X Ethernet networking platform. The compute fabric is supported by elastically scalable tiered storage with high-performance PCIe Gen5 NVMe, TCO optimized Data Lake nodes, and resilient management system nodes for continuous uninterrupted operation.
Fed’s study shows widespread use and acceptance of ACH; 60% of businesses used standard ACH in 2024, up from 48% a year earlier vs 56% using Same Day ACH, an increase from 45% in 2023
The number of businesses using both standard and Same Day ACH grew significantly from 2023 to 2024, a new Federal Reserve report found. 60% said they use standard ACH, up from 48% a year earlier. And 56% reported using Same Day ACH, an increase from 45% in 2023. Additionally, 47% of businesses said they encourage using ACH. One study respondent, identified as a “very large diversified service business,” told researchers, “We are using Same Day ACH more—it’s a good value for the price.” Still, even as both forms of ACH continue to gain usage, checks use in fact rose from 68% to 73%. It was highest among small (83%) and very small (78%) firms. “One key takeaway is that checks are unlikely to be disappear completely in the near future—a trend to monitor,” researchers noted. “Nacha’s own figures show that ACH volume is rising,” said Michael Herd, Nacha Executive Vice President, ACH Network Administration. “Given this widespread use and acceptance of ACH, plus the increasing amount of check fraud, the industry needs to focus on why businesses of any size are still writing and receiving checks.” When it comes to pain points for business payments, high costs/fees was the top issue cited at 48%. Speed was tied for a distant second with security issues, cited by 32%.
Cardlytics solution allows any merchant with digital channels and a loyalty program to become a publisher on its platform and roll out targeted card-linked offers targeted on purchase data from a third-party vendor
Cardlytics announced the general availability of Cardlytics Rewards Platform (CRP), a new solution that provides publishers the opportunity to enhance their customer loyalty programs with card-linked offers. With CRP, a merchant with digital channels and a loyalty program can now become a publisher on the Cardlytics network and offer more value to their customers. This opens up Cardlytics’ supply to new verticals beyond financial services – such as retail and restaurants – and provides advertisers increased exposure, reach and engagement with consumers where they are already transacting. Publishers can also boost engagement with their customers by incentivizing them to earn rewards on their purchases and improving the shopping experience, helping to create a flywheel for CRP partners. CRP is an extension of Cardlytics’ core platform for financial institution partners, with the same advertiser offers flowing seamlessly to new publisher channels. Offers on CRP are delivered within a publisher’s loyalty program and targeted based on purchase data from a third-party vendor. After opting in to receive offers and connecting their bank account information, customers can activate offers and earn rewards in the form of the publisher’s loyalty currency, such as points or loyalty cash, which can be used for future purchases. Amit Gupta, CEO of Cardlytics said “By enabling our advertisers to become publishers, we are unlocking new opportunities for growth and redefining what it means to be a partner in our ecosystem.”
Robinhood proposes RWA tokenization framework and exchange for traditional assets, integrating offchain trade matching with onchain settlement and featuring hybrid blockchain architecture, instant settlement, and comprehensive compliance standards
Robinhood has submitted a proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a federal framework for tokenized real-world assets. The proposal introduces the Real World Asset Exchange (RRE), a blockchain-based trading platform that modernizes securities infrastructure by integrating offchain trade matching with onchain settlement. The proposal aims to simplify compliance for broker-dealers and asset managers across the US and reduce regulatory uncertainty. The RRE will treat tokenized assets as direct representations of their traditional counterparts, allowing regulated brokers to manage these assets within existing compliance systems. The platform will support 24/7 trading of tokenized assets under established regulatory protections, with offchain trade matching for speed and onchain settlement for finality and auditability. The proposal could redefine the U.S. tokenization landscape and pave the way for other financial institutions to enter the market confidently.
R3 to bridge Corda with Solana’s network to enable regulated FIs to access public blockchain infrastructure for RWA tokenization through enterprise-grade, compliant service
R3 and Solana Foundation have partnered to bring regulated real-world assets onto a public blockchain. The collaboration will create a consensus service deployed on Solana to enable native interoperability between R3’s existing Corda platform – as well as other private networks – and Solana, bridging the gap between permissioned and public blockchain ecosystems for the first time. This will enable regulated financial institutions – including banks, financial market infrastructure providers, and asset managers – to fully harness the openness and efficiency of Solana without re-writing their applications or compromising on compliance, security, or asset control. It drives institutional adoption of public blockchain networks, capitalizing on greater regulatory clarity and growing institutional demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The announcement marks new strategic direction for R3, signalling its leadership in driving the convergence of public and private networks to unlock the next era of internet capital markets. It enables regulated financial institutions to directly access the speed and scale of Solana for broader asset distribution, enhanced liquidity, and a decisive step in bringing TradFi to DeFi.
Congressman reintroduces bill on blockchain regulation that exempts digital asset developers and service providers who do not custody consumer funds from compliance applicable to money transmitters
Congressman Tom Emmer has reintroduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), which clarifies that digital asset developers and service providers who do not custody consumer funds are not money transmitters. This legislation provides legal clarity that will unlock blockchain development in the United States and is co-led by Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15). The bill aims to protect American crypto developers and innovators from undue regulation by prosecution, ensuring that they are not unfairly treated as financial intermediaries. The BRCA provides clear rules for developers who never take custody of consumer funds, preventing them from being unreasonably defined as operators of an “unlicensed money services business” under the Bank Secrecy Act. The bill also ensures that non-custodial blockchain participants, including developers, node operators, miners, validators, and wallet providers, are not subject to unnecessary and technologically infeasible compliance burdens that would significantly impede American innovation. The development of digital assets in the United States is critical to national and economic security, and the BRCA will help establish the necessary confidence required to keep non-custodial blockchain developers or service providers from seeking more straightforward regulatory environments overseas.
Pizza Hut launches app for its summer reading program to motivate young readers to sharpen literacy skills and earn a free Pizza in rewards
Pizza Hut has launched an app for its longstanding Book It! program, first launched in 1984, designed to motivate young readers to achieve literacy goals by rewarding their accomplishments with a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza from participating Pizza Hut locations. The Book It! app is part of Pizza Hut’s revitalized summer reading program named, “Book It! Summer of Stories,” which officially launches June 1. The initiative encourages parents to stay engaged with their child’s reading journey and sharpen their literacy skills throughout the summer months when learning tends to decline. Parents can set monthly reading goals specifically designed to support children from pre-K through 6th grade and cater toward their child’s abilities while monitoring their progress. Young readers can earn one free Personal Pan Pizza each month in June, July and August by reaching the reading goals parents set for each month. “With the launch of the Book It! app, we’re making it even easier for parents to connect with their kids, set meaningful reading goals and inspire plenty of fun pizza-filled memories with their families. This new platform will help keep reading goals top of mind this summer — and turn progress into pizza.”