Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Strategic Revenue Management

Ciridae Raises $20 Million to Bring AI Operating Systems to Mid-Market Businesses

Ciridae has raised $20 million in seed funding led by Accel, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Sunflower Capital, and Backcountry Ventures, to expand...

Franklin Templeton and Corastone Launch Private Markets Model Portfolios for Advisors

Franklin Templeton recently partnered with Corastoneto introduce Private Markets Model Portfolios, a new offering that will allow financial advisors to more effectively access private...

Affirm Survey Finds Small Businesses Embracing BNPL as a Key Growth and Trust Tool

Affirm has published results of its first Small Business Sentiment Survey revealing how small businesses are coping with a tougher economy, yet still looking...

Morningstar and PitchBook Bring AI-Powered Investment Intelligence to Perplexity

Following Morningstar Inc. and PitchBook Data, Inc. have introduced the world's latest integration for trusted investment intelligence within the Perplexity AI. This collaboration gives...

TAP Launches TAP Pay to Enable Verified Peer and SMB Payment Solutions

TAP, Inc.has launched TAP Pay, a new payments and money movement layer designed to combine traditional banking rails, stablecoin transactions, and verified identity infrastructure...

Global Payments Expands Lightspeed DMS Partnership to Power Embedded Dealership Payments

Global Payments has announced the renewal and expansion of its long-standing partnership with Lightspeed DMS, a provider of dealer management systems for the recreational...

CROFirst Weekly Roundup: RS2, iCapital, Anthropic, NIQ, QuantumStreet AI, and Grant Thornton Drive AI-Powered Revenue Innovation

Welcome to CROFirst’s Weekly Roundup — your essential briefing on the latest innovations shaping AI-powered revenue orchestration, investment intelligence, pricing optimization, institutional analytics, and...

Fazeshift Secures $22M to Advance Autonomous Finance Operations

Fazeshift, an AI-first platform dedicated to automating accounts receivable (AR) workflows, has secured $17 million in Series A funding that has pushed its total...