Ant Group today announced major upgrades to its AI health app AQ, with a new Chinese name “Ant A-Fu.” The character “Fu” conveys good wishes and well-being, reflecting the app’s goal to promote better health and quality of life.

Doha Bank has successfully listed its inaugural USD150 million Floating Rate Digitally Native Notes (DNN) on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market (ISM), achieving T+0 instant settlement via Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI). Euroclear’s D-FMI facilitates the issuance, distribution and settlement of fully digital international securities using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Eltropy, the leading AI-powered conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs), today announced the launch of E-Notary, allowing CFIs to complete secure, state-compliant electronic notarizations during live video banking sessions. The new capability addresses a critical operational bottleneck that delays loan closings by days or weeks and drives member abandonment.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced the launch of Alkami Foundry (Foundry), a new centralized hub on alkami.com, designed for technology leaders, developers, and fintech partners.

Tieto Banktech has entered into a 5-year agreement with Cultura Bank to deliver modern full-service technology solutions, ensuring cost-effective banking operations and predictable technology costs.

Ripple, a financial technology company that offers crypto solutions for businesses, today announced a new partnership with AMINA Bank AG (“AMINA Bank”), to support near real time cross-border payments for AMINA Bank’s clients using Ripple Payments. AMINA Bank, a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA-regulated crypto bank with global reach, becomes the first European bank to use Ripple’s licensed end-to-end payments solution.

BingX has reached a major milestone by surpassing 40 million global users, marking an extraordinary 100% year-over-year growth,

EBANX has extended its operations with Network Tokens to five Latin American countries protecting cardholder data whilst ensuring a smoother payment experience

Root announces the results of a live poll hosted during a MGAA Market Briefing, which reveals that 50% of attendees are still at the earliest stages of their digital/ API transformation journey

Coinbase and Chainlink announced the selection of Chainlink's CCIP as the exclusive bridging solution for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets

Prestige Underwriting and insurtech provider Urban Jungle today announced a new partnership to deliver non-standard home insurance

Tandem Bank has welcomed Russell Strevens as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

A new study of 2,000 UK couples reveals that people have one of seven ‘money languages’, each with varying degrees of compatibility, commissioned by Starling Bank,

BBVA and OpenAI are expanding their collaboration with a multi-year strategic AI transformation program

Finductive has gone live with Temenos to power its new digital payments platform enabling secure and efficient digital payment services