embedded finance

New research forecasts that embedded finance revenue will grow to US$617 billion by 2031, reflecting the rapid expansion of financial services integrated directly into non-financial platforms such as retail, software and marketplaces. Analysts expect payments, lending and insurance offered through these channels to become a major revenue stream for banks and fintechs as partnerships accelerate across industries.

Manifest has joined Chainguard's Athena Coalition, an initiative aimed at identifying open-source software risk inside commercial software products. The announcement was carried by Business Wire and picked up by outlets including Yahoo Finance. The coalition brings companies together to improve visibility into the open-source components embedded in software supply chains, a growing concern after a series of high-profile supply chain attacks.