SaaScada, the 5th Generation cloud-native core banking platform, and Vacuumlabs, the highly experienced financial product development company, are teaming up to help banks and fintechs launch and modernise core-led products faster, with significantly less delivery risk.

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announced the appointment of Michaela Fleischer as Chief Operating and Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2026. In this newly created role, Michaela will provide strategic and financial leadership, as well as drive continued operational excellence across the organization.

RTGS.global has today announced that Mongol iD, the largest payment infrastructure firm in Mongolia, has joined its global liquidity network as a Funds Controller for the Mongolian Tögrög (MNT) and Kyrgyzstani Som (KGS).

The 10th edition of E-commerce Berlin Expo wrapped up on February 18th, 2026. It hosted over 14,000 participants from the DACH region and beyond, including 300 service providers, as well as over 150 speakers.

The E-commerce Germany Awards 2026, organized by the E-commerce Berlin Expo, recognized the best e-commerce solutions in the DACH region during an award ceremony held on February 17, 2026

Bajaj Life Insurance, one of India’s leading private life insurers, today announced the launch of its New Fund Offer (NFO), the Bajaj Life Opportunities Fund (SFIN: ULIF011406/02/26BLOPNLC250116, Risk profile: Very High, Benchmark: Nifty Large Midcap 250). The fund is designed to provide investors with a strategic edge by combining the steady compounding potential of large-cap stocks with the higher growth potential of mid-cap companies. Available under Bajaj Life’s unit-linked insurance plans, the fund enables policyholders to pursue their long-term financial goals while benefiting from the dual advantage of life cover and professionally managed equity exposure.

Private equity firm Incore Invest has completed the acquisition of CoreOrchestration AB from Worldline. Upon closing, the previously announced carve-out has now been finalised and PaymentIQ has been established as an independent standalone company under Incore Invest’s ownership. The purchase price amounts to approximately SEK 1.75 billion.

Sverica Capital Management, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, announced today the promotions of Michael Dougherty to Partner, Doug Patrican to Principal, and the hiring of Matt Johnson as a Principal.

Safra Sarasin Group, a global leader in private banking and wealth management, has completed its acquisition of the majority stake in Saxo Bank, a prominent international FinTech bank serving investors, traders, and institutional partners. This transaction marks a significant milestone for both companies, enabling enhanced global potential and strategic growth.

CeFPro has appointed Escode’s Wayne Scott to its Advisory Board, as regulators step up scrutiny of operational resilience and third party risk across financial services.

Vantage Capital (www.VantageCapital.co.za), Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, announced that it has made a R635m investment into Commercial Energy South Africa (“CESA”), a subsidiary of SolarAfrica Energy (“SolarAfrica”), a leading South African energy solutions provider, alongside co-investor, Greenpoint Capital. CESA holds commercial & industrial (“C&I”) solar and battery energy assets developed by SolarAfrica.

IFX Payments, a global fintech company delivering intelligent cross-border payment and treasury solutions, has partnered with tell.money as part of a strategic move to evolve its open banking capabilities and strengthen its long-term regulatory infrastructure.

Today, Solflare, the gateway to the next era of finance, announced the launch of the Solflare Privacy Aggregator, the first native privacy aggregation layer built into a self-custodial wallet on Solana. Designed to route transactions through the strongest available privacy infrastructure, Solflare's Privacy Aggregator brings the same routing mechanics that optimized price execution in DeFi to private on-chain activity. Solflare leads the launch with Private Send, an optional, per-transaction feature that allows users to send funds without publicly linking their wallet to the recipient.

Happy Money, a leading consumer finance company dedicated to empowering people to achieve their goals through responsible lending, today announced the launch of its Partner-Branded Program, which includes partner-branded marketing and embedded delivery capabilities. This program enables financial institutions to offer personal loans to their members and reach new borrowers using the strength of their brand, while Happy Money manages marketing and the full lending lifecycle end-to-end.

Today, the investors of N26 decided on a change in the composition of its Supervisory Board. With immediate effect, Stefan Ermisch, an expert of the European banking sector, has been elected as a new Supervisory Board member of N26. As usual, his appointment is subject to approval by the German banking supervisory authority. Ermisch succeeds Peter Kleinschmidt, who steps down from the Board with immediate effect.