Grasshopper, the client-first, full service digital bank, today announced several key lending developments, including the rollout of its Innovator Term Loan, a new unsecured loan offering built to power growth for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the innovation economy. The launch of the term loan reflects Grasshopper’s commitment to helping entrepreneurs scale, combining speed, flexibility and transparency in a digital experience.

Propy today announced a $100 million expansion to modernize the $25B U.S. title industry and simultaneously debuted Agent Avery, the first AI escrow officer for real estate closings. With a mixed financing package integrating private credit with blockchain-based DeFi loans, the company is acquiring title firms nationwide. It will then upgrade those firms to faster, safer and fully digital closings, all powered by Propy’s groundbreaking AI–powered, onchain model.

FalconX, a leading institutional digital asset prime brokerage, today announced that it has agreed to acquire 21shares, the provider of the world’s largest suite of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds and products (ETFs/ETPs). The transaction represents a major milestone in FalconX's strategy to accelerate the convergence of listed markets and digital assets, while strengthening its global presence across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Bankrate announced Matt Fellowes as CEO of the personal finance platform that helps people make informed financial decisions

Zelle®, today announced a new initiative to enable Zelle to deliver faster and more reliable cross-border money movement by leveraging stablecoins

UK Finance today releases its half year fraud report, detailing the amount its members reported as stolen through payment fraud and scams

Lüt has announced Mark Lewis as President of Specialty Payments to lead the platform’s market expansion

Invest Northern Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Currie to the position of Chief Development Officer (CDO).

dLocal local payment infrastructure to support Alchemy Pay’s expansion in Latin America, starting with instant bank transfers in Argentina

Paygentic, which provides an all-in-one billing and payments platform purpose-built for AI-native and agent-driven products, has successfully completed a $2M pre-seed round

ClearBank reveals that large UK businesses now view embedded financial services as a strategic boardroom decision and business growth driver

Stablecoins will likely play a pivotal role in advancing global financial infrastructure and economic growth, said David Malpass in a keynote address at the Payments Unleashed

Temenos has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Wealth Management Technology Services for Investment Advisors

Bestow has appointed Cindy DeArmond as Chief Revenue Officer, reinforcing their commitment to accelerating growth and digital transformation across the life insurance industry

OKX announced OKX Rubix a modular workflow solution that enables regulated financial institutions to provide digital-asset services