rewrite this title Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News – Finovate

The final month of the year is upon us. And with some of the season’s biggest holidays only weeks away, expect a crush of news from banks, fintechs, and other financial service providers over the next several days. We’ll keep you in the know—right here on Finovate’s Fintech Rundown!

Digital Banking

Southland Credit Union chooses Eltropy’s unified conversations platform via its partnership with digital sales and service platform provider Alkami Technology.

Digital bank Grasshopper and digital banking platform provider Narmi announced new enhancements to their Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, including expanded functionality to support ChatGPT and OAuth 2.0-based data access authorization.

interface.ai introduces agentic AI BankGPT platform purpose-built for credit unions and community banks.

Lending

Nova Credit unveils its Eligibility Compass to modernize eligibility verification for affordable and public housing.

FIS expands its asset finance platform to include US consumer auto finance capabilities.

Insurtech

Insurance payments company SnapRefund launches digital claim payments solution ClaimsSnap.

Insurtech startup Pibit.AI secures $7 million in Series A funding to leverage AI to enhance the underwriting process.

Fraud prevention

DataVisor announces availability of its DEFEND training, a free, self-pace program to help workers better defend themselves against fraud and AML threats.

Digital banking fraud prevention and payment security company Entersekt unveils Entersekt Orkestrate, which makes it easier to add authentication and real-time decisioning to digital banking systems.

Payments

Payments company Stuut Technologies raises $29.5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

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