Circle (NYSE: CRCL) noted that every day trillions of dollars move between businesses. These business-to-business (B2B) transactions underpin everything from “keeping factories running to facilitating digital services, with an estimated ~$88 trillion in B2B transactions in 2024 alone.”Despite despite their size and importance, the systems that “support these B2B flows remain outdated.”Circle also mentioned that paper checks, legacy wires, and semi-manual ACH transfers still “dominate.”The result is mostly a ...

Tether Investments has jumped into a $39 million Series A funding round for Pave Bank, a company trying to merge traditional banking with digital assets. The round was led by Accel, with support from Wintermute, Quona Capital, and Helios Digital Ventures. The fresh funds are expected to help Pave Bank grow its global presence, speed up its product pipeline, and bring more institutional clients on board. A Bank That Talks to Both Worlds Pave Bank calls itself a “programmable” commercial bank, meaning it’s ...